Together for the People

Together for the People Juntos Pelo Povo
Leader	Élvio Sousa
Founded	January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27) (as a party)
Headquarters	Estrada Padre Alfredo Vieira de Freitas, 164B 9100-079 Gaula, Santa Cruz, Madeira
Ideology	Liberalism Centrism Reformism Big tent
Political position	Centre
Assembly of the Republic	0 / 230
Legislative Assembly of Madeira	5 / 47
Website
http://juntospelopovo.blogspot.pt/
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Together for the People (Portuguese: Juntos pelo Povo, JPP) is s Portuguese political party, with its origins in Santa Cruz, Madeira. Its founding principles are Unity, Transparency and Resistance, as evidenced by its symbol. It was recognized by the Portuguese Constitutional Court on the 27th of January 2015.^[1]

It started in the parish of Santa Cruz, Madeira as an independent movement where it won the 2013 local elections with absolute majority with Filipe Sousa as head.

After the victory, it decided to turn into a political party, in March 2014, having submitted over 10 thousand signatures (More than the 7,500 required by law) to the Constitutional Court in November 2014.

It was formed in order to run in the 2015 Madeira regional elections, because the Portuguese Constitution doesn't allow for the candidacy of independents to the country's legislative organs or the existence of regional parties, making the JPP available to run in any election of the country. It won 5 seats in the 2015 Madeira regional elections with 10.34% of the votes, a total of 13,229 votes.

References

↑ ACÓRDÃO N.º 51/2015 Tribunal Constitucional. 27 January 2015. Accessed 29 March 2015

Political parties in Portugal

Parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic (230)	Social Democratic Party (89) Socialist Party (86) Left Bloc (19) CDS – People's Party (18) Unitary Democratic Coalition (17: Portuguese Communist Party, 15 — Ecologist Party "The Greens", 2) People–Animals–Nature (1)

Legislative Assembly of the Azores Autonomous Region (57)	Socialist Party (31) Social Democratic Party (20) CDS – People's Party (3) Left Bloc (1) Unitary Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party — Ecologist Party "The Greens") (1) People's Monarchist Party (1)

Legislative Assembly of the Madeira Autonomous Region (47)	Social Democratic Party (24) CDS – People's Party (7) Change Coalition (Socialist Party — Portuguese Labour Party — People–Animals–Nature – Earth Party) (6) Together for the People (5) Unitary Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party — Ecologist Party "The Greens") (2) Left Bloc (2) Independent (elected for the, now extinct, New Democracy Party) (1)

European Parliament (21)	Socialist Party (8) Social Democratic Party (6) Unitary Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party — Ecologist Party "The Greens") (3) Democratic Republican Party (1) Earth Party (1) CDS – People's Party (1) Left Bloc (1)

Non-parliamentary parties	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar National Renovator Party Socialist Alternative Movement We, the Citizens! United Party of Retirees and Pensioners Christian Democratic and Citizenship Party Liberal Democratic Party Workers Party of Socialist Unity

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