2016 Cape Verdean parliamentary election

2016 Cape Verdean parliamentary election

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72 seats in the National Assembly 37 seats needed for a majority
Registered	347,622
Turnout	65.97%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ulisses Correia e Silva Janira Hopffer Almada António Delgado Monteiro Party MpD PAICV UCID Leader's seat Santiago Sul Santiago Sul São Vicente Last election 32 seats 36 seats 2 seats Seats won 40 29 3 Seat change 8 9 1 Popular vote 122,881 86,078 15,488 Percentage 54.48% 38.16% 6.87%
Prime Minister before election José Maria Neves PAICV Elected Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva Movement for Democracy

Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 20 March 2016.^[1] The ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), led by Janira Hopffer Almada, was defeated by the Movement for Democracy (MpD), led by Ulisses Correia e Silva.^[2]