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| Tanzania poll: John Magufuli of CCM defeats Edward Lowassa | |
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| Tanzania's governing CCM party candidate John Magufuli has won the presidential election with 58% of the vote, the electoral commission says. | Tanzania's governing CCM party candidate John Magufuli has won the presidential election with 58% of the vote, the electoral commission says. |
| His main rival Edward Lowassa has rejected the official results that gave him 40% of the ballots cast. | His main rival Edward Lowassa has rejected the official results that gave him 40% of the ballots cast. |
| The opposition Ukawa coalition candidate earlier claimed he had won with 62% of the vote. | The opposition Ukawa coalition candidate earlier claimed he had won with 62% of the vote. |
| The elections on Sunday were the most fierce the governing party faced after 54 years in power. | |
| John Magufuli, CCM: 8,882,935 votes - 58.46% | |
| Edward Lowassa, Ukawa: 6,072,848 votes - 39.97% | |
| In Zanzibar, elections for the semi-autonomous archipelago's parliament and president were annulled on Wednesday. | |
| Zanzibar's election chief Jecha Salum Jecha said the poll had been marred by gross irregularities, including rigging and physical fights between rival election commissioners. | |
| Tanzania's next president: John Magufuli | Tanzania's next president: John Magufuli |