Overview
- Election officials announced Samia Suluhu Hassan won 97.66% of votes with 87% turnout and a sweep of all constituencies, despite multiple reports of largely empty polling stations.
- Opposition figures and diplomatic sources reported hundreds to roughly 800 people killed in unrest, while the government denied excessive force and provided no casualty figures.
- Authorities enforced an internet shutdown, a nationwide curfew and roadblocks, with power cuts reported and the British embassy warning of shortages of food, cash and fuel.
- Protests spread across major cities, where public buildings and a police station were set on fire and electoral materials were looted and destroyed.
- Chadema was excluded from the ballot as its leader Tundu Lissu remained jailed on treason charges, and international actors voiced alarm while the African Union commission chair offered congratulations.