Juntos pelo povo
Juntos pelo povo | |
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Secretary General | Élvio Duarte Martin's Sousa |
Emergence | April 2009 |
founding | January 27, 2015 |
Place of foundation | Santa Cruz |
Headquarters | Santa Cruz |
Colours) | green |
Parliament seats | 3 in Madeira's regional parliament (election 2019) |
Website | www.juntospelopovo.pt |
Juntos pelo Povo ( JPP , German: "Together / Together through the people") is a social liberal regional party on the Portuguese island of Madeira . It is one of the currently 25 approved Portuguese parties. (As of July 2019)
history
In April 2009 it was initially formed as a citizens' list in the Santa Cruz district . It first appeared in the 2013 local elections. After you immediately u. a. won the majority in the municipality of Gaula , they formally decided to form a party, as the Portuguese constitution only allows officially registered parties to participate in elections beyond local elections. With 10,000 signatures, the JPP exceeded the required 7,500 signatures and was finally recognized as a party by the Portuguese Constitutional Court on January 27, 2015 . It gained the attention of the media, who expect a change in the political landscape of the Autonomous Region of Madeira with the emergence of the JPP .
As an official party, it took part in the regional elections in Madeira for the first time in 2015 and won 10.34% of the vote and thus five seats in the regional parliament of Madeira. The profits come mainly from former voters of the social democratic PS . In the regional elections in Madeira on September 22, 2019, the party received 5.47% of the vote, or 7,830 votes. Under the leadership of its General Secretary Élvio Duarte Martins Sousa, the JPP was able to send 3 MPs to the regional parliament of Madeira. All three MPs already belonged to parliament in the previous legislative period for the JPP.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Information on the party's website , accessed April 19, 2015
- ↑ Article of February 10, 2015 in the daily Diário de Notícias , accessed on April 19, 2015
- ↑ Article of February 3, 2015 in the weekly newspaper Sol , accessed on April 19, 2015
- ↑ see profit / loss graph of the regional elections in Madeira 2015
- ↑ Official election results 2019 (port.)