| Country: | Cape Verde |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 2001 Cape Verdean presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 2001 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Cape Verdean presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Election Date: | 12 February 2006 |
| Registered: | 323,554 |
| Turnout: | 53.10% |
| Image1: | Secretary Alphonso Jackson with Pedro Pires (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Pedro Pires |
| Party1: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
| Popular Vote1: | 86,583 |
| Percentage1: | 50.98% |
| Nominee2: | Carlos Veiga |
| Party2: | Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde) |
| Popular Vote2: | 83,241 |
| Percentage2: | 49.02% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Pedro Pires |
| Before Party: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
| After Election: | Pedro Pires |
| After Party: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 12 February 2006, the fourth presidential elections since the introduction of multi-party politics in 1990.
In a repeat of the 2001 election, Pedro Pires of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) was challenged by former Prime Minister Carlos Veiga of the Movement for Democracy (MpD). In the 2001 presidential run-off, Pires had defeated Veiga by a margin of only 12 votes. In 2006, Pires won another narrow victory, prevailing by about 3,000 votes and slightly surpassing the 50% majority necessary to avoid a run-off.