The National Elections Commission (CNE) on 22 February announced that it expects there will be 16.4 million voters registered for the general elections of 9 October, of whom 279,600 will be in the diaspora.
According to the CNE, this year only 7.7 million voters will be registered, since 8,723,805 voters were already registered in 2023, prior to the municipal elections of 11 October.
Voter registration for the population of voting age will take place between 15 March and 28 April, primarily in districts that do not contain municipalities. Over the same period, the voter rolls in the districts with municipalities will be updated, for those citizens who did not register in 2023, lost their voter cards, or changed address.
In the diaspora, registration will occur between 30 March and 28 April 2024. In Africa, the registration will be held in South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya, and in Europe there will be registration in Portugal and Germany.