"Following the preparatory acts for the holding of the general elections, the Constitutional Court concluded the process of verifying and validating the candidacies to the general elections and, in this way, makes the delivery, to the National Electoral Commission, of the definitive lists of the verified candidacies", inform that institution.
In an announcement released on Saturday, the TC said that the candidacies of seven political parties (MPLA, UNITA, PRS, FNLA, APN, PH and P-Njango) and a coalition (CASA-CE) were admitted.
The order in which the candidacies are presented in the ballot papers will be subject to a lottery to be carried out by the National Electoral Commission (CNE).
More than 14 million Angolans, including those residing abroad, are eligible to vote on 24 August, in what will be the fifth election in Angola's history.
The 220 members of the Angolan National Assembly are elected by two methods: 130 members proportionally by the so-called national constituency, and the remaining 90 seats are reserved for each of the 18 provinces of Angola, using the d'Hondt method and in which each one elects five parliamentarians.
Since the 2010 Constitution came into force, presidential elections have not been held, with the President and Vice-President of Angola being the first two names on the list of the most voted party in the national circle.
In the previous election, in 2017, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) won the majority with 61.07 percent of the votes and elected 150 deputies, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) won 26, 67 percent and 51 deputies.
This was followed by the Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola – Electoral Coalition (CASA-CE), with 9.44 percent and 16 deputies, the Social Renewal Party (PRS), with 1.35 percent and two deputies, and the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), with 0.93 percent and one deputy.
The National Patriotic Alliance (APN) reached 0.51 percent, but did not elect any deputy.
In the next electoral race are also the Humanist Party (PH) and the Nationalist Justice Party in Angola (P-Njango).
