House of Representatives of Zanzibar

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The unicameral House of Representatives of Zanzibar is the semi-autonomous island's legislative body.

The current House of Representatives, formed following elections held on 30 October 2005, has a total of 81 members. 50 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The President of Zanzibar appoints 10 additional members and five seats are reserved for government-appointed regional commissioners. 15 seats are reserved for women and are filled on a party basis. The final seat is reserved for the Attorney-General.

Political party distribution among the 50 directly elected seats is as follows:

(Note: Results in one constituency were invalidated due to irregularities. A re-run of the poll took place on 14 December 2005, but the result is not available.)

Pandu Ameir Kificho is the current Speaker of the House.

[edit] Previous House of Representatives election results

Political Party Election Year
1995 2000
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) 26 34
Civic United Front (CUF) 24 16
Total 50 50

Note: The results above include only directly elected seats.

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