Two weeks after the polls, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced that Daniel Chapo of the ruling Frelimo party the winner, with 71 percent of the votes. Frelimo won 195 of the 250 seats in parliament. According to the CNE, Chapo’s closest challenger, independent candidate Venâncio Mondlane, got 20 percent. Mondlane had claimed victory the day after the polls closed.
