2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election

2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election

14 January 2001
All 72 seats in the National Assembly of Cape Verde 37 seats needed for a majority
Registered	260,126
Turnout	54.53%
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Maria Neves Carlos Veiga João dos Santos Luís Party PAICV MpD ADM Seats won 40 30 2 Seat change 19 20 1 Popular vote 67,860 55,586 8,389 Percentage 49.50% 40.55% 6.12%
Prime Minister before election Gualberto do Rosário MpD Elected Prime Minister José Maria Neves PAICV

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, 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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	67,860	49.50	40	+19
	Movement for Democracy	55,586	40.55	30	–20
	Democratic Alliance for Change	8,389	6.12	2	+1
	Democratic Renewal Party	4,630	3.38	0	New
	Social Democratic Party	620	0.45	0	0
Total		137,085	100.00	72	0
Valid votes		137,085	96.65
Invalid/blank votes		4,751	3.35
Total votes		141,836	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		260,126	54.53
Source: African Elections Database

External links

• National Elections Commission (in Portuguese)