At stake in this election:

• 220 seats in the National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS
• Head of Government: President Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS
• Assembly: Angola has a unicameral National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) with 220 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) 220 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Due to the civil war, elections were not held at four-year increments; the members elected in 1992 had their terms in office extended through July 15, 2008

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Workers' Party / Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola - Partido do Trabalho (MPLA)
  • Leader: Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS
  • Seats won in this election: 191
  • Seats won in last election: 129
• Party: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola / União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA)
  • Leader: Isaias SAMAKUVA
  • Seats won in this election: 16
  • Seats won in last election: 70
• Party: Social Renewal Party / Partido de Renovação Social (PRS)
  • Leader: Eduardo KUANGANA
  • Seats won in this election: 8
  • Seats won in last election: 6
• Party: Angolan National Liberation Front / Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (FNLA)****
  • Leader: Ngola KABANGU
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 5
• Party: Liberal Democratic Party / Partido Liberal Democrático (PLD)
  • Leader: Anaila de Victoria PEREIRA
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Coalition: New Democracy Electoral Union / Nova Democracia União Eleitoral (ND)
  • Leader: Quintino DE MOREIRA
  • Seats won in this election: 2
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

**** Angola's Constutional Court (TC) rulled in July 2008 that the FNLA faction led by Lucas NGONDA was illegal. As a result, KABANGU has been legitimated as party leader.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 19,842,251 (2008)
• Registered Voters: 8,256,854 (September 2008 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 10,019,089 (2008)

·         Is Angola a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Angola ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (17 September 1986)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 81 (36.82%) (2008)

·         Human Development Index Position: 149 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Angola a signatory to CRPD: No 

·         Has Angola ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (19 May 2014)

·         Population with a disability: 2,976,337 (est.)