2024 Azorean regional election

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2024 Azorean regional election
Flag of the Azores.svg
  2020 4 February 2024 Next  

57 seats to the Legislative Assembly of the Azores [1]
29 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout50.3% Increase2.svg 4.9 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Jose Manuel Bolieiro - Entrevista Agencia Lusa (cropped).png
Vasco Cordeiro 2016.jpg
Jose Pacheco - CHEGA.jpg
Leader José Manuel Bolieiro Vasco Cordeiro José Pacheco
Party PSD PS CHEGA
Alliance PSD/CDS/PPM
Leader since14 December 2019 [lower-alpha 1] 201223 April 2022
Leader's seat São Miguel São Miguel São Miguel
Last election26 seats, 41.7% [lower-alpha 2] 25 seats, 39.1%2 seats, 5.1%
Seats won26235
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote48,67241,53810,627
Percentage42.1%35.9%9.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.4 pp Decrease2.svg 3.2 pp Increase2.svg 4.1 pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Antonio Lima (BE-Acores) - Entrevista Agencia Lusa.png
Iniciativa Liberal Icon.png
Pedro Neves PAN.png
Leader António Lima Nuno Barata Pedro Neves
Party BE IL PAN
Leader since14 July 201820192019
Leader's seat São Miguel (lost) [lower-alpha 3] Compensatory listCompensatory list
Last election2 seats, 3.8%1 seat, 1.9%1 seat, 1.9%
Seats won111
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0
Popular vote2,9362,4821,907
Percentage2.5%2.1%1.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.3 pp Increase2.svg 0.2 pp Decrease2.svg 0.3 pp

Eleicoes Legislativas Regionais nos Acores de 2024.svg
Map showing island constituencies won by political parties.

President before election

José Manuel Bolieiro
PSD

Elected President

José Manuel Bolieiro
PSD

The 2024 Azorean regional election was held on 4 February 2024, [2] to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores. The election replaced all 57 members of the Azores Assembly, and the new members would then elect the President of the Autonomous Region.

Contents

President José Manuel Bolieiro, from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), led a coalition government between the Social Democrats, the CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP) and People's Monarchist Party (PPM), with the parliamentary support of CHEGA since late 2020. The Liberal Initiative (IL) initially supported the PSD coalition government but withdrew their support from the government on 8 March 2023. [3] The Social Democrats, the CDS – People's Party and the People's Monarchist Party contested this election in a joint coalition as stipulated in their 2020 coalition agreement. [4]

The PSD/CDS/PPM coalition won the election with 42 percent of the votes and elected 26 seats, the same number as of 2020. The Socialist Party (PS) failed to be the most voted party for the first time since 1996, gathering less than 36 percent of the votes and electing 23 seats, minus two compared with 2020. [5]

CHEGA was the party that most increased its share, achieving 9 percent of the votes and electing 5 seats to the regional parliament. [6] The party's result was seen as a prelude to next month's general election in which Chega saw a surge in support as well. The Left Bloc (BE) lost ground, compared with 2020, losing one seat, while the Liberal Initiative (IL) and the People-Animals-Nature (PAN) were able to hold on to their sole seats. The Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) failed to return to the regional parliament.

Turnout stood at 50.3 percent, the highest rate since 2004.

Background

2023 government crisis

The PSD/CDS-PP/PPM coalition government was, since the beginning, marred by instability due to political tensions between or within parties, especially CHEGA, which even lost a member of the regional Parliament during the Parliamentary term. [7] But, on 8 March 2023, the Liberal Initiative decided to remove their support for the government, citing deep disagreements on policy and tensions between the minor parties within the coalition, CDS-PP and PPM particularly. [8] Shortly after, the independent MP Carlos Furtado, a CHEGA dissident, also withdrew his support for the government accusing the government of lack of institutional respect and for failing to follow the deal between them and Furtado. [9]

Following these announcements, that made the government lose its majority, President José Manuel Bolieiro rejected the idea of a motion of confidence and said that he will continue to govern, but that elections could be on the table. [10] The PS, the main opposition party, discussed the possibility of presenting a motion of no confidence against the government, [11] but the idea was dropped, and the PSD coalition government governed as a minority and negotiated case by case with parties. [12]

Rejection of the budget proposal for 2024

In 23 November 2023, the parliament of Azores failed to approve the regional government's budget proposal for 2024. 28 MPs voted against it, 27 MPs voted in favor and 2 MPs abstained. The votes against it were cast by PS (25), BE (2) and IL (1). The votes in favor were by PSD (21), CDS-PP (3), PPM (2) and the independent MP Carlos Furtado (1). CHEGA (1) and PAN (1) abstained. According to the Framework Law for the Budget of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, the regional government must present a new budget proposal within 90 days of the rejection of the previous proposal. The president of the regional government, José Manuel Bolieiro, said he wanted to present a new budget proposal. That same day, the President of Portugal scheduled meetings for 30 November, at the Belém Palace in Lisbon, with the parties represented in the parliament of Azores. [13] [14] [15]

On the meeting with the President of Portugal, in 30 November, José Manuel Bolieiro said that it seemed pointless to present a second budget proposal without a guarantee of its approval and that early regional legislative elections should be held as quickly as possible. He suggested the date of 4 February 2024 for the elections and announced that PSD, CDS-PP and PPM would run together as a coalition. PS, CDS-PP, BE, PPM and IL also said they wanted early elections. [16] [17]

On 11 December, after meeting with the Council of State, the President of Portugal dissolved the regional parliament of the Azores and called early elections for 4 February 2024. [18]

Electoral system

The Azores regional parliament elects 57 members through a proportional system in which the 9 islands elect a number of MPs proportional to the number of registered voters. MPs are allocated by using the D'Hondt method. 5 members are also elected for a compensation constituency. Distribution of MPs by constituency: [19]

ConstituencyTotal
MPs
Registered
voters
Corvo 2355
Faial 413,005
Flores 33,083
Graciosa 33,872
Pico 413,808
Santa Maria 35,200
São Jorge 38,712
São Miguel 20128,814
Terceira 1053,072
Compensation5-
Total57229,921

Parties

Current composition

The table below lists parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of the Azores before the election.

NameIdeologyLeader2020 resultCurrent
seats
 %Seats
PS Socialist Party
Partido Socialista
Social democracy Vasco Cordeiro 39.1%
25 / 57
25 / 57
PPD/PSD Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrata
Liberal conservatism José Manuel Bolieiro 33.7%
21 / 57
21 / 57
CDS–PP CDS – People's Party
Centro Democrático Social – Partido Popular
Conservatism Artur Lima 5.5%
3 / 57
3 / 57
CH CHEGA!
Chega!
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
José Pacheco [20] 5.1%
2 / 57
1 / 57
BE Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda
Left-wing populism António Lima 3.8%
2 / 57
2 / 57
PPM People's Monarchist Party
Partido Popular Monárquico
Monarchism Paulo Estêvâo 2.4%
2 / 57
2 / 57
IL Liberal Initiative
Iniciativa Liberal
Liberalism Nuno Barata
José Luís Parreira
1.9%
1 / 57
1 / 57
PAN People Animals Nature
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza
Animal welfare
Environmentalism
Pedro Neves 1.9%
1 / 57
1 / 57
JPP Together for the People
Juntos pelo Povo
Regionalism Carlos Furtado [lower-alpha 4] Did not run
1 / 57

Parties running in the election

11 lists will be on the ballot for the 2024 Azorean regional election, eight parties and three coalitions. The parties that will contest the election and their lead candidates, are: (alphabetically ordered) [22]

Campaign period

Party slogans

Party or allianceOriginal sloganEnglish translationRefs
PSD/CDS/PPM « Unidos pelos Açores »"United by the Azores" [34]
PS « Vasco Cordeiro, o Presidente de Confiança »"Vasco Cordeiro, the Trusted President" [35]
CH « Os Açores precisam de uma limpeza »"The Azores needs a clean up" [36]
BE « Levar a sério os Açores »"Taking the Azores seriously" [37]
IL « A alternativa é Liberal »"The alternative is Liberal" [38]
PAN « Um por todos. Todos pelos Açores »"One for all. All for the Azores" [39]
JPP « Em frente. Sem medo! »"Forward. Without fear!" [40]

Candidates' debates

2024 Azorean regional election debates
DateOrganisersModerator(s)   P Present [lower-alpha 5]   S Surrogate [lower-alpha 6]   NI Not invited  I Invited   A Absent invitee 
PSD/CDS/PPM PS CH BE IL PAN CDU L JPP ADN Ref.
21 Jan RTP Açores João Simas P
Bolieiro
P
Cordeiro
A
Pacheco
P
Lima
P
Barata
P
Neves
P
Varela
P
Azevedo
P
Furtado
P
Matos
[41]

Opinion polls

  Exit poll

Polling firm/LinkFieldwork dateSample sizeTurnout Letras PS (Portugal).png Simbolo da Alianca Democratica.png Logo Chega!.svg LeftBloc.svg Iniciativa Liberal Icon.png Logo Pessoas-Animais-Natureza (text only).png Logo of the Unitary Democratic Coalition.svg OLead
PSD Logo Simples.png Cds simbolo 2.png Simbolo do PPM.png
2024 regional election4 Feb 202450.335.9
23
42.1
26
9.2
5
2.5
1
2.1
1
1.6
1
1.6
0
4.9
0
6.2
CESOP–UCP 4 Feb 20249,47550–5632–37
19/25
40–45
25/31
8–11
4/8
1–3
0/1
1–3
0/1
1–3
0/1
1–3
0/1
8
CESOP–UCP 27–28 Jan 20242,29739
23/27
36
22/26
9
3/5
3
0/2
2
0/1
2
0/1
2
0/1
7
0
3
Aximage [lower-alpha 7] 18–24 Jan 202441138.642.27.32.21.62.21.44.43.6
2022 legislative election 30 Jan 202236.742.833.95.94.34.11.41.56.18.9
2021 local elections 26 Sep 202154.243.146.41.21.80.60.51.25.23.3
2020 regional election 25 Oct 202045.439.1
25
33.7
21
5.5
3
2.4
2
5.1
2
3.8
2
1.9
1
1.9
1
1.7
0
4.9
0
5.4

Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day.

TurnoutTime
11:0015:00 [lower-alpha 8] 19:00
20202024±20202024±20202024±
Total9.16%13.77%Increase2.svg 4.61 pp 32.68%34.84%Increase2.svg 2.16 pp 45.41%50.33%Increase2.svg 4.92 pp
Sources [42] [43]

Results

Regional summary

Summary of the 4 February 2024 Legislative Assembly of Azores elections results
2024 Azorean Legislative Assembly.svg
Parties Votes%±pp swing MPs MPs %/
votes %
2020 2024±%±
PSD/CDS/PPM coalition48,67242.08Increase2.svg0.4 [lower-alpha 2] 2626Steady2.svg045.61Steady2.svg0.01.08
Socialist 41,53835.92Decrease2.svg3.22523Decrease2.svg240.35Decrease2.svg3.51.12
CHEGA 10,6279.19Increase2.svg4.125Increase2.svg38.77Increase2.svg5.30.95
Left Bloc 2,9362.54Decrease2.svg1.321Decrease2.svg11.75Decrease2.svg1.70.69
Liberal Initiative 2,4822.15Increase2.svg0.211Steady2.svg01.75Steady2.svg0.00.81
People-Animals-Nature 1,9071.65Decrease2.svg0.311Steady2.svg01.75Steady2.svg0.01.06
Democratic Unity Coalition 1,8211.57Decrease2.svg0.100Steady2.svg00.00Steady2.svg0.00.00
LIVRE 7350.64Increase2.svg0.200Steady2.svg00.00Steady2.svg0.00.00
Together for the People 6260.5400.000.00
National Democratic Alternative 3780.3300.000.00
Alternative 21 (Earth Party/Alliance)40.00Decrease2.svg0.600Steady2.svg00.00Steady2.svg0.00.00
Total valid111,72696.60Increase2.svg0.25757Steady2.svg0100.00Steady2.svg0.0
Blank ballots2,5222.18Decrease2.svg0.3
Invalid ballots1,4071.22Increase2.svg0.0
Total115,655100.00
Registered voters/turnout229,90950.30Increase2.svg4.9
Source: [44]
Vote share
PSD/CDS/PPM
42.08%
PS
35.92%
CH
9.19%
BE
2.54%
IL
2.15%
PAN
1.65%
CDU
1.57%
Others
1.51%
Blank/Invalid
3.40%
Parliamentary seats
PSD/CDS/PPM
45.61%
PS
40.35%
CH
8.77%
BE
1.75%
IL
1.75%
PAN
1.75%

Results by constituency

Results of the 2024 election of the Legislative Assembly of Azores by constituency
Constituency%S%S%S%S%S%STotal
S
PSD/CDS/
PPM
PS CH BE IL PAN
Corvo 39.7153.410.7-0.0-0.0-2
Faial 48.2232.324.3-2.9-0.8-1.1-4
Flores 30.6141.827.8-0.8-0.7-3
Graciosa 46.2243.714.1-0.5-0.6-0.7-3
Pico 47.5237.724.4-1.9-1.7-1.1-4
Santa Maria 34.3141.526.5-7.2-3.4-0.8-3
São Jorge 52.2229.913.7-0.8-3.5-0.6-3
São Miguel 39.71035.2811.822.8-2.2-2.3-20
Terceira 43.6537.148.112.3-2.4-1.0-10
Compensation--21115
Total42.12635.9239.252.512.211.7157
Source: Resultados Finais

Aftermath

The PSD/CDS/PPM coalition failed to win an outright majority but, nonetheless, the right-wing parties, altogether, won a strong majority of 32 seats. [45] However, any kind of deal between the Coalition, Chega and the Liberal Initiative would prove very difficult due to deep disagreements between parties, and José Manuel Bolieiro announced he would govern as a minority. [46] Bolieiro asked for "common sense" from the PS, but the Socialists announced that they would vote against a PSD/CDS/PPM minority. [47] [48] On 20 February 2024, Boleiro was nominated as President of the Regional Government by the Representative of the Republic in the Azores, Pedro Catarino. [49] The new Azores regional parliament was sworn in on 22 February 2024. [50] Bolieiro second cabinet was sworn in on 4 March 2024 and the government's program was approved on 15 March with the votes of PSD, CDS and PPM, and abstentions from Chega, IL and PAN. PS and BE voted against, as it was expected. [51]

2024 Motion of confidence
José Manuel Bolieiro (PSD)
Ballot →15 March 2024
Required majority →Simple Yes check.svg
Yes
26 / 57
No
  • PS (23)
  • BE (1)
24 / 57
Abstentions
  • CH (5)
  • IL (1)
  • PAN (1)
7 / 57
Absentees
0 / 57
Sources: [51]

Notes

  1. As leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
  2. 1 2 Sum of votes and seats of the PSD, CDS–PP and PPM in the 2020 election. PSD: 33.7%, 21 seats; CDS–PP: 5.5%, 3 seats; PPM: 2.4%, 2 seats.
  3. Retained seat in the legislature via the compensatory list
  4. Expelled from CHEGA's caucus [21]
  5. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
  6. Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.
  7. Results presented here exclude undecideds (13.3%). With their inclusion results are: PSD/CDS/PPM: 36.6%; PS: 33.5%; CHEGA: 6.3%; BE: 1.9%; PAN: 1.9%; IL: 1.4%; CDU: 1.3%; Others/Invalid: 3.8%.
  8. In 2020, voter turnout update was with data until 16:00.

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