2023 Madeiran regional election

Next Madeiran regional elections

No later than October 2023
47 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira 24 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Miguel Albuquerque Paulo Cafôfo Rui Barreto Party PSD PS CDS–PP Leader since 10 January 2015 25 July 2020 22 July 2018 Last election 21 seats, 39.4% 19 seats, 35.8% 3 seats, 5.8% Current seats 21 19 3   Leader Élvio Sousa Edgar Silva Party JPP CDU Leader since 27 January 2015 1996 Last election 3 seats, 5.5% 1 seats, 1.8% Current seats 3 1
Incumbent President Miguel Albuquerque PSD

A regional election will be held in Madeira no later than October 2023, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election will replace all 47 members of the Madeira Assembly, and the new members will then elect the President of the Autonomous Region.

The current president, Miguel Albuquerque from the Social Democratic Party, is currently leading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the CDS – People's Party, and will defend the dominance of the Social Democratic Party in the islands since 1976.

Electoral system

The current 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.

Parties

Current composition

The table below lists parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira before the election.

Name			Ideology	Leader	2019 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Portugal)/meta/color;"|	PSD	Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata	Liberal conservatism	Miguel Albuquerque	39.4%	21 / 47
style="background:Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color;"|	PS	Socialist Party Partido Socialista	Social democracy	Paulo Cafôfo	35.8%	19 / 47
style="background:Template:CDS – People's Party/meta/color;"|	CDS-PP	CDS – People's Party Centro Democrático Social – Partido Popular	Conservatism	Rui Barreto	5.8%	3 / 47
	JPP	Together for the People Juntos pelo Povo	Centrism	Élvio Sousa	5.5%	3 / 47
	PCP	Portuguese Communist Party Partido Comunista Português	Communism	Edgar Silva	1.8%	1 / 47

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout				JPP	CDU		O	Lead
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Aximage	5–8 Jun 2020	415	?	42.2	27.5	2.3	—	2.1	2.1	23.8	style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Portugal)/meta/color; color:white" | 14.7
2019 Legislative Election	6 Oct 2019	—	50.3	37.2	33.4	6.1	5.5	2.1	5.2	10.6	style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Portugal)/meta/color; color:white;"|3.8
2019 Regional Election	22 Sep 2019	—	55.5	39.4 21	35.8 19	5.8 3	5.5 3	1.8 1	1.7 0	10.0 0	style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Portugal)/meta/color; color:white;"| 3.6

See also

• Madeira

External links

• Election results
• Comissão Nacional de Eleições
• ERC - Official publication of polls