CIP Mozambique Elections: Podemos now the main opposition; boycott in north

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CIP Mozambique Elections: Podemos now the main opposition; boycott in north

5:45 CAT | 17 Oct 2024

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Record low turnout with boycott in north

Turnout in this election matched the lowest ever for a national election, 43%. There was an effective boycott in the north with only 28% voting in Nampula and 33% in Zambézia, Niassa, and Cabo Delgado. In the centre turnout was around 50% and in Maputo city and province 63%. The previous lowest turnouts were 45% in 2009 and 43% in 2004.

This is the official turnout, which will be somewhat higher than the real turnout because it includes widespread ballot box stuffing, as reported by observers, plus ghost voters. We estimate the real turnout is probably 39% or less.

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Podemos will be the official opposition

Support for Renamo and its head Ossufu Momade collapsed, and will have only 20 seats in parliament. Podemos is now the largest opposition party in parliament. 31 seats There could be slight changes when final results are published for Tete and Sofala.

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.Frelimo has more than a 2/3 majority, but many of Frelimo’s votes came from ballot box stuffing and the nearly 1 million ghost voters – in places where there are more voters than voting age adults.

Both the National Elections Commission and the Constitutional Council are allowed to change the results in secret, and without explanation, so these numbers could still change.

There are 2 seats in parliament elected by Mozambicans living and registered abroad, and those results have not been announced yet, but they usually vote for Frelimo.

Source: Centro de Integridade Pública - CIP Eleições