Presidential elections in Cape Verde 2011
The presidential elections in Cape Verde 2011 took place in August 2011 in the West African island state of Cape Verde , half a year after the parliamentary elections . Since none of the candidates received an absolute majority of the votes in the first round on August 7th, there was a runoff election on August 21st between the two best-placed Jorge Carlos Fonseca from Movimento para a Democracia (MpD) and Manuel Inocêncio Sousa from the Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde (PAICV) (German: African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde), both of which received a good 30 percent of the votes in the first round. This meant that the presidential candidates of the two parties, who have dominated Cape Verde's politics since the introduction of the multiparty system in 1991, were in the runoff election . Jorge Carlos Fonseca emerged as the winner with 54 percent of the votes cast. The loser of the runoff, Souza, acknowledged his defeat and congratulated the victorious Fonseca. Compliance with democratic standards in the election was not contested by either side. Cape Verde showed itself again as one of the few undoubtedly functioning democracies in Africa.
The four candidates in detail:
- Manuel Inocêncio Sousa , candidate for the ruling PAICV and former Foreign Minister
- Jorge Carlos Fonseca , candidate of the opposition MpD and also former foreign minister
- Aristides Lima , member of the PAICV but without the support of his party, President of the National Assembly of Cape Verde
- Joaquim Monteiro , independent candidate
| Candidate (party) | 1 round | 2nd round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| be right | % | be right | % | |
| Jorge Carlos Fonseca ( Movimento para a Democracia ) | 60,887 | 37.79% | 97,735 | 54.26% |
| Manuel Inocêncio Sousa ( Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde ) | 52,612 | 32.66% | 82,379 | 45.74% |
| Aristides Lima ( Independent ) | 44,648 | 27.71% | ||
| Joaquim Jaime Monteiro ( Independent ) | 2958 | 1.84% | ||
| Total (turnout 53.5% / 59.9%) | 161.105 | 100.00 | 180.114 | 100.00 |
| Source: National Electoral Commission | ||||
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- ↑ http://www.angelfire.com/ma/maxcrc/elections.html
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201108232188.html
- ↑ The new president is elected. In: derStandard.at. August 5, 2011, accessed December 16, 2017 .
