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.^[2] The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Tulia Ackson, who presides over a unicameral assembly of 393 members.^[3]