2024 Azorean regional election

2024 Azorean regional election

← 2020 4 February 2024
57 seats to the Legislative Assembly of the Azores[1] 29 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	50.3% 4.9 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader José Manuel Bolieiro Vasco Cordeiro José Pacheco Party PSD PS CHEGA Alliance PSD/CDS/PPM Leader since 2019[a] 2012 2022 Leader's seat São Miguel São Miguel São Miguel Last election 26 seats, 41.7%[b] 25 seats, 39.1% 2 seats, 5.1% Seats won 26 23 5 Seat change 0 2 3 Popular vote 48,672 41,538 10,627 Percentage 42.1% 35.9% 9.2% Swing 0.4 pp 3.2 pp 4.1 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   IL Leader António Lima Nuno Barata Pedro Neves Party BE IL PAN Leader since 2018 2019 2019 Leader's seat São Miguel (lost)[c] Compensatory list Compensatory list Last election 2 seats, 3.8% 1 seat, 1.9% 1 seat, 1.9% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 0 0 Popular vote 2,936 2,482 1,907 Percentage 2.5% 2.1% 1.6% Swing 1.3 pp 0.2 pp 0.3 pp
Map showing island constituencies won by political parties.
President before election José Manuel Bolieiro PSD President-designate José Manuel Bolieiro PSD

The 2024 Azorean regional election was held on 4 February 2024,^[2] to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores. The election replaced all 57 members of the Azores Assembly, and the new members would then elect the President of the Autonomous Region.

President José Manuel Bolieiro, from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), led a coalition government between the Social Democrats, the CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP) and People's Monarchist Party (PPM), with the parliamentary support of CHEGA since late 2020. The Liberal Initiative (IL) initially supported the PSD coalition government but withdrew their support from the government on 8 March 2023.^[3] The Social Democrats, the CDS – People's Party and the People's Monarchist Party contested this election in a joint coalition as stipulated in their 2020 coalition agreement.^[4]

The PSD/CDS/PPM coalition won the election with 42% of the votes and elected 26 seats, the same number as of 2020. The Socialist Party (PS) failed to be the most voted party for the first time since 1996, gathering less than 36% of the votes and electing 23 seats, minus two compared with 2020.^[5]

CHEGA was the party that most increased its share, achieving 9% of the votes and electing 5 seats to the regional parliament.^[6] The party's result was seen as a prelude to next month's general election in which Chega saw a surge in support as well. The Left Bloc (BE) lost ground, compared with 2020, losing one seat, while the Liberal Initiative (IL) and the People-Animals-Nature (PAN) were able to hold on to their sole seats. The Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) failed to return to the regional parliament.

Turnout stood at 50.3%, the highest rate since 2004.

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