Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 1995

Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 1996

17 December 1995
Registered 207,648
Turnout 76.52%

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Carlos Veiga Pedro Pires Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Party MpD PAICV PCD
Seats won 50 21 1
Seat change Decrease 6 Decrease 2 New
Popular vote 93,249 45,263 10,211
Percentage 61.3% 29.75% 6.71%

Prime Minister before election

Carlos Veiga
MpD

Elected Prime Minister

Carlos Veiga
MpD

Seats of the National Assembly after the 1995 parilamentary election
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Cape Verde

Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 17 December 1995. The number of seats was reduced from 79 to 72. The result was a victory for the ruling Movement for Democracy, which won 50 of the 72 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 76.52%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Movement for Democracy93,24961.3050–6
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde45,26329.7521–2
Democratic Convergence Party10,2116.711New
Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union2,3691.540New
Social Democratic Party1,0300.670New
Invalid/blank votes5,474
Total158,90110072–7
Registered voters/turnout207,64876.52
Source: African Elections Database

References

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