Elections in Cape Verde

Cape Verde

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Elections in Cape Verde gives information on election and election results in Cape Verde. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

Cape Verde elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly (Portuguese: Assembleia Nacional) has 72 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation. Cape Verde has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Latest elections

2006 Parliamentary election

Main article: Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 2006

 Summary of the 22 January 2006 National Assembly of Cape Verde election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde)	88,965	52.28	41
Movement for Democracy (Movimento para a Democracia)	74,909	44.02	29
Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (União Caboverdiana Independente e Democrática)	4,495	2.64	2
Democratic Renewal Party (Partido da Renovação Democrática)	1,097	0.64	-
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrático)	702	0.41	-
Total (turnout 54.0%)	170,168	100.00	72
Source: National Electoral Commission.

2006 Presidential election

Main article: Cape Verdean presidential election, 2006

 Summary of the 12 February 2006 presidential election results

Candidates, Nominating parties	Votes	%
Pedro Pires, African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	86,583	50.98
Carlos Veiga, Movement for Democracy	83,241	49.02
Total (turnout 53.1%)	169,824	100.00
Source: National Electoral Commission.

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database