2004 Mozambican general election explained

Country:

Mozambique

Previous Election:

1999 Mozambican general election

Previous Year:

1999

Election Date:

1–2 December 2004

Next Election:

2009 Mozambican general election

Next Year:

2009

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Election Name:

Presidential election

Type:

presidential

Image1:

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Nominee1:

Armando Guebuza

Party1:

FRELIMO

Popular Vote1:

2,004,226

Percentage1:

63.74%

Party2:

RENAMO

Popular Vote2:

998,059

Percentage2:

31.74%

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Election Name:

Parliamentary election

Party1:

FRELIMO

Percentage1:

62.03

Seats1:

160

Last Election1:

133

Percentage2:

29.73

Seats2:

Last Election2:

117

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President
Before Election:	Joaquim Chissano
Before Party:	FRELIMO
After Party:	FRELIMO

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 of the 250 seats. Turnout for both elections was just over 36%.^[1]

Results

President

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.

Assembly

Notes and References

http://africanelections.tripod.com/mz.html Elections in Mozambique