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

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.
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