Cape Verdean presidential election, 2001

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Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 11 February 2001, with a second round on 25 February after no candidate achieved outright victory in the first round. The result was a victory for Pedro Pires of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde, who defeated Carlos Veiga of the Movement for Democracy by just twelve votes.^[1] Pires, a former Prime Minister, took office on 22 March 2001, replacing António Mascarenhas Monteiro, who stood down after completing two terms in office.

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Pedro Pires	African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	61,646	46.52	75,827	50.00
Carlos Veiga	Movement for Democracy	60,719	45.83	75,815	50.00
Jorge Carlos Fonseca	Democratic Alliance for Change	5,142	3.88
David Hopper Almada	Independent	4,989	3.77
Invalid/blank votes		1,999	–	1,764	–
Total		134,495	100	153,406	100
Registered voters/turnout		260,221	51.7	260,209	59.0
Source: African Elections Database

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