2024 Azorean regional election

A regional election will be held in Azores no later than October 2024, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Azores. The election will replace all 57 members of the Azores Assembly, and the new members will then elect the President of the Autonomous Region.

Next Azorean regional election

No later than October 2024
57 seats to the Legislative Assembly of the Azores[1] 29 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader José Manuel Bolieiro[lower-alpha 1] Vasco Cordeiro Carlos Furtado Party PSD PS CHEGA Alliance AD Leader since 2019 2012 2018 Leader's seat São Miguel São Miguel[2] São Miguel Last election 26 seats, 41.6%[lower-alpha 2] 25 seats, 39.1% 2 seats, 5.1%   Leader António Lima Nuno Barata José Luís Parreira Pedro Neves Party BE IL PAN Leader since 2018 2019 2019 Leader's seat São Miguel[2] São Miguel Terceira São Miguel Last election 2 seats, 3.8% 1 seat, 1.9% 1 seat, 1.9%
Incumbent President José Manuel Bolieiro PSD

The current president, José Manuel Bolieiro from the Social Democratic Party, is currently leading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the CDS – People's Party and People's Monarchist Party, with the parliamentary support of CHEGA and the Liberal Initiative. The Social Democrats, the CDS – People's Party and the People's Monarchist Party will contest this election in a joint coalition as stipulated in their 2020 coalition agreement.[3]

Electoral system

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

Parties

Current composition

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

Name			Ideology	Leader	2020 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	PS	Socialist Party Partido Socialista	Social democracy	Vasco Cordeiro	39.1%	25 / 57
	PSD	Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata	Liberal conservatism	José Manuel Bolieiro	33.7%	21 / 57
	CDS-PP	CDS – People's Party Centro Democrático Social – Partido Popular	Conservatism	Artur Lima	5.5%	3 / 57
	CH	CHEGA! Chega!	Economic liberalism Right-wing populism	Carlos Furtado	5.1%	2 / 57
	BE	Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda	Left-wing populism	António Lima	3.8%	2 / 57
	PPM	People's Monarchist Party Partido Popular Monárquico	Monarchism	Paulo Estêvâo	2.4%	2 / 57
	IL	Liberal Initiative Iniciativa Liberal	Liberalism	Nuno Barata José Luís Parreira	1.9%	1 / 57
	PAN	People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza	Animal welfare Environmentalism	Pedro Neves	1.9%	1 / 57

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout	AD						O	Lead
2020 Regional Election	25 Oct 2020	N/A	45.4	41.6 26[lower-alpha 2]	39.1 25	5.1 2	3.8 2	1.9 1	1.9 1	6.6 0	2.5

See also

• Azores

Notes

1. As leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
2. Sum of votes and seats of the PSD, CDS–PP and PPM in the 2020 election. PSD: 33.7%, 21 seats; CDS–PP: 5.5%, 3 seats; PPM: 2.4%, 2 seats.

References

1. Alteração à Lei Eleitoral da ALRA dos Açores - CNE (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Comissão Nacional dos Eleições, archived from the original on 2009-02-19
2. Assembleia Legislativa dos Açores - Deputados e Grupos Parlamentares
3. Acordo político entre PSD, CDS e PPM nos Açores é para duas legislaturas TVI24, 14 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

External links

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