Cape Verdean presidential election, 1991

Cape Verdean presidential election, 1991

17 February 1991
Registered	159,534
Turnout	61.4%
Nominee António Monteiro Aristides Pereira Party MpD PAICV Popular vote 70,623 25,544 Percentage 73.4% 26.6%
President before election Aristides Pereira PAICV Elected President António Monteiro MpD

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Presidential elections were held for the first time in Cape Verde on 17 February 1991, as previously the National Assembly had elected the President. The result was a victory for António Mascarenhas Monteiro of the Movement for Democracy, which had also won the parliamentary elections the previous month. He defeated incumbent Aristides Pereira of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde.^[1] Voter turnout was 61.4%.^[2]

Monteiro took office on 22 March.

Results

References

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