Centers may be the solution to Miguel Albuquerque’s party to get a parliamentary majority in Madeira. The party elected a deputy, precisely the one who was missing to social democrats for the absolute majority.
The CDS-PP has not yet talked to the PSD, which won this Sunday’s early legislative elections in Madeira, but ensures that it will sit at the negotiation table, referring the decision on a possible government agreement to “the coming days”.
José Manuel Rodrigues, the only deputy elected by CDS-PP (who lost a place in Parliament)I told journalists in Funchal, that will bring together party organs to reflect on the results and communicate a decision “in the coming days”.
In addition, it is necessary to “know if the winning party wants an understanding with the CDS-PP,” he said, leaving a guarantee: “If desired, Let us sit at the table And what we will put on the table are our proposals and our solutions to solve the problems of people, families and companies. “
So far, “there has been no conversation with the PSD about coalitions or understandings”he stressed. “I haven’t received it yet [um telefonema de Miguel Albuquerque, líder do PSD/Madeira e presidente do Governo Regional]But I’m not looking forward to receiving it, “he said.
O CDS-PP, which has already ruled with the PSD and which in this legislature had a parliamentary incidence agreement with social democratsobtained 3.00% of the votes, according to the provisional official data, with all parishes calculated.
In the name of “stability”
José Manuel Rodrigues highlighted the “signs given by the electorate” that “They want a government for the next four years”ensuring that the Madeirans and Porto-Santenses “can continue to rely on the CDS so that Madeira can now have more political stability and better governability“.
With regard to the fact that Miguel Albuquerquethe leader of CDS-PP/Madeira recalled that he always said “to politics what is politics, to justice what is justice” And he stressed that the Madeirans returned to elect the leader of the PSD/Madeira.
Almost absolute majority
According to information provided by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the social democrats obtained 43.43% of the votes and 23 places (four more) in the regional legislative assembly, consisting of a total of 47 deputies.
The absolute majority requires 24 seats. In 2019 and 2023 social democrats needed to make parliamentary agreements (first with CDS-PP and then with PAN) to reach this number.
After the 2024 elections, also anticipated, the PSD (19 deputies) formed a minority executive, as the agreement signed with the CDS-PP (two elected) was insufficient for the absolute majority. The PS and JPP, which totaled 20 deputies, then proposed a government solution.
O JPP, who has now moved to the second political force in Madeira, elected 11 deputiestwo more, with 21.05% of the votes, while the PS obtained eight deputies (three minus three), with 15.64%.
O He arriveswho last year elected four deputies, but saw a elected detachment from the party, obtained three mandatescom 5,47%.
A Il managed to keep a deputycom 2,17%.
Regarding the current composition, the Assembly went from seven to six political forces, since the Pan could not reelect his only deputybeing for 1.62% of the votes.
