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The Azores Regional Election (2012) ((ポルトガル語:Eleições Regionais dos Açores, 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% of the turnout, in comparison to their direct rivals, the Social Democratic Party (led by Berta Cabral), who achieved only 33% of the vote. Voter turnout was low ( although higher than in 2008) with just under 47.9% of the electorate casting their ballot on election day. ==Background== The election was called by the President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva after consulting with all the parties represented in the Azorean Legislative Assembly.〔〔 Each of the parties had proposed different dates for these elections, with the Communists and Bloc representatives preferring 21 October 2012, while the Social Democrats favouring 7 or 14 October.〔 The PPM preferred 30 September, the earliest date that these elections could be undertaken, defending that ''"the faster the better"'', although also proposing 7 October, as an alternative.〔 The elections marked the end of a 16 years of consecutive Socialist mandates led by outgoing regional President Carlos Cesar, who had announced his intention not to continue to lead the Socialist Party (PS) on 8 October 2011.〔 In his place, the PS nominated Vasco Cordeiro to represent their party during several months of pre-campaigning against their rivals the Social Democrats (PSD), under the stewardship of then incumbent mayor of Ponta Delgada, Berta Cabral.〔 The election occurred as a culmination of a years round of campaigning that started with the nomination of Vasco Cordeiro to replace the outgoing Carlos Cesar as leader of the party. In 2011, Vasco Cordeiro, who held the position of ''Secretário Regional da Economia'' (''Regional Secretary for the Economy'') renounced his position in the government to dedicate himself to the elections, and was replaced by Luisa Schanderl in that post. Meanwhile, Berta Cabral continued to function as the mayor ((ポルトガル語:Presidente)) of Ponta Delgada until the end of July 2012, when she renounced her position in favour of her Vice-Presidente. All 57 deputies of the regional assembly, distributed among the nine islands of the archipelago, were up for renewal.〔 On 23 August 2012, Berta Cabral indicated her parties inclination not to run against the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) on the island of Corvo, where two seats were up for grab. Citing her party's intention to defeat the Socialists using a "winning strategy", the PSD leader advised that the PSD would not run candidates against PPM leader Paulo Estevão.〔 For his part, Estevão noted that this decision did not imply his party's unconditional support of any PSD government. During the campaign, Cybermap Lda., received national and regional publicity when its managing director revealed their involvement in a project to publicize realtime election results over the internet to mobile devices, including smartphones and tablet readers. This was the first time in Portugal that election content would be developed and publicized in realtime during any election, a project that also included information on local candidates, geographic distribution and historical results.〔 On 9 October 2012, the regional public broadcaster, RTP Açores, determined that a regional debate that would bring together leaders of the 12 parties running in the elections was unfeasible. online Citing the lack of agreement between party representatives, the public broadcaster elaborated that the 90-minute two-debate model proposed (which would have two debates, one for parties with assembly representation and another with the remainder of the candidates) resulted in a formal complaint to the ''Commissão Nacional de Eleições'' (''National Commission for Elections'') by representatives from the PDA and MRPP.〔 The option to have all parties in the same debate was unlikely also, since it was contrary to ''"fundamental basics of journalism or television communication models"'' and impractical.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azores regional election, 2012」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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