Mozambique's Constitutional Council (CC), the body in charge of constitutional and electoral affairs, on Monday proclaimed Daniel Chapo the winner of the October 9 general elections. Chapo will take the baton from the incumbent president Filipe Nyusi to become the fifth president of the Republic of Mozambique. ALSO READ: Daniel Chapo, 47, announced as ruling party's candidate in October presidential election As the presidential candidate of the ruling party Frelimo, Chapo has won 65.17 percent of the votes, less than the 70.67 percent announced on October 24 by the National Electoral Commission (CNE), according to the data released by President of the CC Lucia Ribeiro in Maputo, the Mozambican capital. ALSO READ: Mozambique’s election: Who were the presidential candidates? Venancio Mondlane, supported by the extra-parliamentary Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique or Podemos, obtained 24.19 percent of the votes, higher than the 20.32 percent announced by the CNE. Ossufo Momade from the main opposition party Renamo secured 6.62 percent and Lutero Simango, president of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), captured 4.02 percent. Ribeiro said that several irregularities were found during the electoral process, but not enough to invalidate the elections. According to the CC, Frelimo also won an absolute majority in the parliamentary elections, winning 171 of the 250 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. The Podemos party finished second with 43 seats in the parliament, followed by Renamo with 28 seats and the MDM with 8 seats. Local media reported that more than 100 civilians have died in the post-election chaos, and hundreds have been injured.
