Maputo — The official results from the mayoral by-election in the northern Mozambican municipality of Cuamba, announced on Thursday by the Niassa Provincial Elections Commission, conform the victory of Zacarias Filipe, the candidate of the ruling Frelimo Party.
The official results also confirmed the accuracy of the parallel count undertaken by the Electoral Observatory (OE), the largest and most credible group of Mozambican election observers. The numbers announced by Calisto Mussa, chairperson of the Provincial Elections Commission, were exactly the same as those announced by the OE a few hours earlier.
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