Luanda - The definitive results of the fifth general elections, held on 24 August, published on Monday, 29, confirmed the victory of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and its candidate, João Lourenço, with 51.17 percent of the votes.
According to the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (CNE), Manuel Pereira da Silva, it is a result of getting a total of 3.209,429 votes. With that, the MPLA gets 124 parliamentary seats.
The final data made public by the CNE, give UNITA 43,95% (2.756.786 votes, winning 90 MPs) and PRS with 1,14% (71,351 votes, 2 MPs), FNLA 1,06% (66,337 votes, 2 MPs) and PHA with 1,02% (63,749 votes, 2 MPs), CASA-CE with 0.76% (47,446 votes), APN with 0.48%(30,139 votes) and P-NJANGO with 0.42% (26,867 votes), the last three did not get any MPs.
Eight political forces ran in this suffrage which has as total number of voters 6.454,109, representing 44.82% of roughly 14.3 million registered voters.
