In Portugal yesterday the election was held for the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The previous election was in 2007.

The conservative PPD/PSD party maintained its absolute majority, but its vote declined. The big mover was the Christian Democrat/conservative CDS-PP. The Socialists lost votes.

Here is the result with the 2007 figures in brackets.

Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) – 48.6% (64.2), 25 seats (-8)
Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party (CDS-PP) – 17.6% (5.4), 9 seats (+7)
Socialists – 11.5% (15.4), 6 seats (-1)
Labour party – 6.9%, 3 seats (+3)
Communists/Greens 3.8% (5.4), 1 seat (-1)
New Democracy – 3.3% (2.1), 1 seat
Animals and Nature – 2.1%, 1 seat (+1)
Earth Party – 1.9%, 1 seat
Left Bloc – 1.7% (3.0), 0 seats (-1)