1996 Cape Verdean presidential election

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18 February 1996

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Registered

207,146

Turnout

43.79%


Nominee	António Mascarenhas Monteiro
Party	MpD
Popular vote	81,821
Percentage	92.11%

President before election

António Monteiro
MpD

Elected President

António Monteiro
MpD

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Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 18 February 1996. Only one candidate, incumbent António Mascarenhas Monteiro of the Movement for Democracy, contested the election. He was re-elected with around 92.1% of the vote.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	António Mascarenhas Monteiro	Movement for Democracy	81,821	92.11
Against			7,012	7.89
Total			88,833	100.00

Valid votes			88,833	97.92
Invalid/blank votes			1,884	2.08
Total votes			90,717	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			207,146	43.79
Source: Nohlen et al.

Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p201 ISBN 0-19-829645-2