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The [[unicameral]] '''Assembly of the Republic''' ({{Lang-pt|Assembleia da República}}) is the legislative body of [[Mozambique]].
The [[unicameral]] '''Assembly of the Republic''' ({{Lang-pt|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 [[Mozambican general election, 2014|the electoral act]] had been [[Electoral fraud|fraudulent]], but they resumed their duties in February 2015<ref>{{pt icon}} [http://www.dn.pt/globo/interior/os-89-deputados-da-renamo-vao-assumir-os-seus-lugares-4389339.html VOs 89 deputados da Renamo vão assumir os seus lugares]</ref>.
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 [[Mozambican general election, 2014|the electoral act]] had been [[Electoral fraud|fraudulent]], but they resumed their duties in February 2015.<ref>{{pt icon}} [http://www.dn.pt/globo/interior/os-89-deputados-da-renamo-vao-assumir-os-seus-lugares-4389339.html VOs 89 deputados da Renamo vão assumir os seus lugares]</ref>


==2014 parliamentary election results==
==2014 parliamentary election results==
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*[[Legislative Branch]]
*[[Legislative Branch]]
*[[List of national legislatures]]
*[[List of national legislatures]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 20:35, 6 April 2017

This article is about the parliament of Mozambique. For other uses, see Assembly of the Republic (disambiguation).
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
Seats250
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
Politics of Mozambique
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
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The unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Template:Lang-pt) 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 the electoral act had been fraudulent, but they resumed their duties in February 2015.[1]

2014 parliamentary election results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
FRELIMO 2,575,995 55.93 144 –47
RENAMO 1,495,137 32.46 89 +38
MDM 384,538 8.35 17 +9
Other parties 149,812 3.25 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 711,454 – – –
Total 5,316,936 100 250
Registered voters/turnout 10,964,978 48.49 – –
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

See also

References

  1. ^ Template:Pt icon VOs 89 deputados da Renamo vão assumir os seus lugares
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