Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 2006

Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 2006

22 January 2006
Registered	322.725
Turnout	54.18%
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Maria Neves Carlos Veiga João dos Santos Luís Party PAICV MpD UCID Seats won 41 29 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 88,965 74,909 4,495 Percentage 52.28% 44.02% 2.64%
Prime Minister before election José Maria Neves PAICV Elected Prime Minister José Maria Neves PAICV

Seats of the National Assembly after the 2006 parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 22 January 2006. The result was a victory for the ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) run by José Maria Neves, which won 41 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly.^[1] Second was the Movement for Democracy (Mpd) and third was Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (UCID) led by João Santos dos Luís.

Campaign

The PAICV and the MpD (led by Ulisses Correia e Silva) were the only parties to nominate a candidate in every constituency.

Results

References

External links

• National Elections Commission (in Portuguese)