Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique)

Assembly of the Republic
Assembleia da República
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly
Verónica Macamo, FRELIMO
Since 12 January 2010
Structure
Seats 250
Political groups

     FRELIMO (144)
     RENAMO (89)

     MDM (17)
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
D'Hondt method with 5% threshold
Last election
15 October 2014
Meeting place
Maputo, Mozambique
Website
www.parlamento.mz
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The unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República) is the legislative body of Mozambique.

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. Three parties are represented in the parliament: FRELIMO, RENAMO and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique. After the election, RENAMO MPs have refused to take office, since the party considered the electoral act had been fraudulent, but they resumed their duties in February 2015.[1]

2014 parliamentary election results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
FRELIMO2,575,99555.93144–47
RENAMO1,495,13732.4689+38
MDM384,5388.3517+9
Other parties149,8123.2500
Invalid/blank votes711,454
Total5,316,936100250
Registered voters/turnout10,964,97848.49
Source: Mozambique News Agency

Previous parliamentary election results

Political Party Election Year
1994 1999 2004 2009
Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) 129 133 160 191
Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) 112 - - 51
Mozambican National Resistance-Electoral Union (RENAMO-UE) - 117 90 -
Democratic Union (UD) 09 - - 08
Total 250 250 250 250

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