2006 Cape Verdean parliamentary election

2006 Cape Verdean parliamentary election

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All 72 seats in the National Assembly of Cape Verde 37 seats needed for a majority
Registered	322.725
Turnout	54.18%
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Maria Neves Carlos Veiga António Monteiro Party PAICV MpD UCID Seats won 41 29 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 88,965 74,909 4,495 Percentage 52.28% 44.02% 2.64%
Prime Minister before election José Maria Neves PAICV Elected Prime Minister José Maria Neves PAICV

Politics of Cape Verde
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Executive President José Maria Neves Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva Cabinet
Legislature National Assembly President: Jorge Santos
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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.