This election, the third in just one year and a half, was called following the collapse of Albuquerque's government due to the approval of a motion of no confidence in December 2024.

[3] The Socialist Party (PS) led by former Funchal mayor Paulo Cafôfo achieved a similar result to the 2023 elections, with 21.3 percent of the votes.

[5] Miguel Albuquerque negotiated a parliamentary support agreement with the CDS–People's Party (CDS–PP), their previous coalition partners, in order to form a minority government.

[7] Albuquerque presented his government programme to the speaker of the Regional Parliament, José Manuel Rodrigues, on 14 June 2024, with Miguel Albuqerque saying that policies of all Opposition parties were included in the document.

[23] On 17 December, the motion of no confidence was approved with the votes of all Opposition parties and the sole rejection of PSD and CDS–PP, thus causing the regional government to fall.

[24] After meeting with parties and the Council of State, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa dissolved the regional parliament and called an election for 23 March 2025.

[29] Gonçalo Maia Camelo became the sole candidate and was elected, in a closed party meeting, as new regional leader on 27 July.

[38] Around 2,000 party members were registered to vote and Cafôfo was reelected with 98 percent of the votes:[39][40] In the PSD, Miguel Albuquerque's challenger in 2015 and 2024, Manuel António Correia, also pressed for a snap leadership ballot, saying that Albuquerque is the source of all the current instability in Madeira, and delivered enough signatures to ask for the calling of a ballot.