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| Angola's ruling MPLA party has taken a commanding lead in national elections, with almost 75% of the vote, partial results suggest. | Angola's ruling MPLA party has taken a commanding lead in national elections, with almost 75% of the vote, partial results suggest. |
| With almost two-thirds of votes counted from Friday's poll, the country's main opposition Unita party garnered about 18%, the electoral commission said. | With almost two-thirds of votes counted from Friday's poll, the country's main opposition Unita party garnered about 18%, the electoral commission said. |
| If confirmed, the results mean another term for President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled since 1979. | If confirmed, the results mean another term for President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled since 1979. |
| The polls were the second vote since the civil war ended a decade ago. | The polls were the second vote since the civil war ended a decade ago. |
| Angola - Africa's second leading oil producer - has witnessed an economic boom since then, but the opposition says the wealth has only benefited a small elite. | |
| The Unita party had called for the election to be delayed, expressing concern about a lack of transparency, especially the failure to publish a full electoral roll. | |
| But a BBC correspondent in Luanda says that despite a tense build-up, the election appeared to run relatively smoothly. | |
| The provisional turnout was 57%, the electoral commission said. | |
| The polls are the first held under a newly adopted constitution, under which the leader of the winning parliamentary party becomes president. | |
| Analysts had predicted an easy victory for Mr dos Santos' Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which won more than 80% in the last vote. |