Angolan legislative election, 2012

The elections to the National Assembly of Angola in 2012 took place on 31 August 2012 and were after 1992 and 2008, the third multi-party elections for the National Assembly since the country's independence in 1975. Elections of 1980 and 1986 were still under the conditions of a one- party system occurred.

Nine parties were 2012 election and about 9 million voters should cast the 220 ​​seats of the National Assembly determine .. However, the ruling for 37 years on powerful party MPLA had in the run-up to an almost unlimited advertising budget available and mastered not only the media but also the streets with placards, while the opposition parties were barely perceptible. Independent election observers therefore criticized the elections as unfair, even though the election day itself remained largely free of influence voters. Preliminary estimates saw the turnout at 57% of the electorate, with the participation in the capital Luanda and provinces was significantly lower.

Results

The MPLA reached approximately 71 % of the vote (175 MPs), ie 10 % less than in 2008, but still a very comfortable majority. The traditional main opposition party UNITA won more than 18% (32 MPs), compared to 2008, an increase of 80%. The resulting as a splinter group of UNITA new party CASA -CE received 6 % of the vote (8 MPs); this is by far the best result that has ever received a party MPLA and UNITA except in a national election in Angola.

Besides these three parties won only the PRS ( Partido de Renovação Social) and the FNLA seats in parliament (3 or 2), despite shares of votes under 2 %. This can be explained from the fact that they are rooted especially among the Chokwe and Bakongo and have won direct mandates in the respective parts of the country ..

Striking were the results of the opposition in the provinces of Luanda and Cabinda. Here UNITA and CASA -CE brought together 40 % of the vote, which is significantly more than the 25 % that they won together the national average. Even more significant is the high abstention rate: during 1992 to 2008 to 2012, the number of registered voters of around 5 million, has risen to almost 10 million, the proportion of non-voters has steadily increased and at the same time was in 2012 at 37.2 % ( in some provinces, most notably Luanda, at around 42%), while he still was around 12.5 % in 2008. Around 4 million voters are thus not gone to the polls. In the province of Luanda, where strong a quarter of the population lives and the degree of politicization is particularly high, so only about 25% of the voters voted for the MPLA.

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  • CASA -CE Template: Election chart / Maintenance / Name: 8
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Attempted parties and coalitions

  • MPLA ( Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ), originally a Marxist -oriented guerrilla movement against Portuguese colonial rule, since 1975 the ruling party. Initial power base among the Ambundu and the half-breed population, now greatly expanded.
  • UNITA (National Union for the Total Liberation of Angola ), also originally guerrilla movement against Portuguese colonial rule with power base among the Ovimbundu, from 1975 to 1991 opponents of the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War
  • Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola, as well as the MPLA and UNITA guerrilla movement emerged from a war of liberation. The main social base among the Bakongo.
  • Partido de Renovação Social, PRS, founded in 1991, it had 2008 she had won 3% of the votes. Rooted among the Chokwe.
  • CASA -CE Convergència ampla de Salvação de Angola - Coligação Eleitoral ( Comprehensive Association for the Rescue of Angola - electoral alliance ), 2012 product derived from the UNITA alliance under the leadership of former UNITA politician Abel Chivukuvuku, which first stood for election
  • FUMA (United Front for the change of Angola )
  • Nova Democracia União Eleitoral, founded in 2006, coalition, received in 2008 1.6% of the votes cast. Mainly supported by intellectuals; Successor of the Frente para a Democracia.
  • PAPOD ( the People for Development Party )
  • CPO ( Political Oppositionsrat )

These are the formations that have been approved after verification of formal requirements for election. Applications for a number of small groups were rejected on formal grounds.

Because of the new Constitution of 2010, the parliamentary elections also determine the allocation of the offices of President and Vice-Presidents: The leading candidate of the party with the most votes will be heads of state and head of government in one person, the list is Second Vice - President. Therefore, the election result means that the reigning for 33 years President José Eduardo dos Santos will continue to hold that office. Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente is, minister of economic coordination. In 1992, to determine the President directly in the only previous presidential election, voters have the option.

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