...At stake in this election: 220 seats in the National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) Description of government structure: Chief of State: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS Head of Government: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS Assembly: Angola has a unicameral National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) with 223 seats. Description of electoral system: The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 5-year term. In the National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) 223 members are elected by party-list system with proportional distribution of seats to serve 4-year terms.*** *** Due to the civil war, elections were not held at four-year increments; the members elected in 1992 had their terms in office extended through July 15, 2008
Main parties in the electoral race: Party: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Workers' Party / Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) Leader: Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS Seats won in last election: 129 Party: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola / União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) Leader: Isaias SAMAKUVA Seats won in last election: 70 Party: Social Renewal Party / Partido de Renovação Social (PRS) Leader: Eduardo KUANGANA Seats won in last election: 6 Party: Angolan National LIberation Front / Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (FNLA)**** Leader: Ngola KABANGU Seats won in last election: 5 Party: Liberal Democratic Party / Partido Liberal Democrático (PLD) Leader: Anaila de Victoria PEREIRA Seats won in last election: 3 **** Angola's Constutional Court (TC) rulled in July 2008 that the FNLA faction led by Lucas NGONDA was illegal. As a result, KABANGU has been legitimated as party leader.
Population and number of registered voters: Population: 12,531,357 (July 2008 est.) Registered Voters: 8,302,657 ( 2008 )!!!
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