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

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of the

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The winner of the election in

was, once more, the

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, and

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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

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

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, led by the

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, increased the voting and the number of MPs, stealing one MP from the People's Democratic Union that elected only 1 MP.

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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

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/ref> 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: * Democratic Party of the Atlantic (PDA). *

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(CDU), an alliance of the Greens and

(PCP). * People's Democratic Union (UDP). * People's Party (CDS-PP) * National Solidarity Party (PSN) *

(PS), leader Emanuel Fernandes. *

(PSD), leader

Results

Summary of votes and seats

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Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Distribution by constituency

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Machico Machico () is a municipality, parish and city in the southeast part of the island of Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The easternmost municipality on the island, it is also the third-most populous area with a population of 21,828 in ...

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Porto Moniz Porto Moniz () is a municipality in the northwest corner of the island of Madeira. It is located west of Santana and Machico, and northwest of Funchal. The population in 2011 was 2,711, in an area of 82.93 km². The municipality features a ...

, style="background:; color:white;", 64.3 , 1 , 27.8 , - , 4.6 , - , 0.3 , - , 0.5 , - , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Porto Santo , style="background:; color:white;", 56.6 , 1 , 37.2 , - , 3.1 , - , 0.4 , - , 0.5 , - , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Ribeira Brava , style="background:; color:white;", 68.9 , 3 , 19.8 , - , 5.4 , - , 0.9 , - , 2.4 , - , 3 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Santa Cruz , style="background:; color:white;", 56.1 , 4 , 28.4 , 2 , 6.9 , - , 2.0 , - , 3.7 , - , 6 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

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Comissão Nacional de Eleições

References

External links

Comissão Nacional de EleiçõesLegislative Assembly of Madeira - Official website