2021 in São Tomé and Príncipe

Decades:	2000s; 2010s; 2020s; ; ;
See also:	Other events of 2021; Timeline of Santomean history;

Events in the year 2021 in São Tomé and Príncipe.

Incumbents

18 July – 2021 São Toméan presidential election: As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was originally scheduled to be held on 8 August 2021^{. F}ollowing an objection to the first-round result, the second round was postponed to 29 August 2021, and later postponed again to 5 September 2021^[1]
5 September – The second round was won by Carlos Vila Nova of Independent Democratic Action, who received 58% of the vote, defeating Guilherme Posser da Costa of the MLSTP–PSD.^[2]

^ Siegle, Joseph; Cook, Candace. "Taking Stock of Africa's 2021 Elections". africacenter.org. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^ Lusa, Agência. "São Tomé: Carlos Vila Nova vence presidenciais com 57,54% dos votos". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-10-16.