Election Name: | 1975 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Country: | Cape Verde |
Type: | parliamentary |
Flag Year: | 1975 |
Ongoing: | no |
Next Election: | 1980 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1980 |
Election Date: | 30 June 1975 |
Registered: | 121,724 |
Turnout: | 86.7% |
Leader1: | Aristides Pereira |
Party1: | African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde |
Popular Vote1: | 100,835 |
Percentage1: | 95.6% |
Seats1: | 56 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Vicente Almeida d'Eça |
Before Party: | Colonial governor |
After Election: | Aristides Pereira |
After Party: | PAIGC |
Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde in June 1975 in preparation for independence from Portugal on 5 July. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde was the sole legal party at the time,[1] with voters being asked to approve or reject a PAIGC list of 56 members for the National People's Assembly. Its party leader was Aristides Pereira. The list was approved by 95.6% of voters, with a turnout of 86.7%.[2]