Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 2001

Cape Verdean parliamentary election, 2001

14 January 2001
Registered	260,126
Turnout	76.52%
First party Second party Third party   Party PAICV MpD ADM Seats won 40 30 2 Seat change 19 20 1 Popular vote 67,860 55,586 8,389 Percentage 49.5% 40.55% 6.12%
Prime Minister before election Carlos Veiga MpD Elected Prime Minister José Maria Neves PAICV

Seats of the National Assembly after the 2001 parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 14 January 2001. The result was a victory for the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde run by José Maria Neves, which won 40 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly,^[1][2] defeating the ruling Movement for Democracy led by Carlos Veiga. Third was the Democratic Alliance for Change (ADM) led by José dos Santos Luís with 6.12% of the votes and had two seats.

They were the first parliamentary election broadcast on television in Cape Verde. It was shown on TCV, the channel that first aired two years after the previous elections, and also covered on the RCV radio station.

Results

References

External links

• National Elections Commission (in Portuguese)

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