Elections in 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.

See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.

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 (Asembleia 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.

1 Latest elections
2 Past elections
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Latest elections

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**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.

Main article: Cape Verde parliamentary election, 2006

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**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.