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Democratic Movement of Mozambique Movimento Democrático de Moçambique | |
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| Abbreviation | MDM |
| Leader | Lutero Simango |
| Chairman | José Domingos |
| Founder | Daviz Simango |
| Founded | 6 March 2009 (2009-03-06) |
| Split from | RENAMO |
| Youth wing | Democratic Movement of Mozambique Youth League |
| Ideology | Christian democracy[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Assembly of the Republic | 8 / 250 |
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TheDemocratic Movement of Mozambique (Portuguese:Movimento Democrático de Moçambique) is a political party inMozambique. Founded on 6 March 2009, it was led byDaviz Simango, who was the Mayor ofBeira. It formed after breaking withRENAMO, the main opposition party.[2]
In the28 October 2009 parliamentary election, the Mozambique Democratic Movement was not allowed to contest by the National Election Commission (Comissão Nacional de Eleições) in nine of the 13 voting constituencies on controversial procedural grounds.[3] MDM secured 3.93% of the total vote and eight seats in the 250 memberAssembly of the Republic.[4] Daviz Simango was the MDM candidate in the presidential election held on the same day.[5] He placed third with 8.59% of the total vote.[4]
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Lutero Simango won 3% of the vote forPresident of Mozambique.[6]
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 2009 | Daviz Simango | 340,579 | 8.59% | Lost N |
| 2014 | 314,759 | 6.40% | LostN | |
| 2019 | 273,599 | 4.33% | LostN | |
| 2024 | Lutero Simango | 272,736 | 4.02% | LostN |
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Position | Result |
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| 2009 | Daviz Simango | 152,836 | 3.93% | 8 / 250 |  8 | 3rd | Opposition |
| 2014 | 385,683 | 8.40% | 17 / 250 | 9 |  3rd | Opposition | |
| 2019 | 254,290 | 4.19% | 6 / 250 |  11 | 3rd | Opposition | |
| 2024 | Lutero Simango | 240,409 | 3.50% | 8 / 250 | 2 | 4th | Opposition |
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