At Stake in this Election:        

• 220 seats in the National Assembly of the Republic of Angola 

• The winning party of this election will also decide the President 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President João LOURENÇO 

• Head of Government: President João LOURENÇO 

• Assembly: Unicameral National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) with 220 seats 

Electoral System: 

• The 220 seats of the National Assembly are allocated through proportional representation. 130 members are elected from a national list, while 90 members are elected from the 18 provincial districts, each electing five members. They are all elected to 5-year terms. 

• Out-of-country voting will be conducted for the first time. Voters will be able to vote for the national list only.  

• The leader of the majority party will also win the Presidency.  

Main Parties in this Election:  

• People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola / Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola 

• Leader: João LOURENÇO 

• Seats won in last election: 150 

• National Union for the Total Independence of Angola / União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola 

• Leader: Adalberto COSTA Jr. 

• Seats won in last election: 51 

• Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola – Electoral Coalition / Convergência Ampla de Salvação de Angola – Coligação Eleitoral 

• Leader: Manuel FERNANDES 

• Seats won in last election: 16 

• Social Renewal Party / Partido de Renovação Social 

• Leader: Benedito DANIEL 

• Seats won in last election: 2 

• National Liberation Front of Angola / Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola 

• Leader: Ngola KABANGU 

• Seats won in last election: 1 

•  National Patriotic Alliance / Aliança Patriótica Nacional 

• Leader: Quintino MOREIRA 

• Seats won in last election: 0 

• Nationalist Party for Justice in Angola / Partido Nacionalista para a Justiça em Angola 

• Leader: Eduardo CHINGUNJI 

• Seats won in last election: N/A 

• Humanist Party of Angola / Partido Humanista de Angola  

• Leader: Florbela MALAQUIAS 

• Seats won in last election: N/A 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 34,795,287 (2022 est.)¹ 

• Registered Voters: 14,399,391 (2022) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 16,675,372 (2022 est.)² 

• Is Angola a signatory to CEDAW: No 

• Has Angola ratified CEDAW: Yes (Accession) (17 Sep 1986)³ 

• Gender Quota: Yes, Governing bodies must have each gender represented by at least 30%.⁴ 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators: 65 out of 220 (29.6%)⁵ 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 148 at 0.581 (2020)⁶ 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium at 0.1719 (2014)⁷ 

Disability Data: 

• Is Angola a signatory to CRPD: No 

• Has Angola ratified CRPD: Yes (Accession) (19 Mar 2014)⁸ 

• Population with a disability: 2,943,803 (2022 est.)⁹ 

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Angola: No 

 

1. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/angola/#people-and-society

2. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/angola/#people-and-society

3. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=5&Lang=en

4. https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/country-view/50/35

5. https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=7&year=2022

6. https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/specific-country-data#/countries/AGO

7. https://www.genderindex.org/country/angola-2014-results/

8. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=5&Lang=en 

9. http://electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/?q=angola#tab