Portuguese Regional Legislative election, 1996
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{{Politics of Portugal}}
The [[Portugal|Portuguese]] Autonomous Regions of '''[[Azores]]''' and '''[[Madeira]]''' held their own '''Regional Legislative election of 1996''' on October 13.
In the Azores, there were 52 seats in the Regional Parliament in dispute, one more than in the [[Portuguese Regional Legislative election, 1992|previous election]], in 1992. The seats were distributed by the 9 islands of the [[archipelago]] proportionally to the population of each island.
In Madeira, there were 59 seats in dispute, two more than in the previous election, distributed by the 11 municipalities of the archipelago proportionally to the population of each municipality.
The [[Portuguese Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] won the election in Azores for the first time, gathering 45% of the voting and electing [[Carlos César]] to the presidency of the Regional Government, after 20 years of dominance by the [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]].
In Madeira, [[Alberto João Jardim]], of the [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]] kept his dominance over the regional political panorama, winning the election with an absolute majority of 57%, the 6th consecutive absolute majority since the very first [[Portuguese Regional Legislative election, 1976|election in 1976]].
==The election in Azores==
The winner of the election was the [[Portuguese Socialist Party|Socialist Party]], that for the first time, achieved the majority of the voting, receiving, however, the same number of MPs as the Social Democratic Party. Its was an historical victory for the socialists, after 20 years of dominance by the right-wing Social Democratic Party. [[Carlos César|Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César]] became the new president of the Regional Government, succeeding to [[Alberto Romão Madruga da Costa]].
The Democratic Alliance of Azores lost its single MP and the [[People's Party (Portugal)|People's Party]], that did not participated in the last election, managed to elect 3 MPs after receiving more than 7% of the voting.
On the left, the [[Unitarian Democratic Coalition]], led by the [[Portuguese Communist Party]] re-elected its MP, after winning the election in the island of [[Flores Island (Azores)|Flores]]. The [[People's Democratic Union]] did not manage to elect a single MP.
===Summary of votes and seats===
[[Image:Pt_regelection_1996.PNG|thumb|256px|The most voted party in each island]]
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
! colspan="9"|'''Regional legislative election, 1996 (October 13) - Azores'''
|-
! style="width: 60px"|Party
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 50px"|%
! style="width: 50px"|Change
! style="width: 50px"|Seats
|-
| <center> [[Portuguese Socialist Party|PS]]
| <center> 51,906
| <center> 45.8%
| <center> -
| <center> 24
|-
| <center> [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
| <center> 46,449
| <center> 41.0%
| <center> -
| <center> 24
|-
| <center> [[People's Party (Portugal)|CDS]]
| <center> 8,346
| <center> 07.4%
| <center> -
| <center> 3
|-
| <center> [[Unitarian Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| <center> 3,940
| <center> 03.5%
| <center> -
| <center> 1
|-
| <center> [[União Democrática Popular|UDP]]
| <center> 983
| <center> 00.9%
| <center> -
| <center> 0
|-
| <center> [[Partido Democrático do Atlântico|PDA]]
| <center> 340
| <center> 00.3%
| <center> -
| <center> 0
|-
| <center> Blank Ballots
| <center> 705
| <center> 00.6%
| <center> -
| <center> -
|-
| <center> Invalid Ballots
| <center> 624
| <center> 00.6%
| <center> -
| <center> -
|-
|
| <center> 113,293
| <center> -
| <center> -
| <center> 52
|}
* Registered Voters: '''191,477'''
* Turnout: '''59.17%'''
Notes:
* '''''CDU''' is composed by the '''[[Portuguese Communist Party|PCP]]''' (Communist) (1 MP), the '''[[Os Verdes|PEV]]''' (Green) (0 MPs) and the '''[[Democratic Intervention (Portugal)|ID]]''' (0 MPs)''
<small>('''source''': [http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb Portuguese Electoral Commission]) </small>
==The election in Madeira==
The winner of the election in [[Madeira]] was, once more, the [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]], and [[Alberto João Jardim]] was elected president of the Regional Government with an absolute majority for the 6th consecutive time. The percentage gathered by the social democrats was virtually the same of the previous election, however, due to the populational growth of the region, the number of MPs was increased to from 57 to 59, and so, the social democrats gained 2 MPs, achieving a total of 41.
The [[People's Party (Portugal)|People's Party]] lost some of its voters, but still managed to keep the 2 MPs, unlike the [[National Solidarity Party]] that lost its single MP.
On the left, the [[Portuguese Socialist Party|Socialist Party]] increased the voting by 1% and received one more MP. The [[Unitarian Democratic Coalition]], led by the [[Portuguese Communist Party]], increased the voting and the number of MPs, stealing one MP from the People's Democratic Union that elected only 1 MP.
===Summary of votes and seats===
[[Image:Pt_regelection2_1996.PNG|thumb|256px|The most voted party in each municipality]]
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
! colspan="9"|'''Regional legislative election, 1996 (October 13) - Madeira'''
|-
! style="width: 60px"|Party
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 50px"|%
! style="width: 50px"|Change
! style="width: 50px"|Seats
|-
| <center> [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
| <center> 77,365
| <center> 56.9%
| <center> -
| <center> 41
|-
| <center> [[Portuguese Socialist Party|PS]]
| <center> 33,790
| <center> 24.6%
| <center> -
| <center> 13
|-
| <center> [[People's Party (Portugal)|CDS]]
| <center> 9,950
| <center> 07.3%
| <center> -
| <center> 2
|-
| <center> [[Unitarian Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| <center> 5,495
| <center> 04.0%
| <center> -
| <center> 2
|-
| <center> [[União Democrática Popular|UDP]]
| <center> 5,485
| <center> 04.0%
| <center> -
| <center> 1
|-
| <center> [[Partido da Solidariedade Nacional|PSN]]
| <center> 3,154
| <center> 02.4%
| <center> -
| <center> 0
|-
| <center> [[Partido Democrático do Atlântico|PDA]]
| <center> 753
| <center> 00.6%
| <center> -
| <center> 0
|-
| <center> Blank Ballots
| <center> 903
| <center> 00.7%
| <center> -
| <center> -
|-
| <center> Invalid Ballots
| <center> 1,674
| <center> 01.3%
| <center> -
| <center> -
|-
|
| <center> 130,799
| <center> -
| <center> -
| <center> 59
|}
* Registered Voters: '''196,589'''
* Turnout: '''66.53%'''
Notes:
* '''''CDU''' is composed by the '''[[Portuguese Communist Party|PCP]]''' (Communist) (2 MPs), the '''[[Os Verdes|PEV]]''' (Green) (0 MPs) and the '''[[Democratic Intervention (Portugal)|ID]]''' (0 MPs)''
<small>('''source''': [http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb Portuguese Electoral Commission]) </small>
==See also==
*[[Azores]]
*[[Madeira]]
{{Portuguese local elections}}
[[Category:Elections in Portugal]]
[[Category:1996 elections in Europe]]
[[Category:1996 in Portugal]]