More than 146 thousand Santomenses are today called to vote in the legislative, local and regional elections of São Tomé and Príncipe, multiplying calls for participation that contradicts the record abstention in the presidential elections of July.
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27/09/2026
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Lusa
O President of the Republic, Carlos Vila Nova, appealed to the vote and to the parties to respect the will of the people, saying that “abstention trivializes”, urging the population to “run massively to the polls”.
The same did the president of the National Election Commission (CEN) Santomense, Jeudiger do Nascimento, also on the last day of the election campaign, recalling that “the vote of each Santomense counts to define the future of the country”.
Today's local and regional elections in São Tomé and Príncipe run for four parliamentary parties: Independent Democratic Action (ADI); Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe (MLSTP); Coalition Independent Citizens' Movement/Party of National Unity (MCI-PUN); and Movement Enough.
Three other parties without parliamentary seats vote: the Democratic Convergence Party (DCP), the Democratic Movement Force of Change (MDFM) and the newly created Political Movement Our Earth.
For the legislatures are in dispute 55 seats of the National Assembly and are registered more than four thousand voters in relation to the presidential elections of 19 July, when Carlos Vila Nova was re-elected, at the first round, then there is an abstention of 58.81%.