2004 Mozambican general election

General elections were held in Mozambique on 1 and 2 December 2004 to elect a president and the Assembly of the Republic. Incumbent president Joaquim Chissano stepped down after 18 years in power, with five candidates running to succeed him. Armando Guebuza of the ruling FRELIMO party won, with over 60% of the vote. FRELIMO also won the Assembly elections, taking 160 of the 250 seats. Turnout for both elections was just over 36%.

2004 Mozambican general election

1–2 December 2004

Presidential election

Nominee Armando Guebuza Afonso Dhlakama Party FRELIMO RENAMO Popular vote 2,004,226 998,059 Percentage 63.74% 31.74%

Parliamentary election

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– FRELIMO Armando Guebuza 62.03 160 +27 Renamo-UE Afonso Dhlakama 29.73 90 −27 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Maps

President before election Joaquim Chissano FRELIMO Elected President Armando Guebuza FRELIMO

Results

President

Officials expected the winner to be formally announced on 17 December, but it was delayed until 21 December. Guebuza won with 63.7% of the vote, and took office in February 2005. Afonso Dhlakama of RENAMO came second with 31.7% of the vote, and announced that he did not recognize the results.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Armando Guebuza	FRELIMO	2,004,226	63.74
	Afonso Dhlakama	RENAMO	998,059	31.74
	Raul Domingos	Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development	85,815	2.73
	Yaqub Sibindy	Independent Party of Mozambique	28,656	0.91
	Carlos Reis	United Front for Change and Good Governance	27,412	0.87
Total			3,144,168	100.00
Valid votes			3,144,168	94.44
Invalid/blank votes			184,999	5.56
Total votes			3,329,167	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,142,151	36.42
Source: Carter Center, IFES

Assembly

Assembly results showing number of seats won by each party per constituency

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	FRELIMO	1,889,054	62.03	160	+27
	Renamo-UE	905,289	29.73	90	–27
	Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development	60,758	2.00	0	New
	Party of Freedom and Solidarity	26,686	0.88	0	New
	National Reconciliation Party	18,220	0.60	0	New
	Independent Party of Mozambique	17,960	0.59	0	0
	Mozambique Social Broadening Party	15,740	0.52	0	0
	Labor Party	14,242	0.47	0	0
	Social Liberal Party	13,915	0.46	0	0
	Ecological Party-Land Movement	12,285	0.40	0	New
	United Front for Change and Good Governance	11,059	0.36	0	New
	Democratic Union	10,310	0.34	0	0
	Greens Party of Mozambique	9,950	0.33	0	New
	Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique	9,263	0.30	0	0
	Democratic Reconciliation Party	9,026	0.30	0	New
	Union for the Salvation of Mozambique	8,661	0.28	0	New
	Broad Opposition Front	7,591	0.25	0	New
	Mozambique Democratic Liberal Party	3,720	0.12	0	0
	United Congress of Democrats	1,252	0.04	0	New
	People's Democratic Party	448	0.01	0	New
Total		3,045,429	100.00	250	0
Valid votes		3,045,429	91.68
Invalid/blank votes		276,497	8.32
Total votes		3,321,926	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,142,151	36.34
Source: EISA