2016 Cape Verdean parliamentary election

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2016 Cape Verdean parliamentary election
Flag of Cape Verde.svg
  2011 20 March 2016 2021  

72 seats in the National Assembly
37 seats needed for a majority
Registered347,622
Turnout65.97%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Sr. Ulisses Correia e Silva (cropped).png Janira Hopffer Almada.png 3x4.svg
Leader Ulisses Correia e Silva Janira Hopffer Almada António Delgado Monteiro
Party MpD PAICV UCID
Leader's seatSantiago SulSantiago SulSão Vicente
Last election32 seats36 seats2 seats
Seats won40293
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 9Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote122,88186,07815,488
Percentage54.48%38.16%6.87%

Mapa de las elecciones parlamentarias de Cabo Verde de 2016.svg

Prime Minister before election

José Maria Neves
PAICV

Elected Prime Minister

Ulisses Correia e Silva
Movement for Democracy

Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 20 March 2016. [1] The ruling African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), led by Janira Hopffer Almada, was defeated by the Movement for Democracy (MpD), led by Ulisses Correia e Silva. [2]

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Electoral system

The 72 members of the National Assembly are elected from 16 multi-member constituencies ranging in size from 2 to 15 seats. The elections are held using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. [3]

Campaign

A total of 551 candidates ran for election, including 173 women. [4]

Results

2016 Cabo Verdean Assembly.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Movement for Democracy 122,88154.4840+8
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde 86,07838.1629–9
Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union 15,4886.873+1
People's Party7770.340New
Social Democratic Party 2320.1000
Labour and Solidarity Party 1070.0500
Total225,563100.00720
Valid votes225,56398.35
Invalid/blank votes3,7741.65
Total votes229,337100.00
Registered voters/turnout347,62265.97
Source: CNE

List of elected MPs

NamePartyConstituency
Adilson Silva Fernandes MpD Santo Antão
Clóvis Isildo Barbosa da Silva PAICV Brava
David Lima Gomes MpD Brava
Jorge Pedro Maurício dos Santos MpD Santo Antão
Arlindo Nascimento do Rosário MpD Santo Antão
Damião da Cruz Medina MpD Santo Antão
Calos Alberto Delgado PAICV Santo Antão
Vera Helena Pires Almeida da Cruz PAICV Santo Antão
Odailson Jorge da Luz Bandeira PAICV Santo Antão
João da Luz Gomes MpD São Vicente
Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares MpD São Vicente
Humberto Elísio Lélis Sousa Duarte MpD São Vicente
Maria Celeste Fonseca MpD São Vicente
Mircéia Isidora Araújo Delgado MpD São Vicente
António Delgado Monteiro UCID São Vicente
João dos Santos Luís UCID São Vicente
Dora Oriana Gomes Pires dos Reis UCID São Vicente
Manuel Inocêncio Sousa PAICV São Vicente
João do Carmo Brito Soares PAICV São Vicente
Filomena de Fátima Ribeiro Vieira Martins PAICV São Vicente
Nelson do Rosário Brito MpD São Nicolau
Américo Sabino Soares Nascimento PAICV São Nicolau
Francisco Marcelino Lopes Correia MpD Sal
Janine Tatiana Santos Lélis MpD Sal
Ana Paula Dias Santos PAICV Sal
José Luís Santos MpD Boa Vista
Walter Emanuel da Silva Évora PAICV Boa Vista
Joana Gomes Rosa Amado MpD Maio
Fernando Jorge Spencer Ferreira Frederico PAICV Maio
Austelino Tavares Correia MpD Santiago Norte
João Gomes Duarte MpD Santiago Norte
David Elias Mendes Gomes MpD Santiago Norte
José Manuel Soares Tavares MpD Santiago Norte
Anilda Ideida Monteiro Tavares MpD Santiago Norte
José Eduardo Mendes Moreno MpD Santiago Norte
Hélio de Jesus Pina Sanches MpD Santiago Norte
Celita Annie Alfama Pereira MpD Santiago Norte
José Maria Gomes da Veiga PAICV Santiago Norte
José Maria Fernandes da Veiga PAICV Santiago Norte
José Jorge Monteiro Silva PAICV Santiago Norte
Moisés António do Espírito Santo Tavares Borges PAICV Santiago Norte
João Baptista Correia Pereira PAICV Santiago Norte
José Manuel Sanches Tavares PAICV Santiago Norte
José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva MpD Santiago Sul
Fernando Elísio Leboucher Freire de Andrade MpD Santiago Sul
Filomena Mendes Gonçalves MpD Santiago Sul
Olavo Avelino Garcia Correia MpD Santiago Sul
Luís Filipe Lopes Tavares MpD Santiago Sul
José Luís do Livramento Monteiro Alves de Brito MpD Santiago Sul
Abraão Aníbal Fernandes Barbosa Vicente MpD Santiago Sul
José Filomeno Carvalho Dias Monteiro MpD Santiago Sul
Isa Filomena Pereira Soares da Costa MpD Santiago Sul
Alcides Monteiro de Pina MpD Santiago Sul
Lúcia Maria Mendes Gonçalves dos Passos MpD Santiago Sul
Janira Isabel Fonseca Hopffer Almada PAICV Santiago Sul
Felisberto Alves Vieira PAICV Santiago Sul
Rui Mendes Semedo PAICV Santiago Sul
Nilda Maria Gonçalves de Pina Fernandes PAICV Santiago Sul
Júlio Lopes Correia PAICV Santiago Sul
Ana Paula Elias Curado da Moeda PAICV Santiago Sul
Julião Correia Varela PAICV Santiago Sul
Jorge Arcanjo Livramento Nogueira MpD Fogo
Filipe Alves Gomes dos Santos MpD Fogo
Carlos Alberto Gonçalves Lopes MpD Fogo
Eva Verona Teixeira Andrade Ortet PAICV Fogo
Nuías Mendes Barbosa da Silva PAICV Fogo
Estevão Barros Rodrigues PAICV Africa
Orlando Pereira Dias MpD Africa
João de Brito Lopes de Pina PAICV Americas
Alberto Mendes Montrond MpD Americas
Francisco Correia Pereira PAICV Europe and rest of the world
Emanuel Alberto Duarte Barbosa MpD Europe and rest of the world
Source: CNE Archived 20 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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