Angola elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) has 220 members, elected for a four year term, 130 members by proportional representation and 90 members in provincial districts. The next elections, initially due for 1997, have been delayed several times and Parliamentary elections were finally conducted in September 2008 whilst Presidential elections will only be held after the adoption of the new constitution which is currently debated. According to the Constitutional Commission, a new constitution will be ready by the first quarter of 2010.
Angola is a one party dominant state. Opposition parties against the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Party of Labour are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. In the last elections 2008 the ruling party MPLA won 82 % of the votes, the main opposition party got 10 %. The elections were however followed by several irregularities and can be described as only partly free but certainly not fair. Angola seems to be on its way to One-Party-Democracy.
Last elections
2008 Parliamentary election
e • d 5 September and 6 September 2008 National Assembly of Angola election results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola) |
4,414,738 |
81.64 |
191 |
| National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola) |
559,972 |
10.39 |
16 |
| Social Renewal Party (Partido Renovador Social) |
172,298 |
3.17 |
8 |
| New Democracy Electoral Union (Nova Democracia União Eleitoral) |
64,624 |
1.20 |
2 |
| National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola) |
60,335 |
1.11 |
3 |
| Democratic Party for Progress – Angolan National Alliance (Partido Democrático para Progreso – Aliança Nacional Angolano) |
27,552 |
0.51 |
— |
| Liberal Democratic Party (Partido Liberal Democrático) |
17,880 |
0.33 |
— |
| Democratic Angola – Coalition (Democratic Angola – Coalition) |
15,839 |
0.29 |
— |
| Party for Democratic Support and Progress of Angola (Partido de Apoio Democrático e Progresso de Angola ) |
14,115 |
0.27 |
— |
| Front for Democracy (Frente para a Democracia) |
14,037 |
0.27 |
— |
| Party of the Alliance of Youth, Workers and Farmers of Angola (Partido da Aliança da Juventude, Operários e Campesinos de Angola) |
12,681 |
0.24 |
— |
| Democratic Renewal Party (Partido Renovador Democrático) |
11,599 |
0.22 |
— |
| Electoral Political Platform (Plataforma Política Eleitoral) |
9,840 |
0.19 |
— |
| Angolan Fraternal Forum Coalition (Fórum Fraternal Angolano Coligação) |
9,468 |
0.17 |
— |
| Valid votes |
6,450,407 |
89.42 |
|
| Invalid votes |
762,874 |
10.58 |
| Total: (turnout 87.36%) |
7,213,281 |
100.00 |
220 |
| Source: CNE, CNE, BBC |
Past elections
1992 Presidential election
e • d Summary of the 29 and 30 September 1992 Angola presidential election results
| Candidates - Nominating parties |
Votes |
% |
| José Eduardo dos Santos - Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola |
1,953,335 |
49.57 |
| Jonas Malheiro Savimbi - National Union for the Total Independence of Angola |
1,579,298 |
40.07 |
| Antonio Alberto Neto - Angolan Democratic Party |
85,249 |
2.16 |
| Holden Roberto - National Front for the Liberation of Angola |
83,135 |
2.11 |
| Daniel Chipenda - Liberal Democratic Party (Angola) |
? |
.5 |
| Others (including Chipenda) |
239,866 |
6.09 |
| Total |
3,940,883 |
100.00 |
| Sources: African Elections Database, Sellström, Tor. Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa, 1999. Page 120. |
1992 Parliamentary election
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