Election Name: | 2006 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Country: | Cape Verde |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 2001 |
Next Election: | 2011 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Seats For Election: | All 72 seats in the National Assembly of Cape Verde |
Majority Seats: | 37 |
Election Date: | 22 January 2006 |
Registered: | 322.725 |
Turnout: | 54.18% |
Image1: | Jm neves.jpg |
Leader1: | José Maria Neves |
Party1: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
Popular Vote1: | 88,965 |
Percentage1: | 52.28% |
Seats1: | 41 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Leader2: | Carlos Veiga |
Party2: | Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde) |
Popular Vote2: | 74,909 |
Percentage2: | 44.02% |
Seats2: | 29 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Leader3: | António Monteiro |
Party3: | UCID |
Popular Vote3: | 4,495 |
Percentage3: | 2.64% |
Seats3: | 2 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | José Maria Neves |
Before Party: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
After Election: | José Maria Neves |
After Party: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 22 January 2006. The result was a victory for the ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) run by José Maria Neves, which won 41 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly.[1] Second was the Movement for Democracy (Mpd) and third was Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (UCID) led by João Santos dos Luís.
The PAICV and the MpD (led by Ulisses Correia e Silva) were the only parties to nominate a candidate in every constituency.