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General elections were held in Mozambique on 1 and 2 December 2004 to elect a president and the Assembly of the Republic. Incumbent president Joaquim Chissano stepped down after 18 years in power, with five candidates running to succeed him. Armando Guebuza of the ruling FRELIMO party won, with over 60% of the vote. FRELIMO also won the Assembly elections, taking 160 fo the 250 seats. Turnout for both elections was just over 36%.[1]
Presidential election
Officials expected the winner to be formally announced on 17 December, but it was delayed until 21 December. Guebuza won with 63.7% of the vote, and took office in February 2005. Afonso Dhlakama of RENAMO came second with 31.7% of the vote, and announced that he did not recognize the results.
Candidate Party Votes % Armando Guebuza FRELIMO 2,004,226 63.74 Afonso Dhlakama RENAMO 998,059 31.74 Raul Domingos Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development 85,815 2.73 Yaqub Sibindy Independent Party of Mozambique 28,656 0.91 Carlos Reis United Front for Change and Good Governance 27,412 0.87 Invalid/blank votes 177,999 - Total 3,329,177 100 Source: African Elections Database Assembly elections
Party Votes % Seats FRELIMO 1,889,054 62.03 160 RENAMO-Electoral Union 905,289 29.73 90 Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development 60,758 2.00 0 Party of Freedom and Solidarity 20,686 0.88 0 National Reconciliation Party 18,220 0.60 0 Independent Party of Mozambique 17,960 0.59 0 Mozambique Social Broadening Party 15,740 0.52 0 Labor Party 14,242 0.47 0 Social Liberal Party 13,915 0.46 0 Ecological Party-Land Movement 12,985 0.40 0 United Front for Change and Good Governance 11,059 0.36 0 Democratic Union 10,310 0.34 0 Green Party of Mozambique 9,950 0.33 0 Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique 9,263 0.30 0 Democratic Reconciliation Party 9,026 0.30 0 Union for the Salvation of Mozambique 8,661 0.29 0 Broad Opposition Front 7,591 0.25 0 Mozambique Democratic Liberal Party 3,720 0.12 0 United Congress of Democrats 1,252 0.04 0 Popular Democratic Party 448 0.01 0 Invalid/blank votes 276,497 - - Total 3,321,926 100 250 References
- ^ Elections in Mozambique African elections database
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