Madeira regional elections, 2011
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A regional election was held in Madeira
on October 9, 2011, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election was won with an absolute majority by the Social Democratic Party, led by Alberto João Jardim
, who has been in power since 1978.
The campaign for the regional legislative election in Madeira ran from September 25 to October 7, 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. In fact, the PSD obtained its worst result ever in a regional election (48.56%) , 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 and PS-Madeira claimed that there were irregularities in the election , 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) .
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! Date of poll
! Institute
! PSD
! PS
! CDS
PP
! CDU
! BE
! PTP
! MPT
! PND
! PAN
! Others
|-
| align=left |October 2–4, 2011
| align=left |Eurosondagem
|width="35" style="background:#FF9900;"|50.5%
|width="35"| 17%
|width="35"| 10.5%
|width="35"| 5.5%
|width="35"| 3.5%
|width="35"| 2.7%
|width="35"| 3.3%
|width="35"| 2%
|width="35"| 2.5%
|width="35"| 2.5%
|-
| align=left |October 1–2, 2011
| align=left |Universidade Católica
| style="background:#FF9900;"|48%
| 14%
| 16%
| 5%
| 2%
| 5%
| 2%
| 4%
| 2%
| 2%
|-
| align=left |Sep. 30–Oct., 3 2011
| align=left |INTERCAMPUS
| style="background:#FF9900;"|53.5%
| 16.9%
| 11.8%
| 3.9%
| 2.5%
| -
| -
| 2.8%
| -
| 8.6%
|-
| align=left |July 25–27, 2011
| align=left |Eurosondagem
| style="background:#FF9900;"|56.6%
| 15.9%
| 10.2%
| 3.9%
| 2.8%
| 2.3%
| 2.1%
| 2.1%
| 2.3%
| 1.8%
|-
| align=left |May 30–31, 2011
| align=left |Eurosondagem
| style="background:#FF9900;"|50.5%
| 17.2%
| 15%
| 4.5%
| 3.8%
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 9%
|-
| align=left |2007 election
| align=left |
| style="background:#FF9900;"|64.2%
| 15.4%
| 5.3%
| 5.4%
| 3%
| -
| 2.3%
| 2.1%
| -
| 2.3%
|}
! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±pp
swing
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|MPs
! rowspan="2" colspan=5 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|MPs %/
votes %
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center"|2007
! align="center"|2011
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
|-
|71,561||48.57||15.7||33||25||8||53.19||17.0||1.10
|-
|25,975||17.63||12.3||2||9||7||19.15||14.8||1.09
|-
|16,942||11.50||3.9||7||6||1||12.77||2.1||1.11
|-
|10,115||6.87||—||—||3||—||6.38||—||0.93
|-
|5,546||3.76||3.8||2||1||1||2.13||2.1||0.57
|-
|4,825||3.27||1.2||1||1||0||2.13||0.0||0.65
|-
|3,134||2.13||—||—||1||—||2.13||—||1.00
|-
|2,839||1.93||0.3||1||1||0||2.13||0.0||1.10
|-
|2,512||1.70||1.3||1||0||1||0.00||2.1||0.0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid
|width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|143,449
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|97.36
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.4
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|47
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|47
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|—
|-
|colspan=2|Blank ballots
|1,088||0.74||0.1||colspan=6 rowspan=3|
|-
|colspan=2|Invalid ballots
|2,800||1.90||0.5
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 57.38%)
|width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|147,337
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|3.4
|-
| colspan=11 align=left | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
|}
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
on October 9, 2011, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election was won with an absolute majority by the Social Democratic Party, led by Alberto João Jardim
Alberto João Jardim
Alberto João Cardoso Gonçalves Jardim, GCIH |Santa Luzia]], Funchal, Madeira Island) is a Portuguese politician who has been the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal, since 1978. He is currently among the most controversial politicians of Portugal.-Early years:Jardim was born...
, who has been in power since 1978.
The campaign for the regional legislative election in Madeira ran from September 25 to October 7, 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. In fact, the PSD obtained its worst result ever in a regional election (48.56%) , 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
Paulo Portas
Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas , commonly known just by Paulo Portas , is a Portuguese politician, party leader of the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party , a member of the Portuguese Parliament and former Portuguese minister of State, National Defense and Sea Affairs.In 2011, after he...
.
The CDS and PS-Madeira claimed that there were irregularities in the election , 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) .
Opinion polling
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Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
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Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....
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PP
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Unitarian Democratic Coalition
The Democratic Unity Coalition is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Ecologist Party "The Greens"...
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Earth Party
The Earth Party , previously called The Earth Party Movement, , or MPT The Earth Party , previously called The Earth Party Movement, , or MPT The Earth Party , previously called The Earth Party Movement, , or MPT (hence called MPT - Partido da Terra, is a Portuguese green party, founded on 12...
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|-
| align=left |October 2–4, 2011
| align=left |Eurosondagem
|width="35" style="background:#FF9900;"|50.5%
|width="35"| 17%
|width="35"| 10.5%
|width="35"| 5.5%
|width="35"| 3.5%
|width="35"| 2.7%
|width="35"| 3.3%
|width="35"| 2%
|width="35"| 2.5%
|width="35"| 2.5%
|-
| align=left |October 1–2, 2011
| align=left |Universidade Católica
| style="background:#FF9900;"|48%
| 14%
| 16%
| 5%
| 2%
| 5%
| 2%
| 4%
| 2%
| 2%
|-
| align=left |Sep. 30–Oct., 3 2011
| align=left |INTERCAMPUS
| style="background:#FF9900;"|53.5%
| 16.9%
| 11.8%
| 3.9%
| 2.5%
| -
| -
| 2.8%
| -
| 8.6%
|-
| align=left |July 25–27, 2011
| align=left |Eurosondagem
| style="background:#FF9900;"|56.6%
| 15.9%
| 10.2%
| 3.9%
| 2.8%
| 2.3%
| 2.1%
| 2.1%
| 2.3%
| 1.8%
|-
| align=left |May 30–31, 2011
| align=left |Eurosondagem
| style="background:#FF9900;"|50.5%
| 17.2%
| 15%
| 4.5%
| 3.8%
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 9%
|-
| align=left |2007 election
| align=left |
| style="background:#FF9900;"|64.2%
| 15.4%
| 5.3%
| 5.4%
| 3%
| -
| 2.3%
| 2.1%
| -
| 2.3%
|}
Summary of votes and seats
|-! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties
Political party
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! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±pp
Percentage point
Percentage points are the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages.Consider the following hypothetical example: in 1980, 40 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 30 percent smoked...
swing
Swing (politics)
An electoral swing analysis shows the extent of change in voter support from one election to another. It is an indicator of voter support for individual candidates or political parties, or voter preference between two or more candidates or parties...
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|MPs
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
! rowspan="2" colspan=5 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|MPs %/
votes %
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center"|2007
! align="center"|2011
Madeira regional elections, 2011
A regional election was held in Madeira on October 9, 2011, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira...
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
|-
|71,561||48.57||15.7||33||25||8||53.19||17.0||1.10
|-
|25,975||17.63||12.3||2||9||7||19.15||14.8||1.09
|-
|16,942||11.50||3.9||7||6||1||12.77||2.1||1.11
|-
|10,115||6.87||—||—||3||—||6.38||—||0.93
|-
|5,546||3.76||3.8||2||1||1||2.13||2.1||0.57
|-
|4,825||3.27||1.2||1||1||0||2.13||0.0||0.65
|-
|3,134||2.13||—||—||1||—||2.13||—||1.00
|-
|2,839||1.93||0.3||1||1||0||2.13||0.0||1.10
|-
|2,512||1.70||1.3||1||0||1||0.00||2.1||0.0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid
|width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|143,449
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|97.36
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.4
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|47
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|47
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|—
|-
|colspan=2|Blank ballots
|1,088||0.74||0.1||colspan=6 rowspan=3|
|-
|colspan=2|Invalid ballots
|2,800||1.90||0.5
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 57.38%)
|width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|147,337
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|3.4
|-
| colspan=11 align=left | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
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