List of political parties in Cape Verde

Politics of Cape Verde
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This article lists political parties in Cape Verde. Cape Verde has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties (PAICV and MpD), with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

List of parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Party			Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	Assembly
		Movement for Democracy Movimento para a Democracia	MpD	Ulisses Correia e Silva	Centre to centre-right	Liberalism Christian democracy	38 / 72
		African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde	PAICV	Janira Hopffer Almada	Centre-left to left-wing	Democratic socialism Social democracy Left-wing nationalism	30 / 72
		Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union União Caboverdiana Independente e Democrática	UCID	António Monteiro	Centre-right to right-wing	Conservatism Christian democracy	4 / 72

Other parties

• Democratic Convergence Party (Partido da Convergência Democrática, PCD)
• Democratic Renewal Party (Partido da Renovação Democrática, PRD)
• Labour and Solidarity Party (Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade, PTS)
• Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrático, PSD)

Defunct alliance

• Democratic Alliance for Change (Aliança Democrática para a Mudança, ADM)

See also

• Lists of political parties

References

This page was last edited on 13 April 2024, at 01:02