Mozambican general election, 2014

Mozambican general election, 2014

15 October 2014

10,964,978 50%+ votes needed to win Turnout 48.6%   Nominee Filipe Nyusi Afonso Dhlakama Daviz Simango Party FRELIMO RENAMO MDM Popular vote 2,778,497 1,783,382 309,925 Percentage 57.03% 36.61% 6.36%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes provinces won by Nyusi, and Blue denotes those won by Dhlakama.

President before election Armando Guebuza FRELIMO Elected President Filipe Nyusi FRELIMO

General elections were held in Mozambique on 15 October 2014. Filipe Nyusi, the candidate of the ruling FRELIMO, was elected as President, and FRELIMO retained its parliamentary majority.

Electoral system

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]

Campaign

Presidential candidates

Candidate	Party
Filipe Nyusi[5]	Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO)
Alfonso Dhlakama[6]	Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO)
Daviz Simango[5]	Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM)

Conduct

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]

Results

President

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
Source: Mozambique News Agency

Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
FRELIMO	2,575,995	55.93	144	–47
RENAMO	1,495,137	32.46	89	+38
MDM	384,538	8.35	17	+9
Other parties	149,812	3.25	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	711,454	–	–	–
Total	5,316,936	100	250
Registered voters/turnout	10,964,978	48.49	–	–
Source: Mozambique News Agency

Provincial elections

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

Aftermath

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]

Gallery

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  A section of the crowd at FRELIMO's final campaign rally

References

1. Republic of Mozambique: Election for President (President) IFES
2. Mozambique leader sets date for 2014 elections Fox News, 31 July 2013
3. "Nyusi Set to Rule Gas-Rich Mozambique Under Guebuza's Shadow". Bloomberg. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
4. Electoral system IPU
5. "Mozambican Opposition Leader Registers As Voter". Bernama. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
6. "Mozambique: Dhlakama registered as Voter for Presidential Elections". nsnbc international. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
7. "UNIÃO EUROPEIA MISSÃO DE OBSERVAÇÃO ELEITORAL Moçambique – Eleições Gerais 2014 PRESS RELEASE" (pdf). Retrieved 7 January 2015.
8. "Elections "partially free and fair, and not very transparent"". 6 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
9. "allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Dhlakama Threatens to Set Up His Own Government". Mozambique News Agency. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
10. "allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Dhlakama Abandons 'Caretaker Government' Demand". Mozambique News Agency. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
11. "allAfrica.com: Mozambique: Parliament Meets On Monday, Regardless of Renamo Boycott". Mozambique News Agency. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.