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The election was considered free and fair by election monitors. [3] The ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola won both elections; however eight opposition parties, in particular the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola , rejected the results, accusing it of being rigged. UNITA sent negotiators to the capital, but ...
The 1992 constitution provided for the direct election of the president. However, this was abolished by the 2010 constitution, which in Article 109 states that "the individual heading the national list of the political party or coalition of political parties that receives the most votes in the general election shall be elected President of the Republic and Head of the Executive".
March 24 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 747 to enlarge United Nations Angola Verification Mission II [1] August 27 - abolition of the People's Republic of Angola and creation of the Republic of Angola [2] [3] September 29–30: 1992 Angolan general election [4] October 30 - November 1: Halloween Massacre, also known as the Three ...
Angola held the first round of its 1992 presidential election on September 29–September 30. Dos Santos officially received 49.57% of the vote and Savimbi won 40.6%. As no candidate received 50% or more of the vote, election law dictated a second round of voting between the top two contenders.
The party that has ruled Angola continuously for nearly 50 years claimed victory on Friday in this week's election, after the electoral commission put its share of the vote at 51%, but the leader ...
Angola's 1992 general elections took place on 29 and 30 September 1992. The MPLA claimed victory in these elections, taking roughly 53% of the vote and gaining 129 seats in the legislature [ 6 ] whereas UNITA claimed 34% of the vote and gained 70 seats. [ 6 ]
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In total, in 1992 as well as in 2008, the year of the second parliamentary elections, there were more than 120 registered political parties; only a handful had national constituencies, and only a few of them succeeded in having MPs elected for the National Assembly; see Elections in Angola. After any parliamentary elections, all parties that ...