Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Party of the Revolution Chama Cha Mapinduzi | |
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| Abbreviation | CCM |
| Chairperson | Samia Suluhu |
| Secretary-General | Emmanuel Nchimbi |
| Spokesperson | Amos Makalla |
| Vice Chairman for the Mainland | Stephen Masato Wassira |
| Vice Chairman for the Islands | Hussein Mwinyi |
| Founder | Julius Nyerere Aboud Jumbe |
| Founded | 5 February 1977 |
| Merger of | TANU and ASP |
| Headquarters | Dodoma |
| Newspaper | Uhuru |
| Think tank | UONGOZI Institute |
| Student wing | Seneti ya Vyuo na Vyuo Vikuu Tanzania |
| Youth wing | Umoja wa Vijana wa CCM - UVCCM |
| Women's wing | Umoja wa Wanawake Tanzania - UWT |
| Parents' wing | Chama Cha Wazazi Tanzania - CWT |
| Farmer's wing | Wakulima |
| Worker's Union wing | Wafanyakazi |
| Membership (2022) | 12,000,000 |
| Ideology |
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| Political position | Centre-left Historical: Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
| African affiliation | FLMSA |
| Colours | |
| Slogan | Ujamaa na Kujitegemea CCM Oyee! |
| Bunge | 365 / 393 |
| Zanzibar HoR | 84 / 88 |
| EALA | 7 / 9 |
| SADC PF | 4 / 5 |
| Pan-African Parliament | 4 / 5 |
| Election symbol | |
| A hoe and a hammer | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| Party website | |
The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM, lit. 'Party of the Revolution') is the dominant, ruling party in Tanzania and the second longest-ruling party in the history of Africa, only after the True Whig Party of Liberia. It was formed in 1977, following the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP), which were the sole operating parties in mainland Tanzania and the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar, respectively.
TANU and its successor CCM have ruled Tanzania uninterruptedly since independence. The party has been described as authoritarian. Since the creation of a multi-party system, CCM has won the past six general elections in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020. Jakaya Kikwete, its presidential candidate in 2005, won by a landslide, receiving more than 80% of the popular vote and John Magufuli as a candidate in 2020 garnered over 84% of the vote. In the 2020 election, the CCM won 256 of the 264 constituencies, continuing to hold an outright majority in the National Assembly.