2009 Mozambican general election

2009 Mozambican general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	44.63% ( 11.03pp)
Nominee Armando Guebuza Afonso Dhlakama Daviz Simango Party FRELIMO RENAMO MDM Popular vote 2,974,627 650,679 340,579 Percentage 75.01% 16.41% 8.59%
Parliamentary election
Party Leader % Seats +/– FRELIMO Armando Guebuza 74.66 191 +31 RENAMO Afonso Dhlakama 17.69 51 −39 MDM Daviz Simango 3.93 8 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Presidential election results map President before President after Armando Guebuza FRELIMO Armando Guebuza FRELIMO

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General elections to elect the president, Assembly of the Republic, and Provincial Assemblies was held in Mozambique on 28 October 2009. Incumbent President Armando Guebuza ran for re-election as the FRELIMO candidate; he was challenged by opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama, who had stood as the RENAMO candidate in every presidential election since 1994. Also standing were Daviz Simango, the Mayor of Beira, who was a RENAMO member before founding his own party, the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), earlier in 2009.^[1]