2012 Azorean regional election

2012 Azorean regional election
14 October 2012
57 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Azores
29 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout47.9% 1.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vasco Cordeiro Berta Cabral Artur Lima
Party PS PSD CDS–PP
Leader since 8 October 2011 17 December 2008 March 2007
Leader's seat São Miguel São Miguel Terceira
Last election 30 seats, 49.9% 18 seats, 30.3% 5 seats, 8.7%
Seats won 31 20 3
Seat change 1 2 2
Popular vote 52,827 35,572 6,110
Percentage 49.0% 33.0% 5.7%
Swing 0.9 pp 2.7 pp 3.0 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Zuraida Soares Aníbal Pires Paulo Estêvão
Party BE CDU PPM
Leader since 2004 April 2005 2000
Leader's seat São Miguel São Miguel Corvo
Last election 2 seats, 3.3% 1 seat, 3.1% 1 seat, 0.5%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 1 0 0
Popular vote 2,428 2,045 86
Percentage 2.3% 1.9% 0.1%
Swing 1.0 pp 1.2 pp 0.4 pp
Map showing island constituencies won by political parties
President before election

Carlos Cesar
PS

 Elected President

Vasco Cordeiro
PS

The 2012 Azorean regional election (Portuguese: Eleições regionais dos Açores de 2012) was an election held on 14 October 2012 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. in which the Socialist Party nominee, under the leadership of Vasco Cordeiro won an absolute majority with 49 percent of the vote, in comparison to their direct rivals, the Social Democratic Party (led by Berta Cabral), who achieved only 33 percent of the vote. Voter turnout was low (although higher than in 2008) with just under 47.9 percent of the electorate casting their ballot on election day.

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