Elections in Cape Verde - Cape Verdean Presidential Election, 2001, Cape Verdean Presidential Election, 2006 (Paperback)

Chapters: Cape Verdean Presidential Election, 2001, Cape Verdean Presidential Election, 2006, Cape Verdean Parliamentary Election, 2006, Cape Verdean Presidential Election, 2011, Cape Verdean Parliamentary Election, 2001. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 21. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is part of the series: Politics and government ofCape Verde A Presidential election occurred in February 2001 in Cape Verde. The election had four candidates and was to choose a successor to Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro, who ran unopposed in the 1996 election. The first round of the election was run on 11 February; Pires had a lead of 927 votes over Veiga. Both Fonseca and Almada polled above 3% and neither Pires nor Veiga obtained the necesscary 50% to win the election outright; therefore, a run-off was scheduled between Pires and Veiga for 25 February. In that run-off, Pires won, but with an extremely narrow margin; he received just 12 more votes than Veiga. However, it was enough to win the election and Pires was sworn in a month later. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=218585