Angola’s ruling party wins 2022 election

The nation’s largest opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), gained 43.95 percent of the total votes cast, said the CNE.

According to the final results, the MPLA won 124 of the 220 National Assembly seats. The UNITA finished second with 90 seats in parliament.

In accordance with the Angolan constitution, the top candidate of a political party that wins the most votes is elected as president.

Supporters of Angola's President and leader of the ruling MPLA Joao Lourenco attend their party's final rally in Camama, on the outskirts of the capital Luanda, in Angola, on August 20, 2022. Photo CNN

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