Presidential elections were held in Tanganyika

Tanganyika

Tanganyika , later formally the Republic of Tanganyika, was a sovereign state in East Africa from 1961 to 1964. It was situated between the Indian Ocean and the African Great Lakes of Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika...

 in 1962. They were the first elections following independence the previous year and the decision to form a republic. Julius Nyerere

Julius Nyerere

Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian politician who served as the first President of Tanzania and previously Tanganyika, from the country's founding in 1961 until his retirement in 1985....

, leader of the ruling Tanganyika African National Union

Tanganyika African National Union

The Tanganyika African National Union was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika . The party was formed from the Tanganyika African Association by Julius Nyerere in July 1954 when he was teaching at St. Francis' College...

 and incument Prime Minister won easily, claiming 99.2% of the votes. The country soon became a one-party state, and no further multi-party elections were held until 1995

Tanzanian general election, 1995

General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October and 29 November 1995. They were the first multi-party general elections after the lifting of the ban on political parties other than Chama Cha Mapinduzi in 1992...

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Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Julius Nyerere Julius Nyerere Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian politician who served as the first President of Tanzania and previously Tanganyika, from the country's founding in 1961 until his retirement in 1985....	Tanganyika African National Union Tanganyika African National Union The Tanganyika African National Union was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika . The party was formed from the Tanganyika African Association by Julius Nyerere in July 1954 when he was teaching at St. Francis' College...	1,127,987	99.2
Zuberi Mtemvu	African National Congress	21,276	0.8
Total		1,149,254	100
Source: Nohlen et al