Publication State / Democracy - Political Parties / Election Analyses - Africa Mozambique's 2014 General Election and Victory to the Losers

International Politics 05/2014 by Fredson Guilengue. Published by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung South Africa.

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Fredson Guilengue,

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November 2014

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Having just experienced its fifth general election since the establishment of a multiparty democratic system in 1992, Mozambique voted for a president and elected members to the national and provincial parliaments on 15 October 2014.

The ruling party Frente de Libertação (Frelimo) was once again victorious in maintaining its stronghold on power since independence in 1975. The official preliminary results hands the presidency to FRELIMO´s first time candidate Filipe Jacinto Nyusi with 57,03%, followed by long-standing opposition candidate from Resistência Nacional de Moçambique (RENAMO), Afonso Dhlakama, with 36,68% and second time Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM) presidential candidate, Daviz Mbepo Simango, coming in third with 6,36%.

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