2016 Cape Verdean presidential election

2016 Cape Verdean presidential election

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Registered	361,221
Turnout	35.47%
Nominee Jorge Carlos Fonseca Albertino Graça Party MpD Independent Popular vote 93,010 28,256 Percentage 74.08% 22.51%
President before election Jorge Carlos Fonseca MpD Elected President Jorge Carlos Fonseca MpD

Politics of Cape Verde
Constitution Human rights
Executive President José Maria Neves Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva Cabinet
Legislature National Assembly President: Jorge Santos
Judiciary Supreme Court of Justice
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2016 2021 Parliamentary: 2016 2021 Political parties
Administrative divisions Concelhos Freguesias
Foreign relations Ministry for Foreign Affairs Minister: Luís Filipe Tavares Diplomatic missions of / in Cape Verde Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Relations with the EU
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Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 2 October 2016.^[1] Incumbent President Jorge Carlos Fonseca of the Movement for Democracy (MpD) was re-elected with 74% of the vote.