General Election 2019 Newsletters

This newsletter is published by CIP, the Public Interity Centre, Maputo.
If you need to cite it for academic purposes, treat it as a blog. The normal citation format would be:
"2019 General Elections - Mozambique Political Process Bulletin", number XXX", DATE, bit.ly/mozamb, accessed XXX.

15 October 2019 general election results

As announced by National Elections Commission, with errors corrected:

Presidential elections National parliament (AR) elections

Constitutional Council election ruling. Three versions of Acórdão 25, all with the date 22 December 2019:

Acórdão 25 - 22 December 2019 original version

2 January 2020 1st secretly corrected version (retains 22 December date)

6 January 2020 2nd secretly corrected version (retains 22 December date)

Public Integrity Centre Final report on 15 October 2019 general elections - 26 Jan 2020

Many electoral documents (in Portuguese) are posted on https://www.cipeleicoes.org/documentos/

CIP Observer & journalists' manual 2018-9 Por Eleições Transparentes, Livres e Justas 2018

2019 General Elections - Mozambique Political Process Bulletin


• General Elections 97 - 12 Feb 2020 - EU observer mission final report in English and Portuguese
• General Elections 96 - 26 Jan 2020 - Final report on 15 October 2019 general elections
• General Elections 95 - 12 Jan 2020 - CC secretly changes results again
• General Elections 94 - 5 Jan 2020 - CC secretly changes results
• General Elections 93 - 23 Dec 2019 - Constitutional Council approves elections
• General Elections 92 - 3 Dec 2019 - CNE violated law by refusing to publish provincial results
• General Elections 91 - 14 Nov 2019 - CC OKs secret count
• General Elections 90 - 10 Nov 19 - Special Study on vote inflation and ballot box stuffing - 478,000 votes and 5 AR seats were taken away from Renamo; EU hits malpractice and intimidation. EU statement English and Portuguese
• General Elections 89 - 4 Nov 19 - 17 ND observers held for 2 weeks; CSOs say Frelimo captured electoral process
• General Elections 88 - 29 Oct 19 - Protests; Ballot box stuffing
• General Elections 87 - 27 Oct 19 - CNE announces results, but with errors
• General Elections 86 - 25 Oct 19 - CNE approves results by narrow 9-8 vote - Declaration of vote of 8 opposition
• General Elections 85 - PVT, no edital
• General Elections 84 - district results show stuffing - district elections commissions results: President and AR (parliament)
• General Elections 83 - PVT, peace accord violated
• General Elections 82 - comment: decentralised control
• General Elections 81 - strong EU statement
• General Elections 80 - 17 Oct 19 - 11h00 - Frelimo landslide
• General Elections 79 - 16 Oct 19 - 18h00 - probably Frelimo victory in tainted elections
• General Elections 78 - 16 Oct 19 - 12h00 - burning, violence, fraud
• General Elections 77 - 15 Oct 19 - 20h00 - closing
• General Elections 76 - 15 Oct 19 - 16h00 - ghost polling stations; ballot box stuffing
• General Elections 75 - 15 Oct 19 - 11h00 - polling opens
• General Elections 74 - 14 Oct 19 - 3000 observers banned
• General Elections 72-73 - 12 Oct 19 - Peaceful campaign end; no credentials; party funding - Full excel table on party funding
• General Elections 71 - 11 Oct 19 - Continued credential refusal puts observation at risk
• General Elections 70 - 10 Oct 19 - Gondola administrator car attacked; internet
• General Elections 69 - 9 Oct 19 - Police admit their death squad killed observer leader
• General Election 68 - 7 Oct 19 - Election observation leader gunned down
• General Elections 67 - 6 Oct 19 - MMV manual error could promote fraud
• General Elections 66 - 4 Oct 19 - 26 injured as truck overturns going to Nyusi rally
• General Elections 64-65 - 3 Oct 19 - Election observation blocked - 6000 observers refused credentials
• General Elections 62-63 - 1 Oct 19 - Frelimo blocks Daviz Simango in south
• General Elections 61 - 29 Sept 19 - Attacks on opposition presidential candidates; smaller parties
• General Elections 60 - 25 Sept 19 - Government funds for parties; 25 September
• General Elections 59 - 24 Sept 19 - Mbau attack
• General Elections 58 - 23 Sept 19 - Songo; teachers
• General Elections 57 - 22 Sept 19 - Songo: 5-10 dead in crash after Nyusi rally
• General Elections 55-56 - 22 Sept 19 - Police; Macomia raids
• General Elections 54 - 18 Sept 19 - Nyusi threat in Cuamba; Renamo junta threat
• General Elections 53 - 17 Sept 19 - Manica arrest; Observation notes on how to beat ballot box stuffing
• General Elections 52 - 16 Sept 19 - ICS; Araujo
• General Elections 51 - 15 Sept 19 - Casa Militar cause of Nampula rally tragedy
• General Elections 49-50 - 12 Sept 19 - Dead in Nyusi Nampula rally crush; ND detained; fake Renamo documents
• General Elections 48 - 11 Sept 19 - Dead in Nyusi Nampula rally; credentials; Frelimo water
• General Elections 46-47 - 9 Sept 19 - Gaza; 1st week of campaign
• General Elections 45 - 8 Sept 19 - Renamo Junta; Statistics comment; beatings
• General Elections 44 - 4 Sept 19 - Amusi; teachers; money
• General Elections 43 - 3 Sept 19 - 2 murders
• General Elections 42 - 2 Sept 19 - teacher; Cabo Delgado; fake news
• General Elections 40-41 - 1 Sept 19 - campaign opening; no party funds
• General Elections 39 - 27 Aug 19 - audit rejected
• General Elections 38 - 23 Aug 19 - Ballot order violates law; Special Investigations: 1) Government slowly taking control of independent community radio; 2) How does a mayor govern with no assembly majority?
• General Elections 36-37 - 18 Aug 19 - CIP proposes Gaza registration audit; candidates and parties approved
• General Elections 35 - 18 July 19 - An audit of Gaza is possible
  Renamo detailed protests on registration:
  • Renamo pedido de auditoria externa à PRG - 16July 2019
  • Renamo pedido de auditoria externaà CNE - 18July 2019
  • Renamo Queixa-crime à PRG - 19 July 2019
  • Renamo -Breve informe e análise - 15 July 2019
• General Elections 34 - 4 July 19 - Government rejects EU election agency (IDEA); Renamo appeals to CC on Gaza
• General Elections 33 - 25 June 2019 - AR & AP seats - confusion, Gaza gains - registration by district
• General Elections 32 - 16 June 2019 - Presidential deadline extended; AP mess left for CNE to solve
• General Elections 31 - 8 June 2019 - Gerrymandering gives Nyusi 370,000 extra votes (table)
• General Elections 30 - 5 June 2019 - 90% registration; Gaza gains 9 seats
• General Elections 29 - 30 May 2019 - long queues, posts closed
• General Elections 28 - 28 May 2019 - registration falling; how law miscalculates AR seats
• General Elections 26-27 - 26 May 2019 - Gaza registration fraud; teachers
• General Elections 25 - 21 May 2019 - Frelimo could gain 12 seats; refusal to register EU agency (IDEA)
• General Elections 24 - 19 May 2019 - Fake News: Zambézia STAE claims perfection
• General Elections 23 - 15 May 2019 - 4th week data
• General Elections 22 - 14 May 2019 - EISA: registration manipulation - EISA 4 - distribuição das brigadas
• General Elections 21 - 10 May 2019 - Lions; special polling stations for civil servants
• General Elections 19-20 - 8 May 2019 - Registation falling behind
• General Elections 17-18 - 5 May 2019 - Cabo Delgado attacks, 9% of registration posts not open
• General Elections 16 - 30 Apr 19 - Cyclone Kenneth in Cabo Delgado
• General Elections 14-15 - 29 Apr 2019 - solar panels
• General Elections 13 - 25 Apr 2019 - registration rocky start
• General Elections 11-12 - 23 Apr 2019 - delays in flood zones
• General Elections 10 - 21 Apr 2019 - registration not started in many places
• General Elections 9 - 18 Apr 2019 - cyclone Idai impact
• General Elections 7-8 - 16 Apr 2019 - registration day 2
• General Elections 6 - 12 Apr 2019 - registration preparations
• General Elections 5 - 9 Apr 2019 - parliament revises electoral law to reduce fraud
• General Elections 3-4 - 31 March 2019 - Decentralisation law revision in AR
• General Elections 2 - 8 March 2019 - Decentralisation draft laws
• General Elections 1 - 14 Feb 2019 - Lack of money & information