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Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    2014
  • Presidential
    2014

Mozambique
  • Mozambique
  • Republic of Mozambique
  • Region: Africa

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Armando GUEBUZA
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Alberto VAQUINA
  • Assembly: Mozambique has a unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) with 250 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República), 248 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 2 members are elected in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** 248 seats are apportioned among 11 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the provinces in proportion to their populations. Two single-seat constituencies represent Mozamibcans living abroad in Africa and "other countries," respectively. According to the electoral law (2007) these seats are "both based in Maputo."

Population:

  • Population: 22,061,451 (July 2010 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - 2014
  • Parliamentary - 2014

Past elections

Last Updated on 01/10/2013

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