Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory, results showed Saturday, after key candidates were jailed or barred from a vote that has triggered days of violent protests.

The electoral commission said Hassan won 97.66 percent of the vote, dominating every constituency.

It added that turnout was at 87 percent, despite reports from AFP journalists and other observers that polling stations were largely empty early Wednesday before election day descended into protests.

According to the main opposition party, Chadema, hundreds of people have been killed by security forces since Wednesday.

A quick swearing-in ceremony would take place on Saturday, state TV said.

Tourists have been stranded by cancelled flights, and the main port at Dar es Salaam -- a major ec

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