Country: | Cape Verde |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1991 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1991 |
Next Election: | 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2001 |
Seats For Election: | All 72 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 37 |
Election Date: | 17 December 1995 |
Registered: | 207,648 |
Turnout: | 76.52% |
Image1: | Carlos Veiga VOA (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Carlos Veiga |
Party1: | Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde) |
Popular Vote1: | 93,249 |
Percentage1: | 61.30% |
Seats1: | 50 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Leader2: | Pedro Pires |
Party2: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
Popular Vote2: | 45,263 |
Percentage2: | 29.75% |
Seats2: | 21 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Image3: | Jorge Carlos Fonseca 2014.png |
Leader3: | Jorge Carlos Fonseca |
Party3: | PCD |
Colour3: | E77F8A |
Popular Vote3: | 10,211 |
Percentage3: | 6.71% |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | New |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Carlos Veiga |
Before Party: | Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde) |
After Election: | Carlos Veiga |
After Party: | Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 17 December 1995. The number of seats was reduced from 79 to 72. The result was a victory for the ruling Movement for Democracy, which won 50 of the 72 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 76.52%.[2]