| | Opposition party dominates peaceful by-elections in Pemba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | PEMBA, 19 May 2003 (IRIN) - Voters on Pemba, the semi autonomous island off Tanzania, overwhelmingly demonstrated their support for Tanzania's main opposition party, the Civic United Front (CUF) in Sunday's by-election, which, despite speculation to the contrary, was held in an atmosphere of calm and order. |
 | | The barring of six CUF candidates had complicated the build-up to the election, which was being held to fill 17 seats in Zanzibar's House of Representatives and 15 seats in the Union's parliament that had been boycotted in protest of allegations over vote-rigging during elections in 2000. |
 | | Speculation in Pemba was rife that NCCR-Mageuzi was acting as an agent of the ruling party in order to strengthen CCM's position on Pemba, which is traditionally a CUF power base. |
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