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Madeira. JPP won in the municipality of Santa Cruz for the first time

The "Juntos Pelo Povo" (JPP) party won today in the municipality of Santa Cruz, for the first time in regional legislative elections in Madeira, after the vote count was completed, according to the provisional results released by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI).

Madeira. JPP won in the municipality of Santa Cruz for the first time
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21:25 - 26/05/24 por Lusa

Política Madeira

According to information provided by the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI), after the count in the municipality was completed, the JPP reached 33.83%, corresponding to 7,579 votes.

The party won in all five parishes of the municipality: Camacha (31.70% for 1,150 votes), Caniço (30.13% for 3,746 votes), Gaula (51.71%/1,149 votes), Santa Cruz (36.10%/1,315 votes) and Santo António da Serra (45.44%/219 votes).

The PSD was the second most voted party in this municipality, with 26.85% (6,016 votes) and the PS the third, with 15.96% (3,575 votes).

In the five parishes of the municipality of Santa Cruz, 22,406 voters voted today, out of 39,912 registered (56.14%).

In September 2023, in the previous legislative elections, the PSD/CDS-PP coalition won in the municipality of Santa Cruz, with 32.76% of the votes, but the JPP rose to the second political force, with 27.82%, while the PS went from first to third, according to the results of the regional elections.

Headed by the party's general secretary, Élvio Sousa, the JPP was formalized in 2015 and was born from a movement of independent citizens from the parish of Gaula who, in 2013, ran in the local elections in the municipality of Santa Cruz, where they won by an absolute majority.

The early regional legislative elections in Madeira took place today, in a poll in which more than 254 thousand voters were called to vote, to choose a new parliament and a new government.

The polling stations for the Madeiran legislative elections closed at 7:00 pm on the two islands of the archipelago, Madeira and Porto Santo.

Fourteen candidacies are competing for the 47 seats in the regional parliament, in a single constituency: ADN, BE, PS, Livre, IL, RIR, CDU (PCP/PEV), Chega, CDS-PP, MPT, PSD, PAN, PTP and JPP.

The early elections take place eight months after the most recent regional legislative elections, after the President of the Republic dissolved the Madeiran parliament, following the political crisis triggered in January, when the leader of the Regional Government (PSD/CDS-PP), Miguel Albuquerque, was constituted as a defendant in a process in which suspicions of corruption are being investigated.

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