Chama Cha Mapinduzi, whose name the Factbook archive translates as the Revolutionary Party of Tanzania and abbreviates CCM, is a political party of Tanzania, a presidential republic. In the National Assembly election of 29 October 2025 it won 383 of the 403 seats, while ACT-Wazalendo won 2. In the presidential election of the same year Samia Suluhu Hassan was reelected with 97.7 percent of the vote as the candidate of CCM, and she has been president since 19 March 2021.
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Institution TypePolitical Party Organization 1 Founded Year Connections
Governing Party Of
Source Samia Suluhu Hassan (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CIA World Factbook archive, Tanzania)
Government: parties
Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (CCM) (383); ACT-Wazalendo (2)
In Group: Parties of Presidential Republics, Government: government type
Government.Government type.text: presidential republic
View the Source2. Commonwealth Oral History Project: Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Commonwealth Oral History ProjectDefinitionQuote, Definition
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) is the leading political party in Tanzania, established in 1977 following the merger of Julius Nyerere ’s Tanganyika African National Union ( TANU ) and the Afro-Shirazi Party.
Samia Suluhu Hassan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGoverning Party Of: Samia Administration, Lead paragraphQuote, Governing Party Of: Samia Administration, Lead paragraph
In the 2025 Tanzanian general election, her CCM government banned the main opposition party, Chadema, from taking part; the leader of the party, Tundu Lissu, was charged with treason and arrested.
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