LUNDA - Angola on Thursday eagerly awaited the outcome of the most tightly contested vote in its democratic history, with early results showing a wide margin for incumbent Joao Lourenco but the opposition also claiming a lead.
Ballot counting began after polls closed on Wednesday in the oil-rich nation, where multi-party polls were only introduced in 1992.
Preliminary results published overnight by Angola's electoral commission gave the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 60.65% of the vote with 33% of ballots counted.
The main opposition the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) led by charismatic leader Adalberto Costa Junior was at 33.85%.
