2004 Azorean regional election

2004 Azorean regional election Azores parliamentary 2000 Azorean regional election 2000 17 October 2004 2008 Azorean regional election 2008 52 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Azores 27 55.2% 1.9 pp CarlosCésar.jpg 220 110 150 10 60 Carlos César Socialist Party (Portugal) São Miguel 30 seats, 49.2% 31 1 60,140 57.0% 7.8 pp 75px 00aaaa Victor do Couto Cruz PSD São Miguel 20 seats, 42.1%PSD: 32.5%, 18 seats; CDS-PP: 9.6%, 2 seats. 21 1 38,883 36.8% 5.3 pp 250px President Carlos César Socialist Party (Portugal) Carlos César Socialist Party (Portugal) CA The Azores Regional Election, 2004 (pt Eleições Regionais dos Açores, 2004) was an election held on 17 October 2004 to elect the 52 members of the regional legislative assembly for the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. The Socialist Party, under the leadership of Carlos César won 57 percent of the votes, and renewed their absolute majority, for the 2nd consecutive time. The Social Democratic Party ran in a coalition with the People's Party, called Azores Coalition, but suffered a heavy defeat, gathering just 37 percent of the votes.Maioria Absoluta nos Açores, Correio da Manhã, 17 October 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2018. Voter turnout increased, for the first time since the 1992 election, with 55.2 percent of the electorate casting their ballot on election day. Background In the Azores, there were 52 seats in the Regional Parliament in dispute, the same of the previous election, in 2000. The seats were distributed by the 9 islands of the archipelago proportionally to the population of each island; however, each island is entitled to at least two members of parliament. Electoral system For the 2004 election, the Azores regional parliament elected 52 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. Constituency Total MPs Registeredvotershttps://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/md_alraa2004.pdf Comissão Nacional de Eleições 13 August 2004 Mapa Oficial nº 3/2004 Corvo 2 350 Faial 4 11,451 Flores 3 3,211 Graciosa 3 3,817 Pico 4 11,820 Santa Maria 3 4,508 São Jorge 4 7,967 São Miguel 19 99,854 Terceira 10 44,787 Total 52 187,765 Political parties A total of 7 parties and/or coalitions ran in these elections. The parties/coalitions listed on the voting ballots were the following: Left Bloc (BE); Earth Party (MPT); Democratic Party of the Atlantic (PDA); People's Monarchist Party (PPM); Socialist Party (PS), leader Carlos César; Social Democratic Party / People's Party (PSD/CDS–PP) Azores Coalition (CA), leader Victor do Couto Cruz Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU); Results For a third consecutive term, the Socialist Party won the regional election in Azores, increasing its share of the vote from 49% to 57%, and re-electing Carlos César to the presidency of the Regional Government. César and his party obtained an absolute majority with 31 of the assembly's 52 seats.Os Senhores das Ilhas, Correio da Manhã, 17 October 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2018. The Social Democrats and the People's Party contested the election in a joint coalition called "Azores Coalition". The coalition achieved a very disappointing result, polling 20% below the Socialists. The PSD/CDS-PP coalition only won 37% of the votes, but was able to increase the number of parliament members to 21, against the combined total of 20 both parties won in 2000. In fact, the bad result from this PSD/CDS-PP coalition was one of the reasons PSD and CDS didn't contest, in a coalition, the 2005 general elections.As eleições e a Coligação, Correio da Manhã, 24 October 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2018. Due to the strong bipolarization of the race, both PS and PSD/CDS-PP gathered a total of almost 94% of the votes, and due to the application of the Hondt election model in the nine islands, the smaller parties were severely punished. The Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU), led by the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), saw their share of vote reduced by almost half and they lost all representation in the regional parliament. The Left Bloc also suffered a setback by polling below 1%. The People's Monarchist Party, the Earth Party and the Democratic Party of the Atlantic also failed to make any inroads. Summary of votes and seats Summary of the 17 October 2004 Legislative Assembly of the Azores election results |- | colspan="10" align=center|#F8F9FA Socialist Party (Portugal) 31 Portugal Ahead 21 |- ! 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" ! align="center"|2000 ! align="center"|2004 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|± |- | Socialist Party (Portugal) Socialist |60,140||56.97||7.8||30||31||1||59.62||1.9 |- |style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#00aaaa align="center" | |align=left|Azores Coalition (PSD / CDS–PP) |38,883||36.84||5.3||20||21||1||40.38||1.9 |- | Democratic Unity Coalition Democratic Unity Coalition |2,942||2.79||2.0||2||0||2||0.00||3.9 |- | Left Bloc (Portugal) Left Bloc |1,022||0.97||0.4||0||0||0||0.00||0 |- | Earth Party |369||0.35||||||0||||0.00|| |- | People's Monarchist Party (Portugal) People's Monarchist |293||0.28||||||0||||0.00|| |- | Democratic Party of the Atlantic |248||0.23||||||0||||0.00|| |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|103,897 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|98.43 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.2 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|52 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|52 |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 |879||0.83||0.1||colspan=5 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |780||0.74||0.1 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|105,556 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||191,127||55.23||1.9 |- | colspan=10 align=left | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições https://web.archive.org/web/20211219171242/http://eleicoes.cne.pt/raster/index.cfm?dia=17&mes=10&ano=2004&eleicao=alr 2021-12-19 |} Vote share #ddd 600px 410px PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 56.97 CA (PSD/CDS-PP) #00aaaa 36.84 CDU Portuguese Communist Party 2.79 BE Left Bloc (Portugal) 0.97 Others #777777 0.86 Blank/Invalid #DDDDDD 1.57 Parliamentary seats #ddd 600px 410px PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 59.62 CA (PSD/CDS-PP) #00aaaa 40.38 Distribution by constituency Results of the 2004 election of theLegislative Assembly of Azoresby constituency yes |- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Constituency!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|TotalS |- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan=2 | PS !colspan=2 | CA |- | style="text-align:left;" | Corvo | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|49.4 | 1 | 36.1 | 1 | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Faial | 39.8 | 2 | style="background:#00aaaa; color:white;"|40.2 | 2 | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Flores | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|46.2 | 2 | 35.9 | 1 | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Graciosa | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|52.7 | 2 | 44.3 | 1 | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Pico | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|49.4 | 2 | 46.3 | 2 | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Maria | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|68.7 | 2 | 25.5 | 1 | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Jorge | 44.3 | 2 | style="background:#00aaaa; color:white;"|50.7 | 2 | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Miguel | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|65.6 | 12 | 33.8 | 7 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Terceira | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|59.1 | 6 | 37.0 | 4 | 10 |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|57.0 | 31 | 36.8 | 21 | 52 |- | colspan=6 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições https://web.archive.org/web/20211219171242/http://eleicoes.cne.pt/raster/index.cfm?dia=17&mes=10&ano=2004&eleicao=alr 2021-12-19 |} Maps See also 2004 Madeiran regional election References External links Comissão Nacional de Eleições Legislative Assembly of Azores - Official website Azores 2004 Category:2004 elections in Portugal