A regional election was held in Madeira on 9 October 2011, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. In the election, the Social Democratic Party, led by

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, who has been in power since 1978, archived, once again, an

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. The campaign for the regional legislative election in Madeira ran from 25 September to 7 October 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

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. The CDS–PP 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).

Electoral system

The 47 members of the Madeiran regional parliament are elected in a single constituency by

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under the

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, coinciding with the territory of the Region.

Parties

The parties that partook in the election, and their leaders, were:Regionais 2011 - Candidatos
/ref> * Left Bloc (BE), Roberto Carlos de Almada *

Unitary Democratic Coalition The Unitary Democratic Coalition ( pt, CDU – Coligação Democrática Unitária, PCP–PEV) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The G ...

(CDU), Edgar Silva *

Earth Party The Earth Party ( pt, Partido da Terra, ), previously called The Earth Party Movement (, abbreviated MPT, hence called ''MPT – Partido da Terra''), is a green-conservative political party in Portugal, founded on 12 August 1993. Its main poli ...

(MPT), João Gonçalves * Party for Animals and Nature (PAN), Rui Almeida * New Democracy Party (PND), Hélder Spínola de Freitas *

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(PS), Maximiano Martins *

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(PPD/PSD),

* People's Party (CDS–PP), José Manuel Rodrigues *

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Opinion polling

Summary of votes and seats

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votes % , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center, 2007 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center, 2011 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=± , - , , 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 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#CC0033 align="center" , , align=left,

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, 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 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=teal align="center" , , align=left, Party for Animals and Nature , 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=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 2,800, , 1.90, , 0.5 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , 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", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 256,755, , 57.38, , 3.4 , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source
Comissão Nacional de Eleições

References

External links

Election resultsComissão Nacional de Eleições
{{Madeira elections 2011 elections in Portugal 2011