2000 Madeiran regional election

The Madeira Regional Election (2000) (Portuguese: Eleições Regionais da Madeira, 2000) 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.

2000 Madeiran regional election

15 October 2000
61 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Madeira 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	61.9% 3.4 pp
First party Second party   PS Leader Alberto João Jardim Mota Torres Party PSD PS Leader's seat Funchal Funchal Last election 41 seats, 56.9% 13 seats, 24.8% Seats won 41 13 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 72,588 27,290 Percentage 56.0% 21.0% Swing 0.9 pp 3.8 pp
The most voted party in each municipality.
President before election Alberto João Jardim PSD President-designate Alberto João Jardim PSD

The winner of the election in Madeira was, once more, the Social Democratic Party, and Alberto João Jardim was elected president of the Regional Government with an absolute majority for the 7th consecutive time. The percentage gathered by the Social Democrats decreased by 1%, however, due to the increase of the overall number of MPs, the party kept their 41 mandates.

The People's Party increased its voting and its number of MPs, gathering a total of 3 mandates.

On the left, the Socialist Party kept its 13 MPs after, despite losing more than 3% of the voting. The Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by the Portuguese Communist Party, increased the voting and kept the 2 Mps of the previous election. The People's Democratic Union raised the number of MPs from 1 to 2 after a slight increase of the voting.

Voter turnout was lower, compared with 1996, with 61.9% of the electorate casting their ballot on election day.