Madeira regional elections, 2011

Madeira regional elections, 2011

9 October 2011

47 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira 24 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Alberto João Jardim José Manuel Rodrigues Maximiano Martins Party PSD CDS–PP PS Last election 33 seats, 64.2% 2 seats, 5.3% 7 seats, 15.4% Seats won 25 9 6 Seat change 8 7 1 Popular vote 71,561 25,975 16,942 Percentage 48.6% 17.6% 11.5% Swing 15.7% 12.3% 3.9%

President before election Alberto João Jardim PSD President-designate Alberto João Jardim PSD

A regional election was held in Madeira on 9 October 2011, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. In the election, the Social Democratic Party, led by Alberto João Jardim, who has been in power since 1978, archived, once again, an absolute majority.^[1]

The campaign for the regional legislative election in Madeira ran from 25 September to 7 October 2011.

The election was marked by the discovery of a "financial hole" in the accounts of the Regional Government, which may have influenced the election results.^[2] In fact, the PSD obtained its worst result ever in a regional election (48.56%),^[3] resulting in the loss of eight deputies in relation to the regional elections of 2007. The CDS–PP grew from 5% to 17.6% and from 4th most voted party to second most voted party, a result that was considered historical by party leader Paulo Portas.

The CDS–PP and PS-Madeira claimed that there were irregularities in the election,^[4] specifically because of the transportation of voters to the polls with vehicles of various public bodies which led to the formalization of a complaint to the National Elections Commission (CNE).^[5][6]

Parties

The parties that partook in the election, and their leaders, were:^[7]

• Left Bloc (BE), Roberto Carlos de Almada
• Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU), Edgar Silva
• Earth Party (MPT), João Gonçalves
• Party for Animals and Nature (PAN), Rui Almeida
• New Democracy Party (PND), Hélder Spínola de Freitas
• Socialist Party (PS), Maximiano Martins
• Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD), Alberto João Jardim
• People's Party (CDS–PP), José Manuel Rodrigues
• Portuguese Labour Party (PTP), José Manuel Coelho

Opinion polling

Date(s) Conducted	Polling Firm	PSD	PS	CDS-PP	CDU	BE	PTP	MPT	PND	PAN	Others	Lead
2–4 October 2011	Eurosondagem	50.5	17.0	10.5	5.5	3.5	2.7	3.3	2.0	2.5	2.5	33.5
1–2 October 2011	Universidade Católica	48.0	14.0	16.0	5.0	2.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	32.0
30 September–3 October 2011	INTERCAMPUS	53.5	16.9	11.8	3.9	2.5	-	-	2.8	-	8.6	36.6
25–27 July 2011	Eurosondagem	56.6	15.9	10.2	3.9	2.8	2.3	2.1	2.1	2.3	1.8	40.7
30–31 May 2011	Eurosondagem	50.5	17.2	15.0	4.5	3.8	-	-	-	-	9.0	33.3
6 May 2007	Election Results	64.2 33 seats	15.4 7 seats	5.3 2 seats	5.4 2 seats	3.0 1 seats	-	2.3 1 seats	2.1 1 seats	-	2.3 0 seats	48.8

Summary of votes and seats

 Summary of the 9 October 2011 Legislative Assembly of Madeira elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	MPs					MPs %/ votes %
					2007	2011	±	%	±
	Social Democratic	71,561	48.57	15.7	33	25	8	53.19	17.0	1.10
	People's	25,975	17.63	12.3	2	9	7	19.15	14.8	1.09
	Socialist	16,942	11.50	3.9	7	6	1	12.77	2.1	1.11
	Portuguese Labour	10,115	6.87	N/A	N/A	3	N/A	6.38	N/A	0.93
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	5,546	3.76	3.8	2	1	1	2.13	2.1	0.57
	New Democracy	4,825	3.27	1.2	1	1	0	2.13	0.0	0.65
	Party for Animals and Nature	3,134	2.13	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	2.13	N/A	1.00
	Earth	2,839	1.93	0.3	1	1	0	2.13	0.0	1.10
	Left Bloc	2,512	1.70	1.3	1	0	1	0.00	2.1	0.0
Total valid		143,449	97.36	0.4	47	47	0	100.00	0.0	—
Blank ballots		1,088	0.74	0.1
Invalid ballots		2,800	1.90	0.5
Total (turnout 57.38%)		147,337	100.00	3.4
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

See also

• Madeira

References

1. "Madeira. Jardim vence com maioria absoluta mas perde votos", i, 9 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
2. Jardim diz que notícias sobre 'buraco financeiro' devem-se à proximidade de eleições, Diário de Notícias, 31 August 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
3. Madeira: PSD conquista nova maioria absoluta (gráfico animado) , Expresso, 9 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
4. Eleições na Madeira, com alegação de irregularidades , RTP Informação, 9 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
5. Denúncia de irregularidades motiva ataque de Jardim à CNE, Sol, 9 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
6. Viaturas da Eletricidade da Madeira transportam eleitores, Expresso, 9 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
7. Regionais 2011 - Candidatos

External links

• Election results
• Comissão Nacional de Eleições