Cape Verdean presidential election, 1996

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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. Voter turnout was 43.5%.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
António Mascarenhas Monteiro	Movement for Democracy	81,821	92.1
Against		7,012	7.9
Invalid/blank votes		1,884	–
Total		90,177	100
Registered voters/turnout		207,146	43.5
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p201 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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