Cape Verde votes for president with emigration in focus
Six candidates are competing as voters weigh emigration, youth jobs and the chance to elect Cape Verde’s first woman president.
- Voters in Cabo Verde head to the polls today, Sunday, November 15, 2026, to elect their next president, with polling stations across the islands open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. local time.
- President José Maria Neves of the governing PAICV faces five challengers, including former justice minister Joana Rosa, whose Movement for Democracy party lost power in the May legislative election after ten years in government.
- Polymarket currently prices Neves's victory at about 96.8% compared to about 3.6% for Rosa as of Friday, with about US$43,000 traded on the prediction platform regarding the race.
- If no candidate wins more than half of valid votes, a runoff election will be held on Sunday, November 29, 2026, and the winner will serve a five-year term leading the nation.
- Often cited as a stable democracy in the region, the ten-island Atlantic nation of Cabo Verde manages the vote through its National Elections Commission, with the campaign concluding Friday.
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Presidential elections are taking place in Cape Verde today and for the first time a woman could become head of state.
Cape Verde votes in an election that could see its first woman preside
Cape Verde was holding a presidential election on Sunday, a vote that could see the Atlantic island nation off the coast of West Africa elect its first woman president since independence from Portugal in 1975. Former Justice
In Cape Verde, an archipelago off the coast of Senegal, the outgoing president is given a favourite. He is held by the first woman presidential candidateThe Cap-Verdiens began voting on Sunday to elect their new president in an election in which outgoing José María Neves, candidate for a second term, is a favourite, in this archipelago known for its democratic stability, an exception in a troubled region.The vote started at 08:00 local (10h in S…
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