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
Cabo Verdean Presidency	None	Head of State

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%
Cabo Verdean Presidency	2001-02-11	134,495	260,275	51.67%
Cabo Verdean Presidency	2001-02-25	153,407	260,275	58.94%
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	2006-01-22	174,858	322,735	54.18%
Cabo Verdean Presidency	2006-02-12	171,819	323,554	53.1%
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	2011-02-06	214,062	298,562	71.7%
Cabo Verdean Presidency	2011-08-07	162,960	304,621	53.5%
Cabo Verdean Presidency	2011-08-21	182,363	304,621	59.87%
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	2016-03-20	228,349	347,828	65.65%
Cabo Verdean Presidency	2016-10-02	123,414	347,662	35.5%
Cabo Verdean National Assembly	2021-04-18	225,642	392,899	57.43%
Cabo Verdean Presidency	2021-10-17	191,119	398,865	47.92%

Voter Turnout