2001 Cape Verdean presidential election
11 February 2001 (first round)
25 February 2001 (second round) | |||||||||||||||||
| Registered | 260,209 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 51.68% (first round) 58.95% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 11 February 2001, with a second round on 25 February after no candidate achieved outright victory in the first round. The result was a victory for Pedro Pires of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde, who defeated Carlos Veiga of the Movement for Democracy by just 17 votes. Pires, a former Prime Minister, took office on 22 March 2001, replacing António Mascarenhas Monteiro, who stood down after completing two terms in office.