Angolan presidential election, 1992

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The Angolan presidential election of 1992 was the first multi-party election held in Angola since independence in 1975. UNITA and the government signed the Bicesse Accord on May 31, 1991 in an attempt to end the 17-year long civil war.^{[citation needed]}

In the first round President Jose Eduardo dos Santos officially received 49.57% of the vote and Jonas Savimbi of UNITA won 40.6%. Savimbi said the election had neither been free nor fair and refused to participate in the second round.^[1]

The fairness of the election is highly disputed.

[edit] Results

e•d Summary of the 29 and 30 September 1992 Angola presidential election results
Candidates - Nominating parties	Votes	%
José Eduardo dos Santos - Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola	1,953,335	49.57
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi - National Union for the Total Independence of Angola	1,579,298	40.07
Antonio Alberto Neto - Angolan Democratic Party	85,249	2.16
Holden Roberto - National Front for the Liberation of Angola	83,135	2.11
Daniel Chipenda - Liberal Democratic Party of Angola	?	.5
Others (including Chipenda)	239,866	6.09
Total	3,940,883	100.00
Sources: African Elections Database, Sellström, Tor. Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa, 1999. Page 120.