Chama Cha Mapinduzi

Party of the Revolution
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Swahili)
AbbreviationCCM
ChairpersonSamia Suluhu
Secretary-GeneralEmanuel Nchimbi
SpokespersonAmoss Makala
Vice Chairman for the MainlandAbdulrahman Kinana
Vice Chairman for the IslandsHussein Mwinyi
FounderJulius Nyerere
Aboud Jumbe
Founded5 February 1977 (1977-02-05)
Merger ofTANU and ASP
HeadquartersDodoma
NewspaperUhuru
Think tankUONGOZI Institute
Student wingSeneti ya Vyuo na Vyuo Vikuu Tanzania
Youth wingUmoja wa Vijana wa CCM - UVCCM
Women's wingUmoja wa Wanawake Tanzania - UWT
Parents' wingChama Cha Wazazi Tanzania - CWT
Farmer's wingWakulima
Worker's Union wingWafanyakazi
Membership (2020)25.8 million[1]
Ideology
Political positionCenter-left[3]
Historical
Left wing
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
African affiliationFLMSA
Colours   
SloganUjamaa na Kujitegemea
CCM Oyee!
Bunge
365 / 393
Zanzibar HoR
84 / 88
EALA
7 / 9
SADC PF
4 / 5
Pan-African Parliament
4 / 5
Election symbol
A hoe and a hammer
Party flag
Website
Party website

The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM; lit.'Party of the Revolution' in English) is the dominant ruling party in Tanzania and the second longest-ruling party in Africa, only after the True Whig Party of Liberia.[4][5] It was formed in 1977, following the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP), which were the sole operating parties in mainland Tanzania and the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar, respectively.

TANU and its successor CCM have ruled Tanzania uninterruptedly since independence. The party has been described as authoritarian.[6] Since the creation of a multi-party system, CCM has won the past six general elections in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020. Jakaya Kikwete, its presidential candidate in 2005, won by a landslide, receiving more than 80% of the popular vote and John Magufuli as a candidate in 2020 garnered over 84% of the vote. In the 2010 election, the CCM won 186 of the 239 constituencies, continuing to hold an outright majority in the National Assembly.[7]

  1. ^ "Kikwete deplores divisive politics". Daily News (Tanzania). 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. ^ "How Tanzania Got To This Point". Vice News. 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ TANZANIA'S POLITICAL PILLAR - AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT CHAMA CHA MAPINDUZI. 20 February 2024 https://www.michuzi.co.tz/2023/12/tanzanias-political-pillar-in-depth.html?m=1. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ O'Gorman, Melanie (26 April 2012). "Why the CCM won't lose: the roots of single-party dominance in Tanzania". Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 30 (2): 313–333. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.410.9369. doi:10.1080/02589001.2012.669566. S2CID 17134713.
  5. ^ Manson, Katrina (30 September 2013). "Three issues loom over Tanzania's political scene". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ^ Cheeseman, Nic; Matfess, Hilary; Amani, Alitalali (2021). "Tanzania: The Roots of Repression". Journal of Democracy. 32 (2): 77–89. doi:10.1353/jod.2021.0020. ISSN 1086-3214.
  7. ^ Dagne, Ted (31 August 2011). "Tanzania: Background and Current Conditions" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

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