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{{Infobox Election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Madeira regional elections, 2007
| election_name = 2007 Madeiran regional election
| country = Madeira
| country = Madeira
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Madeiran regional election, 2004
| previous_election = 2004 Madeiran regional election
| previous_year = 2004
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = Madeiran regional election, 2011
| next_election = 2011 Madeiran regional election
| next_year = 2011
| next_year = 2011
| seats_for_election = 47 seats to the [[Legislative Assembly of Madeira]]
| seats_for_election = 47 seats to the [[Legislative Assembly of Madeira]]
| majority_seats = 24
| majority_seats = 24
| election_date = 6 May 2007
| election_date = 6 May 2007
| turnout = 60.7% {{increase}} 0.3 [[Percentage point|pp]]


| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Alberto João Jardim (cropped).jpg|bSize = 165|cWidth = 110|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 30}}
| image1 = [[File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg|170x170px]]
| leader1 = [[Alberto João Jardim]]
| leader1 = [[Alberto João Jardim]]
| party1 = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
| party1 = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
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| swing1 = {{increase}} 10.5 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| swing1 = {{increase}} 10.5 [[Percentage point|pp]]


| image2 = <div style="width:110px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; font-size:30px;">[[File:PS Logo (Text version).png|85px]]</span></div>
| image2 = [[File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg|170x170px]]
| leader2 = [[Jacinto Serrão de Freitas]]
| leader2 = [[Jacinto Serrão de Freitas]]
| party2 = Socialist Party (Portugal)
| party2 = Socialist Party (Portugal)
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| seats2 = 7
| seats2 = 7
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 12
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 12
| popular_vote2 = 16,942
| popular_vote2 = 21,692
| percentage2 = 15.4%
| percentage2 = 15.4%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 12.0 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 12.0 [[Percentage point|pp]]

| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Edgar-silva-2016-01-11.jpg|bSize = 115|cWidth = 110|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| colour3 = FF0000
| leader3 = [[Edgar Silva]]
| party3 = [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| leader_since3 =
| leaders_seat3 =
| last_election3 = 2 seats, 5.5%
| seats_before3 =
| seats3 = 2
| seat_change3 = {{steady}} 0
| popular_vote3 = 7,650
| percentage3 = 5.4%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 0.1 [[Percentage point|pp]]

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image =José Manuel Rodrigues (24.º Congresso Nacional do PS, 2024).png|bSize = 150|cWidth = 110|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 17}}
| leader4 = [[José Manuel Rodrigues (politician)|José Manuel Rodrigues]]
| party4 = CDS – People's Party
| leader_since4 =
| leaders_seat4 =
| last_election4 = 2 seats, 7.0%
| seats4 = 2
| seat_change4 = {{steady}} 0
| popular_vote4 = 7,519
| percentage4 = 5.3%
| swing4 = {{decrease}} 1.7 [[Percentage point|pp]]

| image5 = <div style="width:110px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}}; font-size:30px;">[[File:LeftBloc.svg|75px]]</span></div>
| leader5 = Paulo Martins
| party5 = Left Bloc (Portugal)
| alliance5 =
| leader_since5 =
| leaders_seat5 =
| last_election5 = 1 seat, 3.7%
| seats_before5 =
| seats5 = 1
| seats_needed5 =
| seat_change5 = {{steady}} 0
| popular_vote5 = 4,186
| percentage5 = 3.0%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 0.7 [[Percentage point|pp]]

| image6 = <div style="width:110px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Earth Party}}; font-size:30px;">[[File:Partido da Terra.png|100px]]</span></div>
| leader6 = João Gonçalves
| colour6 =
| party6 = [[Earth Party|MPT]]
| leader_since6 =
| leaders_seat6 =
| last_election6 = ''Did not contest''
| seats6 = 1
| seat_change6 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote6 = 3,175
| percentage6 = 2.3%
| swing6 = ''New party''

| image7 = <div style="width:110px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#1F468B; font-size:30px;">[[File:Símbolo do Partido da Nova Democracia.png|80px]]</span></div>
| leader7 = Baltasar de Aguiar
| colour7 = 1F468B
| party7 = [[New Democracy Party (Portugal)|PND]]
| leader_since7 =
| leaders_seat7 =
| last_election7 = ''Did not contest''
| seats7 = 1
| seat_change7 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote7 = 2,931
| percentage7 = 2.1%
| swing7 = ''New party''


| map_image = Pt regelection2 1996.PNG
| map_image = Pt regelection2 1996.PNG
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| map_caption = The most voted party in each municipality.
| map_caption = The most voted party in each municipality.
| title = [[Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira|President]]
| title = [[Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira|President]]
| posttitle = [[Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira|President]]-designate
| before_election = [[Alberto João Jardim]]
| before_election = [[Alberto João Jardim]]
| before_party = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
| before_party = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
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}}
}}


A '''regional election''' was held in [[Madeira]] on 6 May 2007, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election was a snap election, as it was original schedule to only happen in October 2008. The election was called after the President of the Regional Government, [[Alberto João Jardim]], resigned after his government clashed with the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist]] [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]] [[José Sócrates]] due to the new regional finance law approved by the Sócrates government.<ref>[https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/alberto-joao-jardim-demite-se Alberto João Jardim demite-se], ''[[Correio da Manhã]]'', 19 February 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2018.</ref> Jardim defended that the new law was harmful for Madeira's interests. By this time, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) had been in power, nonstop, since 1976.
A '''regional election''' was held in [[Madeira]] on 6 May 2007, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election was a snap election, as it was original schedule to only happen in October 2008. The election was called after the President of the Regional Government, [[Alberto João Jardim]], resigned after his government clashed with the [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist]] [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]] [[José Sócrates]] due to the new regional finance law approved by the Sócrates government.<ref>[https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/alberto-joao-jardim-demite-se Alberto João Jardim demite-se], ''[[Correio da Manhã (Portugal)|Correio da Manhã]]'', 19 February 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2018.</ref> Jardim defended that the new law was harmful for Madeira's interests. By this time, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) had been in power, nonstop, since 1976.


The election was a huge landslide for the PSD and Alberto João Jardim. He won one of the biggest landslides in Madeira electoral history, winning more than 64% of the votes and 70% of the members of the regional parliament.<ref>[http://www.publico.pt/Local/resultados-finais-psdmadeira-vence-com-642-por-cento-1293154 Resultados finais: PSD-Madeira vence com 64,2 por cento], ''[[Público (Portugal)|Público]]'', 6 May 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2018.</ref> The PSD won, once again, in all 11 municipalities of the region. The Socialists suffered a huge setback in these elections winning just 15% of the votes and 7 seats, although the number of total members was reduced to 47 due to a new electoral system.
The election was a huge landslide for the PSD and Alberto João Jardim. He won one of the biggest landslides in Madeira electoral history, winning more than 64 percent of the votes and 70 percent of the members of the regional parliament.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130504041301/http://www.publico.pt/Local/resultados-finais-psdmadeira-vence-com-642-por-cento-1293154 Resultados finais: PSD-Madeira vence com 64,2 por cento], ''[[Público (Portugal)|Público]]'', 6 May 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2018.</ref> The PSD won, once again, in all 11 municipalities of the region. The Socialists suffered a huge setback in these elections winning just 15 percent of the votes and 7 seats, although the number of total members was reduced to 47 due to a new electoral system.


The smaller parties, CDS, CDU and BE, also saw their shares decrease and CDU, led by the [[Portuguese Communist Party]], was able to pull ahead of the [[People's Party (Portugal)|People's Party]] (CDS-PP). The [[Left Bloc]] (BE) had, like CDU, minor losses and was able to hold on to their sole seat. But other smaller parties gained representation for the first time. The [[Earth Party]] (MPT) and the [[New Democracy Party (Portugal)|New Democracy Party]] (PND) gained, both, one seat and polled above 2%
The smaller parties, CDS, CDU and BE, also saw their shares decrease and CDU, led by the [[Portuguese Communist Party]], was able to pull ahead of the [[People's Party (Portugal)|People's Party]] (CDS-PP). The [[Left Bloc (Portugal)|Left Bloc]] (BE) had, like CDU, minor losses and was able to hold on to their sole seat. But other smaller parties gained representation for the first time. The [[Earth Party]] (MPT) and the [[New Democracy Party (Portugal)|New Democracy Party]] (PND) gained, both, one seat and polled above 2 percent.


Turnout in these elections increased very slightly compared with 3 years ago, with 60.8% of voters casting a ballot.
Turnout in these elections increased very slightly compared with 3 years ago, with 60.8 percent of voters casting a ballot.


==Electoral system==
==Electoral system==
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The parties that partook in the election, and their leaders, were:<ref>[https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/regionais2007/CandidatosEleitos.html Regionais 2011 - Candidatos]</ref>
The parties that partook in the election, and their leaders, were:<ref>[https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/regionais2007/CandidatosEleitos.html Regionais 2011 - Candidatos]</ref>


* [[Left Bloc]] (BE), [[Paulo Martinho Martins]]
* [[Left Bloc (Portugal)|Left Bloc]] (BE), [[Paulo Martinho Martins]]
* [[Unitary Democratic Coalition]] (CDU), [[Edgar Freitas Gomes Silva|Edgar Silva]]
* [[Unitary Democratic Coalition]] (CDU), [[Edgar Silva]]
* [[Earth Party]] (MPT), [[João Isidoro Gonçalves|João Gonçalves]]
* [[Earth Party]] (MPT), [[João Isidoro Gonçalves|João Gonçalves]]
* [[New Democracy Party (Portugal)|New Democracy Party]] (PND), [[Baltasar de Carvalho Machado Gonçalves de Aguiar ]]
* [[New Democracy Party (Portugal)|New Democracy Party]] (PND), [[Baltasar de Carvalho Machado Gonçalves de Aguiar]]
* [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] (PS), [[Jacinto Serrão de Freitas]]
* [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] (PS), [[Jacinto Serrão de Freitas]]
* [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD), [[Alberto João Jardim]]
* [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD), [[Alberto João Jardim]]
* [[People's Party (Portugal)|People's Party]] (CDS–PP), [[José Manuel Rodrigues]]
* [[People's Party (Portugal)|People's Party]] (CDS–PP), [[José Manuel Rodrigues (politician)|José Manuel Rodrigues]]


== Opinion polling ==
== Opinion polling ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:87%; line-height:16px;"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:87%; line-height:16px;"
|- style="height:42px; background-color:#E9E9E9"
|- style="height:42px;"
! style="width:175px;" rowspan="2"| Date Released
! style="width:175px;" rowspan="2"| Date Released
! style="width:170px;" rowspan="2"| Polling Firm
! style="width:170px;" rowspan="2"| Polling Firm
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! [[People's Party (Portugal)|<span style="font-size:95%;">CDS-PP</span>]]
! [[People's Party (Portugal)|<span style="font-size:95%;">CDS-PP</span>]]
! [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|<span style="font-size:95%;">CDU</span>]]
! [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|<span style="font-size:95%;">CDU</span>]]
! [[Left Bloc|<span style="font-size:95%;">BE</span>]]
! [[Left Bloc (Portugal)|<span style="font-size:95%;">BE</span>]]
! style="width:50px;" rowspan="2"| Others
! style="width:50px;" rowspan="2"| Others
! style="width:25px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
! style="width:25px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
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|width="35"| 3.0
|width="35"| 3.0
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 49.0 <small>
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 49.0
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 May 2007
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 May 2007
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|width="35"| 2.2
|width="35"| 2.2
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 56.0 <small>
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 56.0
|-
|-
|colspan="9" style="background:#D0D0D0; color:black" | Exit polls
|colspan="9" style="background:#D0D0D0; color:black" | Exit polls
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|width="35"| 5.0
|width="35"| 5.0
|width="35"| 2.6
|width="35"| 2.6
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 42.0 <small>
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 42.0
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 April 2007
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 April 2007
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|width="35"| 3.0
|width="35"| 3.0
|width="35"| 6.0
|width="35"| 6.0
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 50.0 <small>
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 50.0
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 April 2007
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 April 2007
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|width="35"| 3.6
|width="35"| 3.6
|width="35"| 3.9
|width="35"| 3.9
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 33.5 <small>
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 33.5
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 April 2007
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 April 2007
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|width="35"| 3.3
|width="35"| 3.3
|width="35"| 3.6
|width="35"| 3.6
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 35.5 <small>
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 35.5
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 February 2007
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 February 2007
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|width="35"| 3.4
|width="35"| 3.4
|width="35"| 1.8
|width="35"| 1.8
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 34.1 <small>
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 34.1
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''17 October 2004'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''17 October 2004'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Election Results'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Election results'''
| style="background:#FFD18D"|'''53.7<br><small>44 seats</small>'''
| style="background:#FFD18D"|'''53.7<br /><small>44 seats</small>'''
| '''27.4<br><small>19 seats</small>'''
| '''27.4<br /><small>19 seats</small>'''
| '''7.0<br><small>2 seats</small>'''
| '''7.0<br /><small>2 seats</small>'''
| '''5.5<br><small>2 seats</small>'''
| '''5.5<br /><small>2 seats</small>'''
| '''3.7<br><small>1 seats</small>'''
| '''3.7<br /><small>1 seats</small>'''
| '''2.7'''
| '''2.7'''
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | '''26.3 <small>'''
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | '''26.3'''
|}
|}


==Summary of votes and seats==
==Summary of votes and seats==
{{electiontable|Madeira regional elections, 2007|Summary of the 6 May 2007 [[Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira|Legislative Assembly of Madeira]] [[Elections in Portugal|elections results]]}}
{{election table|title=Summary of the 6 May 2007 [[Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira|Legislative Assembly of Madeira]] [[Elections in Portugal|elections results]]}}
|-
| colspan="11"|{{Parliament diagram|background=#F8F9FA
|p1 = Left Bloc (Portugal) |n1 = 1 |p2 = Unitary Democratic Coalition |n2 = 2 | p3= Socialist Party (Portugal) |n3= 7 |p4= Earth Party |n4= 1 |p5= Social Democratic Party (Portugal) |n5= 33 |p6= CDS – People's Party |n6= 2|p7= New Democracy Party (Portugal) |n7= 1}}
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|[[Political party|Parties]]
! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|[[Political party|Parties]]
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! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±[[Percentage point|pp]] [[Swing (politics)|swing]]
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±[[Percentage point|pp]] [[Swing (politics)|swing]]
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|[[Member of Parliament|MPs]]
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|[[Member of Parliament|MPs]]
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |MPs %/<br>votes %
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |MPs %/<br />votes %
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center|[[Madeiran regional elections, 2004|2004]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center|[[2004 Madeiran regional election|2004]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center|2007
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center|2007
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
|-
|-
{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|shortname=Social Democratic}}
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|shortname=Social Democratic}}
|90,377||64.24||{{increase}}10.5||44||'''33'''||{{decrease}}11||70.21||{{increase}}5.5||1.09
|90,377||64.24||{{increase}}10.5||44||'''33'''||{{decrease}}11||70.21||{{increase}}5.5||1.09
|-
|-
{{Party name with colour|Socialist Party (Portugal)|shortname=Socialist}}
| {{Party name with colour|Socialist Party (Portugal)|shortname=Socialist}}
|21,692||15.42||{{decrease}}12.0||19||'''7'''||{{decrease}}12||14.89||{{decrease}}13.0||0.97
|21,692||15.42||{{decrease}}12.0||19||'''7'''||{{decrease}}12||14.89||{{decrease}}13.0||0.97
|-
|-
{{Party name with colour|Unitary Democratic Coalition|shortname=Unitary Democratic Coalition}}
| {{Party name with colour|Unitary Democratic Coalition|shortname=Unitary Democratic Coalition}}
|7,650||5.44||{{decrease}}0.1||2||'''2'''||{{steady}}0||4.26||{{increase}}1.3||0.78
|7,650||5.44||{{decrease}}0.1||2||'''2'''||{{steady}}0||4.26||{{increase}}1.3||0.78
|-
|-
{{Party name with colour|CDS – People's Party|shortname=People's}}
| {{Party name with colour|CDS – People's Party|shortname=People's}}
|7,519||5.34||{{decrease}}1.7||2||'''2'''||{{steady}}0||4.26||{{increase}}1.3||0.80
|7,519||5.34||{{decrease}}1.7||2||'''2'''||{{steady}}0||4.26||{{increase}}1.3||0.80
|-
|-
{{Party name with colour|Left Bloc|shortname=Left Bloc}}
| {{Party name with colour|Left Bloc (Portugal)|shortname=Left Bloc}}
|4,186||2.98||{{decrease}}0.7||1||'''1'''||{{steady}}0||2.13||{{increase}}0.7||0.71
|4,186||2.98||{{decrease}}0.7||1||'''1'''||{{steady}}0||2.13||{{increase}}0.7||0.71
|-
|-
{{Party name with colour|Earth Party|shortname=Earth}}
| {{Party name with colour|Earth Party|shortname=Earth}}
|3,175||2.26||{{N/A}}||{{N/A}}||'''1'''||{{N/A}}||2.13||{{N/A}}||0.94
|3,175||2.26||{{N/A}}||{{N/A}}||'''1'''||{{N/A}}||2.13||{{N/A}}||0.94
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|colspan=2|Blank ballots
|colspan=2|Blank ballots
|1,148||0.82||{{decrease}}0.2||colspan=6 rowspan=3|
|1,148||0.82||{{decrease}}0.2||colspan=6 rowspan=4|
|-
|-
|colspan=2|Invalid ballots
|colspan=2|Invalid ballots
|2,019||1.43||{{decrease}}0.2
|2,019||1.43||{{decrease}}0.2
|-
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''Total''' (turnout 60.75%)
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''Total'''
|width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''140,697'''
|width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''140,697'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''100.00'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''100.00'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''{{increase}}0.3'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|-
|colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout
⚫
| colspan=11 align=left | Source: [http://eleicoes.cne.pt/raster/index.cfm?dia=06&mes=05&ano=2007&eleicao=alrm Comissão Nacional de Eleições]
||231,606||60.75||{{increase}}0.3
|-
⚫
| colspan=11 align=left | Source: [https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_alramadeira_2007.pdf Comissão Nacional de Eleições]
|}
|}


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|bars=
|bars=
{{bar percent|PSD|{{Social Democratic Party (Portugal)/meta/color}}|64.24}}
{{bar percent|PSD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|64.24}}
{{bar percent|PS|{{Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color}}|15.42}}
{{bar percent|PS|{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|15.42}}
{{bar percent|CDU|{{Portuguese Communist Party/meta/color}}|5.44}}
{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Portuguese Communist Party}}|5.44}}
{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party/meta/color}}|5.34}}
{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party}}|5.34}}
{{bar percent|BE|{{Left Bloc/meta/color}}|2.98}}
{{bar percent|BE|{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}}|2.98}}
{{bar percent|MPT|{{Earth Party/meta/color}}|2.26}}
{{bar percent|MPT|{{party color|Earth Party}}|2.26}}
{{bar percent|PND|{{New Democracy Party (Portugal)/meta/color}}|2.08}}
{{bar percent|PND|{{party color|New Democracy Party (Portugal)}}|2.08}}
{{bar percent|Blank/Invalid|#DDDDDD|2.25}}
{{bar percent|Blank/Invalid|#DDDDDD|2.25}}
}}
}}
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|barwidth=410px
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{{bar percent|PSD|{{Social Democratic Party (Portugal)/meta/color}}|70.21}}
{{bar percent|PSD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|70.21}}
{{bar percent|PS|{{Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color}}|14.89}}
{{bar percent|PS|{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|14.89}}
{{bar percent|CDU|{{Portuguese Communist Party/meta/color}}|4.26}}
{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Portuguese Communist Party}}|4.26}}
{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party/meta/color}}|4.26}}
{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party}}|4.26}}
{{bar percent|BE|{{Left Bloc/meta/color}}|2.13}}
{{bar percent|BE|{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}}|2.13}}
{{bar percent|MPT|{{Earth Party/meta/color}}|2.13}}
{{bar percent|MPT|{{party color|Earth Party}}|2.13}}
{{bar percent|PND|{{New Democracy Party (Portugal)/meta/color}}|2.13}}
{{bar percent|PND|{{party color|New Democracy Party (Portugal)}}|2.13}}
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===Maps===
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File:Eleições Legislativas Regionais na Madeira de 2007.svg|Most voted political force by municipality.
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==See also==
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Latest revision as of 20:54, 18 October 2024

2007 Madeiran regional election
← 2004 6 May 2007 2011 →
47 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.7% Increase 0.3 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Alberto João Jardim (cropped).jpg
Edgar-silva-2016-01-11.jpg
Leader Alberto João Jardim Jacinto Serrão de Freitas Edgar Silva
Party PSD PS CDU
Last election 44 seats, 53.7% 19 seats, 27.4% 2 seats, 5.5%
Seats won 33 7 2
Seat change Decrease 11 Decrease 12 Steady 0
Popular vote 90,377 21,692 7,650
Percentage 64.2% 15.4% 5.4%
Swing Increase 10.5 pp Decrease 12.0 pp Decrease 0.1 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader José Manuel Rodrigues Paulo Martins João Gonçalves
Party CDS–PP BE MPT
Last election 2 seats, 7.0% 1 seat, 3.7% Did not contest
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 7,519 4,186 3,175
Percentage 5.3% 3.0% 2.3%
Swing Decrease 1.7 pp Decrease 0.7 pp New party
  Seventh party
 
Leader Baltasar de Aguiar
Party PND
Last election Did not contest
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 2,931
Percentage 2.1%
Swing New party
The most voted party in each municipality.
President before election

Alberto João Jardim
PSD

Elected President

Alberto João Jardim
PSD

A regional election was held in Madeira on 6 May 2007, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election was a snap election, as it was original schedule to only happen in October 2008. The election was called after the President of the Regional Government, Alberto João Jardim, resigned after his government clashed with the Socialist Prime Minister José Sócrates due to the new regional finance law approved by the Sócrates government.[1] Jardim defended that the new law was harmful for Madeira's interests. By this time, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) had been in power, nonstop, since 1976.

The election was a huge landslide for the PSD and Alberto João Jardim. He won one of the biggest landslides in Madeira electoral history, winning more than 64 percent of the votes and 70 percent of the members of the regional parliament.[2] The PSD won, once again, in all 11 municipalities of the region. The Socialists suffered a huge setback in these elections winning just 15 percent of the votes and 7 seats, although the number of total members was reduced to 47 due to a new electoral system.

The smaller parties, CDS, CDU and BE, also saw their shares decrease and CDU, led by the Portuguese Communist Party, was able to pull ahead of the People's Party (CDS-PP). The Left Bloc (BE) had, like CDU, minor losses and was able to hold on to their sole seat. But other smaller parties gained representation for the first time. The Earth Party (MPT) and the New Democracy Party (PND) gained, both, one seat and polled above 2 percent.

Turnout in these elections increased very slightly compared with 3 years ago, with 60.8 percent of voters casting a ballot.

Electoral system

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Before this election, 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 used to elect the members was the D'Hondt method. For the 2007 elections, the system changed and members of the regional parliament would now be elected by a single constituency, coinciding with the territory of the Region.[3] The method used, to elect members, would continue to be the D'Hondt method. The total number of members was also reduced from the 68, in the 2004 elections, to 47 in the 2007 elections.

Parties

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The parties that partook in the election, and their leaders, were:[4]

Opinion polling

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Date Released Polling Firm PSD PS CDS-PP CDU BE Others Lead
6 May 2007 Universidade Católica[5] 64.5 15.5 6.0 5.0 3.0 — 49.0
6 May 2007 Eurosondagem[5] 69.0 13.0 5.5 4.1 2.2 — 56.0
Exit polls
2 May 2007 Intercampus 61.5 19.5 5.0 6.2 5.0 2.6 42.0
29 April 2007 Universidade Católica 66.0 16.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 6.0 50.0
27 April 2007 Eurosondagem 58.0 24.5 4.7 5.3 3.6 3.9 33.5
24 April 2007 Eurosondagem 59.3 23.8 4.8 5.2 3.3 3.6 35.5
23 February 2007 Eurosondagem 59.1 25.0 5.9 4.8 3.4 1.8 34.1
17 October 2004 Election results 53.7
44 seats 		27.4
19 seats 		7.0
2 seats 		5.5
2 seats 		3.7
1 seats 		2.7 26.3

Summary of votes and seats

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Summary of the 6 May 2007 Legislative Assembly of Madeira elections results
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Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs MPs %/
votes %
2004 2007 ± % ±
Social Democratic 90,377 64.24 Increase10.5 44 33 Decrease11 70.21 Increase5.5 1.09
Socialist 21,692 15.42 Decrease12.0 19 7 Decrease12 14.89 Decrease13.0 0.97
Unitary Democratic Coalition 7,650 5.44 Decrease0.1 2 2 Steady0 4.26 Increase1.3 0.78
People's 7,519 5.34 Decrease1.7 2 2 Steady0 4.26 Increase1.3 0.80
Left Bloc 4,186 2.98 Decrease0.7 1 1 Steady0 2.13 Increase0.7 0.71
Earth 3,175 2.26 — — 1 — 2.13 — 0.94
New Democracy 2,931 2.08 — — 1 — 2.13 — 1.02
Total valid 137,530 97.75 Increase0.4 68 47 Decrease21 100.00 Steady0.0 —
Blank ballots 1,148 0.82 Decrease0.2
Invalid ballots 2,019 1.43 Decrease0.2
Total 140,697 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 231,606 60.75 Increase0.3
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
Vote share
PSD
 
 64.24%
PS
 
 15.42%
CDU
 
 5.44%
CDS-PP
 
 5.34%
BE
 
 2.98%
MPT
 
 2.26%
PND
 
 2.08%
Blank/Invalid
 
 2.25%
Parliamentary seats
PSD
 
 70.21%
PS
 
 14.89%
CDU
 
 4.26%
CDS-PP
 
 4.26%
BE
 
 2.13%
MPT
 
 2.13%
PND
 
 2.13%

Maps

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  • Most voted political force by municipality.
    Most voted political force by municipality.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Alberto João Jardim demite-se, Correio da Manhã, 19 February 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. ^ Resultados finais: PSD-Madeira vence com 64,2 por cento, Público, 6 May 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ^ Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Eleição para a Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira 2007
  4. ^ Regionais 2011 - Candidatos
  5. ^ a b This poll provides data ranges and/or approximations. In order to simplify, the average of these data is given.
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