21 November 2008
Maputo — As expected, David Simango, Mozambique's Minister of Youth and Sport, and the candidate of the ruling Frelimo Party for mayor of Maputo, has won an overwhelming victory in Wednesday's municipal elections.
With results in from 94.6 per cent of the Maputo polling stations, Simango had 85.7 per cent of all valid votes, and his sole opponent, Eduardo Namburete, of the former rebel movement Renamo, had only 14.3 per cent.
In the last local elections in Maputo, in 2003, Frelimo took 75.2 per cent of the vote and Renamo 12 per cent. But in 2003, there were three other candidates for mayor, one of whom, Philippe Gagnaux, head of the independent citizens' group Juntos pela Cidade (JPC - Together for the City) won almost ten per cent.
The result from the vast majority of polling stations, as announced by the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) on Thursday night, was:
David Simango (Frelimo): 200,553 Eduardo Namburete (Renamo): 33,472
Results for the election for the 67 seats in the Maputo municipal assembly have not yet been announced. But from the polling station results sheets which AIM reporters have seen, there is a distinct possibility that the JPC slate may come second, beating Renamo into third place.
An independent slate has already beaten Renamo in the town of Manica, in Maputo province. This group, the Natives and Residents of Manhica (NATURMA) picked up seven per cent of the vote in the mayoral election, and six per cent in the assembly election. In both elections Frelimo won almost 90 per cent.
The full results in Manhica were:
Mayoral election
Alberto Chicuamba (Frelimo): 12,271 Albero Xirinda (NATURMA): 928 Julio Cossa (Renamo): 464
Municipal assembly election
Frelimo: 12,250 NATURMA: 819 Renamo: 579 PIMO: 131
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