1999 Mozambican general election

General elections were held in Mozambique between 3 and 5 December 1999 to elect a president and the Assembly of the Republic. Incumbent president Joaquim Chissano won a narrow victory against Afonso Dhlakama, whilst Chissano's FRELIMO party won the Assembly elections, taking 133 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout for the elections was around 68-70%.[1]

1999 Mozambican general election

3–5 December 1999
Turnout69.54% 18.33 pp
Presidential election
 
Nominee Joaquim Chissano Afonso Dhlakama
Party FRELIMO RENAMO
Popular vote 2,338,333 2,133,655
Percentage 52.29% 47.71%
Parliamentary election

Party Leader % Seats ±
FRELIMO Joaquim Chissano 48.54 133 +4
Renamo-UE Afonso Dhlakama 38.81 117 +5
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Presidential election results map. Red denotes provinces won by Chissano, and Blue denotes those won by Dhlakama.
President before President after
Joaquim Chissano
FRELIMO
Joaquim Chissano
FRELIMO

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Joaquim ChissanoFRELIMO2,338,33352.29
Afonso DhlakamaRENAMO2,133,65547.71
Total4,471,988100.00
Valid votes4,471,98890.63
Invalid/blank votes462,3649.37
Total votes4,934,352100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,099,10569.51
Source: African Elections Database

Assembly

Assembly results showing number of seats won by each party per constituency
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
FRELIMO2,005,71348.54133+4
Renamo-UE1,603,81138.81117+5
Labor Party111,1392.6900
Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique101,9702.470
Social Liberal Party83,4402.0200
Mozambican Opposition Union64,1171.5500
Democratic Union61,1221.480
Mozambique Democratic Liberal Party33,2470.800New
Independent Party of Mozambique29,4560.7100
National Workers and Peasants Party24,5270.590New
Progressive Liberal Party of Mozambique11,6280.280New
Mozambique Social Broadening Party2,1530.050New
Total4,132,323100.002500
Valid votes4,132,32385.49
Invalid/blank votes701,43814.51
Total votes4,833,761100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,099,10568.09
Source: African Elections Database

References

  1. Elections in Mozambique African elections database
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