2h. Madeira elections. President of the Republic sees results as a sign of political stability

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa predicts an understanding between PSD and CDS to gather an absolute majority in the regional Parliament.

CDS may be the easiest solution for Miguel Albuquerque to obtain a majority (24 deputies) in order to govern. The PSD content wins in Madeira and is left one member of the absolute majority to appear first in Jornal i.

Pedro Nuno Santos refused to give a national reading of the regional elections in Madeira, which won the PSD and in which the socialists came in third place.

The Head of State stated that the voters rejected “alternative solutions” from the government and naturally assumed an alliance between PSD and CDS to form a governing majority in Madeira.

José Manuel Rodrigues, the only deputy elected by the CDS-PP (who lost a seat in parliament), told journalists in Funchal that he will bring together party bodies to reflect on the results and communicate a decision “in the coming days”. In addition, it is necessary to “know if the winning party wants an understanding with the CDS-PP”, he said, leaving a guarantee: “If you wish, we will sit down at the table and what we will put on the table are…

The PSD came out of the regional elections in Madeira reinforced, with four more deputies than in 2024 and another 13 thousand votes. The CDS may be the solution for the missing congressman and the President of the Republic even speaks of an “absolute majority”. At the time of celebrating, the president of the regional government did not forget the opposition, which he accused of using “anonymous complaints as a political instrument”