Elections to the National Assembly of Angola 2017
The 2017 elections to the National Assembly of Angola (Portuguese: Eleições para a Assembleia Nacional de Angola 2017 ) took place on 23-26 August 2017 and were the fourth multi-party elections to the National Assembly since the country gained independence in 1975. According to the constitution, the Lead candidate of the winning majority party automatically President. João Lourenço of the MPLA , which has ruled since 1975, won the election with 61 percent of the votes cast.
background
Originally it was expected that long-time President José Eduardo dos Santos would run again and would only step down during his term in office. In December 2016, however, the MPLA elected the MPLA's then Defense Minister and Deputy Chair, João Lourenço , as its candidate for the parliamentary elections. Lourenço is considered a close and loyal confidante of dos Santos. The MPLA elected Bornito de Sousa as an alternate candidate.
On April 26, 2017, President dos Santos announced August 23, 2017 as the election date. The official campaign period ran from July 22nd to August 21st.
Parties entered
After reviewing the formal requirements, they were allowed to vote
- MPLA ( Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola to German People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola), originally Marxist -oriented guerrilla movement against Portuguese colonial rule, since 1975 the ruling party. Initial power base among the Ambundu and the mongrel population, now greatly expanded.
- UNITA ( União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola , in German National Union for the total liberation of Angola), also originally a guerrilla movement against Portuguese colonial rule with a power base under the Ovimbundu , from 1975 to 1991 opponent of the MPLA in the Angolan civil war
- FNLA ( Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola , in German National Front for the Liberation of Angola) as well as the MPLA and UNITA emerged from a guerrilla movement of the liberation war. Main social base among the Bakongo .
- PRS ( Partido de Renovação Social , in German Party of Social Renewal), founded in 1991, rooted among the Chokwe .
- CASA-CE ( Convergência Ampla de Salvação de Angola - Coligação Eleitoral , in German Comprehensive Association for the Rescue of Angola - electoral alliance), an alliance that emerged from UNITA in 2012 and led by former UNITA politician Abel Chivukuvuku .
APN ( Aliança Patriótica Nacional, in German National Patriotic Alliance)
Electoral system
The 220 members of the National Assembly were elected by two votes: 130 members determined closed national electoral lists using proportional representation. 90 members of parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method in 18 constituencies, each with five seats . The constituencies were identical to the 18 provinces of the country (see also the administrative structure of Angola ).
All Angolan citizens aged 18 and over who are not bankrupt, are in prison, or suffer from a mental disorder have the right to vote. Citizens with dual citizenship are not allowed to vote. Angolans who are at least 35 years of age have the right to stand for election.
Results
- MPLA : 150
- UNITA : 51
- CASA-CE : 16
- PRS : 2
- FNLA : 1
The first projections already showed a clear victory for the ruling MPLA, albeit significantly weaker than in the two previous elections. The election commission announced the final election results on September 6, 2017.
Isaías Samakuva, chairman of UNITA, questioned the results on August 27th. His party lodged an objection. However, the Constitutional Court rejected the objection on September 13. João Lourenço was introduced to the office of President on September 26, 2017.
| Political party | be right | % 2017 | % 2012 | Seats 2017 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPLA | 4,164,157 | 61.08 | 71.84 | 150 | −25 |
| UNITA | 1,818,903 | 26.68 | 18.66 | 51 | +19 |
| CASA – CE | 643.961 | 9.45 | 6.00 | 16 | +8 |
| PRS | 92,222 | 1.35 | 1.70 | 2 | −1 |
| FNLA | 63,658 | 0.93 | 1.13 | 1 | −1 |
| APN | 34,976 | 0.15 | - | 0 | 0 (new) |
| Invalid votes / blank cast | 275.125 | - | - | - | |
| Total | 7.093.002 | 100 | 100 | 220 | 0 |
| Registered voters | 9,317,294 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan-Philippe Schlüter: A turning point after the election? In: Comments and Topics of the Week. Deutschlandfunk, 23 August 2017, accessed on 7 October 2017 .
- ^ Angolan opposition challenge election results Africa News, August 27, 2017
- ^ Angola's opposition appeals election results Reuters, 9 September 2017
- ↑ Angola's Constitution Court rejects appeal to annul election results Standard Digital, September 14, 2017
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
