LUANDA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Angola's parliamentary election show the ruling MPLA headed for a landslide victory over its opponents, the African nation's electoral commission said late on Saturday.

The MPLA, which has ruled the former Portuguese colony since independence in 1975, received more than 81 percent of the vote at the national level, the commission said. The results were based on 35 percent of the votes cast in the two-day poll.

Angola's parliamentary elections use a variation of proportional representation, with seats allocated based on results from the national and provincial levels. (Reporting by Paul Simao; Editing by Charles Dick)

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