Dar es Salaam. The General Election scheduled for October 29, this year will be Tanzania’s 16th since the country began holding national votes.
The first election for members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) took place between September 1958 and February 1959. Of the 30 contested elective seats, the Tanganyika African National Union (Tanu) won 28. An additional 34 members were appointed.
