1996 Azorean regional election
Summary of votes and seats

1996 Azorean regional election

Section Title: Summary of votes and seats
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Parties	Votes	%	±pp swing	MPs	MPs %/ votes %

1992	1996	±	±

Socialist	51,906	45.82	9.4	21	24	3	46.15	5.0	1.01

Social Democratic	46,449	41.00	12.6	28	24	4	46.15	8.7	1.13

People's	8,346	7.37	—	1	3	2	5.77	3.8	0.78

Democratic Unity Coalition	3,940	3.48	1.2	1	1	0	1.92	0.1	0.55

People's Democratic Union	983	0.87	—	—	0	—	0.00	—	0.0

Democratic Party of the Atlantic	340	0.30	1.1	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0

Total valid	111,964	98.83	0.5	51	52	1	100.00	0.0	—

Blank ballots	705	0.62	0.1

Invalid ballots	624	0.55	0.6

Total (turnout 59.17%)	113,293	100.00	3.0

A The People's Party contested the 1992 election in an alliance formed by the People's Party (1 seat) and the People's Monarchist Party (0 seats).

Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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Voter turnout was 59.17% in the 1996 Azorean regional election.

final_sentence: Voter turnout was 59.17% in the 1996 Azorean regional election.