2016 Azorean regional election

Election in Portugal 2016 Azorean regional election Azores parliamentary no 2012 Azorean regional election 2012 16 October 2016http://www.cne.pt/news/alraa-2016-marcacao-oficial-da-data-da-eleicao-16-outubro-2016_5955 ALRAA-2016 - marcação oficial da data da eleição - 16 outubro 2016 Comissão Nacional de Eleições 30 June 2016 7 July 2016 Portuguese Lisbon, Portugal 2020 Azorean regional election 2020 57 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Azoreshttp://www.cne.pt/index.cfm?sec=0201000000&NewsID=206 Alteração à Lei Eleitoral da ALRA dos Açores - CNE Comissão Nacional dos Eleições Lisbon, Portugal Portuguese dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090219101145/http://cne.pt/index.cfm?sec=0201000000 2009-02-19 29 #Opinion polls 40.8% 7.0 pp Vasco Cordeiro 2016.jpg 200 110 150 0 50 Vasco Cordeiro Socialist Party (Portugal) 8 October 2011 São MiguelAssembleia Legislativa dos Açores - Deputados e Grupos Parlamentares 31 seats, 49.0% 30 1 43,274 46.4% 2.6 pp Duarte Freitas PSD Acores 2015.png 230 110 150 0 65 Duarte Freitas Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 18 December 2012 São Miguel 20 seats, 33.0% 19 1 28,793 30.9% 2.1 pp 90px Artur Lima CDS – People's Party March 2007 Terceira 3 seats, 5.6% 4 1 6,674 7.2% 1.6 pp Zuraida Soares cabeça de lista por Açores (3876084391).jpg 150 110 150 5 20 Zuraida Soares Left Bloc (Portugal) 2004 São Miguel 1 seat, 2.3% 2 1 3,414 3.7% 1.4 pp Paulo Estêvão (2025).png 130 110 150 0 10 005FAD Paulo Estêvão PPM 2000 Corvo 1 seat, 0.9% 1 0 866 0.9% 0.8 pp 100px FF0000 João Corvelo PCP CDU 2016 Flores 1 seats, 1.9% 1 0 2,437 2.6% 0.7 pp Eleições Legislativas Regionais nos Açores de 2016.svg 400px Map showing island constituencies won by political parties President Vasco Cordeiro Socialist Party (Portugal) Vasco Cordeiro Socialist Party (Portugal) The 2016 Azorean regional election (pt Eleições regionais dos Açores de 2016) was on October 16 of the same year. In this election, the incumbent president of the regional government, led by the Socialist Vasco Cordeiro, was seeking a second term. In this election, the PS maintained their absolute majority but lost one seat and lost 2.6 percent of the vote compared to 2012. The Social Democrats also lost one seat although their vote share fall was lower than the Socialists. The big winner was the People's Party which gain 7 percent of the vote and gained one seat compared to 2012. The Left Bloc also won one more seat compared to last time while the CDU maintained their only seat but at the same time, gained in share of the vote and was the most voted party in the island of Flores. The PPM also maintained their seat in the island of Corvo. Turnout in this election was the lowest ever, as only 40.84 percent of the electorate cast a ballot. Background Leadership changes and challenges Social Democratic Party Following the defeat of the PSD in the 2012 regional election, then party leader Berta Cabral resigned and a leadership ballot was called for 18 December 2012. Only one candidate was on the ballot: Duarte Freitas. Freitas was easily elected leader with almost 93 percent of the votes:https://www.dn.pt/politica/duarte-freitas-eleito-presidente-do-psdacores-2954863.html/ Duarte Freitas eleito presidente do PSD/Açores Diário de Notícias Lisbon, Portugal 19 December 2012 1 March 2024 Portuguese Ballot: 18 December 2012 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- |bgcolor=orange| | align=left | Duarte Freitas | align=right | 1,401 | align=right | 92.6 |- | colspan=2 align=left | Blank/Invalid ballots | align=right | 112 | align=right | 7.4 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | 1,513 | align=right | – |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: https://www.publico.pt/2012/12/19/politica/noticia/duarte-freitas-eleito-lider-do-psdacores-com-926-dos-votos-expressos-1577945 Duarte Freitas eleito líder do PSD-Açores com 92,6% Lisbon, Portugal 19 December 2012 1 March 2024 Portuguese |} 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. Constituency Total MPs Registeredvotershttp://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/alraa2016_mapa_oficial_deputados.pdf Diário da Républica 19 August 2016 Mapa de Deputados Lisbon, Portugal Corvo 2 334 Faial 4 13,019 Flores 3 3,187 Graciosa 3 4,411 Pico 4 13,496 Santa Maria 3 5,499 São Jorge 3 8 648 São Miguel 20 127,206 Terceira 10 52,409 Compensation 5 Total 57 228,259 Current parties in parliament The parties that up to date of election were represented in the Assembly and their leaders, are: Party Leader MPs Socialist Party (PS)Vasco Cordeiro31 Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD)Duarte Freitas20 People's Party (CDS–PP)Artur Lima 3 Unitary Democratic Coalition (PCP–PEV)Aníbal Pires 1 Left Bloc (BE)Zuraida Soares 1 People's Monarchist Party (PPM) Paulo Estêvâo 1 Opinion Polling Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded but both are displayed in bold. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. #EAFFEA Exit poll 1px solid #AAAAAA Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Samplesize TO Turnout 35px|link=Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS 25px|link=Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD 25px|link=CDS – People's Party|CDS–PP 25px|link=Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE 31px|link=Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU O Other Lead 2016 regional elections 16 Oct 2016 40.8 46.475% Verdana 30 30.975% Verdana 19 7.275% Verdana 4 3.775% Verdana 2 2.675% Verdana 1 9.275% Verdana 1 15.5 UCP-CESOP 16 Oct 2016 6,905 38–43 50–5575% Verdana 31/35 27–3175% Verdana 17/21 5–775% Verdana 2/3 2–475% Verdana 0/1 1–375% Verdana 0/1 1–475% Verdana 0/2 23–24 Norma Açores 20–28 Sep 2016 900 65.4 66.975% Verdana 36/41 20.775% Verdana 12/17 3.275% Verdana 2/4 1.775% Verdana 0/1 1.275% Verdana 0/1 6.375% Verdana 0/1 46.2 2015 legislative election 4 Oct 2015 41.2 40.4 36.1 3.9 7.8 2.5 9.3 4.3 Norma Açores 15–21 Apr 2015 503 ? 33.2 27.9 1.1 1.3 1.3 6.1 5.3 2014 EP elections 25 May 2014 19.7 41.329.6 3.9 3.7 21.5 11.7 2013 local elections 29 Sep 2013 54.0 46.9 41.9 2.6 1.6 1.7 5.3 5.0 2012 regional elections 14 Oct 2012 47.9 49.075% Verdana 31 33.075% Verdana 20 5.675% Verdana 3 2.375% Verdana 1 1.975% Verdana 1 8.275% Verdana 1 16.0 Voter turnout The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day. Turnout Time 11:00 16:00 19:00 2012 2016 ± 2012 2016 ± 2012 2016 ± Total 10.34% 7.47% 2.96 pp 34.37% 29.29% 5.08 pp 47.86% 40.85% 7.01 pp Sourceshttps://eco.sapo.pt/2016/10/16/acores-ja-comecaram-a-votar/ Candidatos apelam à participação nos Açores pt eco.pt ECO 16 October 2016 18 August 2023 Results Summary of the 16 October 2016 Legislative Assembly of Azores elections results |- | colspan=10| center |- ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±pp swing ! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|MPs |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"|2012 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"|2016 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|± |- | Socialist Party (Portugal) Socialist |43,274||46.43||2.6||31||30||1||52.63||1.8 |- | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) Social Democratic |28,793||30.90||2.1||20||19||1||33.33||1.8 |- | CDS – People's Party People's |6,674||7.16||1.6||3||4||1||7.02||1.8 |- | Left Bloc (Portugal) Left Bloc |3,414||3.66||1.4||1||2||1||3.51||1.8 |- | Democratic Unity Coalition Democratic Unity CoalitionCDU A A |2,437||2.61||0.7||1||1||0||1.75||0.0 |- | People–Animals–Nature teal People–Animals–Nature |1,342||1.44||0.8||0||0||0||0.00||0.0 |- | People's Monarchist Party (Portugal) People's Monarchist |866||0.93||0.8||1||1||0||1.75||0.0 |- | United Party of Retirees and Pensioners yellow United Party of Retirees and Pensioners |451||0.48||||||0||||0.00|| |- | Earth Party |343||0.37||0.4||0||0||0||0.00||0.0 |- | Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat Portuguese Workers' Communist |299||0.32||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0 |- | style="width:10px; background:#00CD8C; text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:left;" |FREE/Time to move Forward |227||0.24||||||0||||0.00|| |- | Democratic Republican Party (Portugal) black Democratic Republican |83||0.09||||||0||||0.00|| |- | Socialist Alternative Movement crimson Socialist Alternative Movement |67||0.07||||||0||||0.00|| |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|88,270 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|94.69 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.8 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|57 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|57 |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 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |2,697||2.90||0.3||colspan=5 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |2,227||2.40||1.1 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|93,194 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||228,162||40.85||7.0 |- | colspan=10 align=left|CDU A APortuguese Communist Party (1 MPs) and "The Greens" (0 MPs) ran in coalition. |- | colspan=10 align=left | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} Vote share #ddd 600px 410px PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 46.43 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 30.90 CDS-PP Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party 7.16 BE Left Bloc (Portugal) 3.66 CDU Portuguese Communist Party 2.61 PAN teal 1.44 PPM People's Monarchist Party (Portugal) 0.93 Others #777777 1.57 Blank/Invalid #DDDDDD 5.30 Parliamentary seats #ddd 600px 410px PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 52.63 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 33.33 CDS-PP Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party 7.02 BE Left Bloc (Portugal) 3.51 CDU Portuguese Communist Party 1.75 PPM People's Monarchist Party (Portugal) 1.75 Distribution by constituency Results of the 2016 election of the Legislative Assembly of Azoresby constituency yes |- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Constituency!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|TotalS |- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan=2 | PS !colspan=2 | PSD !colspan=2 | CDS-PP !colspan=2 | BE !colspan=2 | CDU !colspan=2 | PPM |- | style="text-align:left;" | Corvo | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|36.7 | 1 | 26.2 | - |colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 0.4 | - | 1.6 | - | 32.0 | 1 | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Faial | 32.6 | 2 | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|41.2 | 2 | 6.5 | - | 6.4 | - | 4.6 | - | 1.5 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Flores | 23.7 | 1 | 21.0 | 1 | 17.0 | - | 1.3 | - | style="background:red; color:white;"|32.5 | 1 |colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Graciosa | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|54.6 | 2 | 36.7 | 1 | 1.7 | - | 1.2 | - | 0.5 | - | 0.5 | - | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Pico | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|39.5 | 2 | 37.8 | 2 | 14.1 | - | 1.1 | - | 1.5 | - | 0.4 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Maria | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|50.3 | 2 | 29.1 | 1 | 1.8 | - | 4.4 | - | 8.3 | - | 0.6 | - | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Jorge | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|39.5 | 1 | 21.4 | 1 | 26.3 | 1 | 2.8 | - | 3.0 | - | 0.7 | - | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Miguel | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|49.2 | 12 | 30.6 | 7 | 3.2 | - | 4.2 | 1 | 1.5 | - | 1.2 | - | 20 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Terceira | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|49.0 | 6 | 28.8 | 3 | 10.1 | 1 | 3.1 | - | 1.5 | - | 0.3 | - | 10 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Compensation | style="color:inherit;background:#AAAAAA"| | 1 | style="color:inherit;background:#AAAAAA"| | 1 | style="color:inherit;background:#AAAAAA"| | 2 | style="color:inherit;background:#AAAAAA"| | 1 | style="color:inherit;background:#AAAAAA"| | - | style="color:inherit;background:#AAAAAA"| | - | 5 |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|46.4 | 30 | 30.9 | 19 | 7.2 | 4 | 3.7 | 2 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 57 |- | colspan=14 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Azores Government |} References External links Comissão Nacional de Eleições Legislative Assembly of Azores - Official website Azores 2016 Category:2016 elections in Portugal Category:October 2016 in Portugal