The National Assembly (Portuguese: Assembleia Nacional) is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Cabo Verde.

They elected PAIGC Secretary-general Aristides Pereira President on 5 July 1975, when the country officially gained independence from Portugal.

One-party parliamentary elections were again held on 7 December 1980 with Pereira being re-elected unopposed by the Assembly on 12 February 1981.

In 1990, Cape Verde became one of the first African countries to abandon one-party rule and embrace multiparty democracy.

They are elected from 16 multi-member constituencies using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.