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Cape Verde Detailed Election Results
 
 

Political Parties: MpD - Movement for Democracy (center-right/centrist), PAICV - African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (far-left, socialist), PAIGC - African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, PCD - Democratic Convergence Party (centrist), PRD - Democratic Renewal Party, PSD - Social Democratic Party, PTS - Party of Labor and Solidarity, UCID - Independent and Democratic Cape Verdean Union

Coalitions: Democratic Alliance for Change (ADM) [Contested 2001 election] Member parties include the Democratic Convergence Party (PCD), Party of Labor and Solidarity (PTS), and the Independent and Democratic Cape Verdean Union (UCID)

14 JANUARY 2001 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION

Electoral Circle ("Constituency")

Party/[Coalition]

Total Valid Votes

Invalid/
Blank Votes

Total Votes

Registered Voters

Voter Turnout

PAICV

MpD

[ADM]

PRD

PSD

Boa Vista

733 (44.32%)

857 (51.81%)

15 (0.91%)

45 (2.72%)

4
(0.24%)

1,654

56

1,710

2,344

73.0%

Brava

1,347 (49.49%)

1,310 (48.13%)

32 (1.18%)

33 (1.21%)

-

2,722

62

2,784

4,474

62.2%

Maio

895 (37.31%)

1,329 (55.40%)

72 (3.00%)

103 (4.29%)

-

2,399

64

2,463

3,422

72.0%

Mosteiros

2,086 (62.14%)

1,221 (36.37%)

11 (0.33%)

39 (1.16%)

-

3,357

78

3,435

5,249

65.4%

Paúl

1,420 (41.78%)

1,897 (55.81%)

30 (0.88%)

52 (1.53%)

-

3,399

125

3,524

4,812

73.2%

Porto Novo

2,694 (46.21%)

2,853 (48.94%)

136 (2.33%)

100 (1.72%)

47
(0.81%)

5,830

350

6,180

9,533

64.8%

Praia

16,475 (53.55%)

10,118 (32.88%)

2,744 (8.92%)

1,292 (4.20%)

139
(0.45%)

30,768

792

31,560

54,088

58.4%

Ribeira Grande

3,188 (39.29%)

4,240 (52.25%)

270 (3.33%)

364 (4.49%)

53
(0.65%)

8,115

372

8,487

12,547

67.6%

Sal

2,340 (57.56%)

1,605 (39.48%)

66 (1.62%)

37 (0.91%)

17
(0.42%)

4065

97

4,162

6,854

60.7%

Santa Catarina

5,414 (49.34%)

4,454 (40.59%)

507 (4.62%)

551 (5.02%)

47
(0.43%)

10973

696

11,669

25,050

46.6%

Santa Cruz

5,379 (53.16%)

4,306 (42.56%)

172 (1.70%)

235 (2.32%)

26
(0.26%)

10,118

317

10,435

16,792

62.1%

São Domingos

1,325 (32.55%)

2,132 (52.37%)

164 (4.03%)

432 (10.61%)

18
(0.44%)

4,071

162

4,233

6,783

62.4%

São Filipe

4,488 (61.95%)

2,429 (33.53%)

279 (3.85%)

49 (0.68%)

-

7,245

191

7,436

14,050

52.9%

São Miguel

1,202 (30.37%)

2,347 (59.30%)

201 (5.08%)

191 (4.83%)

17
(0.43%)

3,958

238

4,196

8,145

51.5%

São Nicolau

1,613 (36.00%)

2,622 (58.53%)

79 (1.76%)

166 (3.71%)

-

4,480

253

4,733

8,684

54.5%

São Vicente

11,480 (50.47%)

7,880 (34.64%)

2,920 (12.84%)

355 (1.56%)

110
(0.48%)

22,745

496

23,241

40,243

57.8%

Tarrafal

1,416 (36.00%)

2,063 (52.45%)

204 (5.19%)

220 (5.59%)

30
(0.76%)

3,933

97

4,030

9,052

44.5%

Abroad - Africa

1,247 (53.57%)

709 (30.46%)

89 (3.82%)

244 (10.48%)

39
(1.68%)

2,328

158

2,486

5,702

43.6%

Abroad - Americas

1,897 (69.13%)

654 (23.83%)

151 (5.50%)

22 (0.80%)

20
(0.73%)

2,744

68

2,812

8,120

34.6%

Abroad - Europe/World

1,221 (55.98%)

560 (25.68%)

247 (11.33%)

100 (4.59%)

53
(2.43%)

2,181

79

2,260

14,182

15.9%

Total

67,860 (49.50%)

55,586 (40.55%)

8,389 (6.12%)

4,630 (3.38%)

620
(0.45%)

137,085

4,751

141,836

260,126

54.5%

Number of Seats (72)

40

30

02

-

-

 

 

11 FEBRUARY 2001 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (FIRST ROUND)

Electoral Circle ("Constituency")

Candidate (Party)

Total Valid Votes

Invalid/
Blank Votes

Total Votes

Registered Voters

Voter Turnout

Pedro Pires (PAICV)

Carlos Veiga (MpD)

Jorge Carlos Fonseca (Ind.)

David Hopper Almada (Ind.)

Boa Vista

695 (45.37%)

724 (47.26%)

41 (2.68%)

72 (4.70%)

1,532

22

1,554

2,325

66.8%

Brava

1,099 (42.86%)

1,270 (49.53%)

142 (5.54%)

53 (2.07%)

2,564

24

2,588

4,470

57.9%

Maio

812 (37.18%)

1,194 (54.67%)

81 (3.71%)

97 (4.44%)

2,184

23

2,207

3,422

64.5%

Mosteiros

2,367 (65.22%)

1,227 (33.81%)

22 (0.61%)

13 (0.36%)

3,629

33

3,662

5,241

69.9%

Paúl

1,368 (40.04%)

1,978 (57.89%)

53 (1.55%)

18 (0.53%)

3,417

43

3,460

4,777

72.4%

Porto Novo

2,521 (42.45%)

3,209 (54.03%)

112 (1.89%)

97 (1.63%)

5,939

111

6,050

9,525

63.5%

Praia

15,526 (51.92%)

12,152 (40.63%)

1,306 (4.37%)

922 (3.08%)

29,906

219

30,125

54,040

55.7%

Ribeira Grande

2,856 (36.34%)

4,237 (53.91%)

642 (8.17%)

125 (1.59%)

7,860

154

8,014

12,541

63.9%

Sal

1,767 (48.46%)

1,523 (41.77%)

58 (1.59%)

298 (8.17%)

3,646

27

3,673

6,841

53.7%

Santa Catarina

4,241 (39.74%)

5,433 (50.91%)

352 (3.30%)

645 (6.04%)

10,671

207

10,878

25,050

43.4%

Santa Cruz

4,914 (51.76%)

4,067 (42.84%)

199 (2.10%)

314 (3.31%)

9,494

99

9,593

16,567

57.9%

São Domingos

1,278 (31.06%)

2,461 (59.81%)

133 (3.23%)

243 (5.91%)

4,115

67

4,182

6,775

61.7%

São Filipe

5,584 (67.67%)

2,392 (28.99%)

218 (2.64%)

58 (0.70%)

8,252

72

8,324

14,501

57.4%

São Miguel

1,111 (28.70%)

2,444 (63.14%)

124 (3.20%)

192 (4.96%)

3,871

87

3,958

8,246

48.0%

São Nicolau

1,345 (29.18%)

2,849 (61.80%)

37 (0.80%)

379 (8.22%)

4,610

90

4,700

8,653

54.3%

São Vicente

8,662 (44.45%)

8,937 (45.86%)

1,158 (5.94%)

729 (3.74%)

19,486

411

19,897

40,248

49.4%

Tarrafal

1,278 (30.04%)

2,699 (63.43%)

84 (1.97%)

194 (4.56%)

4,255

97

4,352

8,992

48.4%

Cape Verdeans Abroad

4,222 (59.76%)

1,923 (27.22%)

380 (5.38%)

540 (7.64%)

7,065

213

7,278

28,007

26.0%

Total

61,646 (46.52%)

60,719 (45.83%)

5,142 (3.88%)

4,989 (3.77%)

132,496

1,999

134,495

260,221

51.7%

25 FEBRUARY 2001 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (SECOND ROUND)

Electoral Circle ("Constituency")

Candidate (Party)

Total Valid Votes

Invalid/
Blank Votes

Total Votes

Registered Voters

Voter Turnout

Pedro Pires (PAICV)

Carlos Veiga (MpD)

Boa Vista

811
(48.22%)

871
(51.78%)

1,682

17

1,699

2,325

73.1%

Brava

1,343
(49.41%)

1,375
(50.59%)

2,718

21

2,739

4,470

61.3%

Maio

953
(39.07%)

1,486
(60.93%)

2,439

20

2,459

3,422

71.9%

Mosteiros

2,527
(64.53%)

1,389
(35.47%)

3,916

25

3,941

5,241

75.2%

Paúl

1,549
(42.10%)

2,130
(57.90%)

3,679

27

3,706

4,777

77.6%

Porto Novo

2,973
(45.06%)

3,625
(54.94%)

6,598

57

6,655

9,525

69.9%

Praia

17,669
(53.21%)

15,540
(46.79%)

33,209

275

33,484

54,015

62.0%

Ribeira Grande

3,646
(41.38%)

5,164
(58.62%)

8,810

146

8,956

12,540

71.4%

Sal

2,473
(56.01%)

1,942
(43.99%)

4,415

59

4,474

6,842

65.4%

Santa Catarina

5,900
(46.90%)

6,679
(53.10%)

12,579

190

12,769

25,050

51.0%

Santa Cruz

5,543
(52.69%)

4,978
(47.31%)

10,521

86

10,607

16,576

64.0%

São Domingos

1,497
(32.10%)

3,167
(67.90%)

4,664

42

4,706

6,775

69.5%

São Filipe

6,263
(67.61%)

3,000
(32.39%)

9,263

73

9,336

14,504

64.4%

São Miguel

1,467
(33.86%)

2,866
(66.14%)

4,333

60

4,393

8,246

53.3%

São Nicolau

1,878
(37.04%)

3,192
(62.96%)

5,070

81

5,151

8,652

59.5%

São Vicente

12,204
(51.47%)

11,508
(48.53%)

23,712

328

24,040

40,204

59.8%

Tarrafal

1,676
(33.14%)

3,381
(66.86%)

5,057

77

5,134

9,041

56.8%

Cape Verdeans Abroad

5,455
(60.77%)

3,522
(39.23%)

8,977

180

9,157

28,004

32.7%

Total

75,827
(50.00%)

75,815
(50.00%)

151,642

1,764

153,406

260,209

59.0%

 
 

22 JANUARY 2006 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION

Electoral Circle ("Constituency")

Party

Total Valid Votes

Invalid/
Blank Votes

Total Votes

Registered Voters

Voter Turnout

PAICV

MpD

UCID

PRD

PSD

Boa Vista

1,212 (53.70%) 01

1,045 (46.30%) 01

-

-

-

2,257

42

2,299

3,340

68.8%

Brava

1,563 (55.78%) 01

1,239 (44.22%) 01

-

-

-

2,802

49

2,851

5,012

56.9%

Maio

1,233 (40.96%) 01

1,777 (59.04%) 01

-

-

-

3,010

60

3,070

4,194