Politics of Madeira
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The politics of President of the Portuguese Republic. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in the Legislative Assembly. All government's offices are headquartered in Funchal, Madeira's capital city.[1][2]
History
In the years immediately after the
bomb attacks.[3]
The current
Regional Government
.
Since the archipelago gained political autonomy from
Popular Party.[4]
Over the more than forty years of autonomy, a few
centre-left parties (Socialist Party) and gathering disapproval from the Church local authorities.[5]
Reserve powers
Legislative branch
Executive branch
Local government
Madeira is divided in 11 civil parishes), which add up to a total of 54.
Municipalities
| Municipality | Population | Mayor | Party | Chair of the Municipal Assembly | Party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calheta | 10,867 | Carlos Manuel Teles | PPD/PSD
|
Manuel Baeta de Castro | PPD/PSD
|
2017 | ||
| Câmara de Lobos | 33,675 | Pedro Coelho | PPD/PSD
|
Manuel Pedro Freitas | PPD/PSD
|
2017 | ||
| Funchal | 104,024 | Miguel Silva Gouveia | PS | Mário Rodrigues | PPD/PSD
|
2017 | ||
| Machico | 19,981 | Ricardo Franco | PS | João Bosco de Castro | PS | 2017 | ||
| Ponta do Sol | 8,593 | Célia Pecegueiro | PS | Simão Santos | PPD/PSD
|
2017 | ||
| Porto Moniz | 2,342 | Emanuel Câmara | PS | Lino Conceilção | PS | 2017 | ||
Porto Santo
|
5,202 | Idalino Vasconcelos | PPD/PSD
|
Fátima Silva | PPD/PSD
|
2017 | ||
| Ribeira Brava | 12,435 | Ricardo Nascimento | independent | Rita Abreu | independent | 2017 | ||
| Santa Cruz | 45,281 | Filipe Sousa | JPP | Júlia Caré | JPP | 2017 | ||
| Santana | 6,711 | Dinarte Fernandes | CDS-PP
|
Martinho Rodrigues | CDS-PP
|
2017 | ||
| São Vicente | 5,143 | José António Garcês | independent | Aires Santos | independent | 2017 | ||
Parishes
Parishes with more than 10,000 inhabitants
| Parish | Municipality | Population | Chair of the Council | Party | Chair of the Assembly | Party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo António | Funchal | 27,437 | Rui Santos | PPD/PSD
|
Gonçalo Jardim | PS | 2017 | ||
| São Martinho | Funchal | 26,464 | Duarte Caldeira | PS | Thomas Dellinger | PS | 2017 | ||
| Caniço | Santa Cruz | 23,361 | Milton Teixeira | JPP | Luís Gaspar | JPP | 2017 | ||
| Câmara de Lobos | Câmara de Lobos | 17,978 | Celso Bettencourt | PPD/PSD
|
Sónia Brazão | PPD/PSD
|
2017 | ||
| Santa Maria Maior | Funchal | 13,387 | Guido Gomes | PS | Juvenal Rodrigues | PS | 2017 | ||
| Machico | Machico | 11,249 | Alberto Olim | PS | José Câmara | PS | 2017 | ||
| Estreito de Câmara de Lobos | Câmara de Lobos | 10,263 | Gabriel Pereira | PPD/PSD
|
Fernanda Caldeira | PPD/PSD
|
2017 | ||
Political parties and leaders
| Political party or alliance | Constituent parties | Previous result | Candidate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Social Democratic | 39.42 | 21 | Miguel Albuquerque | |||
| Socialist | 35.76 | 19 | Paulo Cafôfo | |||
| Together for the People | 5.76 | 3 | Élvio Sousa | |||
| People's | 5.47 | 3 | Rui Barreto | |||
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | Communist | 1.80 | 1 | Edgar Silva | ||
| The Greens | – | |||||
| Left Bloc | 1.74 | – | Paulino Ascenção | |||
| People, Animals, Nature | 1.46 | – | João Henrique de Freitas | |||
| Retirees and Pensioneers | 1.23 | – | Rafael Macedo | |||
| React, Include, Recycle | 1.22 | – | Roberto Vieira | |||
| Labour | 1.00 | – | Raquel Coelho | |||
| Alliance | 0.53 | – | Joaquim Sousa | |||
Liberal Initiative
|
0.53 | – | Nuno Morna | |||
| Enough | 0.43 | – | Miguel Teixeira | |||
Democratic Republican
|
0.42 | – | Filipe Rebelo | |||
| Workers' Communist | 0.42 | – | Fernanda Calaça | |||
| Earth | 0.35 | – | Valter Rodrigues | |||
Rise Up
|
0.19 | – | Álvaro Araújo | |||
Opinion polling
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See also
 Elections in Madeira | |
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| Parliamentary elections | |
References
- ^ "Madeira Government". Madeira Web. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Economic, social and territorial situation of Portugal" (PDF). European Parliament. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Conservative Madeirans Are Cool to the Revolutionary Politics of Mainland. Portugal". The New York Times. 20 November 1975. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ Ames, Paul (23 September 2019). "Portugal's Costa gets Madeira boost ahead of election". Politico.eu. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ Garcia, Javier (10 October 1996). "Madeira's rebel priests choose politics to beat inequality". El País. The Independent. Retrieved 9 September 2020.