Daniel Chapo, the presidential candidate of Mozambique's ruling party, is comfortably leading the vote count in nine of the country's provinces and appears set to become the country's next president. His closest challenger was running a distant second Wednesday as vote counting from last week's election continued.
Maputo — Daniel Chapo, the presidential candidate of Mozambique 's ruling party, is comfortably leading the vote count in nine of the country's provinces and appears set to become the country's next president. His closest challenger was running a distant second Wednesday as vote counting from last week's election continued.
Chapo has led at every polling station counted, according to the chairperson of the Maputo Provincial Election Commission, Lucilia Sitoe. A similar scenario is also occurring in the central province of Zambezia, traditionally an opposition stronghold. There, Chapo is leading with 73%, with Mondlane a distant second with 14.7%.Turnout in Wednesday's election was relatively low, less than 50%. According to data shared by electoral bodies, close to 9 million of Mozambique's 17 million registered voters did not vote.
He said,"Every vote will be counted definitely, we are ready for that. The counting system is participatory because all the political parties are represented at polling stations so every vote will count and we just hope for the best."
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