{"id":20866,"date":"2015-10-28T01:04:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T01:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/tz-polls-seven-ministers-lose-parliamentary-seats\/"},"modified":"2015-10-28T01:03:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T01:03:25","slug":"tz-polls-seven-ministers-lose-parliamentary-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/tz-polls-seven-ministers-lose-parliamentary-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Tz polls: Seven ministers lose parliamentary seats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nSeven Tanzanian government ministers have lost their parliamentary seats to the opposition Ukawa coalition, partial results from Sunday\u2019s vote show.}}}<\/p>\n

It is the biggest shock of the election so far which is the most competitive in the country\u2019s history, according to agencies.<\/p>\n

The electoral commission has until Thursday to announce the final results.<\/p>\n

Observers from the European Union have given a positive assessment of the polls.<\/p>\n

But they raised several concerns – including the apparent failure of state media to give fair and equitable coverage to the opposition in the build-up to the election.<\/p>\n

The opposition Ukawa coalition on the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar has expressed concerns about the results announced so far.<\/p>\n

Residents on the islands also voted for their own president and members of the Zanzibar parliament on Sunday.<\/p>\n

CUF, one of four parties which make up Ukawa, has accused the Zanzibar electoral commission of only releasing results from constituencies where the CMM candidate has won.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Ukawa candidate Seif Sharif Hamad declared himself the winner of the Zanzibari presidential poll.<\/p>\n

Correspondents say tension has been rising on the islands ahead of the final results, expected on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Previous elections have turned violent on Zanzibar, which is made up of the islands of Unguja and Pemba and is a popular with tourists.<\/p>\n

In the presidential race, John Pombe Magufuli, the candidate of the ruling CCM party remains ahead of his closest challenger, Edward Lowassa of Chadema party.<\/p>\n

Lowassa is a former Prime Minister but he defected to the opposition after he failed to get the CCM ticket for the presidency.<\/p>\n

The New Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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