Elections in Angola

Elections in Angola gives information on election and election results in Angola.

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, due for 1997, have been put off indefinitely. 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.

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1 Last elections

Last elections

President: 29 and 30 september 1992	%

José Eduardo dos Santos - Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola	49.5
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi - União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola	40.0

Assembleia Popular: 29 and 30 september 1992 (91.35 %) The term was extended on 13 november 1996 for a minimum of two years to a maximum of four years.		%	220

Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola Partido de Trabalho	MPLA	53.7	129
União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola	UNITA	34.1	77
Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola	FNLA	2.4	5
Partido Liberal Democrático	PLD	2.4	3
Partido Renovador Social	PRS	2.3	6
Partido Renovador Democrático	PRD	0.9	1
Aliança Democrática de Angola	AD	0.9	1
Partido Social-Democrata	PSD	0.8	1
Partido da Aliança da Juventude, Operários e Campesinos de Angola	PAJOCA	0.4	1
Fórum Democrátrico Angolano	FDA	0.3	1
Partido Democrático para Progreso/Aliança Nacional Angolano	PDPANA	0.3	1
Partido Nacional Democrático Angolano	PNDA	0.3	1

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