Mozambique

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The unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República) is Mozambique's legislative body.

The First President of the Peoples Republic of Mozambique national Assembly was President Samora Moises Machel. The current Assembly of the Republic has 250 members who are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Parties must receive at least five percent of the vote nationally to gain parliamentary representation. Currently only two parties are represented in the parliament, Frelimo and Renamo.

Contents 1 2009 Assembly of the Republic election results 1.1 Constituency-wise results 2 2004 Assembly of the Republic election results 3 Previous Assembly of the Republic election results 4 See also

[edit] 2009 Assembly of the Republic election results

e • d Summary of the 28 October 2009 Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberation Front of Mozambique (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique, FRELIMO)	2,907,335	74.66	191	+31
Mozambican National Resistance (Resistência Nacional Moçambicana, RENAMO)	688,782	17.68	51	–39
Democratic Movement of Mozambique (Movimento Democrático de Moçambique, MDM)	152,836	3.93	8	+8
Others		3.73	0	±0
Total (turnout 44.4 %)		100.00	250	±0
Source: AIM - Mozambique News Agency

[edit] Constituency-wise results

The numbers of the deputies of the FRELIMO, RENAMO and MDM elected from each constituency on 28 October, 2009 are as follows:

Party	Niassa	Cabo Delgado	Nampula	Zambezia	Tete	Manica	Sofala	Inhambane	Gaza	Maputo Province	Maputo City	Africa	Rest of the world	Total
FRELIMO	12	19	32	26	18	12	10	15	16	15	14	1	1	191
RENAMO	2	3	13	19	2	4	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	51
MDM	0	-	-	-	-	-	5	0	-	-	3	-	-	8

[edit] 2004 Assembly of the Republic election results

e • d Summary of the 1 and 2 December 2004 Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Liberation Front of Mozambique (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique, Frelimo)		62.0	160
Renamo-UE Mozambican National Resistance (Resistência Nacional Moçambicana, Renamo) Independent Alliance of Mozambique (Aliança Independente de Moçambique) Mozambican Nationalist Movement (Movimento Nacionalista Moçambicano) National Convention Party (Partido de Convenção Nacional) National Unity Party (Partido de Unidade Nacional) Front of Patriotic Action (Frente de Ação Patriotica) People's Party of Mozambique (Partido Popular de Moçambique) United Front of Mozambique (Frente Unida de Moçambique)		29.7	90
Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development (Partido para a Paz Democracia e Desenvolvimento)		2.0	-
Party of Freedom and Solidarity (Partido para a Liberdade e Solidariedade)		0.9	-
National Reconciliation Party (Partido de Reconciliação Nacional)		0.6	-
Independent Party of Mozambique (Partido Independente de Moçambique)		0.6	-
Mozambique Social Broadening Party (Partido Socialisa de Moçambique)		0.5	-
Total (turnout 36.4 %)			250
Source: Government of Mozambique

87 out of 250 seats in the Assembly are occupied by women.

The Assembly of the Republic's president is Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè.

The Assembly of the Republic's Secretary General is Carlos Manuel.

[edit] Previous Assembly of the Republic election results

Political Party	Election Year
	1994	1999
Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO)	129	133
Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO)	112	-
Mozambican National Resistance-Electoral Union (RENAMO-UE)	-	117
Democratic Union (UD)	09	-
Total	250	250

[edit] See also

• History of Mozambique
• Legislative Branch
• List of national legislatures

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