Election Name: | 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Country: | Cape Verde |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1995 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Next Election: | 2006 Cape Verdean parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Seats For Election: | All 72 seats in the National Assembly of Cape Verde |
Majority Seats: | 37 |
Election Date: | 14 January 2001 |
Registered: | 260,126 |
Turnout: | 54.53% |
Image1: | Jm neves.jpg |
Leader1: | José Maria Neves |
Party1: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
Popular Vote1: | 67,860 |
Percentage1: | 49.50% |
Seats1: | 40 |
Seat Change1: | 19 |
Leader2: | Carlos Veiga |
Party2: | Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde) |
Popular Vote2: | 55,586 |
Percentage2: | 40.55% |
Seats2: | 30 |
Seat Change2: | 20 |
Colour3: | 128385 |
Leader3: | João dos Santos Luís |
Party3: | ADM |
Popular Vote3: | 8,389 |
Percentage3: | 6.12% |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Gualberto do Rosário |
Before Party: | Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde) |
After Election: | José Maria Neves |
After Party: | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde |
Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 14 January 2001. The result was a victory for the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde run by José Maria Neves, which won 40 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly,[1] [2] defeating the ruling Movement for Democracy led by Carlos Veiga. Third was the Democratic Alliance for Change (ADM) led by José dos Santos Luís with 6.12% of the votes.