Luanda – The director of communication and marketing of UNITA’s electoral campaign, Alcino Kuvalela, said Monday in Luanda that there is discrepancy between the results of the general elections calculated by his party and the definitive results disclosed by the National Electoral Commission (CNE).
Speaking to ANGOP, Alcino Kuvalela said that UNITA’s managing board will decide on the matter in the near future, adding that his party will continue to call on the CNE to conform its data with the summary minutes in the party’s possession.
Mr Kuvalela said UNITA has sent a set of complaints to the CNE about the discrepancies among the data prior to the release of the final results.
The final results announced on Monday confirmed the victory of the MPLA and its candidate for President of the Republic, João Lourenço, with 51.17 percent of the valid votes.
The president of the National Electoral Commission, Manuel Pereira da Silva, said that the percentage results from the 3.2 million in favour of the MPLA, electing 124 deputies to the National Assembly.
The final figures released on Monday by the CNE give UNITA 43.95% (2.7 million votes, thus electing 90 deputies) while the PRS got 1.14% (71,351 votes, 2 deputies), FNLA 1.06% (66,337 votes, 2 deputies) and the newcomer PHA with 1.02% (63,749 votes, 2 deputies).
CASA-CE with 0.76% (47,446 votes), APN with 0.48% (30,139 votes) and P-NJANGO with 0,42% (26,867 votes) did not elect any deputy (MP).
Source: Angola Press News Agency