Cape Verde votes for president with emigration in focus
The vote centers on emigration and jobs for young people, with Neves favored and a runoff possible if no candidate tops 50% of valid ballots.
- 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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The Cape Verdean Prime Minister, Francisco Carvalho, claims that the President of the Republic to be elected today must play the role of arbitrator of the political system. In the race there are six candidates.
Cape Verde ' s experience is based on the neutrality of the army and the constitutional rotation between two parties, but parliamentary transformation and the challenges of the economy and unemployment test the ability of its institutions to maintain stability.
Cape Verdeans are voting on Sunday to elect the country's next president. Incumbent President José Maria Neves, who won the 2021 election, is seeking a second term and faces five other candidates. Among the candidates is Joana Rosa Amado, the first woman to run for president in the country's history, Telegrafi reports. Voting begins at 8:00 a.m. and polling stations will remain open for 10 hours. Preliminary results are expected to be announced …
Presidential elections are taking place in Cape Verde today and for the first time a woman could become head of state.
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