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PSD-Madeira President Miguel Albuquerque
The PSD today won the Madeira’s early regional legislative elections, failing by a deputy the absolute majority, according to the provisional official data, with all the parishes cleared. Albuquerque has obtained the highest vote since he was elected leader of PSD/Madeira.
According to information provided by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, social democrats obtained 43.43% of votescorresponding to 23 Deputies In the Regional Legislative Assembly, consisting of a total of 47 deputies.
The leader of PSD/Madeira, Miguel Albuquerquehe stated that “there is no mistake” about what the Madeirans want, noting that the party reached the Largest vote since 2015 In the regional legislatures this Sunday.
“He was the largest vote ever since I took the lead”He said, adding that the PSD was only 300 votes from the absolute majority in the Madeira Legislative Assembly.
In a statement at the headquarters of PSD/Madeira, in Funchal, Miguel Albuquerque also said that “today is a day to celebrate” and did not speak to any more party tonight.
The PSD president, Luís Montenegrohighlighted the “extraordinary social democratic victory in the regional elections of Madeira, stating that the people,“ once again, has proved to solve the problems caused in politics.
“Indeed, the Madeiran people once again proved their patience to solve at the polls what politicians were not capable of To resolve in the Legislative Assembly, ”said Luís Montenegro, in the reaction to the results of the early legislative elections that gave another victory to the Regional PSD.
The PSD leader stated that “this victory also corresponds to a defeat in the entire line of a concert and destructive opposition of the PS and the arrival”.
CDS-PP elects a deputy
O CDS-PPwhich already ruled with the PSD and that in this legislature had a parliamentary incidence agreement with social democrats, has a deputywith 3.00% of the votes – which makes room for an agreement with Miguel Albuquerque for the formation of a regional government with the support of a parliamentary majority.
The absolute majority requires 24 seats. In 2019 and 2023 social democrats had 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 (two elected) was insufficient for the absolute majority. The PS and JPP, which totaled 20 deputies, then proposed a government solution.
Pedro Nuno assumes defeat and rejects
Socialist Secretary-General Pedro Nuno Santos took over the defeat of PS/Madeira in the regional elections and refused to remove any ilation for early legislatures for considering that A relationship cannot be made with national policy.
“It is a defeat of the Madeira PS. There is no way to ignore. I just regret that you won the PSD/Madeira and Miguel Albuquerque in particular”, Answered Pedro Nuno Santos to journalists in a reaction at the PS headquarters in Lisbon, even before the final results in Madeira are determined.
The PS leader refused to read the result considering that the “relationship with national policy cannot be done.”
“We just have to read these 50 years of elections in wood and elections in the country to realize that this relationship cannot be done,” he said, saying that PS “never won an election in Madeira And it is the party that has won the most elections in the country. ”
Pedro Nuno Santos, who was not in Madeira during the campaignhe also deemed to do Any appreciation on decisions taken by the PS in Madeira, pointing to “a great respect for regional autonomy”.
“I can’t comment on the internal life of PS/Madeira. It is not because it wants to escape the issue is because we really take autonomy seriously, ”he replied when asked if he understood that Paulo Cafôfo was able to to continue ahead of the regional structure after this heavy defeat.
According to the PS leader, “the choice of PS/Madeira leaders is from their militants” and not the Socialist Secretary-General.
“We will do our work in these legislative elections that are not the responsibility of the PS. It’s the government, it’s Luís Montenegro who are the exclusive responsible for being again in legislative elections, ”he reiterated.
JPP is in second
Together for the people (JPP) became today the main opposition party in the wood when you get 30,094 of the voteswhich assured him his second place in early legislative elections, leaving behind the PS.
In the past elections, in May 2024, JPP was the third political force more voted and elected nine deputies. In 2023 elected five.
Today he got 30,094 votes and 11 Deputiesaccording to the provisional results released by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The JPP originated from a movement of citizens of the municipality of Santa Cruz, in Madeira, which disputed the municipal elections of 2013 in this municipality and won the absolute majority.
After this electoral victory, the movement decided party Political to apply for the 2015 legislatures, in which it got five deputies.
This year, JPP Won again in the municipality of Santa Cruzdone that it reached for the first time in May 2024, but this time did not conquer all parishes as last year, failing reed and chamberwho voted PSD.
Arrives loses a deputy, Pan loses the one who had
The Leader of Arri/Madeira, Miguel Castrowarned that the PSD, winner of the early regional legislative elections without absolute majoritywill not have the support of the party And promised to oppose the executive of Miguel Albuquerque.
“The censorship motion we presented to the regional government, because of Miguel Albuquerque, if it were today, we presented it in the same”He said, vigoring that he arrives does not give in to his principles.
It arrives, that in 2024 elected four deputies to the Regional Parliament, But he saw an elected party detached from the party, today lowered the vote, Obtaining 3 terms.
Miguel Castro, who was the head of the list, considered, however, that the party was not Penalized for having presented the motion of censorship The PSD minority regional government, approved on December 17 last year, a situation that motivated the execution of the executive and the convening of early elections.
“The arrival is not based on the seats of the Assemblythe arrival is based on the principles it defends and we defend whenever the Regional Government of Madeira, the Madeirans, cannot be represented by a person who is in the judicial right in which Miguel Albuquerque is. ”
“Nothing personal against citizen Miguel Albuquerque, All against the politician Miguel Albuquerque, ”he said.
Miguel Castro, who spoke at the party headquarters, in the center of Funchal, where the atmosphere was little festive, Gredited the “two winning nights of the night”Psd and jpp.
“If the Madeirenses understood, that They prefer the PSD to governwhatever, but arrange the understandings with those who want and, obviously, it will not be with the arrival, ”he warned, soon reinforce:” The arrival will be opposed to this government of Miguel Albuquerque. “
Despite the “less positive result”Miguel Castro assured that the party“ remains firm ”and maintains a“ strong parliamentary group ”.
“It is for that and that is why and it is for the Madeirans, for those who gave confidence when we are here,” he said.
Also the PAN-A-AMALIMARY-NATURE PEOPLE today lost its sole representation in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira to not being able to elect deputies In early legislative elections, according to provisional official data.
The party got 2,322 votes, corresponding to 1.62% of votesand was the 8th most voted force. In the regional elections held on May 26, 2024, the PAN had obtained 2,531 votes (1.90%).
The deputy Mónica Freitas Thus failed reelection to the Madeiran Parliament.
Abstention dropped to 44.02%
The rate of abstention in today’s wood regional was less than 46.60% registered in previous elections, according to the provisional results released by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
After all parishes are determined, The abstention was located in the 44.02%having voted 142,960 of the 255,380 registered voters, according to SG-MAI.
In last year’s elections, abstention ended up in 46.60% and, in 2019, in 44.5%.
In 2015, with an abstention rate of 50.42%, The record Since 1976, when the first elections were held for the Madeira Legislative Assembly.
