Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique

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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.

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2009 parliamentary 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

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

Previous parliamentary 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

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