Presidential elections were held in São Tomé and Príncipe on 29 July 2001. They were the nation's third presidential elections since the introduction of multi-party politics in 1990. Incumbent Miguel Trovoada was constitutionally barred from participating in the election having served the maximum of two five year terms. The two top contenders for the position were Fradique de Menezes, a wealthy businessman, and Manuel Pinto da Costa, former President and founder of the former single-party, the MLSTP/PSD. The elections, deemed free and fair by international observers, were won in the first round by Menezes. He was sworn in as the third president of São Tomé and Príncipe on 3 September 2001. Voter turnout was 70.7%.
2001, são, toméan, presidential, election, presidential, elections, were, held, são, tomé, príncipe, july, 2001, they, were, nation, third, presidential, elections, since, introduction, multi, party, politics, 1990, incumbent, miguel, trovoada, constitutionall. Presidential elections were held in Sao Tome and Principe on 29 July 2001 They were the nation s third presidential elections since the introduction of multi party politics in 1990 Incumbent Miguel Trovoada was constitutionally barred from participating in the election having served the maximum of two five year terms The two top contenders for the position were Fradique de Menezes a wealthy businessman and Manuel Pinto da Costa former President and founder of the former single party the MLSTP PSD The elections deemed free and fair by international observers were won in the first round by Menezes He was sworn in as the third president of Sao Tome and Principe on 3 September 2001 Voter turnout was 70 7 Results editCandidatePartyVotes Fradique de MenezesIndependent Democratic Action25 89655 18Manuel Pinto da CostaMLSTP PSD18 76239 98Carlos TinyIndependent1 5323 26Victor MonteiroIndependent4100 87Francisco Fortunato PiresIndependent3320 71Total46 932100 00Valid votes46 93298 52Invalid blank votes7031 48Total votes47 635100 00Registered voters turnout67 37470 70Source African Election DatabaseReferences edit nbsp This Sao Tome and Principe related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This African election related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 Sao Tomean presidential election amp oldid 1145898131, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
