Frelimo party’s presidential candidate Daniel Chapo secures more than 70 percent of votes, election commission says.

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Moazmbique's ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo was declared the winner of the country's presidential election Thursday amid claims of rigging by the opposition.

Mozambique's ruling party Frelimo has retained power in this month's national election, extending its five-decade rule in the Southern African state as the opposition accused it of fraud. Frelimo's Daniel Chapo,

Mozambique's ruling party, Frelimo, has won the country's divisive, violence-marred election, extending its 49-year grip on power in the southern African nation, the election commission has announced.

Following elections marred by violence, Chapo to succeed incumbent President Filipe Nyusi, who completed 2-term constitutional mandate - Anadolu Ajansı

Election officials in Mozambique have announced ruling left-wing party Frelimo's Daniel Chapo as the winner of the presidential election. Government opponents say the vote was tainted with electoral fraud.

Mozambique’s ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo has been declared the winner of the country’s presidential election amid claims of vote-rigging by

Daniel Chapo, Frelimo's relatively unknown presidential candidate who has been seen as an agent of change, will replace Filipe Nyusi, who has served two terms. At 47 years old, Chapo, who gained 71% of the vote,

Daniel Chapo, presidential candidate of the ruling Frelimo party casts his vote during the general elections at Inhambane, in the southern Mozambique, October

Daniel Chapo of the Frelimo party, which has governed the southern African nation for nearly 50 years, was declared the victor amid violence and widespread allegations of fraud.