DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 1, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu 
Hassan has won a landslide election victory, official results showed 
Saturday, 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 percent of the vote, dominating 
every constituency, the electoral commission announced on state television.

A quick swearing-in ceremony would take place on Saturday, state TV said.

The main opposition party, Chadema, says hundreds of people have been killed 
by security forces since protests broke out on election day on Wednesday.

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, analysts say.

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.

Chadema was barred from taking part in the election and its leader put on 
trial for treason.

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.

A Chadema spokesman told AFP on Friday that "around 700" people had been 
killed, based on figures gathered from a network checking hospitals and 
health clinics.

A security source and diplomat in Dar es Salaam both told AFP that deaths 
were "in the hundreds".

Hassan has not made any public statement since the unrest began.

Her government denies using "excessive force" but has blocked the internet 
and imposed a tight lockdown and curfew nationwide, making it hard to get any 
information.

News websites have not been updated since early Wednesday and journalists are 
not allowed to operate freely in the country.

UN chief Antonio Guterres is "deeply concerned" about the situation in 
Tanzania, "including reports of deaths and injuries during the 
demonstrations", his spokesman said in a statement.

Much public anger has been directed at Hassan's son, Abdul Halim Hafidh 
Ameir, accused of overseeing the crackdown.

There have been unconfirmed reports of the army siding with protesters in 
some places, but army chief Jacob Mkunda came out strongly on Hassan's side 
on Thursday, calling the protesters "criminals".

Foreign Minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo said Friday that his government had "no 
figures" on any dead.

"Currently, no excessive force has been used," he said in an interview with 
Al Jazeera. "There's no number until now of any protesters killed."