47 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira 24 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
55.5% 5.8 pp
First party
Second party
Third party
CDS
Leader
Miguel Albuquerque
Paulo Cafôfo[a]
Rui Barreto
Party
PSD
PS
CDS–PP
Leader since
10 January 2015
19 January 2018 (PRGM candidate)
22 July 2018
Last election
24 seats, 44.4%
5 seats (CM)[b]
7 seats, 13.1%
Seats before
24
5
7
Seats won
21
19
3
Seat change
3
14
4
Popular vote
56,449
51,207
8,246
Percentage
39.4%
35.8%
5.8%
Swing
4.9 pp
[b]
7.9 pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
JPP
Leader
Élvio Sousa
Edgar Silva
Party
JPP
CDU
Leader since
27 January 2015
1996
Last election
5 seats, 10.3%
2 seats, 5.5%
Seats before
5
2
Seats won
3
1
Seat change
2
1
Popular vote
7,830
2,577
Percentage
5.5%
1.8%
Swing
4.8 pp
3.7 pp
The most voted party by municipality.
President before election
Miguel Albuquerque
PSD
President-designate
Miguel Albuquerque
PSD
Regional elections were held on 22 September 2019[1] to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira in Portugal. All 47 members of the Assembly were up for election.
The Social Democratic Party continued their 43-year streak of being the largest party in the Madeiran legislature, but failed to hold on to their absolute majority, and would require a coalition for the first time to remain in power. The party won 39% of the votes, a decrease of 5%, and lost 3 members of the regional party. In the electoral map, the PSD lost the two biggest cities in Madeira, Funchal and Santa Cruz to the PS, although by less than 2% of the vote. Overall, the PSD still won the majority of municipalities, obtaining victory in 7 of the 11 in Madeira.
The Socialist Party surged in these elections, polling just two seats and 3.6% behind the PSD. It was the best showing of the PS in a regional election in Madeira going back to the first regional elections in 1976, two years after the fall of the dictatorship. The party won 4 of the 11 municipalities in Madeira. The People's Party lost a lot of votes and seats in these elections, winning just 3 seats and 5.8% of the vote. Together for the People (JPP) also suffered a big setback by losing 2 members and almost 5% of the votes. It even failed to obtain second place in their traditional bastion of Santa Cruz, falling behind the PS and PSD. The Unitary Democratic Coalition lost 1 of their 2 seats, and lost 3.7% of votes compared to 2015. The Left Bloc was wiped from the regional Assembly completely and only won 1.7% of the votes. These elections were fought mainly between the PSD and PS, and many left-wing voters opted to vote tactically for the PS to prevent another PSD victory, but by doing so, they hurt the chances of smaller left-wing parties and alliances such as the Left Bloc and CDU.[2]
The turnout in these elections increased compared to the previous one for the first time in over a decade, with 55.5% of voters casting a ballot, compared with the record-low 49.6% in the 2015 elections.
Following the elections, PSD and CDS-PP formed a coalition government with a parliamentary majority, headed by Miguel Albuquerque.[3]
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^PSD ganha eleições na Madeira mas perde maioria absoluta. PS dispara, Jornal de Negócios, 22 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^Berenguer, Márcio (8 October 2019). "Albuquerque e Barreto assinam acordo de coligação de governo". Público (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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