2020 Chama Cha Mapinduzi presidential primaries
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The 2020 Chama Cha Mapinduzi presidential primaries occurred in July 2020. Incumbent president and 2015 nominee, John Magufuli, ran unopposed for his second term for the President of Tanzania and so there was no primary vote for the Union presidency position.[1] However, Zanzibar president Ali Mohamed Shein is ineligible for re-election due to term limits and a primary was held to determine the Zanzibar presidential nominee. The winners of the primary are the CCM candidates for the 2020 Tanzanian general election and the 2020 Zanzibari general election.
Presidential aspirants must submit their intent to run to the party by June 30, 2020. Each aspirant has to be able to collect 250 sponsors from 12 regions (including 2 from Zanzibar). The party secretariat convened in Dodoma in July to make their decisions. The candidates were vetted by the party congress and names of a select few will be submitted to the National Executive Committee of the party to select the candidate.[2]
Union Presidential Candidates
Incumbent president Dr John Magufuli and party chairman ran unopposed to get the party ticket for re-election.[3] Former foreign minister of Tanzania Bernard Membe intended to collect party nomination forms to contest against the incumbent president, however, the CCM central committee expelled Membe from the party.[4] Following the decision, he returned his party card to leave the party.[5]