Tanzanian President, Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory
Official results were displayed today after key candidates were jailed or barred from a vote that has triggered days of violent protests.
The final result showed Hassan won 97.66 per cent of the vote, dominating every constituency, the electoral commission announced on state television.
A quick swearing-in ceremony expected to take place.
The main opposition party, Chadema, said hundreds of people have been killed by security forces since protests broke out on election day on Wednesday.
President Hassan was elevated from Vice President on the sudden death of her predecessor, John Magufuli, in 2021.
She has faced opposition from parts of the army and Magufuli’s allies, and sought to cement her position with an emphatic win.
Rights groups say she oversaw a wave of terror in the East African nation ahead of the vote, including a string of high-profile abductions that escalated in the final days.
Despite a heavy security presence, election day descended into chaos as crowds took to the streets across the country, tearing down her posters and attacking police and polling stations, leading to an internet shutdown and curfew.
Report says around 700 people had been killed, based on figures gathered from a network checking hospitals and health clinics.
She has not made any public statement since the unrest began.
Her government denied using excessive force but has blocked the internet and imposed a tight lockdown and curfew nationwide, making it hard to get any information.
