According to the results of the general election recount, Frelimo won the gubernatorial elections in all provinces. In this election, 43.48% of the more than 17.1 million registered voters voted.
The Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), the ruling party, won the elections in the 10 provincial assemblies, thus electing all the provincial governors, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced this Thursday.
According to the results of the general count of the October 9 elections, announced by the president of the CNE, Carlos Matsinhe, in Maputo, but which has yet to be validated by the Constitutional Council, Frelimo elected Manuel Tule as governor of the province of Maputo. , with 626,859 votes (65.44%).
In Gaza, the party in power elected the leader of the list Margarida Chongo with 497,109 votes (87.69%), in Inhambane it elected Francisco Pangula for the position, where he obtained 293,924 votes (76.35%).
In Sofala, Lourenço Bulha was elected governor with 414,664 votes (67.67%), in Manica he obtained 382,743 votes (76.29%), with Francisca Tomás as governor, while Pio Matos was elected in Zambézia, and Frelimo obtained 618,101 votes (71.70). %) and Domingos Viola will be governor of Tete, where his party obtained 751,109 votes (88.66%).
The data presented points to Eduardo Abdula as governor of Nampula, where Frelimo obtained 492,663 votes (59.11%); Valige Tauabo remains governor of Cabo Delgado, where the ruling party obtained 288,218 votes (33%) and in Niassa, Frelimo obtained 186,667 votes (72.18%), placing Elina Judite in the position of governor.
In a total of 867 mandates for the 10 Provincial AssembliesAccording to the CNE, Frelimo also obtained the majority, having elected 731 members, followed by the National Resistance of Mozambique (Renamo) with 54; Podemos with 42, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) with 27, the Democratic Revolution (RD) with six and the Humanitarian Party of Mozambique (Pahumo) with five, the National Reconciliation Party (Parena) and the Social Renewal Party ( Pareso), both in common.
For the province of Maputo, Frelimo had 62 mandates, Podemos with 20 and MDM and Renamo with two each.
In Gaza, Frelimo obtained 80 seats, with 87.59% of the votesand MDM and Parena won one mandate each. In Inhambane, the ruling party won 73 mandates (76.35%), Renamo four, MDM three and Pareso one.
In Sofala province, Frelimo won 68 mandates (67.67%), MDM won 12 and Renamo three mandates, while in Manica, the ruling party won 70 mandates, Renamo eight and MDM four mandates.
In Tete, Frelimo totaled 81 mandates (88.66%)Renamo three and MDM two mandates, and in Zambézia, the party in power obtained 83 mandates, Renamo 12 mandates and Podemos four.
In Nampula, Frelimo won 76 mandates, Podemos achieved its best result with 18 mandates, Renamo won eight and MDM one, while in Cabo Delgado, the ruling party won 72 mandates, Renamo seven, Pahumo five and MDM one.
In Niassa, the ruling party won 66 mandates, Renamo seven, RD six and MDM one mandate.
The CNE announced this Thursday the victory of Daniel Chapo (Frelimo) in the election for President of the Republic, with 70.67% of the votesresults that still require validation by the Constitutional Council.
Venâncio Mondlane, supported by Podemos, came in second place, with 20.32%, totaling 1,412,517 votes.
In third place in the presidential elections was Ossufo Momade, president of Renamo, until now the largest opposition party, with 403,591 votes (5.81%), followed by Lutero Simango, president of the MDM, with 223,066 votes (3.21 %).
In this election, 43.48% of the more than 17.1 million registered voters voted..
The general elections of October 9 included the seventh presidential election, in which the current head of state, Filipe Nyusi, who reached the limit of two terms, was no longer running, simultaneously with legislative elections, for provincial assemblies and for governors.
The announcement of the results made this Thursday by the CNE occurs on the first of two days of general strike and demonstrations throughout the country called by candidate Venâncio Mondlane against this year’s electoral process, which is marked by clashes between protesters and Police officers on the main avenues of the capital of Mozambique.
Source: Observadora
