2024 Mozambican general election

General elections are scheduled to be held in Mozambique on 9 October 2024.[1][2][3]

2024 Mozambican general election
9 October 2024
Presidential election
 
Nominee Daniel Chapo Ossufo Momade Lutero Simango
Party FRELIMO RENAMO MDM
President before election

Filipe Nyusi
FRELIMO

 Elected President

TBD

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The ruling party, FRELIMO, which has increasingly become marked with growing concerns of authoritarianism and impunity amid the controversies surrounding the 2023 local elections and the 2019 general election, is predicted to win.[4]

Electoral system

The President is elected using the two-round system.[5] The 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic are elected by proportional representation in eleven multi-member constituencies based on the country's provinces and on a first-past-the-post basis from two single-member constituencies representing Mozambican citizens in Africa and Europe. Seats in the multi-member constituencies are allocated using the d'Hondt method, with an electoral threshold of 5%.[6]

Candidates

On 5 May 2024, after a meeting of its Central Committee, FRELIMO named Daniel Chapo, a 47-year old law professor and former radio announcer, as its candidate in the upcoming election, to succeed outgoing president Filipe Nyusi.[7] On the same date, the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) selected its leader, Lutero Simango to be its candidate for the October elections.[8]

References
  1. "Mozambique to Hold Presidential Election Oct. 9 Next Year". Bloomberg. 4 August 2023.
  2. "Mozambique to Hold General Elections On October 9, Next Year • 360 Mozambique". 360 Mozambique. 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  3. "Mozambique: Presidential, legislative elections scheduled for 9 October 2024". Mozambique. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  4. "Mozambique: October 9". Africa Center for Strategic Studies. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  5. Republic of Mozambique: Election for President (President) IFES
  6. Electoral system IPU
  7. "Mozambique's ruling party names new leader ahead of elections". Africanews. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  8. "Mozambique: MDM elects Lutero Simango as its presidential candidate". Club of Mozambique. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
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