2016 Azorean regional election

The 2016 Azorean regional election (Portuguese: Eleições regionais dos Açores de 2016) was on October 16 of the same year. In this election, the incumbent president of the regional government, led by the Socialist Vasco Cordeiro, was seeking a second term.

2016 Azorean regional election
16 October 2016
57 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Azores
29 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout40.8% 7.0 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
CDS
Leader Vasco Cordeiro Duarte Freitas Artur Lima
Party PS PSD CDS–PP
Leader since 2012 2013 2008
Leader's seat São Miguel São Miguel Terceira
Last election 31 seats, 49.0% 20 seats, 33.0% 3 seats, 5.6%
Seats won 30 19 4
Seat change 1 1 1
Popular vote 43,274 28,793 6,674
Percentage 46.4% 30.9% 7.2%
Swing 2.6 pp 2.1 pp 1.6 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
BE
CDU
PPM
Leader Zuraida Soares João Corvelo Paulo Estêvão
Party BE PCP PPM
Alliance CDU
Leader since 2016 2008
Leader's seat São Miguel Flores Corvo
Last election 1 seat, 2.3% 1 seats, 1.9% 1 seat, 0.93%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change 1 0 0
Popular vote 3,414 2,437 866
Percentage 3.7% 2.6% 0.9%
Swing 1.4 pp 0.7 pp 0.8 pp
Map showing island constituencies won by political parties
President before election

Vasco Cordeiro
PS

 President-designate

Vasco Cordeiro
PS

In this election, the PS maintained their absolute majority but lost one seat and lost 2.6% of the vote compared to 2012. The Social Democrats also lost one seat although their vote share fall was lower than the Socialists. The big winner was the People's Party which gain 7% of the vote and gained one seat compared to 2012. The Left Bloc also won one more seat compared to last time while the CDU maintained their only seat but at the same time, gained in share of the vote and was the most voted party in the island of Flores. The PPM also maintained their seat in the island of Corvo.

Turnout in this election was the lowest ever, as only 40.84% of the electorate cast a ballot.

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