Mozambican general election, 2009
The parliamentary elections in Mozambique found on 28 October 2009 simultaneously with the presidential election and the first-in provincial elections. The parliamentary elections were the fourth general elections since the end of the Mozambican civil war. The elections ended with a massive victory of the ruling party Frente da Libertação de Moçambique ( FRELIMO ), the defeat of the hitherto only significant opposition party Resistência Nacional Moçambicana ( RENAMO ) and a moderate success of the newly formed party Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM ).
24 political parties and five coalitions had to participate in the election at the Comissão Nacional de Eleições - advertised CNE, the National Electoral Commission. 19 parties were registered, of which only five in more than seven of the 13 electoral districts (including the districts of " Africa " and " Rest of World" like looking for Mozambicans abroad ).
Democratic standards
As in the previous elections, there was significant criticism of the democratic standards of the elections. Besides Before division of FRELIMO, whose followers are said to have used state resources for party propaganda in massive and unfairly criticized observer in particular that the newly formed MDM had been excluded by formal reasoning in nine of the 13 electoral districts. Election observers from the European Union observed numerous irregularities in the counting of votes at polling stations; the irregularities would affect the election results but not decisive.
Election results
- Frelimo Template: Election chart / Maintenance / Symbol: 191
- RENAMO Template: Election chart / Maintenance / Name: 51
- MDM template: Select Diagram / Maintenance / Name: 8
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A 9 November 2009 only published result still contained inconsistencies, the results added up to more than 100 %. Of the 16 other parties that were selected in one or more electoral districts in addition to FRELIMO, RENAMO and MDM, the country did not reach even 1% of the vote.
The results of the parliamentary elections by provinces broken down ( eg n is not approved for " differences in the number of seats a province typically result from different population development ):
Failed Renamo boycott
The head of the Renamo Afonso Dhlakama dismissed the elected members of his party to not take their seats because he did not recognize the election defeat of his party. However, he could not so prevail, in early 2010 had almost all Renamo deputies made their oath and assumed its mandate.