The coalition formed by the PSD and CDS-PP led the regional legislative elections in Madeira this Sunday, with 47.46% of the votes counted in 27 of the 54 parishes, according to preliminary official data.
According to information provided by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at the same time, the PS was the second largest party with 18.58%.
The PSD/CDU-PP coalition has already elected two deputies: the head of the list and the current president of the regional government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, and the second on the list, the centrist leader Rui Barreto.
Came to parliament for the first time
Chega will make his debut in the Madeira Legislative Assembly in the next legislature, managing to elect his first deputy.
Party list leader and regional leader Miguel Castro was elected to one of the 47 seats in the regional parliament.
Chega ran for the first time in the Madeira regional elections in 2019, receiving 619 votes (0.44%) with no mandates.
Poll leaves open majority
The Catholic University poll carried out by RTP gave the PSD/CDS coalition victory in the regional elections in Madeira.
With a vote between 44% and 48%, an absolute majority is an open hypothesis for the list headed by Miguel Albuquerque.
The Socialist Party is in the 18% to 21% range. Juntos Pelo Povo appears from 9% to 12% and Chega from 8% to 10%, while the Liberal Initative does not go beyond 2% to 4%.
According to the forecast, the left parties, CDU and Bloc, have a ratio of 2% to 3%. PAN comes in last place with 1% of the votes.
As a result, the Somos Madeira coalition, formed by the two parties that currently govern the region, wins between 23 and 26 seats, with 24 needed to guarantee an absolute majority in parliament, which has a total of 47 seats.
The PS receives nine to 12 deputies, the AKP four to six, and Chegi, which has never been represented in the archipelago parliament, three to five.
Higher abstinence rate than 2019
According to an estimate by the Center for Research and Public Opinion Polling of the Portuguese Catholic University, published by RTP at 18:30, abstentions in the regional legislatures of Madeira are expected to range between 44% and 48%.
According to data previously released by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, voter turnout as of 16:00 was 39.9%, lower than the 2019 figure for the previous regional legislatures (40.79%).
As a result, the abstention rate reached 44.5% in 2019 and 50.42% in 2015, breaking this year’s record since 1976, when the first elections to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira were held.
This year, two coalitions and 11 other parties are vying for 47 seats in the regional parliament with a single constituency: PTP, JPP, BE, PS, Chega, RIR, MPT, ADN, PSD/CDS-PP (Somos Madeira coalition), PAN, Livre, CDU (PCP/PEV) and IL.
In the regional legislative assemblies, the representative of the Republic (the position held by Ireneu Barreto) proposes to the political force to form a government based on the results (which must be published) after consultation with the parties with parliamentary seats in the current legislature.
Four years ago, the Social Democrats elected 21 deputies, losing for the first time the absolute majority they had held since 1976, and formed a coalition government with the SDS-PP (three deputies).
The PS received 19 mandates, the AKP – three and the CDU – one.
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