| Election Name: | 2011 Madeiran regional election |
| Country: | Madeira |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Madeiran regional election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Next Election: | 2015 Madeiran regional election |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
| Seats For Election: | 47 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira |
| Majority Seats: | 24 |
| Election Date: | 9 October 2011 |
| Turnout: | 57.4% 3.4 pp |
| Leader1: | Alberto João Jardim |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) |
| Last Election1: | 33 seats, 64.2% |
| Seats1: | 25 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 71,561 |
| Percentage1: | 48.6% |
| Swing1: | 15.7 pp |
| Leader2: | José Manuel Rodrigues |
| Party2: | CDS – People's Party |
| Last Election2: | 2 seats, 5.3% |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 25,975 |
| Percentage2: | 17.6% |
| Swing2: | 12.3 pp |
| Image3: | PS |
| Leader3: | Maximiano Martins |
| Party3: | Socialist Party (Portugal) |
| Last Election3: | 7 seats, 15.4% |
| Seats3: | 6 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 16,942 |
| Percentage3: | 11.5% |
| Swing3: | 3.9 pp |
| Leader4: | José Manuel Coelho |
| Colour4: | CC0033 |
| Party4: | PTP |
| Last Election4: | Did not contest |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 10,115 |
| Percentage4: | 6.9% |
| Swing4: | New party |
| Colour5: | FF0000 |
| Leader5: | Edgar Silva |
| Party5: | CDU |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 5.4% |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 5,546 |
| Percentage5: | 3.8% |
| Swing5: | 1.6 pp |
| Image6: | PND |
| Leader6: | Hélder Spínola de Freitas |
| Colour6: | 1F468B |
| Party6: | PND |
| Last Election6: | 1 seat, 2.1% |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | 0 |
| Popular Vote6: | 4,825 |
| Percentage6: | 3.3% |
| Swing6: | 1.2 pp |
| Image7: | PAN |
| Leader7: | Rui Almeida |
| Colour7: | 008080 |
| Party7: | PAN |
| Last Election7: | Did not contest |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
| Popular Vote7: | 3,134 |
| Percentage7: | 2.1% |
| Swing7: | New party |
| Image8: | MPT |
| Leader8: | João Gonçalves |
| Party8: | MPT |
| Last Election8: | 1 seat, 2.3% |
| Seats8: | 1 |
| Seat Change8: | 0 |
| Popular Vote8: | 2,839 |
| Percentage8: | 1.9% |
| Swing8: | 0.3 pp |
| Image9: | BE |
| Leader9: | Roberto Almada |
| Party9: | Left Bloc (Portugal) |
| Last Election9: | 1 seat, 3.0% |
| Seats9: | 0 |
| Seat Change9: | 1 |
| Popular Vote9: | 2,512 |
| Percentage9: | 1.7% |
| Swing9: | 1.3 pp |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | President-designate |
| Before Election: | Alberto João Jardim |
| Before Party: | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) |
| After Election: | Alberto João Jardim |
| After Party: | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) |
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 percent),[3] resulting in the loss of eight deputies in relation to the regional elections of 2007. The CDS–PP grew from 5 percent to 17.6 percent and from 4th most voted party to second most voted party, a result that was considered historical by national 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]
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]
The parties that partook in the election, and their leaders, were:[8]
| Date(s) Conducted | Polling Firm | PSD | PS | CDS-PP | CDU | BE | PTP | MPT | PND | PAN | Others | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2–4 October 2011 | Eurosondagem | 50.5 | 17.0 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 33.5 | |
| 1–2 October 2011 | Universidade Católica | 48.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 32.0 | |
| 30 September–3 October 2011 | INTERCAMPUS | 53.5 | 16.9 | 11.8 | 3.9 | 2.5 | - | - | 2.8 | - | 8.6 | 36.6 | |
| 25–27 July 2011 | Eurosondagem | 56.6 | 15.9 | 10.2 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 40.7 | |
| 30–31 May 2011 | Eurosondagem | 50.5 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 33.3 | |
| 6 May 2007 | Election Results | 64.2 33 seats | 15.4 7 seats | 5.3 2 seats | 5.4 2 seats | 3.0 1 seats | - | 2.3 1 seats | 2.1 1 seats | - | 2.3 0 seats | 48.8 |
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] | ||||||||||
|-| colspan="11"||-! 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! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |MPs %/
votes %|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center|2007! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center|2011! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±|-| |71,561||48.57||15.7||33||25||8||53.19||17.0||1.10|-| |25,975||17.63||12.3||2||9||7||19.15||14.8||1.09|-| |16,942||11.50||3.9||7||6||1||12.77||2.1||1.11|-|style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#CC0033 align="center" | |align=left|Labour|10,115||6.87||||||3||||6.38||||0.93|-| |5,546||3.76||3.8||2||1||1||2.13||2.1||0.57|-| |4,825||3.27||1.2||1||1||0||2.13||0.0||0.65|-|style="width: 10px" bgcolor=teal align="center" | |align=left|Party for Animals and Nature|3,134||2.13||||||1||||2.13||||1.00|-| |2,839||1.93||0.3||1||1||0||2.13||0.0||1.10|-| |2,512||1.70||1.3||1||0||1||0.00||2.1||0.0|-|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid|width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|143,449|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|97.36|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.4|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|47|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|47|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|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|—|-|colspan=2|Blank ballots|1,088||0.74||0.1||colspan=6 rowspan=4||-|colspan=2|Invalid ballots|2,800||1.90||0.5|-|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total|width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|147,337|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"||-|colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||256,755||57.38||3.4|-| colspan=11 align=left | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições|}