Da Silva, Delma Comissario2023-10-102023-10-102022https://hdl.handle.net/10539/36644A research report submitted in 50% fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management (in the field of Public Policy) to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, 2022As a necessary condition for democratisation, the quality of elections is assessed through the concept of electoral integrity. This is the extent to which countries meet globally shared standards and principles for democratic elections. The purpose of this research was to examine the underlying reasons for Mozambique’s underperformance in the 2019 elections from an electoral integrity perspective. Theoretically, the research was informed by propositions for electoral performance that include structural, institutional, and international factors for achieving electoral integrity. Empirically, it was tested in the context of Mozambique to assess whether these factors effectively influenced the 2019 election outcome. The main research findings point to a multiplicity of structural and institutional constraints to electoral integrity that increased the risks of electoral malpractice despite massive electoral assistance to strengthen electoral integrity and, by extension, the democratic processenUCTDElectionsElectoral integrityDemocratisationElectoral assistanceDissertationUniversity of the Witswatersrand, JohannesburgSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions