Élvio Sousa
Élvio Duarte Martins Sousa 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.
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.
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.
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.
Electoral history
Madeiran regional election, 2015
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Madeiran regional election, 2019
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Madeiran regional election, 2023
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Madeiran regional election, 2024
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Madeiran regional election, 2025
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