Mozambican general election, 2004

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.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Armando Guebuza	FRELIMO	2,004,226	63.74
Afonso Dhlakama	RENAMO	998,059	31.74
Raul Domingos	Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development	85,815	2.73
Yaqub Sibindy	Independent Party of Mozambique	28,656	0.91
Carlos Reis	United Front for Change and Good Governance	27,412	0.87
Invalid/blank votes		177,999	–
Total		3,329,177	100
Registered voters/turnout		9,909,054	33.60
Source: African Elections Database

Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
FRELIMO	1,889,054	62.03	160	+27
RENAMO-Electoral Union	905,289	29.73	90	–27
Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development	60,758	2.00	0	New
Party of Freedom and Solidarity	26,686	0.88	0	0
National Reconciliation Party	18,220	0.60	0	New
Independent Party of Mozambique	17,960	0.59	0	New
Mozambique Social Broadening Party	15,740	0.52	0	0
Labor Party	14,242	0.47	0	0
Social Liberal Party	13,915	0.46	0	0
Ecological Party-Land Movement	12,285	0.40	0	New
United Front for Change and Good Governance	11,059	0.36	0	New
Democratic Union	10,310	0.34	0	0
Greens Party of Mozambique	9,950	0.33	0	New
Liberal Democratic Party of Mozambique	9,263	0.30	0	0
Democratic Reconciliation Party	9,026	0.30	0	New
Union for the Salvation of Mozambique	8,661	0.29	0	New
Broad Opposition Front	7,591	0.25	0	New
Mozambique Democratic Liberal Party	3,720	0.12	0	0
United Congress of Democrats	1,252	0.04	0	New
People's Democratic Party	448	0.01	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	276,622	–	–	–
Total	3,322,051	100	250	0
Registered voters/turnout	9,909,054	33.53	–	–
Source: CNE

References

1. Elections in Mozambique African elections database