Mozambican general election, 1999

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General elections were held in Mozambique between 3 and 5 December 1999 to elect a president and the Assembly of the Republic. Incumbent president Joaquim Chissano won a narrow victory against Afonso Dhlakama, whilst Chissano's FRELIMO party won the Assembly elections, taking 133 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout for the elections was around 68-70%.^[1]

Presidential election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Joaquim Chissano	FRELIMO	2,338,333	52.59
Afonso Dhlakama	RENAMO	2,133,655	47.71
Invalid/blank votes		462,364	-
Total		4,934,352	100
Source: African Elections Database

Assembly elections

Party	Votes	%	Seats
FRELIMO	2,005,713	48.54	133
RENAMO-Electoral Union	1,603,811	38.81	117
Labor Party	111,139	2.96	0
Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique	101,970	2.47	0
Social Liberal Party	83,440	2.02	0
Mozambican Opposition Union	64,117	1.55	0
Democratic Union	61,122	1.48	0
Mozambique Democratic Liberal Party	33,247	0.80	0
Independent Party of Mozambique	29,456	0.71	0
Party of Freedom and Solidarity	20,686	0.88	0
National Workers and Peasants Party	24,527	0.59	0
Progressive Liberal Party of Mozambique	11,628	0.28	0
Mozambique Social Broadening Party	2,153	0.05	0
Invalid/blank votes	701,438	-	-
Total	4,833,761	100	250

References

1. ^ Elections in Mozambique African elections database