2013 Local Election Bulletins

LE-72 - 9 February 2014 - MDM wins in Gurué

LE-71 - 8 February 2014 - Polling station president arrested for ballot box stuffing

LE-70 - 8 February 2014 - High turnout in Gurué

LE-69 - 6 February 2014 - Gurué election campaign; Election commissions interveneto release improperly arrested MDM members: EU cites 'serious shortcomings

there is no LE-68

LE-67 - 23 January 2014 - CC annuls Gurué election, citing 'flagrant violations of the law' by electoral officials - Police, CNE also criticised

LE-66 - 23 January 2014 - CC annuls Gurue election

LE-65 - 22 January 2014 - CC rejects MDM protest on Gurue - dubious result confirmed

LE-64 - 22 January 2014 - CNE admits misconduct by election staff; Constitutional Council rejects Angoche, Maputo protests

MPPB summary report of local elections

LE-63 - 12 December 2013 - Parallel count supports MDM protest in Gurué

MPPB detailed report of final results in all 53 municipalities

CNE editais of final results of 2013 municipal elections (large file 9 Mb)

LE-62 - 9 December 2013 - High turnout over 2/3 in some places and below 1/3 in others

LE-61 - 5 December 2013 - CNE confirms results

LE-60 - 2 December 2013 - Nampula parallel count

LE-58-59 - 2 Dec 2013 - MDM win in Nampula; polling station VPs arrested

LE 56-57 - 1 Dec 2013 - Low turnout in Nampula; invalidated ballot papers

LE-55 - 26 November 2013 - Marromeu stolen?

LE-54 - 25 November 2013 - MDM challenging results in 10 cities

LE-53 - 23 Nov 2013 - 22.00 - Second Nampula election annulled

LE-52 - 23 Nov 2013 - am - Frelimo wins Mocuba; police kill MDM celebrator

LE-51 - 21 Nov 2013 - 20.00 - Frelimo wins Marromeu and Chimoio

LE-50 - 21 Nov 2013 - 13.00 - 1st results - MDM holds Beira, Quelimane

LE-49 - 20 Nov 2013 - 23.00 - Nampula mayoral vote annulled;

LE-48 - 20 Nov 2013 - pm - Voting continues in Nampula city where a candidate was left off the ballot.

LE-46-47 - 20 Nov 2013 - am - Smooth start to voting; Candidate left off Nampula city ballot paper

LE-45 - 19 November 2013 - Renamo will not disrupt elections

LE-44 - 17 Nov 2013 - 20.00 - 16 towns to watch

LE-43 - 17 Nov. 2013 - 14.00 - Riot police tear gas MDM rallyin Beira

LE-42 - 14 November 2013 - Continued use of state vehicles

LE-41 - 14 November 2013 - Voting materials in all provinces

LE-40 - 12 November 2013 - In Chimoio, police arrest MDM pulling down posters but not Frelimo using state cars

LE-39 - 11 November 2013 - Parties campaign in churches

LE-38 - 10 November 2013 - Skirmishes and arrests

LE-37 - 8 November 2013 - Electoral campaign continues without incident

LE-36 - 6 November 2013 - Campaign opens peacefully; use of state cars

LE-35 - 3 November 2013 - Campaign starts 5 Nov; fingerprints; complaints; proecutions

LE-34 - 14 October 2013 - Frelimo backs mayoral candidate convicted of offering money to a prosecutor

LE-33 - 26 September 2013 - Approved mayoral candidates & municipal assembly lists

LE-32 - 9 September 2013 - Candidagte submission, CC challenge

LE-31 - 18 August 2013 - Quelimane, coalition excluded

LE-30 - 13 August 2013 - 19 political parties, coalitions & citizens groups approved

LE-29 - 6 August 2013 - 17 parties want to stand - but not Renamo

LE 28 - 1 August 2013 - Candidates will submit 30,000 documents - most on a single day; table of registered voters (minor changes on LE 27) and numbers of assembly seats in 2013 and 2008 elections

LE 27 - 25 July 2013 - 85% register to vote - table of final registration figures for the 53 municipalities 

LE-26 - 24 July 2013 - Next step: parties & candidates

LE-25 - 23 July 2013 - EU calls for more CNE transparency

LE-24 - 21 July 2013 - Registration up to 72% (full tables); registration low in MDM target cities 

LE-23 - 17 July 2013 - With one week to go, 2/3 registered; @Verdade journalist trial

LE-22 - 11 July 2013 - Registration only 56%. Figures for all 53 municipalities.

LE-21 - 9 July 2013 - With 2 weeks to go, only half of voters registered

LE-20 - 7 July 2013 - Teachers denounce collection of voters' card numbers; Unpaid electricity bill causes problems

LE-19 - 4 July 2013 - Renamo election proposals: Politicisation of election machine plus recounts, reduced bureaucracy

LE-18 - 3 July 2013 - No coins for the electric meter means registration stops

LE-17 - 1 July 2013 - Registration remains slow; Nampula, Zambézia lowest

LE-16 - 27 June 2013 - Low turnout forces STAE to step up civic education

LE-15 - 23 June 3013 - No credentials for observers & party delegates leads to arrest in Chiúre

LE-14 - 19 June 2013 - Beira STAE claims refused documents 'probably' false

LE-13 - 16 June 2013 - Unprepared STAE finally creates flying squad

LE-12 - 13 June 2013 - Dondo registration brigades rejecting valid identification

LE-11 - 9 June 2013 - Frelimo complaint leads to improper arrest of 12 in Beira; Opposition could win 4 of 10 new municipalities

LE-10 - 7 June 2013 - Elections commissions and registration in the 10 new municipalities

LE-9 - 5 June 2013 - By rejecting valid documents, brigades turning away would-be voters

LE-8 - 3 June 2013 - Most registration posts open with new printers

LE-7 - 30 May 2013 - New printers for all registration teams

LE-6 - 29 May 2013 - Many registration posts still not open - 5 days after start

LE-5 - 28 May 2013 -  Violating the law: Some brigades demand residence credential; Registration continues to face technical problems

LE-4 - 26 May 2013 - Poor start to registration

LE-3 - 24 May 2013 - Sheik Abdul Carimo named CNE president; CNE takes office without Renamo

LE-2 - 17 May 2013 - Abdul Carimo Sau or Rabia Valgy likely CNE head

LE-1 - 15 May 2013 - Ten new municipalities; summary electoral calendar