1999 Mozambican general election

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]

1999 Mozambican general election

3–5 December 1999
Turnout	69.54% 18.33 pp
Presidential election
Nominee Joaquim Chissano Afonso Dhlakama Party FRELIMO RENAMO Popular vote 2,338,333 2,133,655 Percentage 52.29% 47.71%
Parliamentary election
Party Leader % Seats ± FRELIMO Joaquim Chissano 48.54 133 +4 Renamo-UE Afonso Dhlakama 38.81 117 +5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Presidential election results map. Red denotes provinces won by Chissano, and Blue denotes those won by Dhlakama.
President before President after Joaquim Chissano FRELIMO Joaquim Chissano FRELIMO

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Joaquim Chissano	FRELIMO	2,338,333	52.29
	Afonso Dhlakama	RENAMO	2,133,655	47.71
Total			4,471,988	100.00
Valid votes			4,471,988	90.63
Invalid/blank votes			462,364	9.37
Total votes			4,934,352	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			7,099,105	69.51
Source: African Elections Database

Assembly

Assembly results showing number of seats won by each party per constituency

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	FRELIMO	2,005,713	48.54	133	+4
	Renamo-UE	1,603,811	38.81	117	+5
	Labor Party	111,139	2.69	0	0
	Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique	101,970	2.47	0	–
	Social Liberal Party	83,440	2.02	0	0
	Mozambican Opposition Union	64,117	1.55	0	0
	Democratic Union	61,122	1.48	0	–
	Mozambique Democratic Liberal Party	33,247	0.80	0	New
	Independent Party of Mozambique	29,456	0.71	0	0
	National Workers and Peasants Party	24,527	0.59	0	New
	Progressive Liberal Party of Mozambique	11,628	0.28	0	New
	Mozambique Social Broadening Party	2,153	0.05	0	New
Total		4,132,323	100.00	250	0
Valid votes		4,132,323	85.49
Invalid/blank votes		701,438	14.51
Total votes		4,833,761	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,099,105	68.09
Source: African Elections Database

References

1. Elections in Mozambique African elections database