Tuesday, 29/08/2017 16:37 (GMT+7)
Angolans voters took part in the General Election Day to elect 220 members of the National Assembly and President for the 2017 - 2020 term.
(Photo: VNA)
Angola hosted 1,440 election observers in parts of the country to monitor the General Elections on August 23rd.
1,200 international observers, including from Vietnam, and 240 local observers were registered with the electoral commission, Chairperson of the National Electoral Commission (CNE), Andre da Silva Neto said in Luanda in a meeting with the observers.
The parties taking part in the General Elections include the ruling MPLA led by Joao Lourenco, main opposition UNITA led by Isaias Samakuva, FNLA, PRS, APN and the coalition CASA-CE party.
More than 9.4 million Angolans were registered to vote in the elections to select a new legislature. According to Angola’s Constitution, the party that controls the legislature selects the President.
The ruling MPLA party won the country's parliamentary elections with 61.1 percent of the votes counted, compared with the opposition UNITA party's 26.7 percent, results showed./.
Compiled by BTA