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Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique
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The unicameral Assembly of the Republic is Mozambique's legislative body.
The First President of the Peoples Republic of Mozambique national Assembly was President Samora Moises Machel. The current Assembly of the Republic 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 two parties are represented in the parliament, Frelimo and Renamo.
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Liberation Front of Mozambique (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique, Frelimo) | 62.0 | 160 | |
Renamo-UE
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29.7 | 90 | |
| Party for Peace, Democracy, and Development (Partido para a Paz Democracia e Desenvolvimento) | 2.0 | - | |
| Party of Freedom and Solidarity (Partido para a Liberdade e Solidariedade) | 0.9 | - | |
| National Reconciliation Party (Partido de Reconciliação Nacional) | 0.6 | - | |
| Independent Party of Mozambique (Partido Independente de Moçambique) | 0.6 | - | |
| Mozambique Social Broadening Party (Partido Socialisa de Moçambique) | 0.5 | - | |
| Total (turnout 36.4 %) | 250 | ||
| Source: Government of Mozambique | |||
87 out of 250 seats in the Assembly are occupied by women.
The Assembly of the Republic's president is Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè.
The Assembly of the Republic's Secretary General is Carlos Manuel.
| Political Party | Election Year | |||||||
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| 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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