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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique\u2019s National Elections Commission (CNE) has approved provincial targets for voter registration that are way out of line with the country\u2019s population, as estimated by the National Statistics Institute (INE), on the basis of projections from the 2017 population census.<\/p>\n

Once again, there will be more voter registration brigades in areas which, in the past, have voted heavily in favour of the ruling Frelimo Party, and far too few brigades in much larger provinces where the opposition parties are known to have strongholds.<\/p>\n

For example, in Gaza province, which has always voted massively in favour of Frelimo, there are 530 registration brigades, for an estimated population of voting age of 798,813. This means that each registration brigade should try to register 1,507 potential voters.<\/p>\n

Gaza has a low population density (18.4 people per square kilometre), and so does Niassa in the far north (14 people per square kilometre). But in Niassa there are 388 registration brigades for a voting age population of 1,355,203 \u2013 thus each brigade in Niassa must try to register 3,493 voters, more than twice as many as the average brigade in Gaza.<\/p>\n

The province with the largest voting age population is Nampula, with 4,302,768 potential voters. The CNE has given Nampula 1,021 brigades \u2013 so each brigade has a target of registering 4,214 voters.<\/p>\n

Compare this with Inhambane province, where there are 457 brigades for 892,273 potential voters \u2013 or 1,952 per brigade. So each brigade in Nampula should try to register twice as many voters as each brigade in Inhambane.<\/p>\n

The political difference is that, in the past, Inhambane has voted overwhelmingly in favour of Frelimo, while there is a strong presence in Nampula of the main opposition party, Renamo.<\/p>\n

Commenting on these disparities, the bulletin on the elections published by the anti-corruption NGO, the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), remarks \u201cthere will be more teams in Frelimo areas than in Renamo ones, making it harder for Renamo voters to register\u201d.<\/p>\n

Voter registration begins on 15 March, but continuing heavy rainfall is certain to create difficulties in parts of the northern provinces, where the road network is much less developed than in the south.<\/p>\n

The number of potential voters per registration brigade<\/b> in each of the 11 provincial constituencies, is as follows:<\/p>\n

Maputo city\u2019s target is higher than that of most other constituencies \u2013 but it is a densely populated urban area, where no potential voter is more than a few minutes\u2019 walk from the nearest registration post.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambique\u2019s National Elections Commission (CNE) has approved provincial targets for voter registration that are way out of line with the country\u2019s population, as estimated by the National Statistics Institute (INE), on the basis of projections from the 2017 population census. 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