Mozambican General Election 2019 Voting Live
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Mozambican General Election 2019 Voting Live
Mozambican General Election Dates 2019
Mozambican General Election Date: 15 October 2019
General elections will be held in Mozambique on 15 October 2019.
Mozambique elects representatives at several levels:
- at the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Assembly of the Republic(Assembleia da República) has 250 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation.
- at the provincial level, since 2009 Provincial Assemblies, elected at the same time that the national elections.
- at a local level, since 1998 Municipal Elections to elect the leaders of the growing number of municipalities: the President of the Municipal Council and Municipal Assemblies.
Mozambican General Election Voting Live 2019
1. Mozambican General Election will be held on 15 October 2019.
2. Mozambique main opposition Renamo registers for the general election.
The Electoral system of Mozambique
The President is elected using the two-round system. The 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic are 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 are allocated using the D'Hondt method, with an electoral threshold of 5%.
Mozambique Parties and leaders
Name of the Party | Name of the Leader |
---|---|
FRELIMO | Filipe Nyusi |
RENAMO | Ossufo Momade |
MDM | Daviz Simango |
Mozambique past election results
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Filipe Nyusi | FRELIMO | 2,778,497 | 57.03 |
Afonso Dhlakama | RENAMO | 1,783,382 | 36.61 |
Daviz Simango | MDM | 309,925 | 6.36 |
Invalid/blank votes | 461,861 | – | |
Total | 5,333,665 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 10,964,978 | 48.64 |