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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 | ||
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Movement for Democracy Movimento para a Democracia |
MpD | Ulisses Correia e Silva | Centre to centre-right | Liberalism Christian democracy |
38 / 72 | |
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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 | |
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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
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