The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has run the show for 37 years.

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The MPLA's nearest rival, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), trailed far behind with 18%.

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The MPLA is slowly loosening up, the government becoming a bit more open, and Mr Dos Santos slightly less aloof.

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He won a new term last year when the ruling MPLA party was declared winner of the August 31 elections.

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Last time, in 2008, the MPLA won 82% of the vote.

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Most Angola observers agree that Unita is the only party with the potential to present an effective opposition to the ruling MPLA - if it can overcome its divisions.

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With about 85% of the boxes counted, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) had 73% of the nearly 4.9 valid votes cast, according to figures from the country's National Electoral Commission.

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The constitution it enacted in 2010 means that Angola's next president will be chosen not by popular vote, but by the ruling party, which since independence in 1975 has been the MPLA (or Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola).

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The ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) won the country's first multi-party general election for 16 years, getting 80% of votes cast to 10% for the main opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).

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