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Like other colonies, autonomy was granted in 1972 and Portuguese Cape Verde held its only [[1973 Portuguese Cape Verdean Legislative Assembly election|parliamentary elections in 1973]] in which only Portuguese citizens could vote. Only 25,521 people registered to vote out of a total population of 272,071, and a total of 20,942 people voted. The Portuguese constitution banned political parties at the time, and most of the candidates were put forward by the ruling [[National Union (Portugal)|People's National Action]] movement; some civic associations, however, were allowed to nominate candidates.{{clarify|reason=did any?|date=February 2024}}
After the 25 April 1974 [[Carnation Revolution]], Cape Verde became more autonomous but continued to have an overseas governor until that post became a high commissioner. Widespread unrest forced the government to negotiate with the PAIGC, and agreements for an independent Cape Verde were on the table. [[Pedro Pires]] (at the time still in Algeria) signed an agreement at the end of August that year to give Portugese Guinea and Cape Verde both paths to independence, with the islands planned to hold a referendum on such in the near future.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1974-08-27 |title=Portuguese Guinea Wins Independence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/27/archives/portuguese-guinea-wins-independence.html |url-status=live |access-date=2020-09-05 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> However, such referendum never ended up being scheduled, with the PAIGC renouncing the agreement by the next February as they established their government on the islands, asking for immedate independence without a referendum instead.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amado |first=Abel Djassi |date= |title=Whose Independence? Cabo Verdean-Americans and the Politics Of National Independence Of Cabo Verde (1972-1976) |url=https://vc.bridgew.edu/jcvs/vol5/iss1/5/ |access-date=2020-09-05 |website=Virtual Commons, Bridgewater State University}}</ref> On 5 July in Praia, Portuguese Prime Minister [[Vasco Gonçalves]] transferred power to National Assembly President [[Abilio Duarte]]. The colonial history of Cape Verde ended when Cape Verde become independent, a negotiated transfer, and
== After independence (1975)==
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