Ruling Party Candidate Wins Zanzibar Re-run Election By 91.4%

The incumbent Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein, of Tanzania’s ruling CCM party, was declared the winner of the re-run presidential election by the electoral commission on Monday.

Sunday’s election was a re-run of a disputed election held on October 25 that was annulled by Zanzibar’s electoral authority on grounds of fraud.

The opposition contested the decision to hold another vote, saying it had won the first vote.

President Ali Mohamed Shein was declared the winner with 91.4 percent of the vote, the electoral commission said.