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%.
Presidential election
Assembly elections
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
FRELIMO | 2,005,713 | 48.54 | 133 |
RENAMO-Electoral Union | 1,603,811 | 38.81 | 117 |
Labor Party | 111,139 | 2.96 | 0 |
Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique | 101,970 | 2.47 | 0 |
Social Liberal Party | 83,440 | 2.02 | 0 |
Mozambican Opposition Union | 64,117 | 1.55 | 0 |
Democratic Union | 61,122 | 1.48 | 0 |
Mozambique Democratic Liberal Party | 33,247 | 0.80 | 0 |
Independent Party of Mozambique | 29,456 | 0.71 | 0 |
Party of Freedom and Solidarity | 20,686 | 0.88 | 0 |
National Workers and Peasants Party | 24,527 | 0.59 | 0 |
Progressive Liberal Party of Mozambique | 11,628 | 0.28 | 0 |
Mozambique Social Broadening Party | 2,153 | 0.05 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 701,438 | - | - |
Total | 4,833,761 | 100 | 250 |