Cape Verde – Legislative election (update)

The legislative election was held in Cape Verde on 6 February. The final result is available here. The turnout was 76.02%.

African Party of Independence of Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde – PAICV), 51.98%, 38 seats
Movement for Democracy (Movimento para a Democracia – MPD), 41.71%, 32 seats
Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (União Caboverdiana Independente e Democrática – UCID), 4.33%, 2 seats
Labour and Solidarity Party (Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade – PTS), 0.45%, 0 seats
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrático – PSD), 0.18%, 0 seats
Total seats – 72

So, the ruling PAICV party has, once again, won an absolute majority of seats. Its vote remained stable relative to the 2006 election, though it did win slightly fewer seats. The PAICV has been in power since 2001. The presidential election is to be held in July.

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