Preliminary results from the parliamentary election in Angola show the governing MPLA heading for a landslide victory.
The electoral commission said the party had received more than 81% of the vote, based on preliminary figures.
The main opposition party, Unita, wants a re-run Angola views ...
African goals first at G-8 summit ... in the capital, Luanda, saying voting there was chaotic.
However, observers from the southern African regional grouping, Sadc, say the poll was transparent and credible.
This election is seen as a vital step in the country's recovery from decades of civil war. It is the oil-rich nation's first election in 16 years.
Fourteen parties took part but the contest has been mainly between the ruling MPLA party and its long-term rivals, Unita.
Mixed observations
Polling was extended after chaos on Friday prevented many people in Luanda province from casting their vote.
EU election observers reportedly said the vote broke domestic election laws, but African observers disagreed.
On Friday, some polling stations opened late and others quickly ran out of ballot papers. The problems were particularly serious in the overcrowded capital.
Luisa Morgantini, head of the EU observer mission in Angola, blamed "woeful organisation" for the problems and said that a failure to provide voter registration lists at polling stations was a violation of the country's electoral laws.
She added that some election officials had failed to show up at some polling stations, and that there was a shortage of the ink used to mark voters' fingers and prevent multiple voting.
Observers from the regional grouping, Southern African Development Community (Sadc), said the vote had been "transparent and credible".
"The Sadc mission congratulates the people of Angola on peaceful, free, transparent and credible elections which reflect the will of the people," John Kunene of the observer mission told the AFP news agency.
Isaias Samakuva, leader of the Unita party, said the system in Luanda had collapsed, while another party leader said the vote was flawed.
The party says it will challenge the legitimacy of the vote in Luanda province at the country's Constitutional Court.
The leader of another opposition party, Ngola Kabangu of the FNLA, said the election was extremely flawed.
In the lead up to the election, Unita accused the MPLA of intimidating its supporters and dominating state media.
Some eight million voters are registered in the country - more than a quarter of whom live in the capital's overcrowded conditions.
(BBC)
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