1996 Azorean regional election

13 October 1996

52 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Azores
27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.2% Decrease 3.0 pp
  First party Second party
 
PSD
Leader Carlos César Alberto Costa
Party PS PSD
Leader's seat São Miguel São Miguel
Last election 21 seats, 36.4% 28 seats, 53.6%
Seats won 24 24
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 4
Popular vote 51,906 46,449
Percentage 45.8% 41.0%
Swing Increase 9.4 pp Decrease 12.6 pp

Map of Azores showing constituencies won

President before election

Alberto Costa
PSD

President-designate

Carlos César
PS

The Azores Regional Election (1996) (Portuguese: Eleições Regionais dos Açores, 1996) was an election held on 13 October 1996 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores.

The Socialist Party, under the leadership of Carlos César, was the first party with 45% of the votes, in comparison to their direct rivals, the Social Democratic Party who won 41%, although both parties were tied in seats with each party winning 24 MPs.

Voter turnout was relatively high with just over 59.17% of the electorate casting their ballot on election day.

Political parties

A total of 6 political parties presented lists of candidates for the regional elections in the Azores, where 191,477 electors could elect 52 deputies to the Legislative Assembly. Of these parties, some of the more prominent:

Results

The winner of the election was the Socialist Party which, for the first time received a plurality of the public vote, although they obtained a comparable number of representatives in the Regional Assembly.

After 20 years of successive right-of-centre Social Democratic victories, Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César became the new president of the Regional Government, succeeding Alberto Romão Madruga da Costa.

At the same time, the Democratic Alliance of the Azores lost its only deputy, while the People's Party (which had not participated in the last election) elected three deputies (with 7% of the vote). Meanwhile, the Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by the Portuguese Communist Party maintained its one deputy MP by electing one deputy on the island of Flores. The People's Democratic Union did not elect a single deputy.

Summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 13 October 1996 Legislative Assembly of Azores elections results
Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs MPs %/
votes %
1992 1996 ± % ±
Socialist 51,90645.82Increase9.42124Increase346.15Increase5.01.01
Social Democratic 46,44941.00Decrease12.62824Decrease446.15Decrease8.71.13
People's[A] 8,3467.3713Increase25.77Increase3.80.78
Democratic Unity Coalition 3,9403.48Increase1.211Steady01.92Decrease0.10.55
People's Democratic Union 9830.8700.000.0
Democratic Party of the Atlantic 3400.30Decrease1.100Steady00.00Steady0.00.0
Total valid 111,964 98.83 Increase0.5 51 52 Increase1 100.00 Steady0.0
Blank ballots 7050.62Increase0.1
Invalid ballots 6240.55Decrease0.6
Total 113,293 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 191,47759.17Decrease3.0
A The People's Party contested the 1992 election in an alliance formed by the People's Party (1 seat) and the People's Monarchist
Party
(0 seats).
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
Vote share
PS
45.82%
PSD
41.00%
CDS-PP
7.37%
CDU
3.48%
UDP
0.87%
PDA
0.30%
Blank/Invalid
1.17%
Parliamentary seats
PS
46.15%
PSD
46.15%
CDS-PP
5.77%
CDU
1.92%

Distribution by constituency

Results of the 1996 election of the Legislative Assembly
of Azores
by constituency
Constituency%S%S%S%S Total
S
PS PSD CDS-PP CDU
Corvo 29.3 - 32.9 1 35.8 1 2
Faial 44.6 2 41.7 2 6.4 - 5.5 - 4
Flores 19.6 1 30.9 1 14.9 - 33.4 1 3
Graciosa 42.5 1 53.2 2 1.9 - 0.7 - 3
Pico 41.6 2 50.4 2 4.7 - 1.7 - 4
Santa Maria 60.6 2 32.3 1 4.0 - 1.5 - 3
São Jorge 29.7 1 56.0 3 12.5 - 1.0 - 4
São Miguel 46.6 10 40.3 8 5.9 1 3.8 - 19
Terceira 50.4 5 36.8 4 10.2 1 1.2 - 10
Total 45.8 24 41.0 24 7.4 3 3.5 1 52
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Maps

References

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