Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma

Hashim Rungwe was selected as CHAUMMA's first-ever presidential candidate during the 2015 general election instead of General Secretary Ally Omary Juma and another party member.[7][3] Some of the main policies Rungwe wanted to focus on were government accountability, national unity, and better support for the impoverished.[3][4][2] If elected, he would specifically revive Mwanza's struggling economy by returning failing private companies to public ownership.[4] He believed that the government was responsible for ensuring the quality of infrastructure and the financial success of its citizens, and that revitalization of the cotton-growing industry would decrease poverty and unemployment rates.[4][2] A longer-term plan is to provide free education to all Tanzanians from nursery school to university and that the country's eventual wealth in resources would make it possible.[4]

Along with candidates from a number of other opposition parties, 250 CHAUMMA candidates withdrew from the civic election following claims of nomination irregularities.[8]

Rungwe represented CHAUMMA in the 2020 Tanzanian general election.[9][10] His priority in this election was eliminating hunger, particularly through the creation of children's food programs.[11][12] He promised anyone attending one of his rallies would be given a meal of chicken and rice but was quickly issued a warning from the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau stating this would be akin to bribery.[11][13] Rungwe also showed interest in building a canal between Dar es Salaam and Dodoma to ease goods transportation and in replacing expensive government vehicles with more cost-effective alternates.[14][11]