Democracy Ratings
Freedom House 2018 |
Score: 6 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic) |
Freedom Status: Not Free |
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EIU Democracy Index 2017 |
Score: 3.62 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic) |
World Ranking: 125 |
Polity IV 2016 |
Score: -2 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic) |
Category: Closed Anocracy
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Political System
System of Government | Presidential |
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Presidential Electoral System | First past the post |
Last Presidential Election | 2012 |
Next Presidential Election | 2017 |
Presidential Term Limits | Two, five-year terms |
System of Appointment to Legislature |
Closed list proportional representation 90 from 18 five-seat constituencies 130 from a single, nationwide constituency |
Last Legislative Election |
2012 |
Next Legislative Election |
2016 |
Number of Seats in Legislature | 220 |
Female quota, representation in lower house | Yes: legislated candidate quotas |
Results
Last presidential election (1992) | ||
Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
1st round | 2nd round | |
José Eduardo dos Santos (MPLA) | 49.57 | Not held due to UNITA boycott |
Jonas Savimbi (UNITA) | 40.07 |
Last legislative election (2008) | ||
Party | Votes (%) | Seats |
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) | 81.64 | 191 |
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) | 10.39
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16 |
Social Renewal Party (PRS) | 3.17 | 8 |
National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) | 1.11 | 3 |
New Democracy Electoral Union (coalition) (ND) | 1.2 | 2 |
Angola on DiA
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