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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

2021 Parliamentary election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Movement for Democracy	110,121	50.02	38	–2
	African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	87,063	39.55	30	+1
	Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union	19,834	9.01	4	+1
	Labour and Solidarity Party	2,088	0.95	0	0
	People's Party	756	0.34	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	271	0.12	0	0
Total		220,133	100.00	72	0
Valid votes		220,133	97.56
Invalid/blank votes		5,509	2.44
Total votes		225,642	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		392,899	57.43
Source: CNE

2016 Presidential election

See also

• 2016 Cape Verdean local elections
• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• African Elections Database

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