General elections were held in Mozambique between 3 and 5 December 1999 to elect a president and the Assembly of the Republic . Incumbent president Joaquim Chissano won a narrow victory against Afonso Dhlakama , whilst Chissano's FRELIMO party won the Assembly elections, taking 133 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout for the elections was around 68–70%.[ 1]
1999 Mozambican general election Turnout 69.54% 18.33 pp
Presidential election
Parliamentary election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Maps
Presidential election results by province
Parliamentary election results by constituency
Candidate Party Votes % Joaquim Chissano FRELIMO 2,338,333 52.29 Afonso Dhlakama RENAMO 2,133,655 47.71 Total 4,471,988 100.00 Valid votes 4,471,988 90.63 Invalid/blank votes 462,364 9.37 Total votes 4,934,352 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,099,105 69.51 Source: African Elections Database
Party Votes % Seats +/– FRELIMO 2,005,713 48.54 133 +4 Renamo-UE 1,603,811 38.81 117 +5 Labor Party 111,139 2.69 0 0 Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique 101,970 2.47 0 New Social Liberal Party 83,440 2.02 0 0 Mozambican Opposition Union 64,117 1.55 0 0 Democratic Union 61,122 1.48 0 −9 Mozambique Democratic Liberal Party 33,247 0.80 0 New Independent Party of Mozambique 29,456 0.71 0 0 National Workers and Peasants Party 24,527 0.59 0 New Progressive Liberal Party of Mozambique 11,628 0.28 0 New Mozambique Social Broadening Party 2,153 0.05 0 New Total 4,132,323 100.00 250 0 Valid votes 4,132,323 85.49 Invalid/blank votes 701,438 14.51 Total votes 4,833,761 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,099,105 68.09 Source: African Elections Database