Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique
The unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República) is the legislative body of Mozambique.
The first President of the National Assembly of the People's Republic of Mozambique was President Samora Moises Machel.
The current equivalent is FRELIMO politician Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè as President of the Assembly of the Republic and the Secretary General is Carlos Manuel.
The current parliament 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 three parties are represented in the parliament, FRELIMO, RENAMO and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique.
2009 parliamentary election results
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:
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| 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 |
Previous parliamentary election results
See also