Regional elections in Madeira 2011

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Regional elections in Madeira 2011
(in %)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.57
17.63
11.50
6.87
3.76
3.27
2.13
3.63
2.64
Otherwise.
L / U i
Gains and losses
compared to 2007
 % p
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-12
-14
-16
-15.67
+12.29
-3.92
+6.87
-1.68
+1.19
+2.13
-1.61
+0.39
Otherwise.
L / U i
Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
i Blank or invalid ballot papers

The 2011 regional elections in Madeira were the tenth regional elections in Madeira since the re-establishment of democracy in Portugal in 1974 and took place on October 9th. There were 47 seats for the regional parliament of the Autonomous Region of Madeira . The ruling Social Democratic Party of President Alberto João Jardim lost an absolute majority of votes for the first time in its history, but still held an absolute majority with 25 seats. Regional elections take place in Madeira every four years, the last election took place on May 6, 2007.

Parties

see also: List of political parties in Portugal

Election process

The final phase of the election campaign was marked by a financial scandal in which Alberto João Jardim and his Social Democratic Party came under severe criticism because Madeira's actual debt of five billion euros had not been correctly stated for years, resulting in a deficit of 1.1 billion Euro only appeared in September 2011.

The Social Democrats, ruling alone since the Carnation Revolution , subsequently lost an absolute majority in the election, the worst result in their history, but with 25 seats they still had an absolute majority in the 47-seat regional parliament. The opposition Portuguese People's Party (CDS-PP) recorded a tripling of its votes with 17.63 percent and was represented in the new parliament with 9 instead of 2 seats. It replaced the Socialist Party (PS), which lost a mandate, as the largest opposition party in the region. The new PTP won three mandates straight away, with all other parties there were only minor postponements.

The two main opposition parties, CDS-PP and PS, alleged irregularities during the election and filed a formal complaint with the electoral authority.

Election results

1
1
3
6th
1
25th
9
1
6th 25th 
A total of 47 seats
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
  Partido Social Democrata 71,561 48.6 −15.7 25th −8
  Partido Popular 25,975 17.6 +12.3 9 +7
  Partido Socialista 16,942 11.5 −3.9 6th −1
  Partido Trabalhista Português 10.115 6.9 - 3 -
  Coligação Democrática Unitária 1 5,546 3.8 −3.8 1 −1
  Partido da Nova Democracia 4,825 3.3 +1.2 1 -
  Partido pelos Animais e pela Natureza 3.134 2.1 - 1 -
  Partido da Terra 2,839 1.9 −0.3 1 -
  Bloco de Esquerda 2,512 1.7 −1.3 0 −1
  Blank ballot papers 1,088 0.7 −0.1
  Invalid ballot 2,800 1.9 +0.5
  total 147,337 100.0 47
Eligible voters 256,755
voter turnout 57.4%
Source:

1 The Coligação Democrática Unitaria is a list association of the PCP , the Greens and the Intervenção Democrática (ID).

Individual evidence

  1. a b Resultados Oficiais (PDF; 165 kB) Comissão Nacional de Eleições
  2. Profit-taking and Ecofin push euros . In: Börsen-Zeitung , September 17, 2011
  3. Portugaldailyview (English)
  4. Report on RTP (Portuguese)