- Elections in Cape Verde
Elections in Cape Verde gives information on
election and election results in Cape Verde. Anelection is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in thelegislature , and sometimes the executive andjudiciary , and in which electorates chooselocal government officials.Cape Verde elects on national level a
head of state - thepresident - and alegislature . The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly ("Asembleia Nacional") has 72 members, elected for a five year term byproportional representation . Cape Verde has atwo-party system , which means that there are two dominantpolitical parties , with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.Latest elections
2006 Parliamentary election
2006 Presidential election
Past elections
ee also
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Electoral calendar
*Electoral system External links
* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/c/capeverde/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
* [http://africanelections.tripod.com/cv.html African Elections Database]
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