ELECTION STUDIES

Mozambique is an emerging democracy that can be best classified as an electoral democracy. After adopting a democratic constitution in 1990, the country conducted the first multiparty presidential and legislative elections in 1994. Subsequent regular multiparty elections were held in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019. In addition, regular local-municipal elections were held in 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023.
While many elections at national and subnational levels have been conducted so far, there is a limitation on robust data and analysis of elections in Mozambique, an evidence gap that CPGD's research aims to fill.
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For our research focused specifically on October 2019's national election visit our 2019 Election page.
Projects
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Mozambique National Election Studies (Comparative Study of Electoral Systems and Comparative National Election Project)
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Mozambique Local Election Studies
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Publications
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Issues and Methods in Electoral Participation. An update following the 2024 Mozambique election. CPGD Policy Brief 8
Shenga, C. (2025)
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Electricity Access and Voting Behaviour in the Mozambique Context, CPGD Working Paper 13
Shenga, C., Cotton, M., Howe, L., Kirshner, J., and Macome A. (2024)
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Questões Eleitorais Emergentes. CPGD Policy Brief 7
Shenga, C. (2024)
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The Effect of Electoral Violence on Electoral Participation in Africa, Cadernos de Estudos Africanos (Volume 38, 2019)
Shenga, C. and Pereira, A. (2019)
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Shenga, C. and Howe, L. (2019)
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Predicting Mozambique’s Forthcoming 15 October 2019 Election, CPGD Briefing Paper 7
Shenga, C. (2019)
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Comparing Municipalities: Voter Turnout and Party Competition of Mozambique Local Elections 1998-2013, CPGD Briefing Paper 6,
Shenga, C. (2018)
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Compendium of Mozambique's Local Election Voter Turnout and Party Competition 1998 - 2013 (Volume 1)
Shenga, C. (2018)
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Voter Turnout of Second Round Elections in Mozambique: An Exploratory Study of the 2018 Nampula City By-Election, CPGD Briefing Paper 5
Shenga, C. (2018)​
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National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Centre for Research on Governance and Development (CPGD), 2018
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National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Centre for Research on Governance and Development (CPGD), 2018
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Partisanship, Charisma and Loyalty in the 1st Round of 2018 Nampula City Mayoral By-election, CPGD Briefing Paper 4
Shenga, C. (2018)
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Perspectives on the 2018 Nampula City By-election, CPGD Briefing Paper 3
Shenga, C. (2018)
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Electricity Provision and Elections in Mozambique, CPGD Working Paper 6
Shenga, C. (2016)
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Assessing the Democratic Quality of Local Elections in Mozambique, CPGD Working Paper 2
Shenga, C. (2013)
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The influence of ethnicity on electoral processes in Mozambique, Open Space (OSISA), Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2008, p. 93 - 99.
Shenga, C. (2008)
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