1996 Madeiran regional election

13 October 1996

59 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.3% Decrease 1.2 pp
  First party Second party
 
Alberto João Jardim (cropped).jpg
PS
Leader Alberto João Jardim Emanuel Fernandes
Party PSD PS
Leader's seat Funchal Funchal
Last election 39 seats, 56.9% 12 seats, 22.5%
Seats won 41 13
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 77,365 33,790
Percentage 56.9% 24.8%
Swing Increase 0.0 pp Increase 2.3 pp

The most voted party in each municipality.

President before election

Alberto João Jardim
PSD

President-designate

Alberto João Jardim
PSD

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

The winner of the election in Madeira was, once more, the 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 from 57 to 59, and so, the social democrats gained 2 MPs, achieving a total of 41.

The 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 Socialist Party increased the voting by 1% and received one more MP. The Unitary 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.

Voter turnout was slightly lower, compared with 1992, with 65.3% of the electorate casting their ballot on election day.

Electoral system

In this election, the members of the regional parliament were elected in 11 constituencies, representing the 11 municipalities of Madeira, that were awarded a determined number of member to elect according with the number of registered voters in those constituencies. The method use to elect the members was the D'Hondt method.[1] In this election the number of MPs to be elected rose from 57 in 1992 to 59.

Political parties

A total of 7 political parties presented lists of candidates for the regional elections in Madeira, where 208,486 electors could elect 59 deputies to the Legislative Assembly. Of these parties, some of the more prominent:

Results

Summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 13 October 1996 Legislative Assembly of Madeira elections results
Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs MPs %/
votes %
1992 1996 ± % ±
Social Democratic 77,36556.87Increase0.03941Increase269.49Increase1.11.22
Socialist 33,79024.84Increase2.31213Increase122.03Increase0.90.89
People's 9,9507.31Decrease0.822Steady03.39Decrease0.10.46
Democratic Unity Coalition 5,4954.04Increase1.012Increase13.39Increase1.60.84
People's Democratic Union 5,4854.03Decrease0.621Decrease11.69Decrease1.80.42
National Solidarity 8750.64Decrease1.810Decrease10.00Decrease1.80.0
Democratic Party of the Atlantic 5650.42Decrease0.200Steady00.00Steady0.00.0
Total valid 133,525 98.14 Increase0.1 57 59 Increase2 100.00 Steady0.0
Blank ballots 9910.73Increase0.0
Invalid ballots 1,5341.13Decrease0.2
Total 136,050 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 208,48665.26Decrease1.2
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
Vote share
PSD
56.87%
PS
24.84%
CDS-PP
7.31%
CDU
4.04%
UDP
4.03%
PSN
0.64%
PDA
0.42%
Blank/Invalid
1.86%
Parliamentary seats
PSD
69.49%
PS
22.03%
CDS-PP
3.39%
CDU
3.39%
UDP
1.69%

Distribution by constituency

Results of the 1996 election of the Legislative Assembly
of Madeira
by constituency
Constituency%S%S%S%S%S Total
S
PSD PS CDS-PP CDU UDP
Calheta 69.9 3 6.4 - 20.9 - 0.5 - 0.8 - 3
Câmara de Lobos 69.8 5 12.7 1 6.3 - 5.7 - 3.2 - 6
Funchal 49.5 15 27.2 8 7.4 2 6.5 2 5.9 1 28
Machico 55.4 3 36.6 2 2.7 - 1.1 - 2.6 - 5
Ponta do Sol 67.6 2 16.0 - 11.3 - 0.6 - 2.7 - 2
Porto Moniz 64.3 1 27.8 - 4.6 - 0.3 - 0.5 - 1
Porto Santo 56.6 1 37.2 - 3.1 - 0.4 - 0.5 - 1
Ribeira Brava 68.9 3 19.8 - 5.4 - 0.9 - 2.4 - 3
Santa Cruz 56.1 4 28.4 2 6.9 - 2.0 - 3.7 - 6
Santana 65.2 2 25.6 - 3.7 - 0.8 - 1.6 - 2
São Vicente 61.2 2 24.1 - 10.0 - 0.6 - 1.3 - 2
Total 56.9 41 24.8 13 7.3 2 4.0 2 4.0 1 59
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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See also

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