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General elections were held in Angola on 29 and 30 September 1992 to elect a President and National Assembly, the first time free and multi-party elections had been held in the country. They followed the signing of the Bicesse Accord on 31 May 1991 in an attempt to end the 17-year-long civil war . [ 1 ]
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 ...
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".
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.
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 ...
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In 1992, the People's Republic of Angola was constitutionally succeeded by the Republic of Angola and elections were scheduled. [17] Angola held the first round of its 1992 presidential election on 29–30 September. Dos Santos officially received 49.57% of the vote and Savimbi won 40.6%.
On 29 and 30 September 1992, after 16 years of fighting that killed up to 300,000 people, general elections were held in Angola, under United Nations supervision. [18] Dos Santos led the field in the first round with 49%; his main rival, Jonas Savimbi, won 40%. [19]