Angola's ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola party, MPLA, has taken a commanding lead in the country's parliamentary election, provisional results suggest.

The party has received 64.57 percent of the vote in the first batch of results, while the main opposition Unita party, received 24.4 percent.

According to the Angola National Electoral Commission, so far, 5.9 million of a total of 9.3 million citizens have voted.

Source: Wam