The National Unity Party () is a
political party
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in
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
.
At the last
legislative
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Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...
elections
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, 1 and 2 December 2004, the party was the main part of the
Renamo-UE
The RENAMO-Electoral Union (''RENAMO-União Electoral'') is an alliance of political parties in Mozambique, led by the Mozambican National Resistance (''Resistência Nacional Moçambicana'') of Afonso Dhlakama.
In the parliamentary election h ...
electoral alliance, that won 29.7% of the popular vote and 90 out of 250 seats. The presidential candidate of this alliance,
Afonso Dhlakama
Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama (1 January 1953 – 3 May 2018) was a Mozambican politician and the leader of RENAMO, an anti-communist guerrilla movement that fought the FRELIMO government in the Mozambican Civil War before signing a peace ag ...
, won 31.7% of the popular vote.
Political parties in Mozambique
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