As a reminder, at that time the largest opposition party, UNITA, contested the polls and fighting broke out, leading to a resumption of the civil war that ended ten years later, with the death of the charismatic leader of that party, Jonas Savimbi.
Kama kikumbusha, wakati huo chama kikubwa zaidi cha upinzani, UNITA, kilishindana na kura za maoni na mapigano, kikiongoza kwenye mapinduzi ya vita ya wenyewe kwa wenyewe yaliyomalizika miaka kumi baadaye, na kifo cha kiongozi mwenye vipawa wa chama hicho, Jonas Savimbi.