2021 Cape Verdean presidential election

2021 Cape Verdean presidential election

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Registered398,690
Turnout47.99%
 
Nominee José Maria Neves Carlos Veiga
Party PAICV MpD
Popular vote 96,035 78,603
Percentage 51.79% 42.39%

Results by municipality

President before election

Jorge Carlos Fonseca
MpD

Elected President

José Maria Neves
PAICV

Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 17 October 2021.[1] The result was a victory for José Maria Neves of the opposition African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), who received 51.8% of the vote.[2]

  1. ^ "Jorge Carlos Fonseca marca eleições legislativas para 18 de Abril e as presidenciais para 17 de Outubro". Inforpress (in European Portuguese). 12 January 2021. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Opposition candidate Neves wins Cape Verde election was invoked but never defined (see the help page).