National Assembly (Tanzania)

National Assembly

*Bunge la Tanzania* (Swahili)
National Assembly ; Bunge la Tanzania (Swahili)
12th Parliament
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1 January 1962
New session started	November 2020
Leadership
Speaker	Tulia Ackson, CCM
Structure
Seats	393
Political groups	Government (365) CCM (365); Opposition (27) CHADEMA (20); ACT (4); CUF (3); Other (1) Attorney General (1);
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: 264 elected from single-Member districts by First-past-the-post voting; 113 elected from women-only lists by party-list proportional representation; 5 elected indirectly by the Zanzibar House of Representatives; Attorney General; 10 appointed by the President of Tanzania;
Last election	28 October 2020
Next election	2025
Meeting place
	Parliament House; Dodoma, Tanzania
Website
	Parliament website

The National Assembly of Tanzania (Swahili: Bunge la Tanzania) and the President of the United Republic of Tanzania make up the Parliament of Tanzania. The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Tulia Ackson, who presides over a unicameral assembly of 393 members.