The PS candidate for president of the Azores government, Vasco Cordeiro, won again in the parish of Covoada, where he is from, in Ponta Delgada, but still failed to win the municipality in this Sunday’s regional elections.
With a difference of 17 votes in relation to the PSD/HDZ/PPM coalition, the PS won in the parish of Covoada, in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel, with 212 votes (38.55%) to 195 (35.45%) , followed by Chega with 95 votes (17.27%), according to information provided by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In the 2020 elections, in the district where the socialist Vasco Cordeiro comes from, the PS won with 258 votes (48.41%), followed by the PSD with 161 votes (30.21%) and Chega with 38 votes (7.13%). ).
As in the 2020 elections, the candidacy of Vasco Cordeiro continues to be the second choice of the majority of voters in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, although this Sunday she registered 487 more votes than in the previous elections, but with a lower percentage. due to the increase in the number of voters, which increased from 27,155 to 30,818, which exceeds the registration of more than 268 citizens registered to vote in this district (from 65,031 to 65,299 registered).
In these elections, the PS received 10,248 votes in the municipality (33.25%), while the PSD/CDU/PPM coalition received 12,419 votes (40.30%), followed by Chega with 3,510 votes (11.39%). ) and BU with 1039 votes. votes (3.37%).
In 2020, the SDP won the municipality with 10,114 votes (37.25%), followed by PS with 9,761 votes (35.95%), BU with 1,427 votes (5.26%) and Chega with 1,390 votes (5. 12%). This is evidenced by data from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Socialist Vasco Cordeiro, deputy and former president of the regional government, ran for this electoral act “for the future of the Azores” with the goal of “winning the elections and being able to restore” the region from “the degradation of a set of indicators.”
Vasco Ilidio Alves Cordeiro, 50 years old (born March 28, 1973), lives in the municipality of Ponta Delgada. He is a lawyer by training, a lawyer, and a member of the PS since 1994.
Leader of the party’s regional structure, he headed the government of the Azores between 2012 and 2020, after serving as regional secretary for agriculture and fisheries, presidential administration and economy. He also performed municipal functions in the municipality of Ponta Delgada.
In 2020, the PS won the regional elections in the Azores with 40.65% and 25 seats in the regional parliament, but lost its absolute majority, giving rise to a right-wing post-election coalition.
The SDS/CDU-PP/PPM coalition, which currently governs, then received the support of a majority of 29 deputies after the SDP (35.05%, 21 seats), SDS-PP (5.73%, three deputies) and PPM (2 .41%, 21 mandates). one mandate, in addition to the deputy elected in coalition with the SDS-PP in Corvo) sign agreements on parliamentary influence with Chega (5.26%, two mandates) and IL (2.01%, one term), the party that violated agreement in 2023.
Due to differences in alliances, the President of the Republic decided to dissolve the Azores parliament and call early elections after the adoption of this year’s budget.
The PSD/CDU/PPM coalition won the legislative elections in the Azores this Sunday, but fell three deputies short of an absolute majority, leaving the same eight political forces in the regional parliament: PSD, CDS-PP, PNM, Chega, Left Bloc, Liberal Initiative and PAN.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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