| Election Name: | Next Azorean regional election |
| Country: | Azores |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2024 Azorean regional election |
| Previous Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | No later than October 2028 |
| Seats For Election: | 57 seats to the Legislative Assembly of the Azores |
| Majority Seats: | 29 |
| Opinion Polls: |
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| Leader1: | José Manuel Bolieiro |
| Party1: | PSD |
| Alliance1: | PSD/CDS/PPM |
| Leader Since1: | 14 December 2019 |
| Leaders Seat1: | São Miguel |
| Last Election1: | 26 seats, 42.1% |
| Seats Needed1: | 3 |
| Leader2: | Francisco César |
| Party2: | Socialist Party (Portugal) |
| Leader Since2: | 29 June 2024 |
| Leaders Seat2: | — |
| Last Election2: | 23 seats, 35.9% |
| Seats Needed2: | 6 |
| Leader3: | José Pacheco |
| Party3: | CHEGA |
| Color3: | 202056 |
| Leader Since3: | 23 April 2022 |
| Leaders Seat3: | São Miguel |
| Last Election3: | 5 seats, 9.2% |
| Seats Needed3: | 24 |
| Leader4: | António Lima |
| Party4: | Left Bloc (Portugal) |
| Leader Since4: | 14 July 2018 |
| Leaders Seat4: | Compensatory list |
| Last Election4: | 1 seat, 2.5% |
| Seats Needed4: | 28 |
| Image5: | IL |
| Colour5: | 00ADEF |
| Leader5: | Nuno Barata |
| Party5: | IL |
| Leader Since5: | 2019 |
| Leaders Seat5: | Compensatory list |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat, 2.1% |
| Seats Needed5: | 28 |
| Colour6: | 008080 |
| Leader6: | Pedro Neves |
| Party6: | PAN |
| Leader Since6: | 2019 |
| Leaders Seat6: | Compensatory list |
| Last Election6: | 1 seat, 1.6% |
| Seats Needed6: | 28 |
| Map Size: | 400 |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | President-designate |
| Before Election: | José Manuel Bolieiro |
| Before Party: | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) |
The next Azorean regional election will be held on or before October 2028, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal. The election will replace all 57 members of the Azores Assembly, and the new members will then elect the President of the Autonomous Region.
President José Manuel Bolieiro, from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) leads a minority coalition government with the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM).[1] The parties in the coalition government have contested the previous election in an electoral coalition.
A few weeks after the February 2024 election, Vasco Cordeiro announced his intention to not run for another term as party leader.[2] A leadership ballot was called for 28 and 29 June 2024.[3] Only one candidate was on the ballot, Francisco César, son of former President of the Regional Government Carlos César.[4] As expected, Francisco César was easily elected with 93 percent of the votes:|-! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes! align="center" style="width: 50px"|%|-| style="background:#f6f;"|| align=left | Francisco César| align=right | | align=right | 93.3|-| colspan=2 align=left | Blank/Invalid ballots| align=right | | align=right | 6.7|-|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout| align=right | | align=right | |-| colspan="4" align=left|Source: Expresso|}
The Azores regional parliament elects 57 members through a proportional system in which the 9 islands elect a number of MPs proportional to the number of registered voters. MPs are allocated by using the D'Hondt method. 5 members are also elected for a Compensation constituency. Current distribution of MPs by constituency:
| Constituency | Total MPs | Registered voters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corvo | 2 | ||
| Faial | 4 | ||
| Flores | 3 | ||
| Graciosa | 3 | ||
| Pico | 4 | ||
| Santa Maria | 3 | ||
| São Jorge | 3 | ||
| São Miguel | 20 | ||
| Terceira | 10 | ||
| Compensation | 5 | ||
| Total | 57 |
The table below lists parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of the Azores before the election.
| Name | Ideology | Leader | 2024 result | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Seats | ||||||
| PPD/PSD | Social Democratic Party | Liberal conservatism | José Manuel Bolieiro | 42.1% | rowspan="3" | ||
| CDS–PP | CDS – People's Party | Christian democracy | Artur Lima | ||||
| PPM | People's Monarchist Party | Monarchism | Paulo Estêvão | ||||
| PS | Socialist Party | Social democracy | Francisco César | 35.9% | rowspan="5" | ||
| CH | CHEGA! | National conservatism | José Pacheco | 9.2% | |||
| BE | Left Bloc | Democratic socialism | António Lima | 2.5% | |||
| IL | Liberal Initiative | Classical liberalism | Nuno Barata | 2.1% | |||
| PAN | People Animals Nature | Animal welfare | Pedro Neves | 1.6% | |||
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | Lead | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 EP election | data-sort-value="2024-06-09" | 9 Jun 2024 | 24.2 | 38.4 | 32.3 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 6.1 | ||||||||
| 2024 legislative election | data-sort-value="2024-03-10" | 10 Mar 2024 | 46.2 | 39.8 | 29.2 | 15.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 10.6 | ||||||||
| 2024 regional election | data-sort-value="2024-02-04" | 4 Feb 2024 | 50.3 | 42.1 | 35.9 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 6.2 | ||||||||