Mozambique’s ruling party re-elected

Mozambique’s ruling party was declared to have won disputed presidential and parliamentary elections by a landslide on Thursday as opposition supporters held scattered protests in several cities that resulted in at least one death.

Daniel Chapo from the Frelimo party, which has been in power for half a century, took nearly 71 per cent of the votes for president on October 9, the National Election Commission (CNE) announced.

Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, who declared himself the winner and claimed irregularities, won just over 20 per cent, it said.

The commission said Frelimo also swept the parliamentary vote, taking 195 of 250 seats, up from the 184 it won in the 2019 vote.

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Mondlane’s Podemos took 31 seats, pushing out Renamo – with 20 seats – as the main opposition.