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{{Infobox election
| election_name     = 2014 Chalinze by-election
| country           = Tanzania
| type              = by-election
| vote_type         = Popular <!-- default -->
| ongoing           = no
| previous_election = 2010 Tanzanian general election
| previous_year     = 2010
| election_date     = {{Start date|2014|04|6|df=yes}}
| elected_mps       = 
| next_election     = Tanzanian general election, 2015
| next_year         = 2015
| votes_for_election= 
| needed_votes      = [[First-past-the-post voting|Simple-majority]]
| seats_for_election= The Chalinze constituency in the [[Tanzanian Parliament]]
| majority_seats    = 
| opinion_polls     = 
| turnout           =

<!--        person 1        -->
| image1            = [[File:Image-request.png|120x120px]] 
| candidate1        = [[Ridhiwani Kikwete]]
| party1            = Chama Cha Mapinduzi
| popular_vote1     = '''20,828''' 
| percentage1       = '''86.44'''

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| image2            = [[File:Image-request.png|120x120px]] 
| colour2           = F33 
| candidate2        = Mathayo Torongey 
| party2            = Chadema   
| popular_vote2     = 2,544
| percentage2       = 10.56

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| title             = MP
| before_election   = [[Saidi Bwanamdogo]]
| before_party      = Chama Cha Mapinduzi
| posttitle         = 
| after_election    = [[Ridhiwani Kikwete]]
| after_party       = Chama Cha Mapinduzi
}}

The '''Chalinze by-election''' was a [[by-election]] held in [[Tanzania]] for the [[Parliament of Tanzania|parliamentary]] [[List of constituencies of Tanzania|constituency]] of Chalinze. It was triggered by the death of [[Saidi Bwanamdogo]], the previous Member of Parliament (MP) who had held the seat for the [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi]] since 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/28600-kalenga-chalinze-polls-in-pipeline |title=Kalenga, Chalinze polls in pipeline |date=27 February 2014 |publisher=[[Daily News (Tanzania)]] |access-date=16 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316230245/http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/28600-kalenga-chalinze-polls-in-pipeline |archive-date=16 March 2014 }}</ref> The by-election took place on 6 April 2014 and the CCM candidate won by a landslide.<ref>{{cite news|date=2014-04-08|title=Ridhiwani takes Chalinze seat by a landslide|url=http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/30116-ridhiwani-takes-chalinze-seat-by-a-landslide|newspaper=[[Daily News (Tanzania)]]|access-date=2014-04-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140409130845/http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/30116-ridhiwani-takes-chalinze-seat-by-a-landslide|archive-date=2014-04-09}}</ref>

==Results==
{{Compact election box begin}}
{{Compact election box
 | election_title             = Chalinze by-election, 2014
 | election_note              = Death of [[Saidi Bwanamdogo]] <br /> 328 spoilt votes
 | election_ref               =

 | electorate                 = 92,939 
 | turnout_votes              = 24,422
 | turnout_percent            = 26.28
 | turnout_change             = –14.3 
 | majority_votes             = 18,284 
 | majority_percent           = 75.89  
 | majority_change            = 
 
 | result                     = hold

 | winner                     = [[Ridhiwani Kikwete]] 
 | winner_party               = Chama Cha Mapinduzi 
 | winner_votes               = 20,828 
 | winner_percent             = 86.44
 | winner_change              = –0.86

 | candidate2                 = Mathayo Torongey  
 | candidate2_party           = Chadema
 | candidate2_votes           = 2,544
 | candidate2_percent         = 10.56
 | candidate2_change          = {{center|-}}
 
 | candidate3                 = Fabian Skauki 
 | candidate3_party           = Civic United Front 
 | candidate3_votes           = 473 
 | candidate3_percent         = 1.98  
 | candidate3_change          = –5.54

 | candidate4                 = Ramadhani Mgaya
 | candidate4_party           = Alliance for Tanzania Farmers Party
 | candidate4_votes           = 186 
 | candidate4_percent         = 0.77 
 | candidate4_change          = {{center|-}}
 
 | candidate5                 = Munir Hussein
 | candidate5_party_unlinked  = [[National Reconstruction Alliance|NRA]]
 | candidate5_votes           = 60
 | candidate5_percent         = 0.25 
 | candidate5_change          = {{center|-}}
}}
{{Compact election box end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{By-elections in Tanzania}}

[[Category:By-elections in Tanzania]]
[[Category:2014 elections in Tanzania]]
[[Category:April 2014 events in Africa]]