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Ruling party wins Tanzania presidency Tanzania poll: John Magufuli wins presidency for ruling CCM
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Tanzania's ruling party candidate John Magufuli wins presidential election, officials say Tanzania's governing CCM party candidate John Magufuli has won the presidential election with 58% of the vote, the electoral commission says.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. His main rival Edward Lowassa has rejected the official results that gave him 40% of the ballots cast.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. The opposition Ukawa coalition candidate earlier claimed he had won with 62% of the vote.
The elections on Sunday were the most competitive in the East African nation's history.
In Zanzibar, elections for the semi-autonomous archipelago's parliament and president were annulled on Wednesday citing gross violations.
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Tanzania's next president: John Magufuli