IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Cape Verde

Republic of Cabo Verde

562,349	12
Population (as of July 30, 2021)	Elections in our database
398,865	55.33%
Registered Voters (as of Jan. 6, 2022)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	Assembleia Nacional	Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Jose Maria NEVES (since November 2021)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e SILVA** (since April 2016)
Assembly: Cape Verde has a unicameral National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) with 72 seats.

** The President appoints the Prime Minister after receiving nominations from the National Assembly.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
Prime Minister is nominated by the National Assembly.
In the National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional) 72 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***

*** There are 16 multi-member constituencies with 2 to 15 seats each, depending on the population. Votes are tabulated using the d'Hondt method.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	2001-01-14	141,801	260,275	54.48%
President	2001-02-11	134,495	260,275	51.67%
President	2001-02-25	153,407	260,275	58.94%
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	2006-01-22	174,858	322,735	54.18%
President	2006-02-12	171,819	323,554	53.1%
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	2011-02-06	214,062	298,562	71.7%
President	2011-08-07	162,960	304,621	53.5%
President	2011-08-21	182,363	304,621	59.87%
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	2016-03-20	228,349	347,828	65.65%
President	2016-10-02	123,414	347,662	35.5%
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	2021-03-31	225,642	392,899	57.43%
President	2021-10-17	191,119	398,865	47.92%

Voter Turnout