Angola's ruling party, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), won the general election, the country's National Electoral Commission (CNE) said on Monday.

Incumbent President Joao Lourenco, who has led the MPLA since 2017, will serve a second-term as Angolan leader.

The election commission gave the MPLA a 51.17 percent majority after all votes were counted while its longtime opponent, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, or UNITA, got 43.95 percent, its best result ever.

UNITA leader Adalberto Costa Junior has rejected the results, citing discrepancies between the commission's count and the main opposition coalition's own tally.

He did not immediately respond to the final results announcement.

(With input from Reuters)