2023 Madeiran regional election

Next Madeiran regional elections
47 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira; 24 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Incumbent President; Miguel Albuquerque; PSD	; ;

A regional election will be held in Madeira no later than October 2023, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election will replace all 47 members of the Madeira Assembly, and the new members will then elect the President of the Autonomous Region.

The current president, Miguel Albuquerque from the Social Democratic Party, is currently leading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the CDS – People's Party, and will defend the dominance of the Social Democratic Party in the islands since 1976.

Electoral system[]

The current 47 members of the Madeiran regional parliament are elected in a single constituency by proportional representation under the D'Hondt method, coinciding with the territory of the Region.^[1]

Parties[]

Current composition[]

The table below lists parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira before the election.

Name			Ideology	Leader	2019 result
Name			Ideology	Leader	Votes (%)	Seats
	PSD	Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata	Liberal conservatism	Miguel Albuquerque	39.4%	21 / 47
	PS	Socialist Party Partido Socialista	Social democracy	TBD^[2]	35.8%	19 / 47
	CDS-PP	CDS – People's Party Centro Democrático Social – Partido Popular	Conservatism		5.8%	3 / 47
	JPP	Together for the People Juntos pelo Povo	Centrism		5.5%	3 / 47
	PCP	Portuguese Communist Party Partido Comunista Português	Communism	Edgar Silva	1.8% ^[a]	1 / 47

Opinion polls[]

Graphical summary[]

Polling[]

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout							O	Lead
Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout							O	Lead
2021 Local Elections	26 Sep 2021	N/A	54.6	43.0	29.5	3.4	10.0	2.0	0.0	12.1	13.5
Aximage	5–8 Jun 2020	415	?	42.2	27.5	2.3	N/A	2.1	2.1	23.8	14.7
2019 Legislative Election	6 Oct 2019	N/A	50.3	37.2	33.4	6.1	5.5	2.1	5.2	10.6	3.8

2019 Regional Election	22 Sep 2019	N/A	55.5	39.4 21	35.8 19	5.8 3	5.5 3	1.8 1	1.7 0	10.0 0	3.6

Notes[]

^ The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) contested the 2019 election jointly as the Unitary Democratic Coalition, and won a combined 1.8% of the vote and elected 1 MP to parliament.

References[]

^ Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Eleição para a Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira 2007
^ Paulo Cafôfo demite-se de presidente do PS/MadeiraJornal de Notícias, 27 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

External links[]

[Unitary_Democratic_Coalition-3] The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) contested the 2019 election jointly as the Unitary Democratic Coalition, and won a combined 1.8% of the vote and elected 1 MP to parliament.

[1] Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Eleição para a Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira 2007

[2] Paulo Cafôfo demite-se de presidente do PS/MadeiraJornal de Notícias, 27 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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