The Unitary Democratic Coalition increase their result by one MP and the Left Bloc returned to the regional parliament with 2 seats.

[6] The leadership ballot was held on 2 November 2012 and, in a surprise result, Jardim just narrowly defeated Albuquerque by a 52 to 48 percent margin.

[7] The results were the following: Shortly after his narrow win in the party leadership ballot, Jardim announced that this would be his last term as leader and that he would abandon office in early 2015.

[12] The parties that contested the election, and their leaders, were:[13] Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first.

The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour.

The highest seat figures in each polling survey have their background shaded in the leading party's colour.