Cape Verde Parliament wins back power after 15 years
The Election Network
With almost all the votes counted after the polls, main opposition party Movement for Democracy (MpD) won parliamentary elections taking back power after 15 years. MpD had 53.7 percent of the votes and the ruling party African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) got 37 percent. The president of the African Party for […]
Businessman Patrice Talon wins Benin’s Presidential Elections
The Election Network
Patrice Talon won the presidential elections after the second round of voting. The incumbent Prime Minister and only challenger, Lionel Zinsou acknowledged and conceded defeat before official results were released. Talon got 65% of the votes while Zinsou secured 35%. In a gracious move, Lionel Zinsou told the press “the provisional results point to a […]
Bolivia’s Constitutional Referendum
The Election Network
A constitutional referendum was held on 21 February 2016. The proposed constitutional amendment was to grant the President and Vice President the mandate to run for a consecutive third term under the 2009 constitution. A 51.3% majority voted down the referendum. The 2009 constitution allows the President and Vice President stand for re-election only once, […]
Central African Republic declares first elected president in three years
The Election Network
Following the annulment of the results of the National Assembly by the Transitional Constitutional Court and the inability of candidates to receive more than 50% majority of the votes in the first round of the elections, a second round of the presidential elections and re-run of the parliamentary elections were held on 14 February 2016 […]
