Supporters of ACT-Wazalendo (Alliance for Change and Transparency) party disperse as a Tanzanian Police water canon shoots water at them during a protest in Kigoma on October 30, 2025 a day after Tanzania's presidential and legislative elections. President Samia Suluhu Hassan had sought to solidify her position and silence criticism within her party in the virtually uncontested polls, with the main challengers either jailed or disqualified. Image: AFP
Kim Heller It was close to midnight on 31 October 2025, when it was announced that the incumbent President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, had secured 97.66% of the presidential vote. Taken at face value, one may assume that Hassan hit the jackpot after winning almost all the votes cast in the election, purported to have had an 87% turnout.
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