Parliamentary elections were held in
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
on 14 January 2001. The result was a victory for the
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
The African Party for Independence of Cape Verde (, PAICV) is a democratic socialist political party in Cape Verde. It was the sole legal party in the country from 1981 to 1990. Its members are nicknamed "" (the tamarinds) in Portuguese, and t ...
run by
José Maria Neves
José Maria Pereira Neves (; born 28 March 1960) is a Cape Verdean politician who is currently the president of Cape Verde, having previously served as the Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 2001 to 2016. He is a member of the African Party for t ...
, which won 40 of the 72 seats in the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
,
defeating the ruling
Movement for Democracy led by
Carlos Veiga
Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga (; born October 21, 1949, in Mindelo) is a Cape Verdean politician. He was Prime Minister of Cape Verde from April 4, 1991, to July 29, 2000.
Early life and education
Veiga was born in 1949 in Mindelo, Sã ...
. Third was the
Democratic Alliance for Change The Democratic Alliance for Change (, ADM) was a political alliance in Cape Verde in the early 2000s.
History
The ADM was established in the buildup to the January 2001 parliamentary elections as an alliance of the Democratic and Independent Cape ...
(ADM) led by José dos Santos Luís with 6.12% of the votes.
Results
References
External links
National Elections Commission
Elections in Cape Verde
2001 in Cape Verde
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
January 2001 in Africa
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