The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) has declared the recent elections in Tanzania flawed, asserting that voters were denied their democratic will. The mission highlighted numerous anomalies and obstacles encountered during the electoral process.

• The SEOM deployed 27 teams of observers to 27 of the 31 regions in Tanzania.
• The observers faced challenges, including being subjected to interrogation by security forces and having official documents seized, in addition to being denied proper accreditation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
• President Samia Suluhu was sworn in, with the electoral commission stating she won 98% of the vote, a result fiercely rejected by the opposition party, Chadema, which called the October 29 election a "sham."