{"iso":"MZ","name":"Mozambique","flag":"\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddff","vote":"Assembly of the Republic \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2024-10-09","source":"2024 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the party vote at the Assembly of the Republic election of 9 October 2024, official results as validated by the Constitutional Council, which revised the initially announced totals. Observers reported irregularities, and the disputed count triggered the deadliest unrest since the civil war. Parties below one percent are aggregated as others.","shares":{"FRE":71.4,"POD":12.9,"REN":8.1,"MDM":3.5,"OTH":4.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"FRE":{"name":"Frelimo","color":"#C8102E"},"POD":{"name":"Podemos","color":"#2E86C1"},"REN":{"name":"Renamo","color":"#E67E22"},"MDM":{"name":"Movimento Democr\u00e1tico de Mo\u00e7ambique","color":"#8E44AD","name_en":"Democratic Movement of Mozambique"},"OTH":{"name":"Outros partidos","color":"#9a9a9a","name_en":"Other parties"}},"primer":{"system":"Presidential republic under dominant-party rule","head_of_state":"President Daniel Chapo (Frelimo)","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Maria Benvinda Levy","legislature":"Assembly of the Republic, 250 members.","electoral_system":"The president is directly elected in up to two rounds, and assembly members by closed-list proportional representation.","government_now":"Frelimo, which has never lost power since 1975, holds 171 seats. The Constitutional Council put Chapo's presidential share at 65 percent after revising initial figures, with Ven\u00e2ncio Mondlane second.","context":"The disputed October 2024 election triggered protests in which hundreds were killed before a 2025 political accord eased tensions. An Islamist insurgency in gas-rich Cabo Delgado continues to disrupt major LNG investments.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"FRE":["Frelimo","Mozambique Liberation Front","Former Marxist liberation movement turned dominant centre-left party; has governed continuously since independence in 1975."],"POD":["Podemos","Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique","New party that backed independent presidential challenger Ven\u00e2ncio Mondlane; surged to become the main opposition in 2024."],"REN":["Renamo","Mozambican National Resistance","Former civil-war rebel movement turned conservative party; long the main opposition, now fallen to third."],"MDM":["Movimento Democr\u00e1tico de Mo\u00e7ambique","Democratic Movement of Mozambique","Centrist breakaway from Renamo; a smaller opposition party."],"OTH":["Outros partidos","Other parties","Aggregate of minor parties below the display threshold; no seats in the Constitutional Council's final validated count."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Assembly of the Republic","as_of":"2024 election","total":250,"seats":{"FRE":171,"POD":43,"REN":28,"MDM":8,"OTH":0}},"region_winners":{"Maputo":"FRE","Cabo Delgado":"FRE","Niassa":"FRE","Tete":"FRE","Manica":"FRE","Gaza":"FRE","Zambezia":"FRE","Inhambane":"FRE","Sofala":"FRE","Nampula":"FRE"},"region_meta":{"election":"2024 Mozambican general election (9 October 2024) \u00b7 Assembly of the Republic","source":"Constitutional Council validated results, official results as published","note":"Every province shaded Frelimo, reflecting the official Constitutional Council result that gave Frelimo the parliamentary majority and all ten provincial governorships. The count was heavily disputed and Podemos, backing Ven\u00e2ncio Mondlane, published a parallel tally showing a very different outcome; the dispute triggered the deadliest unrest since the civil war."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2029","title":"Mozambican general election","chamber":"Assembly of the Republic","type":"expected"}}