2008 Angolan parliamentary election

2008 Angolan parliamentary election

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All 220 seats in the National Assembly 111 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– MPLA José Eduardo dos Santos 81.64 191 +62 UNITA Isaías Samakuva 10.39 16 −54 PRS Eduardo Kuangana 3.17 8 +2 NDUE Quintino de Moreira 1.20 2 New FNLA Ngola Kabangu 1.11 3 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Vote share by electoral district Seats won by electoral district President before President after José Eduardo dos Santos MPLA José Eduardo dos Santos MPLA

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Parliamentary elections were held in Angola on 5 and 6 September 2008, as announced by President José Eduardo dos Santos on 27 December 2007.^[1][2] They were the first since the 1992 general elections,^[3] which had led to the outbreak of the second phase of the Angolan Civil War, which continued until 2002.

The results showed the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) winning 82% of the vote and 191 of 220 seats in the Parliament of Angola. The main opposition UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) won 10%.^[4] The international response was mixed, with the European Commission, the United States and the Southern African Development Community praising the elections as generally fair, while Human Rights Watch has questioned the legitimacy of this result. UNITA accepted the MPLA's victory.