Johannesburg/Luanda  - Angola's ruling MPLA party was heading for a massive victory in the country's first parliamentary elections in 16 years, with initial projections by the country's electoral commission showing the party claiming more than 80 per cent of the vote, reports said Sunday.

Although the opposition UNITA party has already begun to dispute the results of the two-day vote due to problems during the polling, independent observers such as those from the European Union spoke only of poor preparation that affected some parts of the capital Luanda.

Considered a MPLA stronghold, Luanda contains 20 per cent of the country's electorate.

The EU group of observers, which including 118 observers from 20 EU states, as well as Switzerland and Norway - is to present its preliminary report on Monday. The official results are expected at the earliest by the middle of next week. (dpa)