Mozambique Elections: CNE expects to receive provincial vote count data by Wednesday

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Mozambique Elections: CNE expects to receive provincial vote count data by Wednesday

12:27 CAT | 15 Oct 2024

FILE - CNE headquarters in Maputo city. [File photo: Miramar]

The National Elections Commission (CNE) of Mozambique in Maputo expects to receive the provincial vote count data for the general elections of October 9 between today and Wednesday, the institution’s spokesperson told Lusa.

“The data should arrive today and tomorrow with the presidents of the provincial commissions,” CNE spokesperson Paulo Cuinica said.

According to the provincial vote count data released publicly in recent days by the provincial electoral bodies, presidential candidate Daniel Chapo and the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo, the ruling party) won in the electoral districts of Nampula (the largest in the country), Cabo Delgado, Manica and Maputo city, among others.

Presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane was announced as the winner of the election in Beira, Sofala province, the third largest city in the country, while the Podemos party, which supports Mondlane, appears in some constituencies as the second most popular in the legislative elections.

According to Mozambican electoral legislation, district election commissions had three days, after the polls closed on Wednesday, to complete the count in the country’s 154 districts. Provincial election commissions had up to five days, a deadline ending on Monday, to complete their intermediate count.

The CNE has a period of up to 15 days – after the polls close – to announce the results, which must then be validated by the Constitutional Council, which has no deadline for a final proclamation, and must also analyse the appeals received.

The general elections of 9 October included the seventh presidential elections – in which the current head of state, Filipe Nyusi, who has reached the limit of two terms, has no longer run – simultaneously with the seventh legislative elections and the fourth elections for provincial assemblies and governors.

The presidential elections were run by Daniel Chapo, with the support of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), in power since 1975; Ossufo Momade, with the support of Renamo; Lutero Simango, supported by the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), the third parliamentary force; and Venâncio Mondlane, supported by the Optimistic Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos).

Source: Lusa