Английская Википедия:2024 Azorean regional election
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The 2024 Azorean regional election will be held on 4 February 2024,[1] to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the 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.
The current president, José Manuel Bolieiro from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), is currently leading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP) and People's Monarchist Party (PPM), with the parliamentary support of CHEGA. The Liberal Initiative (IL) initially supported the PSD coalition government but withdrew their support from the government on 8 March 2023.[2] 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]
Background
2023 government crisis
The PSD/CDS-PP/PPM coalition government was, since the beginning, marred by unstability due to political tensions between or within parties, especially CHEGA, which already lost a member of the regional Parliament in the meantime.[4] But, on 8 March 2023, the Liberal Initiative decided to remove their support for the government, citing deep disagreements on policy and tensions between the minor parties within the coalition, CDS-PP and PPM particularly.[5] Shortly after, the independent MP Carlos Furtado, a CHEGA dissident, also withdrew his support for the government accusing the government of lack of institutional respect and for failing to follow the deal between them and Furtado.[6]
Following these announcements, that made the government lose its majority, President José Manuel Bolieiro rejected the idea of a motion of confidence and said that he will continue to govern, but that elections could be on the table.[7] The PS, the main opposition party, discussed the possibility of presenting a motion of no confidence against the government,[8] but the idea was dropped, and the PSD coalition government will govern as a minority and negotiate case by case with parties.[9]
Rejection of the budget proposal for 2024
In 23 November 2023, the parliament of Azores failed to approve the regional government's budget proposal for 2024. 28 MPs voted against it, 27 MPs voted in favor and 2 MPs abstained. The votes against it were cast by PS (25), BE (2) and IL (1). The votes in favor were by PSD (21), CDS-PP (3), PPM (2) and the independent MP Carlos Furtado (1). CHEGA (1) and PAN (1) abstained. According to the Framework Law for the Budget of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, the regional government must present a new budget proposal within 90 days of the rejection of the previous proposal. The president of the regional government, José Manuel Bolieiro, said he wanted to present a new budget proposal. That same day, the President of Portugal scheduled meetings for 30 November, at the Belém Palace in Lisbon, with the parties represented in the parliament of Azores.[10][11][12]
On the meeting with the President of Portugal, in 30 November, José Manuel Bolieiro said that it seemed pointless to present a second budget proposal without a guarantee of its approval and that early regional legislative elections should be held as quickly as possible. He suggested the date of 4 February 2024 for the elections and announced that PSD, CDS-PP and PPM would run together as a coalition. PS, CDS-PP, BE, PPM and IL also said they wanted early elections.[13][14]
On 11 December, after meeting with the Council of State, the President of Portugal dissolved the parliament of Azores and called early elections for 4 February 2024.[15]
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. Distribution of MPs by constituency:[16]
| Constituency | Total MPs |
Registered voters |
|---|---|---|
| Corvo | 2 | 355 |
| Faial | 4 | 13,005 |
| Flores | 3 | 3,083 |
| Graciosa | 3 | 3,872 |
| Pico | 4 | 13,808 |
| Santa Maria | 3 | 5,200 |
| São Jorge | 3 | 8,712 |
| São Miguel | 20 | 128,814 |
| Terceira | 10 | 53,072 |
| Compensation | 5 | - |
| Total | 57 | 229,921 |
Parties
Current composition
The table below lists parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of the Azores before the election.
Opinion polls
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | PS | Democratic Alliance | CH | BE | PAN | IL | Шаблон:Abbr | Lead | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD | CDS–PP | PPM | ||||||||||||||||
| class="unsortable" style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| | class="unsortable" style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| | class="unsortable" style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" | | class="unsortable" style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| | class="unsortable" style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 Legislative election | 30 Jan 2022 | Шаблон:N/A | 36.7 | Шаблон:Party shading/PS|42.8 | 33.9 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 7.6 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color; color:white;"| 8.9 | |||||||
| 2021 Local Elections | 26 Sep 2021 | Шаблон:N/A | 54.2 | 43.1 | 46.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 3.3 | |||||||
| 2020 Regional Election | 25 Oct 2020 | Шаблон:N/A | 45.4 | Шаблон:Party shading/PS|39.1 Шаблон:Font |
33.7 Шаблон:Font |
5.5 Шаблон:Font |
2.4 Шаблон:Font |
5.1 Шаблон:Font |
3.8 Шаблон:Font |
1.9 Шаблон:Font |
1.9 Шаблон:Font |
6.6 Шаблон:Font |
style="background:Шаблон:Party color; color:white;"| 5.4 | |||||
See also
Notes
References
External links
- ↑ Presidente dissolve Assembleia dos Açores e marca eleições para 4 de Fevereiro Público, 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ↑ IL rompe com PSD nos Açores e ex-Chega imita-o. PS já fala em “certidão de óbito” Público, 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ↑ Acordo político entre PSD, CDS e PPM nos Açores é para duas legislaturas TVI24, 14 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ Chega-Açores perde líder e um deputado: Carlos Furtado passa a independente “com alegria” Público, 14 July 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ↑ IL rompe acordo de incidência parlamentar com Governo dos Açores Notícias ao Minuto, 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ↑ Açores. Após IL, deputado independente também rompe acordo com Governo Notícias ao Minuto, 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ↑ Bolieiro recusa moção de confiança e ser "fator de instabilidade" Jornal de Notícias, 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ↑ "Temos assistido permanentemente a situações de instabilidade". PS Açores decide sobre moção de censura na quinta-feira CNN Portugal, 8 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ↑ Crise política nos Açores: Bolieiro promete estabilidade governativa SIC Notícias, 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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- ↑ Deputado regional José Pacheco eleito presidente do Chega nos Açores Sapo24, 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ↑ Ex-deputado do Chega/Açores fica na Assembleia Regional como independente, TSF Radio, 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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