Mozambique presidential election, 2004
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General elections were held in Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

 on 1 and 2 December 2004 to elect a president and the Assembly of the Republic
Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique
The unicameral Assembly of the Republic is the legislative body of Mozambique.The first President of the National Assembly of the People's Republic of Mozambique was President Samora Moises Machel...

. Incumbent president Joaquim Chissano
Joaquim Chissano
Joaquim Alberto Chissano served as the second President of Mozambique for nineteen years from 6 November 1986 until 2 February 2005. Since stepping down as president, Chissano has become an elder statesman and is called upon by international bodies, such as the United Nations, to be an envoy or...

 stepped down after 18 years in power, with five candidates running to succeed him. Armando Guebuza
Armando Guebuza
Armando Emílio Guebuza is a Mozambican politician and the President of Mozambique since 2005.- Career :Armando Emílio Guebuza was born in 20 January 1943 in Portuguese East Africa...

 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%.

Presidential election

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
Afonso Dhlakama
Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama is a Mozambican politician and the leader of RENAMO, an anti-communist guerrilla organization that fought the FRELIMO government in the Mozambican Civil War before signing a peace agreement and becoming an opposition political party in the early 1990s.Dhlakama was...

 of RENAMO came second with 31.7% of the vote, and announced that he did not recognize the results.
Candidate Party Votes %
Armando Guebuza
Armando Guebuza
Armando Emílio Guebuza is a Mozambican politician and the President of Mozambique since 2005.- Career :Armando Emílio Guebuza was born in 20 January 1943 in Portuguese East Africa...

FRELIMO 2,004,226 63.74
Afonso Dhlakama
Afonso Dhlakama
Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama is a Mozambican politician and the leader of RENAMO, an anti-communist guerrilla organization that fought the FRELIMO government in the Mozambican Civil War before signing a peace agreement and becoming an opposition political party in the early 1990s.Dhlakama was...

RENAMO 998,059 31.74
Raul Domingos
Raul Domingos
Raul Domingos is a Mozambican politician who was part of RENAMO until being thrown out on 7 July 2000. At the time, he had been considered the most likely successor to party leader Afonso Dhlakama. From 1994 to 1999, Domingos was head of the Renamo parliamentary group...

Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development
Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development
The Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development is a political party in Mozambique.At the last legislative elections, 1 and 2 December 2004, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and no seats. Its presidential candidate, Raul Domingos, won 2.7% of the popular vote....

85,815 2.73
Yaqub Sibindy Independent Party of Mozambique
Independent Party of Mozambique
The Independent Party of Mozambique is a political party in Mozambique.At the last legislative elections, 1 and 2 December 2004, the party won 0.6% of the popular vote and no seats. Its presidential candidate, Yaqub Sibindy, won 0.9% of the popular vote....

28,656 0.91
Carlos Reis United Front for Change and Good Governance 27,412 0.87
Invalid/blank votes 177,999 -
Total 3,329,177 100
Source: African Elections Database

Assembly elections

Party Votes % Seats
FRELIMO 1,889,054 62.03 160
RENAMO-Electoral Union
Renamo-UE
The RENAMO-Electoral Union is an alliance of political parties in Mozambique, led by the Mozambican National Resistance of Afonso Dhlakama....

905,289 29.73 90
Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development
Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development
The Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development is a political party in Mozambique.At the last legislative elections, 1 and 2 December 2004, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and no seats. Its presidential candidate, Raul Domingos, won 2.7% of the popular vote....

60,758 2.00 0
Party of Freedom and Solidarity
Party of Freedom and Solidarity
Party of Freedom and Solidarity is a political party in Mozambique. In the 2004 legislative election, the party received 20,686 votes nationally which did not qualify them for a seat in the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique. In the 2009 legislative election, the party received 0.90% of all...

20,686 0.88 0
National Reconciliation Party 18,220 0.60 0
Independent Party of Mozambique
Independent Party of Mozambique
The Independent Party of Mozambique is a political party in Mozambique.At the last legislative elections, 1 and 2 December 2004, the party won 0.6% of the popular vote and no seats. Its presidential candidate, Yaqub Sibindy, won 0.9% of the popular vote....

17,960 0.59 0
Mozambique Social Broadening Party 15,740 0.52 0
Labor Party 14,242 0.47 0
Social Liberal Party 13,915 0.46 0
Ecological Party-Land Movement 12,985 0.40 0
United Front for Change and Good Governance 11,059 0.36 0
Democratic Union 10,310 0.34 0
Green Party of Mozambique 9,950 0.33 0
Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique 9,263 0.30 0
Democratic Reconciliation Party 9,026 0.30 0
Union for the Salvation of Mozambique 8,661 0.29 0
Broad Opposition Front 7,591 0.25 0
Mozambique Democratic Liberal Party 3,720 0.12 0
United Congress of Democrats 1,252 0.04 0
Popular Democratic Party 448 0.01 0
Invalid/blank votes 276,497 - -
Total 3,321,926 100 250
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