IFES Election Guide | Elections: Mozambican Assembly 2009 General

Oct. 28, 2009 Held

Republic of Mozambique

Election for Assembleia da República (Mozambican Assembly )

Results

Voter Participation

Cast Votes:4,387,250

Valid Votes:3,893,858

Invalid Votes:493,392

Registered Voters:9,871,949

Voter
Turnout*

Vote Share by Party:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Mozambican Liberation Front 191 - ▲ 2,907,335

74.66%

Mozambican National Resistance 51 - ▼ 688,782

17.69%

Mozambique Democratic Movement 8 - 152,836

3.93%

Party of Freedom and Development (Party of Freedom and Development) - - 26,929

0.69%

Party for Peace, Democracy and Development - - 22,410

0.58%

Green Party of Mozambique (Green Party of Mozambique) - - 19,577

0.50%

Democratic Alliance of Veterans for Development (Democratic Alliance of Veterans for Development) - - 17,275

0.44%

Party of Freedom and Solidarity (Partido para a Liberdade e Solidariedade) - - 16,626

0.43%

Independent Alliance Party of Mozambique (Independent Alliance Party of Mozambique) - - 14,959

0.38%

Electoral Union Coalition (Electoral Union Coalition) - - 6,786

0.17%

National Reconciliation Party (National Reconciliation Party) - - 5,610

0.14%

Ecological Party - Land Movement (Ecological Party - Land Movement) - - 5,267

0.14%

Patriotic Movement for Democracy (Patriotic Movement for Democracy) - - 2,433

0.06%

Union of Mozambican Democrats (Union of Mozambican Democrats) - - 2,190

0.06%

Union for Change (Union for Change) - - 1,641

0.04%

Labor Party (Partido Trabalhista) 1,239

National Workers and Peasants Party (National Workers and Peasants Party) - - 852

0.02%

Popular Democratic Party (Popular Democratic Party) - - 712

0.02%

Social Democratic Reconciliation Party (Social Democratic Reconciliation Party) - - 399

0.01%

Election Results Modified: Apr 11, 2016

General Information

At stake in this election:

250 seats in the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República)

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Armando GUEBUZA *
Head of Government: Prime Minister Luisa DIOGO
Assembly: Mozambique has a unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) with 250 seats.

* The electoral system is two-round.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term.
In the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República), 248 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 2 members are elected in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** 248 seats are apportioned among 11 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the provinces in proportion to their populations. Two single-seat constituencies represent Mozamibcans living abroad in Africa and "other countries," respectively. According to the electoral law (2007) these seats are "both based in Maputo."

Main parties in the electoral race:

Party: Front for the Liberalization of Mozambique (Frelimo)
- Leader: Joaquim Alberto CHISSANO
- Seats won in this election: 51
- Seats won in last election: 133
Party: Mozambique National Resistance-Electoral Union (Renamo-UE)
- Leader: Afonso DHLAKAMA
- Seats won in this election: 191
- Seats won in last election: 117
Party: Mozambique Democratic Movement****
- Leader: Davis SIMANGO
- Seats won in this election: 8
- Seats won in last election: 0