Elections in Cape Verde

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

2011 Parliamentary election

Party Votes % Seats +/–
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde117,96752.6838–3
Movement for Democracy94,67442.2732+3
Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union9,8424.3920
Labour and Solidarity Party1,0400.460New
Social Democratic Party4290.1900
Invalid/blank votes2,990
Total226,942100720
Registered voters/turnout298,56776.01
Source: African Elections Database

2011 Presidential election

 Summary of the 7 August and 21 August 2011 Cape Verdean presidential election results
Candidates (parties) 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Jorge Carlos Fonseca (Movement for Democracy) 60,887 37.79% 97,735 54.26%
Manuel Inocêncio Sousa (African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde) 52,612 32.66% 82,379 45.74%
Aristides Lima (independent) 44,648 27.71%  
Joaquim Jaime Monteiro (independent) 2,958 1.84%
Total (turnout 53.5%/59.9%) 161,105 100.00 180,114 100.00
Source: National Electoral Commission

Past elections

See also

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