Alliance for Change and Transparency

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Alliance for Change and Transparency
Chama cha Wazalendo
AbbreviationACT
LeaderZitto Kabwe[1]
ChairpersonJuma Duni Haji
Secretary-GeneralAdo Shaib
SpokespersonSalim Biman
Vice chairpersonDorothy Semu
Registered5 May 2014
HeadquartersDar es Salaam
Youth wingNgome Ya Vijana
Women's wingNgome Ya Wanawake
IdeologyDemocratic socialism[2]
Social democracy[3]
Faction:
Ujamaa[6]
Political positionLeft-wing[7]
Regional affiliationAfrica Liberal Network[8]
International affiliationProgressive International[9]
SloganTaifa kwanza!
Bunge
2 / 393
Zanzibar HoR
4 / 81
Election symbol
Open palm
Website
Party website

The Alliance for Change and Transparency (Swahili: Chama cha Wazalendo, lit. 'Party of Patriots'), sometimes known as the ACT–Wazalendo, is a left-wing political party in Tanzania. It is the third-largest party in the National Assembly of Tanzania.[10] It received its permanent registration in May 2014.[11]

Background

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The party was founded in 2014.[12] The party fielded its first presidential candidate in the 2015 general election with Anna Mghwira and won one seat in the national assembly. Prominent members of the party are MP Zitto Kabwe, Seif Sharif Hamad, Othman Masoud Sharif, Bernard Membe, Juma Duni Haji, Ismail Jussa, Selemani Bungara, Zahra Ali Hamad, Subeti Khamis Faki, Saleh Nassor Juma, Omar Ali Shehe, Haji Mwadini Makame, Asha Abdu Haji, Nassor Mazrui, Juma Kombo Hamad, Masoud Salim, Ally Saleh, Ali Salim Khamis, Hamadi Maalim, Khalifa Mohammed Issa, Mohamed Juma Khatib, Twahir Awesu Mohammed, Khatib Haji, Haji Kai, Othman Omar Haji, Nassor Omar, Yussuf Salimu Hussein, Abdalla Ali, Yussuf Khamis, Mgeni Jadi Kadika and Abubakar Khamis Bakary.[13][14] Zitto who formally joined the party in March 2015 following his expulsion from Chadema.[4]

The party got a second boost in March 2019 when Seif Sharif Hamad defected from his party Civic United Front with other members and joined ACT due to a court ruling against control of his previous party. Currently the party is the leading opposition party in the Zanzibar House of Representatives parliament holding political grounds together with Chama Cha Mapinduzi in a government coalition in Tanzania semi-autonomous Islands of Zanzibar archipelago.[15]

Election history

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Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2015 Anna Mghwira 98,763 0.65% Lost Red XN
2020 Bernard Membe 81,129 0.55% Lost Red XN

Bunge elections

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Election Votes % Seats +/− Position Result
2015 323,112 2.22%
1 / 393
 Increase 1 Increase 4th Opposition
2020 81,129 0.55%
5 / 393
 Increase 4 Increase 3rd Opposition

References

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