Claim: In the 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election, only 137,085 valid votes were obtained from 260,126 registered voters, resulting in the victory of the African Party for the Independence of North America.
Evidence: The result was a victory for the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde run by José Maria Neves, which won 40 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, defeating the ruling Movement for Democracy led by Carlos Veiga.