Mozambique: Parties active in the 2009 elections and subsequently
Updated November 2009
Participation in the 2009 election: The National Electoral Commission (CNE) published the lists of candidates that met the requirements of the electoral law piecemeal on 5 and 6 September 2009 and many candidates were disqualified because the legally required supporting documentation had not been supplied and, as a result, many candidate lists were rejected because they lacked the minimum number of candidates required by law. See 2009 Party candidate lists for Assembly of the Republic election for details.
G-12 coalition: The 10 parties marked with an asterisk (*) formed the G-12 coalition in November 2009 after the 2009 elections.
Parties that that contested the 2009 elections
Some or all of the candidate lists for Assembly of the Republic constituencies submitted by the following parties were accepted by the National Electoral Commission (CNE).
Parties are ordered by the number of votes obtained. Except for FRELIMO, RENAMO and MDM all parties listed obtained less than 0.7% of the vote in the 2009 Assembly of the Republic election.
| Electoral coalition 2009 | Party | Leaders | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) Mozambique Liberation Front |
Sobre Armando Emílio Guebuza Joaquim Chissano Samora Machel (d October 1986) Eduardo Mondlane (d 1969) |
25 Jun 1962 | |
| Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (RENAMO) Mozambique National Resistance (MNR) |
Afonso Macacho Marceta Dhlakama André Matzangaisa (d 17 October 1979) |
Jun 1976 | |
| Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM) Mozambique Democratic Movement |
Daviz Simango | 6 Mar 2009 | |
| Partido de Liberdade e Desenvolvimento (PLD) Party for Liberty and Development |
Caetano Sabinde | June 2009 | |
| Partido para Paz, Democracia e Desenvolvimento (PDD) Party for Peace, Democracy and Development |
Raúl Manuel Domingos | October 4, 2003 | |
| Partido os Verdes de Moçambique (PVM) Green Party of Mozambique |
Armando Bruno Sapemba | 1997 | |
| Aliança Democrática de Antigos Combatentes para o Desenvolvimento (ADACD) Democratic Alliance of Veterans for Development |
Partido do Progresso do Povo de Moçambique (PPPM) Mozambican People's Progress Party |
Dr Padimbe Mahosse Kamati Andrea | 1991 |
| Partido Socialisa de Moçambique (PSM) Socialist Party of Mozambique |
João da Rosa Likalamba | Before 2004 | |
| * Partido do Congresso Democrático (PACODE) Democratic Congress Party |
Vasco Campiro Momboya | Mid 1993 | |
| Partido da União para a Reconciliação (PUR) Union for Reconcilliation Party |
João Chambe | 2006 | |
| Partido de Solidariedade e Liberdade (PAZS) Solidarity and Freedom Party |
Carlos Inácio Coelho | before December 2004 | |
| Aliança Independente de Moçambique (ALIMO) Independent Alliance of Mozambique |
Khalid Hussein Sidat | 1998 | |
| Coligação União Eleitoral (UE) Electoral Union Coalition |
* Partido Ecologista de Moçambique (PEMO) Ecological Party of Mozambique |
Alberto Ismael | |
| Partido da Unidade Nacional (PUN) National Unity Party |
Hipólito de Jesus Couto | 1995 | |
| União Nacional de Moçambicana (UNAMO) Mozambique National Union |
Carlos Alexandre dos Reis | 1987 | |
| Partido de Reconcilliação Nacional (PARENA) National Reconciliation Party |
André José Balate | ||
| Partido Ecologista - Movimento da Terra (ECOLOGISTA-MT) Ecological Party-Land Movement |
João Pedro Massango | ||
| Movimento Patriótico para Democracia (MPD) Patriotic Movement for Democracy |
Matias Dianhane Banze | March 2009 | |
| União dos Democratas de Moçambique - Partido Popular (UDM-PT) Union of Mozambican Democrats - Popular party |
José Ricardo Viana | January 2009 | |
| União para a Mudança (UM) Union for Change |
Francisco Maindane Muariva | Late 1994 | |
| Partido Trabalhista (PT) Labour Party |
Miguel Mabote | 1993 | |
| Partido Nacional dos Operários e Camponeses (PANAOC) National Party of Workers and Peasants |
Armando Gil Sueia | 1998 | |
| Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) Popular Democratic Party |
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| Partido de Reconciliação Democrática Social (PRDS) Social Democratic Reconciliation Party |
Armando Gil Sueia | 1998 |
Parties unable to participate the 2004 elections
The following politically political parties submitted candidate lists for one or more Assembly of the Republic constituencies to the CNE in 2009, but all their lists were rejected.
| Electoral coalition 2009 | Party | Leaders | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partido Independente de Moçambique (PIMO) Independent Party of Mozambique |
Jacob Neves Salomão Sibindy | March 1992 | |
| Partido de Progresso Liberal de Moçambique (PPLM) Progressive Liberal Party of Mozambique |
Neves Serrano | 1992 | |
| Partido Social-Liberal e Democrático (SOL) Social-Liberal and Democratic Party |
Casimiro Miguel Nhamitambo (died) | 1993 | |
| Coligação União Democrática Democratic Union Coalition |
* Partido Nacional Democrático (PANADE) National Democratic Party |
José Chicuarra Massinga | 1993 |
| * Partido Livre e Democrático de Moçambique (PLDM) Free and Democratic Party of Mozambique |
Pedro Ferro | before 1994 | |
| Partido Nacional de Moçambique (PANAMO) National Party of Mozambique |
Marcos Juma | 1994 | |
| Coligação Unidos por Moçambique (UPM) | * Congress Democrático Unidos (CDU) United Congress of Democrats |
Antonio Palange | Late 1999 |
| Partido Africano Conservador (PAC) African Conservative Party |
Alexandre A Panone | c November 2003 | |
| Partido da Aliança Democrática e Renovação Social (PADRES) Democratic Alliance and Social Renewal Party |
Júlio J Nimeine | ||
| Partido Democrático Nacional de Moçambique (PDNM) National Democratic Party of Moçambique |
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| * Partido para Todos Nacionalistas de Moçambicanos (PARTONAMO) Party for All Mozambican Nationalists |
Mussagy Abdul Remane | 1996 | |
| * Partido de Ampliação Social de Moçambique (PASOMO) Social Broadening Party of Mozambique |
Fransisco Campira | 1999 | |
| Partido Conservador Democrático (PCD) Denmocratic Conservative Party |
Gonçalvos Magagule | 2004 | |
| Partido Unido de Moçambique e de Liberdade Democrática (PUMILD) | Leonardo Francisco Cumbe | June 2007 | |
| Coligação União Nacional de Oposição (UNO) | * Partido de Reconcilliação Democrática (PAREDE) Democratic Reconciliation Party |
Jorge Eduardo Mua Joaquina Joaaquim Notiço |
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| Partido Social Democrata Independente (PASDI) Independent Social Democratic Party |
Marcelino Afonso | ||
| * Partido Social Democrático de Moçambique (PSDM) Mozambique Social Democratic Party |
Momade Abudo Carlos Machel Alberto Assane |
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| Partido de União Progressista (PUP) Progressive Unity Party |
Pedro Langa |
Active party that did not contest the 2009 election
The following politically active party did not submit candidate lists for the Assembly of the Republic election in 2009.
| Party | Leaders | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| * Frente Democrática Unida (UDF) United Democratic Front |
Janeiro Mariano Pordina | 1995 |