2016 Cape Verdean local elections

2016 Cape Verdean local elections

← 2012 4 September 2016

All seats on the 22 municipal councils 11 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– MpD Ulisses Correia e Silva 18 +5 PAICV Rui Semedo 2 −6 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Politics of Cape Verde
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Executive President José Maria Neves Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva Cabinet
Legislature National Assembly President: Jorge Santos
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Local elections were held in Cape Verde on 4 September 2016. They were a landslide victory for the Movement for Democracy (MpD), that won 18 out of 22 municipalities (13 in 2012). The African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) won 2 municipalities (8 in 2012).