2016 Cape Verdean presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 2 October 2016.[1] Incumbent President Jorge Carlos Fonseca of the Movement for Democracy (MpD) was re-elected with 74.08% of the vote.

2016 Cape Verdean presidential election
2 October 2016
Registered361,221
Turnout35.47%
 
Nominee Jorge Carlos Fonseca Albertino Graça
Party MpD Independent
Popular vote 93,010 28,256
Percentage 74.08% 22.51%
President before election

Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Movement for Democracy

 Elected President

Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Movement for Democracy

Cape Verde
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politics and government of
Cape Verde

Electoral system

The President of Cape Verde is elected using the two-round system.[2][3]

Candidates

Jorge Carlos Fonseca was looking to secure his second term and was the favourite to win as the main opposition party the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) failed to present a candidate after their disappointing loss in the parliamentary elections in March and municipal elections in September. Fonseca, representing the MpD, faced two independent candidates, Joaquim Monteiro and Albertino Graça.[4]

Campaign

Campaigning was temporarily suspended on 22 September following the death of the country's ex-president António Mascarenhas Monteiro.[5] Monteiro was the country's first democratically elected president and was also a member of the MpD. All public events and rallies were suspended for 4 days until 26 September.[6]

Results
Candidate Party Votes %
Jorge Carlos FonsecaMovement for Democracy93,01074.08
Albertino GraçaIndependent28,25622.51
Joaquim MonteiroIndependent4,2783.41
Invalid/blank votes2,573–
Total128,117100
Registered voters/turnout361,22135.47
Source: DGAPE

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References
  1. Global elections calendar NDI
  2. Cape Verde IFES
  3. "President Fonseca eyes second term in Cape Verde vote". Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  4. AfricaNews (2016-10-02). "Polls open in Cape Verde's presidential election". Africanews. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  5. AFP, Pulse News Agency International By. "In Cape Verde: Presidential campaign suspended - World - Pulse". Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  6. "Presidential campaign suspended in Cape Verde". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  7. "President Fonseca wins second term in Cape Verde vote". Archived from the original on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
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