It appeared from early results that the MPLA was headed for another comfortable victory. The main opposition party and a former civil war enemy of the MPLA, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), is among the nine political parties and coalitions contesting the election for 220 members of the National Assembly.
Timu ya Waangalizi wa SADC imeridhika kuwa pamoja na kasoro ndogondogo zilizojitokeza ambazo hazitoshelezi kuathiri matokeo ya jumla ya uchaguzi, uchaguzi mkuu wa Angola ulifanyika katika mazingira yanayotoa fursa ya kuwa huru na haki. Mwenyekiti wa Asasi ya SADC ya Siasa, Ulinzi na Usalama aliwapongeza wadau wote wa siasa nchini Angola na kuwahimiza kufuata kanuni za uchaguzi za SADC na Sheria za Angola iwapo kutajitokeza kutoridhika kwa mchakato wa uchaguzi mkuu huo.