1975 Cape Verdean parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde in June 1975 in preparation for independence from Portugal on 5 July. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde was the sole legal party at the time,[1] with voters being asked to approve or reject a PAIGC list of 56 members for the National People's Assembly. Its party leader was Aristides Pereira. The list was approved by 95.6% of voters, with a turnout of 86.7%.[2]

1975 Cape Verdean parliamentary election
30 June 1975
Registered121,724
Turnout86.7%
  First party
 
Leader Aristides Pereira
Party PAIGC
Seats won 56
Popular vote 100,835
Percentage 95.6%
Prime Minister before election

Vicente Almeida d'Eça
Colonial governor

 Elected Prime Minister

Aristides Pereira
PAIGC

Cape Verde
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Cape Verde

Results
Party Votes % Seats
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde100,83595.656
Against4,6684.4–
Total105,50310056
Registered voters/turnout121,72486.7–
Source: Nohlen et al.
gollark: Try a functional programming language.
gollark: Don't turn to the C side. Make your OS slightly more protected against memory-related errors! Use Rust!
gollark: Briefly. It wasn't fun.
gollark: I mean, you can implement them.
gollark: LOL -> LOL Out Loud -> LOL Out Loud Out Loud -> ...

References
  1. Elections in Cape Verde African Elections Database
  2. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p195 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.