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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |