Madeira regional elections, 2011

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47 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
24 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Alberto João Jardim	José Manuel Rodrigues	Maximiano Martins
Party	PSD	CDS–PP	PS
Last election	33 seats, 64.2%	2 seats, 5.3%	7 seats, 15.4%
Seats won	25	9	6
Seat change	8	7	1
Popular vote	71,561	25,975	16,942
Percentage	48.6%	17.6%	11.5%
Swing	15.7 pp	12.3 pp	3.9 pp

President before election

Alberto João Jardim
PSD

President-designate

Alberto João Jardim
PSD

A regional election was held in Madeira on 9 October 2011, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. In the election, the Social Democratic Party, led by Alberto João Jardim, who has been in power since 1978, archived, once again, an absolute majority.

The campaign for the regional legislative election in Madeira ran from 25 September to 7 October 2011.

The election was marked by the discovery of a "financial hole" in the accounts of the Regional Government, which may have influenced the election results. In fact, the PSD obtained its worst result ever in a regional election (48.56%), resulting in the loss of eight deputies in relation to the regional elections of 2007. The CDS–PP grew from 5% to 17.6% and from 4th most voted party to second most voted party, a result that was considered historical by party leader Paulo Portas.

The CDS–PP and PS-Madeira claimed that there were irregularities in the election, specifically because of the transportation of voters to the polls with vehicles of various public bodies which led to the formalization of a complaint to the National Elections Commission (CNE).

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

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