2024 Azorean regional election

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Next Azorean regional election
← 2020 No later than October 2024
57 seats to the Legislative Assembly of the Azores[1]
29 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
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Leader José Manuel Bolieiro[a] Vasco Cordeiro TBD
Party PSD PS CHEGA
Alliance AD
Leader since 2019 2012 –
Leader's seat São Miguel São Miguel[2] –
Last election 26 seats, 41.6%[b] 25 seats, 39.1% 2 seats, 5.1%
Current seats 26 25 1
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Leader
Party BE IL PAN
Leader since 2018 2019 2019
Leader's seat São Miguel[2] São Miguel
Terceira 		São Miguel
Last election 2 seats, 3.8% 1 seat, 1.9% 1 seat, 1.9%
Current seats 2 1 1
Incumbent President

José Manuel Bolieiro
PSD



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
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
Votes (%) Seats
PS Socialist Party
Partido Socialista 		Social democracy Vasco Cordeiro 39.1%
25 / 57
25 / 57
PSD Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrata 		Liberal conservatism José Manuel Bolieiro 33.7%
21 / 57
21 / 57
CDS-PP CDS – People's Party
Centro Democrático Social – Partido Popular 		Conservatism Artur Lima 5.5%
3 / 57
3 / 57
CH CHEGA!
Chega! 		Economic liberalism
Right-wing populism 		TBD 5.1%
2 / 57
1 / 57
BE Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda 		Left-wing populism 3.8%
2 / 57
2 / 57
PPM People's Monarchist Party
Partido Popular Monárquico 		Monarchism Paulo Estêvâo 2.4%
2 / 57
2 / 57
IL Liberal Initiative
Iniciativa Liberal 		Liberalism
1.9%
1 / 57
1 / 57
PAN People Animals Nature
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza 		Animal welfare
Environmentalism 		1.9%
1 / 57
1 / 57
Ind. Independent
Independente 		(expelled from CHEGA caucus)[4]
1 / 57

Opinion polls[]

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout ADADAD PS CH BE PAN IL O Lead
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[]

  1. ^ As leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
  2. ^ a b Sum of votes and seats of the PSD, CDS–PP and PPM in the 2020 election. PSD: 33.7%, 21 seats; CDS–PP: 5.5%, 3 seats; PPM: 2.4%, 2 seats.

References[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Assembleia Legislativa dos Açores - Deputados e Grupos Parlamentares
  3. ^ Acordo político entre PSD, CDS e PPM nos Açores é para duas legislaturas TVI24, 14 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. ^ Ex-deputado do Chega/Açores fica na Assembleia Regional como independente, TSF Radio, 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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