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.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	José Maria Neves	African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	96,035	51.79
	Carlos Veiga	Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)	78,603	42.39
	Casimiro de Pina	Independent	3,345	1.80
	Fernando Rocha Delgado	Independent	2,518	1.36
	Helio Sanches	Independent	2,134	1.15
	Gilson Alves	Independent	1,410	0.76
	Joaquim Monteiro	Independent	1,403	0.76
Total			185,448	100.00


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde)	110,121	50.02	38
	African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	87,063	39.55	30
	Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union	19,834	9.01	4
	Labour and Solidarity Party	2,088	0.95	0
	People's Party	756	0.34	0
	Social Democratic Party (Cape Verde)	271	0.12	0
Total		220,133	100.00	72

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