2001 Cape Verdean presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 11 February 2001, with a second round on 25 February after no candidate achieved outright victory in the first round. The result was a victory for Pedro Pires of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde, who defeated Carlos Veiga of the Movement for Democracy by just twelve votes.[1] Pires, a former Prime Minister, took office on 22 March 2001, replacing António Mascarenhas Monteiro, who stood down after completing two terms in office.

2001 Cape Verdean presidential election

25 February 2001
Registered260,209
Turnout59.0%
 
Nominee Pedro Pires Carlos Veiga
Party PAICV MpD
Popular vote 75,827 75,815
Percentage 50.00% 50.00%

President before election

António Mascarenhas Monteiro
PAICV

Elected President

Pedro Pires
PAICV

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

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Pedro PiresAfrican Party for the Independence of Cape Verde61,64646.5275,82750.00
Carlos VeigaMovement for Democracy60,71945.8375,81550.00
Jorge Carlos FonsecaDemocratic Alliance for Change5,1423.88
David Hopffer AlmadaIndependent4,9893.77
Invalid/blank votes1,9991,764
Total134,495100153,406100
Registered voters/turnout260,22151.7260,20959.0
Source: African Elections Database
gollark: That won't be clickable.
gollark: Perhaps you could provide an "explanation" on modecitronne.com, or just a link to the EFF page.
gollark: That would just be `"interestCohort" in document`.
gollark: Besides, that doesn't let you know if FlÖC is extant but disabled, possibly maybe.
gollark: Bold of you to assume Chrome obeys the "spec".

References

  1. Elections in Cape Verde African Elections Database
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.