Élvio Sousa

Élvio Sousa
Élvio Sousa
	Sousa in 2025
Secretary-General of Together for the People
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 27 January 2015
President	Filipe Sousa (2015–2024); Lina Pereira (since 2024)
Preceded by	Party established
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 March 2015
President of the Gaula Parish
	In office; 11 October 2009 – 16 October 2021
Preceded by	Gustavo Caires
Succeeded by	Liliana Valente
Personal details
Born	Élvio Duarte Martins Sousa; 19 April 1974; Gaula, Santa Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
Party	JPP (since 2008)
Children	2
Relatives	Filipe Sousa (brother)
Alma mater	University of Lisbon
Occupation	Archeologist • Politician

Élvio Duarte Martins Sousa (born 19 April 1974) is a Portuguese archeologist and politician from Madeira, currently serving as the secretary-general of Together for the People and as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira since 2015.^[1]

Biography

Élvio Sousa has a PhD in Regional and Local History from the University of Lisbon, being a researcher from CHAM – Centro de História de Aquém e de Além-Mar of the NOVA University of Lisbon.

In 2009, he founded the independent movement "For the People of Gaula" with his brother Filipe Sousa in order to be able to run for President of the Parish of Gaula, winning with 46.6% of the votes. The movement changed its name to Together for the People, winning the Mayorship of Santa Cruz in 2013 for Filipe Sousa.^[2]

In 2015, Together for the People became a political party, with Élvio Sousa as secretary-general and Filipe Sousa as president of the party. The party ran in that year's regional elections, with Élvio Sousa as the main candidate, winning over 10% of the votes and achieving 5 elected members of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira.^[3]

Élvio Sousa was reelected to the regional assembly in 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025, becoming the opposition leader of Madeira in the last elections, after surpassing the Socialist Party led by Paulo Cafôfo.^[4]

Electoral history

Madeiran regional election, 2015

Ballot: 29 March 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PSD	Miguel Albuquerque	56,574	44.4	24	–1
	CDS–PP	José Manuel Rodrigues	17,488	13.4	7	–2
	PS/PTP/PAN/MPT	Victor Freitas	14,573	11.4	6	–5
	JPP	Élvio Sousa	13,114	10.3	5	new
	CDU	Edgar Silva	7,060	5.5	2	+1
	BE	Roberto Almada	4,849	3.8	2	+2
	PND	Baltazar Aguiar	2,635	2.1	1	±0
	PCTP/MRPP	Alexandre Caldeira	2,137	1.7	0	new
	MAS	José Carlos Jardim	1,715	1.3	0	new
	Other parties		1,955	1.5	0	±0
Blank/Invalid ballots			5,439	4.3	–	–
Turnout			127,539	49.58	47	±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Madeiran regional election, 2019

Ballot: 22 September 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PSD	Miguel Albuquerque	56,449	39.4	21	–3
	PS	Paulo Cafôfo	51,207	37.8	19	+14
	CDS–PP	Rui Barreto	8,246	5.8	3	–4
	JPP	Élvio Sousa	7,830	5.5	3	–2
	CDU	Edgar Silva	7,060	1.8	1	–1
	BE	Paulino Ascensão	2,489	1.7	0	–2
	PAN	João Henrique de Freitas	2,095	1.5	0	±0
	PURP	Rafael Macedo	1,766	1.2	0	new
	RIR	Roberto Vieira	1,749	1.2	0	new
	PTP	Raquel Coelho	1,426	1.0	0	–1
	Other parties		4,132	2.9	0	–1
Blank/Invalid ballots			5,439	4.3	–	–
Turnout			143,200	55.50	47	±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Madeiran regional election, 2023

Ballot: 24 September 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PSD/CDS–PP	Miguel Albuquerque	58,394	43.1	23	–1
	PS	Sérgio Gonçalves	28,840	21.3	11	–8
	JPP	Élvio Sousa	14,933	11.0	5	+2
	CHEGA	Miguel Castro	12,029	8.8	4	+4
	CDU	Edgar Silva	3,677	2.7	1	±0
	IL	Nuno Morna	3,555	2.6	1	+1
	PAN	Mónica Freitas	3,046	2.3	1	+1
	BE	Roberto Almada	3,035	2.2	1	+1
	PTP	Quintino Costa	1,369	1.0	0	±0
	Other parties		2,898	2.1	0	±0
Blank/Invalid ballots			3,670	2.7	–	–
Turnout			135,446	53.35	47	±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Madeiran regional election, 2024

Ballot: 26 May 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PSD	Miguel Albuquerque	49,104	36.1	19	–1
	PS	Paulo Cafôfo	28,840	21.3	11	±0
	JPP	Élvio Sousa	22,959	16.9	9	+4
	CHEGA	Miguel Castro	12,562	9.2	4	±0
	CDS–PP	José Manuel Rodrigues	5,374	4.0	2	–1
	IL	Nuno Morna	3,481	2.6	1	±0
	PAN	Mónica Freitas	2,531	1.9	1	±0
	CDU	Edgar Silva	2,217	1.6	0	–1
	BE	Roberto Almada	1,912	1.4	0	–1
	Other parties		4,003	3.0	0	±0
Blank/Invalid ballots			2,793	2.1	–	–
Turnout			135,917	53.40	47	±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Madeiran regional election, 2025

Ballot: 23 March 2025
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PSD	Miguel Albuquerque	62,059	43.4	23	+4
	JPP	Élvio Sousa	30,091	21.1	11	+2
	PS	Paulo Cafôfo	22,351	15.6	8	–3
	CHEGA	Miguel Castro	7,821	5.5	3	–1
	CDS–PP	José Manuel Rodrigues	4,289	3.0	1	–1
	IL	Gonçalo Maia Camelo	3,019	2.2	1	±0
	CDU	Edgar Silva	2,543	1.8	0	±0
	PAN	Mónica Freitas	2,323	1.6	0	–1
	BE	Roberto Almada	1,586	1.1	0	±0
	Other parties		3,503	2.4	0	±0
Blank/Invalid ballots			2,296	2.3	–	–
Turnout			142,959	55.98	47	±0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

References

^ "Élvio Sousa". JPP - Juntos Pelo Povo (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-29.
^ "Quem é Élvio Sousa, o presidente do JPP que alcançou a liderança da oposição na Madeira?". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 2025-03-24. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
^ "O que é que o JPP tem?". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-30.
^ "JPP saúda grande resultado à frente do PS". RTP (in Portuguese). 2025-03-24. Retrieved 2025-03-30.

[:0-1] "Élvio Sousa". JPP - Juntos Pelo Povo (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-29.

[2] "Quem é Élvio Sousa, o presidente do JPP que alcançou a liderança da oposição na Madeira?". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 2025-03-24. Retrieved 2025-03-30.

[3] "O que é que o JPP tem?". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-30.

[4] "JPP saúda grande resultado à frente do PS". RTP (in Portuguese). 2025-03-24. Retrieved 2025-03-30.

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