National Assembly of Tanzania

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The National Assembly or Bunge is the federal parliament of Tanzania. It has 274 members, 232 members elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies, 37 seats are allocated to women nominated by the president and five seats are allocated to members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives.

Wikipedia has a list of current members of the Bunge arranged in two ways, alphabetically by member and alphabetically by constituency.

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**Summary of the 14 December 2005 **National Assembly of Tanzania** election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Direct seats	Additional Women seats	Total seats
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionary State Party)			206	58	264
Civic United Front (Chama Cha Wananchi)			19	11	30
Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Party for Democracy and Progress)			5	6	11
Tanzania Labour Party			1	-	1
United Democratic Party			1	-	1
Members nominated by the Union president					10
Representatives of the Zanzibar House of Representatives					5
Ex officio members					2
Total (turnout 72 %)			236	75	324