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General elections were held in Mozambique on 15 October 2014. Filipe Nyusi, the candidate of the ruling FRELIMO, was elected president, and FRELIMO retained its parliamentary majority.
The President was elected using the two-round system. [1] Incumbent President Armando Guebuza was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term. [2] [3]
The 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic were elected in 11 multi-member constituencies based on the country's provinces and two single-member constituencies representing Mozambican citizens in Africa and Europe. Seat allocation in the multi-member constituencies was based on proportional representation using the D'Hondt method, with an electoral threshold of 5%. [4]
| Candidate | Party |
|---|---|
| Filipe Nyusi [5] | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) |
| Alfonso Dhlakama [6] | Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) |
| Daviz Simango [5] | Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) |
Electoral observers from the European Union stated there were positive aspects: new electoral legislation, a non-disputed voter register and a generally peaceful electoral campaign and an orderly election day, but issues with the tabulation process, and acts of violence and intolerance during the electoral campaign underlined the necessity for important improvements for the future electoral processes. [7]
Electoral observers from the Mozambican Electoral Observatory group concluded that their parallel vote count was broadly in line with the official results. However, the group still termed the elections "partly free and fair, and not very transparent", citing politicization and a lack of transparency of the electoral bodies, voters being turned away and other irregularities. [8]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filipe Nyusi | FRELIMO | 2,803,536 | 57.00 | |
| Afonso Dhlakama | RENAMO | 1,800,448 | 36.60 | |
| Daviz Simango | Democratic Movement of Mozambique | 314,759 | 6.40 | |
| Total | 4,918,743 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 4,918,743 | 91.49 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 457,586 | 8.51 | ||
| Total votes | 5,376,329 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,964,377 | 49.03 | ||
| Source: Constitutional Court | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| FRELIMO | 2,534,845 | 55.68 | 144 | –47 | |
| RENAMO | 1,499,832 | 32.95 | 89 | +38 | |
| Democratic Movement of Mozambique | 385,683 | 8.47 | 17 | +9 | |
| Social Broadening Party of Mozambique | 10,656 | 0.23 | 0 | New | |
| Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development–AD | 9,437 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Youth Movement for the Restoration of Democracy | 8,728 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
| Union for Reconciliation Party | 8,929 | 0.20 | 0 | New | |
| Party of Freedom and Development | 8,099 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Reconciliation Party | 7,872 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greens Party of Mozambique | 7,357 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Movement for the Recovery of Mozambican Unity | 7,098 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
| Ecological Party–Land Movement | 6,922 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Humanitarian Party of Mozambique | 5,946 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
| Patriotic Movement for Democracy | 5,779 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Social Renewal Party | 5,692 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Alliance of Mozambique | 5,671 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electoral Union | 5,611 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Party of Mozambique | 4,593 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
| National Workers and Peasants Party | 4,164 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| Party of Freedom and Solidarity | 3,815 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
| Labour Party | 3,245 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Party of Mozambique for Democratic Freedom | 2,980 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
| Union for Change | 2,527 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Mozambique People's Progress Party | 2,437 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party | 1,930 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| African Union for the Salvation of the People of Mozambique | 1,870 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Social Liberal Party | 464 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Popular Democratic Party | 158 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Reconciliation Party | 43 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,552,383 | 100.00 | 250 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,552,383 | 86.83 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 690,516 | 13.17 | |||
| Total votes | 5,242,899 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,964,377 | 47.82 | |||
| Source: Constitutional Court | |||||
| Province | FRELIMO | RENAMO | MDM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabo Delgado Province | 67 | 14 | 1 |
| Gaza Province | 69 | 0 | 1 |
| Inhambane Province | 58 | 11 | 1 |
| Manica Province | 49 | 39 | 1 |
| Maputo Province | 59 | 12 | 9 |
| Nampula Province | 46 | 46 | 1 |
| Niassa Province | 42 | 34 | 4 |
| Sofala Province | 30 | 45 | 7 |
| Tete Province | 37 | 42 | 3 |
| Zambezia Province | 37 | 51 | 4 |
| Source Mozambique News Agency | |||
The leader of RENAMO, Afonso Dhlakama claimed the results of the election were fraudulent and called for a national unity government, threatening to set up a parallel government if FRELIMO did not agree. [9] However, he later abandoned the call. [10] RENAMO also boycotted the swearing in of the provincial parliaments, and have threatened to boycott the swearing in of the Assembly of the Republic on 12 January 2015. [11]
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