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2000 Madeiran regional election

The 2000 Madeira Regional Election was an election held on 15 October 2000 for the legislative assembly and government of the Portuguese autonomous region of the Madeira. There were 61 seats in dispute, two more than in the previous election, distributed by the 11 municipalities of the archipelago proportionally to the number of registered voters of each municipality.

Electoral system
In this election, the members of the regional parliament were elected in 11 constituencies, representing the 11 municipalities of Madeira, that were awarded a determined number of member to elect according with the number of registered voters in those constituencies. The method use to elect the members was the D'Hondt method. In this election the number of MPs to be elected rose from 59 in 1996 to 61. ==Political parties==
Political parties
A total of 6 political parties presented lists of candidates for the regional elections in Madeira, where 209,541 electors could elect 61 deputies to the Legislative Assembly. The list of parties running was the following: • Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU), an alliance of the Greens and Portuguese Communist Party (PCP). • People's Democratic Union (UDP). • People's Party (CDS-PP) • National Solidarity Party (PSN) • Socialist Party (PS), leader José Carlos Pinto Basto da Mota Torres. • Social Democratic Party (PSD), leader Alberto João Jardim. ==Results==
Results
Summary of votes and seats Distribution by constituency Maps File:Eleições Legislativas Regionais na Madeira de 2000.svg|Most voted political force by municipality. ==See also==
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