/ 20 December 1999

MOZ ELECTION RESULTS OUT TODAY

FINAL official results from Mozambique’s second democratic elections are due to be announced on Monday, an electoral official said. “The final results will be announced in principle tomorrow,” National Elections Commission (CNE) spokesman Julio Bika told AFP on Sunday. The results of the presidential and parliamentary elections, held in early December, could not be announced on Sunday as originally scheduled because of a one-day extension to polling due to bad weather. Partial results have put incumbent President Joaquim Chissano ahead with 52% of the vote against his sole rival Alfonso Dhlakama’s 48%