At Stake in this Election: 

• All 250 seats in the Mozambican Assembly of the Republic 

The presidential election will be held concurrently.

Government Structure:  

• Chief of State: President Jacinto NYUSI (since 15 January 2015) 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Adriano MALEIANE (since 3 March 2022) 

• Assembly: unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) with 250 seats 

Electoral System:  

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds and may serve up to two consecutive 5-year terms. 

• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President. 

• In the Assembly of the Republic, 248 members are elected by party-list proportional representation vote, and 2 members (representing the diaspora) are directly elected by plurality vote. All 250 members serve 5-year terms. 

Last Election: 

In the 2019 legislative election, FRELIMO won a majority of the vote, followed by RENAMO and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique. Voter turnout was 51%. 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 10 June 2024 

• Voter registration deadline: 28 April 2024 

Main Parties in this Election: 

• Mozambican Liberation Front / Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) 

• • Seats won in last election: 184 out of 250 

• Mozambican National Resistance / Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (RENAMO) 

• • Seats won in last election 60 out of 250 

• Democratic Movement of Mozambique / Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM) 

• • Seats won in last election: 6 out of 250 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 33,897,354 (2023)  

• Registered Voters: 16,649,373 (2024) 

Gender Data: 

• CEDAW Status: Ratified (by accession) 21 April 1997  

• Gender Quota: No 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 108 out of 250 (43%) in the Assembly of the Republic 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.461, Low, Rank 183 (2022)  

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 19.2 (2023) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 30 March 2007, Ratified 30 January 2012  

• Projected population with a disability: 5,423,577 (2023) 

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Mozambique: No   

• Election Access: Yes 

• ElectionJudgments: No