Electoral system for national legislature

Angola Electoral Law 7/2004 of 17 June 2004

Article 29
Electoral Constituency

29.1 For the purpose of the National Assembly Deputy elections, the electoral territory shall be divided into electoral constituencies.

29.2 The national territory includes the following electoral constituencies:

1. Eighteen provincial electoral constituencies whose boundaries correspond to those of each of the provinces and are denominated with the same name;
2. A single national electoral constituency;
3. An external representative electoral constituency which covers all of the countries in which Angolan voters reside. This constituency shall in turn be sub-divided into a zone for Africa and a zone for the rest of the world.

Article 31
Method of election

31.1 The election the National Assembly Deputies is carried out by multiple name political party or party coalition lists and each voter may cast a single vote for such a list.

31.2 The lists are presented to the voters during the electoral campaign so that the voters can know the names of the candidates for the position of Deputy for each party or coalition of parties

Article 33
System of Proportional Representation

33.1 The National Assembly Deputies are elected according to a system of proportional representation. The votes shall be converted into seats in accordance with the criteria and rules set out in the following paragraphs.

Angola elects the 130 members of its National Assembly based on a closed, party-list proportional representation system. Additionally, five members of the National Assembly will be elected per province. 

 

The d'Hondt formula is used to allocate seats.