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.

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[edit]

2011 Parliamentary election[edit]

2011 Presidential election[edit]

Past elections[edit]

Elections in Cape Verde Presidential elections 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 Parliamentary elections 1973 1975 1980 1985 1991 1995 2001 2006 2011 Local elections 1991 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

See also[edit]

• Cape Verdean local election, 2012
• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links[edit]

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database