2019 Mozambican general election

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Presidential election

Turnout| 51.84% ( 2.81pp)
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Nominee  | Filipe Nyusi | Ossufo Momade |
Party  | FRELIMO | RENAMO
Popular vote  | 4,639,172 | 1,356,786
Percentage  | 73.46% | 21.48%

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| President before election

Filipe Nyusi
FRELIMO

| Elected President

Filipe Nyusi
FRELIMO

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Parliamentary election

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All 250 seats in the Assembly of the Republic
126 seats needed for a majority
| Party  | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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| FRELIMO | Filipe Nyusi | 71.28  | 184  | +40
| RENAMO | Ossufo Momade | 22.28  | 60  | −29
| MDM | Daviz Simango | 4.19  | 6  | −11

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Mozambique on 15 October 2019.[1][2][3] During the leadup to the elections, assassinations and significant intimidation of prominent leaders of opposition parties and election observers were alleged.[4][5] In addition, state resources, media, and aid for cyclone victims were also alleged to be used in favour of the ruling party (FRELIMO) and its candidates.[6][7] Local elections observers, civil society organizations, the Commonwealth Observer Group, the European Union Election Observation Mission, and several national and international entities classified the elections as rigged.[8][9][6][7][10][11][12] Nevertheless, the incumbent president Filipe Nyusi of FRELIMO was declared re-elected with 73% of the vote. The main opposition party RENAMO as well as the other oppositions parties involved in the elections contested the results, claiming there were numerous irregularities, and accusing FRELIMO of "massive electoral fraud", including hundreds of thousands of "ghost voters".[13] As evidence for the international community, Ossufo Momade, the president of the main opposition party RENAMO, transported to Europe a box filled with vote ballots that had been marked in favor of the incumbent president Filipe Nyusi of FRELIMO before the commencement of voting.[14][15][16] Despite these occurrences, the international community largely ignored any concerns of fraud, and gradually countries started recognizing the incumbent president Filipe Nyusi of FRELIMO as the winner of the elections.[17]

## Electoral system

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The President of Mozambique was elected using the two-round system.[18] The 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic were elected by proportional representation in eleven multi-member constituencies based on the country's provinces and on a first-past-the-post basis from two single-member constituencies representing Mozambican citizens in Africa and Europe. Seats in the multi-member constituencies were allocated using the D'Hondt method.[19]

## Presidential candidates

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On 16 January 2019 the main opposition party RENAMO held a congress at which Ossufo Momade was elected as the party's new leader and presidential candidate.[20] Momade had been the party's interim president following the death of Afonso Dhlakama in May 2018 and was seen as a "unifying leader" that could bring the political and military sector of RENAMO closer.[21]

The ruling FRELIMO held its congress on 6 May, at which it confirmed its decision to support the re-election of President Filipe Nyussi for a second and final term.

On 9 May and following a three-day congress, the Democratic Movement of Mozambique confirmed that its presidential candidate would be Daviz Simango, mayor of Beira since 2003. Simango was a presidential candidate in the two previous general elections.[22]

On 31 July the Constitutional Council approved four candidates; Nyussi, Momade, Simango and Mário Albino. Two candidates were disqualified; Hélder Mendoça and Alice Mabota. Mabota would have been the first woman to run for president, but failed to collect enough signatures.[23]

FRELIMO nominated Mércia Viriato Licá as one of their candidates. She was elected and became the youngest MP in the country's history.[24]

## Results

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### President

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Filipe Nyusi| FRELIMO| 4,639,172| 73.46
| Ossufo Momade| RENAMO| 1,356,786| 21.48
| Daviz Simango| Democratic Movement of Mozambique| 273,599| 4.33
| Mário Albino| Action Party of the United Movement for Integral Salvation| 46,048| 0.73
Total| 6,315,605| 100.00
Valid votes| 6,315,605| 92.55
Invalid/blank votes| 508,321| 7.45
Total votes| 6,823,926| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 13,162,321| 51.84
Source: EISA

### Assembly

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Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| FRELIMO| 4,323,298| 71.28| 184| +40
| RENAMO| 1,351,659| 22.28| 60| –29
| Democratic Movement of Mozambique| 254,290| 4.19| 6| –11
| Action Party of the United Movement for Integral Salvation| 27,277| 0.45| 0| New
| New Democracy| 25,046| 0.41| 0| New
| Union for Change| 8,347| 0.14| 0| 0
| Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique| 6,768| 0.11| 0| New
| National Reconciliation Party| 6,469| 0.11| 0| 0
| Patriotic Movement for Democracy| 5,883| 0.10| 0| 0
| Union for Reconciliation Party| 5,399| 0.09| 0| 0
| Party of Greens of Mozambique| 5,361| 0.09| 0| 0
| Labour Party| 5,173| 0.09| 0| 0
| National Party of the Mozambican People/CRD| 4,143| 0.07| 0| New
| Youth Movement for the Restoration of Democracy| 4,054| 0.07| 0| 0
| National Movement for the Recovery of Mozambican Unity| 3,820| 0.06| 0| 0
| Electoral Union| 3,769| 0.06| 0| 0
| Mozambique People's Progress Party| 3,431| 0.06| 0| 0
| Social Renewal Party| 3,365| 0.06| 0| 0
| Ecological Party of Mozambique| 3,313| 0.05| 0| New
| Party of Freedom and Development| 2,868| 0.05| 0| 0
| Democratic Unity| 2,720| 0.04| 0| New
| Ecological Party–Land Movement| 2,579| 0.04| 0| 0
| Democratic Justice Party of Mozambique| 2,036| 0.03| 0| New
| Social Broadening Party of Mozambique| 2,006| 0.03| 0| 0
| National Workers and Peasants Party| 1,783| 0.03| 0| 0
| Democratic Union of Mozambique| 664| 0.01| 0| New
Total| 6,065,521| 100.00| 250| 0
Valid votes| 6,065,521| 89.64|
Invalid/blank votes| 700,895| 10.36|
Total votes| 6,766,416| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 13,162,321| 51.41|
Source: STAE

### Provincial elections

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Province  | Seats

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FRELIMO | RENAMO | MDM
Cabo Delgado Province | 66 | 16 | 0
Gaza Province | 81 | 1 | 0
Inhambane Province | 54 | 6 | 0
Manica Province | 63 | 17 | 0
Maputo Province | 61 | 18 | 2
Nampula Province | 63 | 31 | 0
Niassa Province | 46 | 14 | 0
Sofala Province | 60 | 13 | 8
Tete Province | 65 | 17 | 0
Zambezia Province | 69 | 23 | 0
Total | 628 | 156 | 10
Source: STAE

## References

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