Mozambique: Low turnout for local polls
Initial reports indicate quite a low turnout in most places, but in many places a sharp difference was noted between people who had registered this year and those who had registered in 1999, according to the Mozambique Political Process Bulletin (MPPB).
MOZAMBIQUE
POLITICAL PROCESS
BULLETIN
Local Election e-mail special issue 3
Thursday 20 November 2003, 10 am
RADIO MOCAMBIQUE & OTHER
RESULTS AT 0930:
Frelimo wins Dondo, Mocuba, Milange, Moatize
Renamo winning in Nacala, Angoche
Marromeu depends on CNE and "nulos"
Low turnout almost everywhere
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MOZAMBIQUE POLITICAL PROCESS BULLETIN
Editor: Joseph Hanlon
Assistant Editor: Adriano Nuvunga
Published since 1992 by AWEPA,
the European Parliamentarians for Africa
Rua Licenciado Coutinho 77 (CP 2648) Maputo
Tel: +258 (1) 41 86 03, 41 86 08, 41 86 26
Fax: +258 (1) 41 86 04
Special issues of the Mozambique Political Process Bulletin (MPPB) will be
published several times during the local election process by e-email and
in English only. Issue 29 of the MPPB, printed and in English and
Portuguese, will be published on 4 December 2003.
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Radio Moçambqiue is using the results sheets posted on the door of each
polling station to transmit it own count of the results. Final or near
fina lresults so far in presidential elections, most from RM, are:
MOCUBA
Frelimo (Gaspare) 3287
Renamo (Mnateigas) 1215
all but two polling stations.
Renamo had expected to win Mocuba.
MARROMEU
F (Joaquim) 1943
R (Agostinho) 1931
This is so close that the outcome will depend on spoiled ballot papers
(nulos) reconsidered by the CNE
All polling stations
DONDO
F (Cambezo) 5408
R (Greva) 3247
IPADE (Joaquin Traquino) 610
A municipality in a Renamo zone which was well run by Frelimo.
40 of 42 polling stations
MILANGE
F (Alamane) 1760
R (Impissa) 617
All polling stations
Partial results
NACALA
shows Renamo with a lead. This was also a well run municipality in a
Renamo area.
MOCIMBOA DA PRAIA
shows a very close race
ANGOCHE
R (Omar Assane) 5408
F (Constantino) 5001
GIDA (Ali Assane) 456
GURUE
F (Bernardo) 2045
R (Silva) 565
UM (Julio) 115
MOATIZE
F (Marcelino) 4659
R (Bjingue) 1624
TETE
F (Carvalho) 7508
R (Caloamba) 2548
PEMBA
F (Niuali) 8241
R (Incacha) 3391
Ind (Namiva) 460
LOW TURNOUT
IN MOST PLACES
Initial reports indicate quite a low turnout in most places, but in many
places a sharp difference was noted between people who had registered this
year and those who had registered in 1999. In Maputo, for example, the
turnout of those who registered in July 2003 was between 35% and 50%,
while the turnout of 1999 registrants was below 15%. This explains the
phenomenon of queues at just a few polling stations -- in many places,
there were different polling stations (mesas) for the new registrants.
MOZAMBIQUE
POLITICAL PROCESS
BULLETIN
Local Election e-mail special issue 3
Thursday 20 November 2003, 10 am
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MOZAMBIQUE POLITICAL PROCESS BULLETIN
Editor: Joseph Hanlon
Assistant Editor: Adriano Nuvunga
Published since 1992 by AWEPA,
the European Parliamentarians for Africa
Rua Licenciado Coutinho 77 (CP 2648) Maputo
Tel: +258 (1) 41 86 03, 41 86 08, 41 86 26
Fax: +258 (1) 41 86 04
Special issues of the Mozambique Political Process Bulletin (MPPB) will be
published several times during the local election process by e-email and
in English only. Issue 29 of the MPPB, printed and in English and
Portuguese, will be published on 4 December 2003.
To add yourself or a colleague to the e-mail list, to be added to the
Maputo distribution list for hard copies, or to contact the editor, send a
message to [email protected].
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