FILE PHOTO: Daniel Chapo, presidential candidate of the ruling Frelimo party casts his vote during the general elections at Inhambane, in the southern Mozambique, October 9, 2024.  REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Mozambique

Frelimo's Daniel Chapo Wins Mozambique Presidency with 70%

Daniel Chapo, the candidate of Mozambique's ruling party Frelimo, won this month's presidential election, results from the country's electoral commission showed on Thursday.

MAPUTO (Reuters) -Daniel Chapo, the candidate of Mozambique's ruling party Frelimo, won this month's presidential election, results from the country's electoral commission showed on Thursday.

Chapo won roughly 70% of the national vote, with independent candidate Venancio Mondlane coming in second with 20% of votes, the commission said.

Frelimo has governed Mozambique since its independence from Portugal in 1975 and has been consistently accused of rigging elections, which it denies.

(Reporting by Manuel Mucari and Siyabonga Sishi;Additional reporting by Bhargav Acharya;Writing by Nellie Peyton and Tannur Anders;Editing by Alexander Winning)

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