{"iso":"CV","name":"Cape Verde","flag":"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfb","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2026-05-17","source":"2026 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the National Assembly vote at the parliamentary election of 17 May 2026, official results as published by the National Electoral Commission of Cabo Verde. Smaller parties are not shown.","shares":{"PAICV":48.0,"MPD":44.8,"UCID":5.2},"polls":[],"parties":{"PAICV":{"name":"PAICV (Partido Africano da Independ\u00eancia de Cabo Verde)","color":"#FCD116","name_en":"African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde"},"MPD":{"name":"Movimento para a Democracia","color":"#01C700","name_en":"Movement for Democracy"},"UCID":{"name":"Uni\u00e3o Caboverdiana Independente e Democr\u00e1tica","color":"#0066ff","name_en":"Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union"}},"seats":{"PAICV":36,"MPD":33,"UCID":3},"seat_meta":{"total":72,"majority":37,"method":"dhondt","threshold":0.0,"chamber":"Assembleia Nacional","note":"Real system is closed-list D'Hondt across 13 multi-member constituencies (including 3 diaspora seats) with no legal threshold; approximated here as one national D'Hondt pool.","largest":"PAICV"},"primer":{"system":"Republic with a directly elected president and a prime minister heading the government","head_of_state":"President Jos\u00e9 Maria Neves","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Francisco Carvalho","legislature":"National Assembly, unicameral, 72 members elected for five-year terms.","electoral_system":"Members are elected by proportional representation, and the president is directly elected for a five-year term.","government_now":"The African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) won a majority at the 17 May 2026 election and governs with 37 of 72 seats under its leader Carvalho.","context":"The May 2026 vote unseated the Movement for Democracy (MpD) after a decade in power. Cape Verde has a long-standing two-party system dominated by PAICV and MpD.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"PAICV":["PAICV (Partido Africano da Independ\u00eancia de Cabo Verde)","African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde","Centre-left social democrats descended from the independence movement; returned to power with a majority in May 2026 under PM Francisco Carvalho."],"MPD":["Movimento para a Democracia","Movement for Democracy","Centre-right liberals; governed for a decade until 2026 and are now the main opposition."],"UCID":["Uni\u00e3o Caboverdiana Independente e Democr\u00e1tica","Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union","Small centrist, Christian-democratic party; the perennial distant third, holding two seats."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2026 election","total":72,"seats":{"PAICV":37,"MPD":33,"UCID":2}},"region_winners":{"Ribeira Grande":"MPD","Porto Novo":"MPD","Paul":"MPD","Sal":"MPD","Maio":"MPD","Tarrafal":"MPD","Santa Catarina":"MPD","Santa Cruz":"MPD","S\u00e3o Miguel":"MPD","S\u00e3o Salvador do Mundo":"MPD","S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o dos \u00d3rg\u00e3os":"MPD","S\u00e3o Vicente":"PAICV","Ribeira Brava":"PAICV","Tarrafal de S\u00e3o Nicolau":"PAICV","Boa Vista":"PAICV","Praia":"PAICV","Ribeira Grande de Santiago":"PAICV","S\u00e3o Domingos":"PAICV","S\u00e3o Filipe":"PAICV","Santa Catarina do Fogo":"PAICV","Mosteiros":"PAICV","Brava":"PAICV"},"region_meta":{"election":"2026 Cape Verdean parliamentary election (17 May 2026)","source":"CNE Cabo Verde, Edital n.o 3/Eleicao/2026 (Boletim Oficial II Serie n.o 99, 29 May 2026), definitive results by constituency","note":"Municipalities shaded by the leading party of their island constituency: PAICV led Sao Vicente, Sao Nicolau, Boa Vista, Santiago Sul, Fogo and Brava; MpD led Santo Antao, Sal, Maio and Santiago Norte. PAICV won nationally with 48.0 percent and 37 of 72 seats."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2026-11-15","title":"Cape Verdean presidential election","chamber":"Presidency","type":"scheduled"}}