2004 Madeiran regional election

A regional election was held in Madeira on 17 October 2004, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. All 68 members of the regional parliament were up for an election, an increase of 6 compared with 2000.

2004 Madeiran regional election

17 October 2004
68 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira 34 seats needed for a majority
Leader Alberto João Jardim Jacinto Serrão de Freitas Party PSD PS Last election 41 seats, 56.0% 13 seats, 21.0% Seats won 44 19 Seat change 3 6 Popular vote 73,973 37,751 Percentage 53.7% 27.4% Swing 2.2 pp 6.4 pp
The most voted party in each municipality.
President before election Alberto João Jardim PSD President-designate Alberto João Jardim PSD

The winner of the election in Madeira was, once more, the Social Democratic Party, and Alberto João Jardim was elected president of the Regional Government with an absolute majority for an 8th consecutive time. The percentage gathered by the Social Democrats decreased by 2%, however, due to the increase of the overall number of MPs, the party gained 3 seats and achieved 44 seats. The People's Party decreased its voting share and its number of MPs, gathering just 2 seats, one of their worst performances.

On the left, the Socialist Party achieved one of their best result until this date, only surpassed by the results in the 2019 elections, by winning more than 27% of the votes and election 19 members to the regional parliament.[1] The Unitarian Democratic Coalition, led by the Portuguese Communist Party, was able to hold on to their 2000 voting share and the 2 MPs of the previous election. The Left Bloc elected one MPs in their first run for the Madeira regional parliament and gathered 3.7% of the votes.

Voter turnout was lower, compared with 2000, with 60.5% of the electorate casting their ballot on election day.

Electoral system

In this election, the members of the regional parliament were elected in 11 constituencies, representing the 11 municipalities of Madeira, that were awarded a determined number of member to elect according with the number of registered voters in those constituencies. The method use to elect the members was the D'Hondt method.[2] In this election the number of MPs to be elected rose from 61 in 2000 to 68.

Political parties

A total of 5 political parties presented lists of candidates for the regional elections in Madeira, where 277,774 electors could elect 68 deputies to the Legislative Assembly. The list of parties running was the following:

• Left Bloc (BE), leader Paulo Martinho Martins
• Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU), leader Edgar Silva
• People's Party (CDS-PP), leader José Manuel Rodrigues
• Socialist Party (PS), leader Jacinto Serrão de Freitas
• Social Democratic Party (PSD), leader Alberto João Jardim

Results

Summary of votes and seats

 Summary of the 17 October 2004 Legislative Assembly of Madeira elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	MPs					MPs %/ votes %
					2000	2004	±	%	±
	Social Democratic	73,973	53.71	2.2	41	44	3	64.71	2.5	1.20
	Socialist	37,751	27.41	6.4	13	19	6	27.94	6.6	1.02
	People's	9,691	7.04	2.7	3	2	1	2.94	2.0	0.42
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	7,590	5.51	0.9	2	2	0	2.94	0.4	0.53
	Left Bloc	5,035	3.66	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	1.47	N/A	0.40
Total valid		134,040	97.31	0.6	61	68	7	100.00	0.0	—
Blank ballots		1,425	1.03	0.1
Invalid ballots		2,269	1.65	0.4
Total		137,734	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		227,774	60.47	1.4
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Vote share PSD   53.71% PS   27.41% CDS-PP   7.04% CDU   5.51% BE   3.66% Blank/Invalid   2.68%

Parliamentary seats PSD   64.71% PS   27.94% CDS-PP   2.94% CDU   2.94% BE   1.47%

Distribution by constituency

 Results of the 2004 election of the Legislative Assembly
of Madeira by constituency

Constituency	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	Total S
	PSD		PS		CDS-PP		CDU		BE
Calheta	67.7	3	8.1	-	19.4	-	1.6	-	1.0	-	3
Câmara de Lobos	64.1	6	19.4	2	5.8	-	5.2	-	3.1	-	8
Funchal	46.6	15	28.7	9	7.5	2	8.7	2	5.6	1	29
Machico	55.8	4	36.6	2	2.5	-	1.8	-	1.4	-	6
Ponta do Sol	54.7	1	35.2	1	6.0	-	1.0	-	1.6	-	2
Porto Moniz	64.3	2	30.2	-	2.6	-	0.7	-	0.6	-	2
Porto Santo	55.5	1	38.0	1	2.0	-	1.1	-	0.7	-	2
Ribeira Brava	66.9	3	18.7	-	6.4	-	2.5	-	2.5	-	3
Santa Cruz	49.8	5	31.2	3	7.1	-	5.5	-	3.6	-	8
Santana	66.7	3	21.6	-	6.3	-	1.2	-	1.3	-	3
São Vicente	52.3	1	35.8	1	6.0	-	0.8	-	1.5	-	2
Total	53.7	44	27.4	19	7.0	2	5.5	2	3.7	1	68
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

See also

• Madeira

References

1. Jacinto Serrão: PS/Madeira conseguiu "resultado histórico", Público, 17 October 2004. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
2. ESTATUTO POLÍTICO-ADMINISTRATIVO da REGIÃO AUTÓNOMA da MADEIRA

External links

• Election results
• Comissão Nacional de Eleições