Updated results of Angola's parliamentary elections has showed that the ruling party is far ahead in polls than its contesting rivals, according to the National Electoral Commission (CNE).
Results issued by the CNE Sunday morning showed that the ruling party People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)continues ahead in the counting of votes with 2,532,282 votes against 329,505 votes of the main opposition party the National Union of the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), registering 81.65 percent and 10.59 percent of the total votes counted respectively.
Over 8.2 million Angolans were registered for the elections and cast their votes at 12,274 polling stations across the country on Friday. To show the world that Angola pursues after democracy, the government also invited 1,200 foreign observers from 17 international organizations and 10 countries to follow up the elections.
Fourteen out of Angola's 150 political parties and coalitions took part in the elections fight for 220 parliamentary seats.
Source:Xinhua
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