Together for the People Juntos Pelo Povo
Leader	Élvio Sousa
Legalized	27 January 2015 (2015-01-27) (as a party)
Headquarters	Estrada Padre Alfredo Vieira de Freitas, 164B 9100-079 Gaula, Santa Cruz, Madeira
Ideology	Madeiran regionalism[1] Social liberalism[1]
Political position	Centre
European affiliation	European Democratic Party
Assembly of the Republic	0 / 230
Assembly of Madeira	5 / 47
Local government (Mayors)	1 / 308
Local government (Parishes)	5 / 3,066
Website
juntospelopovo.pt
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Together for the People (Portuguese: Juntos pelo Povo, JPP) is a Portuguese political party. Its founding principles are Unity, Transparency and Resistance, as evidenced by its symbol. It was legalised by the Portuguese Constitutional Court on 27 January 2015.^[2]

It started in the parish of Santa Cruz, Madeira as an independent movement where it won the 2013 local elections with an absolute majority with Filipe Sousa as head.

After the victory, it was decided to turn the movement into a political party, in March 2014, having submitted over 10 thousand signatures (more than the 7,500 required by law) to the Constitutional Court in November 2014.

It was formed in order to run in the 2015 Madeiran regional elections, because the Portuguese Constitution does not allow for the candidacy of independents to the country's legislative organs or the existence of regional parties, making the JPP available to run in any election in the country if it so chooses, although it currently only runs candidates in Madeira. It won five seats in the 2015 Madeiran regional election with 10.34% of the votes, a total of 13,229 votes.

Election results

Assembly of the Republic

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
2015	Élvio Sousa	14,275	0.3 (#15)	0 / 230	New	No seats
2019		10,552	0.2 (#18)	0 / 230	0	No seats
2022		10,786	0.2 (#15)	0 / 230	0	No seats

Regional Assemblies

Madeira Regional Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
2015	Élvio Sousa	13,114	10.3 (#4)	5 / 47	New	Opposition
2019		7,830	5.5 (#4)	3 / 47	2	Opposition
2023		14,933	11.0 (#3)	5 / 47	2	Opposition

Local elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Councillors	+/-	Mayors	+/-	Assemblies	+/-	Parishes	+/-
2017	Filipe Sousa	14,818	0.3 (#18)	6 / 2,074	New	1 / 308	New	17 / 6,461	New	45 / 27,005	New
2021		14,073	0.3 (#25)	5 / 2,064	1	1 / 308	0	13 / 6,448	4	43 / 26,797	2

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