1991 Cape Verdean presidential election

1991 Cape Verdean presidential election

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

Direct 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. Voter turnout was 61.4%.

Monteiro took office on 22 March.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	António Mascarenhas Monteiro	Movement for Democracy	70,623	73.44
	Aristides Pereira	African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	25,544	26.56
Total			96,167	100.00
Valid votes			96,167	98.21
Invalid/blank votes			1,755	1.79
Total votes			97,922	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			159,534	61.38
Source: Nohlen et al.