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2019 Mozambican general election
Turnout 51.84% (Increase2.81pp)

Presidential election
Mozambican presidential election map, 2019.svg

Presidential election results by province

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

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[edit]

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]

Candidates[edit]

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[edit]

President[edit]

Candidate Party Votes %
Filipe Nyusi FRELIMO 4,639,172 73.46
Ossufo Momade RENAMO 1,356,786 21.48
Daviz Simango MDM 273,599 4.33
Mário Albino AMUSI 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[edit]

Mozambique Assembly of the Republic 2019.svg
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
Optimistic People 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
Greens Party 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Africa Top10 News”. 2019-10-15.
  2. ^ “UPDATE 5-Mozambique president urges peace, opposition warns against fraud as votes counted”.
  3. ^ Mozambique sets October 2019 for general elections Archived 2019-03-29 at the Wayback Machine News24, 11 April 2018
  4. ^ “Mozambique election observer killed by ‘elite police’ in drive-by shooting”. BBC News. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  5. ^ SAPO. “Eleições moçambicanas marcadas por “irregularidades” de fraude e intimidação, dizem EUA”. SAPO Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2020-08-29. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  6. ^ a b Commonwealth Observer Group (2020). Mozambique presidential, National & Provincial Assembly Elections 15 October 2019 (PDF). The Commonwealth.
  7. ^ a b European Union Election Observation Mission Mozambique 2009 Final Report (2020). General and Provincial Elections 15 October 2019 (PDF). European Union.
  8. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. “ONG moçambicana acusa órgão eleitoral de manipulação do recenseamento | DW | 03.06.2019”. DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  9. ^ Hanlon, cls-1{fill:#fffffc;} cls-2{fill:#11161a;}profile-placeholderBy: Joseph; Eliseeva, Illustrator: Anastasya; Analysis (2020-08-24). “Isis is not driving the Cabo Delgado war”. New Frame. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  10. ^ “Governo de Moçambique não soube reagir ao alerta de desastre do Ciclone Idai”. Brasil de Fato (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  11. ^ “Moçambique: Após pleito marcado por denúncias de fraude, apuração pode durar 15 dias”. RFI (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  12. ^ SAPO. “Eleições moçambicanas marcadas por “irregularidades” de fraude e intimidação, dizem EUA”. SAPO Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2020-08-29. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  13. ^ “Mozambique opposition files suit against “massive electoral fraud”“. france24.com. AFP. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  14. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. “Na Europa, Ossufo Momade busca apoio para contestar resultados das eleições moçambicanas | DW | 07.12.2019”. DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  15. ^ “Gerais: Momade mostra evidências de fraude e avisa “é isto que provocou as hostilidades militares” – zambeze” (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  16. ^ Redacção. “Ossufo pede “socorro” na Europa”. Carta de Moçambique (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  17. ^ “França reconhece vitória de Nyusi apesar das “irregularidades e más práticas” detectadas pelos observadores europeus – Verdade”. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  18. ^ Republic of Mozambique: Election for President (President) IFES
  19. ^ Electoral system IPU
  20. ^ Ossufo Momade eleito presidente no final congresso da RENAMO Deutsche Welle, 17 January 2019
  21. ^ RENAMO depois de Dhlakama: Coesão ou cisões? Deutsche Welle, 14 May 2018
  22. ^ Terceiro maior partido moçambicano confirma Daviz Simango como candidato presidencial Observador, 9 May 2019
  23. ^ Dércio Tsandzana (13 August 2019). “Who are the presidential candidates in Mozambique’s October elections?”. Global Voices. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  24. ^ “Newly elected Mozambican MP who lacks upper limbs plans to focus on education”. globalvoices.org. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.