The leader of the Livra list in the upcoming regional elections in Madeira said this Monday that Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) was the “big winner” of Sunday’s elections, admitting that his party still “still has a long way to go.”
“The Livre managed to retain the electorate if we compare the level of vote growth, for example, with the parties in the government, that is, in the Assembly. [Regional]”, said Marta Sofia Silva, adding that “JPP, without a shadow of a doubt, was the big winner because it managed to get votes […] in different directions”.
The Livre candidate spoke to Lusa after the results of the early regional elections for the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira became known, in which the PSD won with 36.13% of the votes, but without an absolute majority.
“Overall I’m not surprised that the SDP won, I’m not surprised that they abstained, it really surprises me when we see in terms of votes a huge decline in the number of parties within the left.” right dichotomy, having lost many votes,” Marta Sofia emphasized, regretting, however, that they abstained, which amounted to 46.60%, according to preliminary data from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The election results leave “a lot of doubt about how” Miguel Albuquerque will be able to form a government when there are those who refuse to make his leadership of the executive branch viable, such as Chega, who retained four deputies, he added.
According to Marta Sofia, if elected to the regional parliament, Livre will give “strength and hope to the people, because, being a very young party,” it “still has a long way to go,” but the votes received “will not be abandoned or betrayed.” “.
“Madeira still doesn’t know, the people of Madeira and Porto Santos still don’t know how it will be managed, we’ll see in the next few days,” he noted.
The candidate assured that “Livre’s work will continue on the ground” and “in this scenario, this can and should be the missing left-wing alternative,” even as she saw during the campaign that “people are really fed up.” with so many choices.
Marta Sofia, a cultural specialist, topped the list of Livra, a party that debuted in the regional elections in Madeira in September 2023, receiving 858 votes (0.65%) out of a total of 135,446 voters, and in this Sunday’s elections it won 991 votes (0.67%).
According to preliminary results, the SDP won the early regional elections with 49,103 votes (36.13%), electing 19 deputies, the PS retained 11 deputies with 28,981 votes (21.32%), the AKP received 22,958 votes (16, 89%), passing to nine deputies, and Chega with 12,541 votes (9.23%) retained four mandates.
CDS-Partido Popular received 5,384 votes (3.96%), electing two MPs, the Liberal Initiative (IL) retained one MP with 3,482 votes (2.56%), as did People-Animals-Nature (PAN) with 2,531 votes ( 1.86%).
The CDU-Unitary Democratic Coalition (PCP-PEV) lost its member in the regional parliament, receiving only 2,217 votes (1.63%), as well as the Left Bloc (BE) with 1,912 votes (1.41%).
Of the 254,522 voters registered in the early elections for the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, there were 135,909 voters (53.40%).
In these early regional elections, 14 candidates were put forward to vote, of which the Portuguese Labor Party (PTP), with 1,222 votes (0.90%), and the National Democratic Alternative (ADN), with 772 votes (0.90%), also failed were able to elect deputies – 57%), Partido da Terra (MPT) – 577 (0.42%) and React Include Reciclar (RIR) – 527 (0.39%).
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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