Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)

Mozambique: First Results Declared

28 October 2009

Maputo — The first results from Mozambique's Thursday general elections announced on Radio Mozambique are from the district of Chokwe, in the southern province of Gaza, and show a crushing victory for the incumbent, Armando Guebuza, of the ruling Frelimo Party.

This is not at all surprising. Gaza is a Frelimo stronghold, and the main opposition party, the formal rebel movement Renamo, has never been able to elect a single parliamentary deputy from Gaza.

The Radio gave the results from just two Chokwe polling stations. Put together the results were:

  • Armando Guebuza (Frelimo) 769 Daviz Simango (MDM) 62 Afonso Dhlakama 7
  • One small polling station in Sanga district in the northernmost province of Niassa, also a Frelimo stronghold, has finished its presidential count. Its result was:
  • Armando Guebuza (Frelimo) 163 Daviz Simango (MDM) 12 Afonso Dhlakama (Renamo) 12
  • No conclusions can be drawn from three polling stations. No results are yet available from provinces regarded as Renamo strongholds.
  • All results from the polling stations must be regarded as unofficial, until confirmed by the National Elections Commission (CNE).
Tagged: Mozambique, Southern Africa

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