2011 Madeiran regional election

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47 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira 24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.4% 3.4 pp
First party Second party Third party   CDS PS Leader Alberto João Jardim José Manuel Rodrigues Maximiano Martins Party PSD CDS–PP PS Last election 33 seats, 64.2% 2 seats, 5.3% 7 seats, 15.4% Seats won 25 9 6 Seat change 8 7 1 Popular vote 71,561 25,975 16,942 Percentage 48.6% 17.6% 11.5% Swing 15.7 pp 12.3 pp 3.9 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   PND Leader José Manuel Coelho Edgar Silva Hélder Spínola de Freitas Party PTP CDU PND Last election Did not contest 2 seats, 5.4% 1 seat, 2.1% Seats won 3 1 1 Seat change 3 1 0 Popular vote 10,115 5,546 4,825 Percentage 6.9% 3.8% 3.3% Swing New party 1.6 pp 1.2 pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   PAN MPT BE Leader Rui Almeida João Gonçalves Roberto Almada Party PAN MPT BE Last election Did not contest 1 seat, 2.3% 1 seat, 3.0% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 3,134 2,839 2,512 Percentage 2.1% 1.9% 1.7% Swing New party 0.3 pp 1.3 pp
The most voted party in each municipality.
President before election Alberto João Jardim PSD President-designate Alberto João Jardim PSD

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 Alberto João Jardim, who has been in power since 1978, archived, once again, an absolute majority.^[1]

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.^[2] In fact, the PSD obtained its worst result ever in a regional election (48.56%),^[3] 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 Paulo Portas.

The CDS–PP and PS-Madeira claimed that there were irregularities in the election,^[4] 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).^[5][6]

Electoral system

The 47 members of the Madeiran regional parliament are elected in a single constituency by proportional representation under the D'Hondt method, coinciding with the territory of the Region.^[7]

Parties

The parties that partook in the election, and their leaders, were:^[8]

• Left Bloc (BE), Roberto Almada
• Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU), Edgar Silva
• Earth Party (MPT), João Gonçalves
• Party for Animals and Nature (PAN), Rui Almeida
• New Democracy Party (PND), Hélder Spínola de Freitas
• Socialist Party (PS), Maximiano Martins
• Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD), Alberto João Jardim
• People's Party (CDS–PP), José Manuel Rodrigues
• Portuguese Labour Party (PTP), José Manuel Coelho

Opinion polling

Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day.

Turnout	Time
	12:00			16:00			19:00
	2007	2011	±	2007	2011	±	2007	2011	±
Total	24.02%	23.47%	0.55 pp	44.65%	43.46%	1.19 pp	60.75%	57.38%	3.37 pp
Sources[9][10]

Summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 9 October 2011 Legislative Assembly of Madeira elections results

1 1 3 6 1 25 9 1
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	MPs					MPs %/ votes %
					2007	2011	±	%	±
	Social Democratic	71,561	48.57	15.7	33	25	8	53.19	17.0	1.10
	People's	25,975	17.63	12.3	2	9	7	19.15	14.8	1.09
	Socialist	16,942	11.50	3.9	7	6	1	12.77	2.1	1.11
	Labour	10,115	6.87	—	—	3	—	6.38	—	0.93
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	5,546	3.76	3.8	2	1	1	2.13	2.1	0.57
	New Democracy	4,825	3.27	1.2	1	1	0	2.13	0.0	0.65
	Party for Animals and Nature	3,134	2.13	—	—	1	—	2.13	—	1.00
	Earth	2,839	1.93	0.3	1	1	0	2.13	0.0	1.10
	Left Bloc	2,512	1.70	1.3	1	0	1	0.00	2.1	0.0
Total valid		143,449	97.36	0.4	47	47	0	100.00	0.0	—
Blank ballots		1,088	0.74	0.1
Invalid ballots		2,800	1.90	0.5
Total		147,337	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		256,755	57.38	3.4
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Maps

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  Most voted political force by municipality.