Daniel Chapo was declared winner of the presidential election less than a week after two opposition figures were gunned down.

Mozambique's ruling party was declared to have won disputed presidential and parliamentary elections by a landslide on Thursday as opposition supporters held scattered protests in several cities that resulted in at least one death.

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

Mozambique's ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo was declared the winner of the country's presidential election Thursday as the opposition claimed the vote was rigged and one party said it would challenge the result in court.

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

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, according to official results. Daniel Chapo, Frelimo's relatively unknown presidential candidate, seen as an agent of change, will replace Filipe Nyusi, who has served two terms.

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