2024 Azorean regional election
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A regional election will be held in Azores no later than October 2024, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Azores. The election will replace all 57 members of the Azores Assembly, and the new members will then elect the President of the Autonomous Region.
The current president, José Manuel Bolieiro from the Social Democratic Party, is currently leading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the CDS – People's Party and People's Monarchist Party, with the parliamentary support of CHEGA and the Liberal Initiative. The Social Democrats, the CDS – People's Party and the People's Monarchist Party will contest this election in a joint coalition as stipulated in their 2020 coalition agreement.[3]
Electoral system[]
The Azores regional parliament elects 57 members through a proportional system in which the 9 islands elect a number of MPs proportional to the number of registered voters. MPs are allocated by using the D'Hondt method. 5 members are also elected for a Compensation constituency. Current distribution of MPs by constituency:
Constituency | Total MPs |
Registered voters |
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Corvo | 2 | |
Faial | 4 | |
Flores | 3 | |
Graciosa | 3 | |
Pico | 4 | |
Santa Maria | 3 | |
São Jorge | 3 | |
São Miguel | 20 | |
Terceira | 10 | |
Compensation | 5 | |
Total | 57 |
Parties[]
Current composition[]
The table below lists parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of the Azores before the election.
Name | Ideology | Leader | 2020 result | Current seats | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista |
Social democracy | Vasco Cordeiro | 39.1% | 25 / 57
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25 / 57
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PSD | Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata |
Liberal conservatism | José Manuel Bolieiro | 33.7% | 21 / 57
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21 / 57
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CDS-PP | CDS – People's Party Centro Democrático Social – Partido Popular |
Conservatism | Artur Lima | 5.5% | 3 / 57
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3 / 57
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CH | CHEGA! Chega! |
Economic liberalism Right-wing populism |
TBD | 5.1% | 2 / 57
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1 / 57
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BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda |
Left-wing populism | 3.8% | 2 / 57
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2 / 57
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PPM | People's Monarchist Party Partido Popular Monárquico |
Monarchism | Paulo Estêvâo | 2.4% | 2 / 57
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2 / 57
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IL | Liberal Initiative Iniciativa Liberal |
Liberalism | 1.9% | 1 / 57
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1 / 57
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PAN | People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza |
Animal welfare Environmentalism |
1.9% | 1 / 57
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1 / 57
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Ind. | Independent Independente |
(expelled from CHEGA caucus)[4] | 1 / 57
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Opinion polls[]
Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | O | Lead | ||||||||||
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2022 Legislative election | 30 Jan 2022 | N/A | 36.7 | 33.9 | 42.8 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 7.6 | 8.9 | ||||
2021 Local Elections | 26 Sep 2021 | N/A | 54.2 | 46.4 | 43.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 3.3 | ||||
2020 Regional Election | 25 Oct 2020 | N/A | 45.4 | 41.6 26[b] |
39.1 25 |
5.1 2 |
3.8 2 |
1.9 1 |
1.9 1 |
6.6 0 |
2.5 | ||||
See also[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Alteração à Lei Eleitoral da ALRA dos Açores - CNE (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Comissão Nacional dos Eleições, archived from the original on 2009-02-19
- ^ a b Assembleia Legislativa dos Açores - Deputados e Grupos Parlamentares
- ^ Acordo político entre PSD, CDS e PPM nos Açores é para duas legislaturas TVI24, 14 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Ex-deputado do Chega/Açores fica na Assembleia Regional como independente, TSF Radio, 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
External links[]
- 2024 in Portugal
- Regional elections in the Azores
- Future elections in Portugal
- 2024 elections in Europe