IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Mozambique

Name	Official Name	Type
Mozambican Assembly	Assembleia da República	Assembly
Presidency of Mozambique	None	Head of State

Chief of State: President Filipe Jacinto NYUSI
Head of Government: Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho DO ROSARIO
Assembly: Mozambique has a unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) with 250 seats.

The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
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."

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Mozambican Assembly	1999-12-03	4,724,097	7,099,105	66.54%
Presidency of Mozambique	1999-12-03	4,934,352	7,099,105	69.51%
Presidency of Mozambique	2004-12-02	3,329,177	9,142,151	36.42%
Mozambican Assembly	2004-12-02	3,321,926	9,142,151	36.34%
Presidency of Mozambique	2009-10-28	3,965,785	7,099,105	55.86%
Mozambican Assembly	2009-10-28	4,387,250	9,871,949	44.44%
Presidency of Mozambique	2014-10-15	5,333,665	10,964,978	48.64%
Mozambican Assembly	2014-10-15	5,316,936	10,964,978	48.49%
Mozambican Assembly	2019-10-15	6,766,416	13,162,321	51.41%
Presidency of Mozambique	2019-10-15	6,823,926	13,162,321	51.84%