Elections in Portugal
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Elections in Portugal gives information on election and election results in Portugal.
Only the elections since the democratic Carnation Revolution of 1974 are listed here, however, during the period encompassing the Constitutional Monarchy and the First Republic there were also elections, but only for the men who could read. During the dictatorial regime that existed from 1926 to 1974, only show elections were held.
Portugal elects on national level the President and the national Parliament, the Assembly of the Republic. The President is elected for a five year term by the people while the Parliament has 230 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies, the districts. Also in a national level, Portugal elects 24 members of the European Parliament.
The Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira, elect their own regional government for a four year term, usually on the same day. The first regional elections were held in 1976.
In the local elections, 308 Municipal Chambers and Municipal Assemblies, and more than 4000 Parish Assemblies are elected for a four year term in separate elections that usually occur on the same day.
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[edit] Latest elections
[edit] 2006 Presidential election
| Portuguese Presidential Election, 2006 - First Round (January 22) | |||||||
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| Candidates | Supporting parties | Votes | % | ||||
| Aníbal Cavaco Silva | PSD, CDS/PP | 2,773,431 | 50.54 | ||||
| Manuel Alegre | Independent | 1,138,297 | 20.74 | ||||
| Mário Soares | PS | 785,355 | 14.31 | ||||
| Jerónimo de Sousa | PCP, PEV | 474,083 | 8.64 | ||||
| Francisco Louçã | BE | 292,198 | 5.32 | ||||
| António Garcia Pereira | PCTP/MRPP | 23,983 | 0.44 | ||||
| Blank Ballots | 59,636 | ||||||
| Invalid Ballots | 43,149 | ||||||
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5,590,132 | 100.00 | |||||
- Registered Voters: 9,085,339
- Turnout: 61.53%
- (Source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)
[edit] 2009 Parliamentary election
| Parties | Votes | % | ± | Seats | % | ± | |
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| Socialist | 2,077,238 | 36.56 | –8.4 | 97 | 42.17 | –24 | |
| Social Democratic | 1,653,665 | 29.11 | +0.3 | 81 | 35.22 | +6 | |
| Democratic and Social Centre – People´s Party | 592,778 | 10.43 | +3.1 | 21 | 9.13 | +9 | |
| Left Bloc | 557,306 | 9.81 | +3.4 | 16 | 6.96 | +8 | |
| Democratic Unity Coalition | 446,279 | 7.86 | +0.4 | 15 | 6.52 | +1 | |
| PCTP/MRPP | 52,761 | 0.93 | +0.1 | 0 | 0.00 | ±0 | |
| Hope for Portugal Movement | 25,949 | 0.46 | — | 0 | 0.00 | — | |
| New Democracy Party | 21,876 | 0.38 | –0.3 | 0 | 0.00 | ±0 | |
| Merit and Society Movement | 16,924 | 0.30 | — | 0 | 0.00 | — | |
| People's Monarchist Party | 15,262 | 0.27 | — | 0 | 0.00 | — | |
| Earth Party / Humanist Party[A] | 12,405 | 0.22 | — | 0 | 0.00 | — | |
| National Renovator Party | 11,503 | 0.20 | +0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | ±0 | |
| Pro-life Party | 8,461 | 0.15 | — | 0 | 0.00 | — | |
| Labour Party | 4,974 | 0.09 | — | 0 | 0.00 | — | |
| Workers Party of Socialist Unity | 4,632 | 0.08 | –0.1 | 0 | 0.00 | ±0 | |
| Earth Party[B] | 3,265 | 0.06 | — | 0 | 0.00 | — | |
| Total valid | 5,505,278 | 96.90 | -0.2 | 230 | 100.00 | ±0 | |
| Blank ballots | 99,086 | 1.74 | –0.0 | ||||
| Invalid ballots | 76,894 | 1.35 | +0.2 | ||||
| Total (turnout 59.68%) | 5,681,258 | 100.00 | ±0.0 | ||||
| A Earth Party / Humanist Party joint electoral list only in continental Portugal. B Earth Party electoral list only in Madeira and Azores. |
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| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições | |||||||
[edit] Past elections and referendums
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[edit] Election results 1975-2009
| Parties | 1975 | 1976 | 1979 | 1980 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2002 | 2005 | 2009 |
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| Democratic Unity Coalition | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.1 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| Social Democratic Party | 26.4 | 24.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 27.2 | 29.9 | 50.2 | 50.6 | 34.1 | 32.3 | 40.2 | 28.8 | 29.1 |
| Portuguese Communist Party | 12.5 | 14.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United People Alliance | - | - | 18.8 | 16.8 | 18.1 | 15.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Socialist Party | 37.9 | 34.9 | 27.3 | 1.1 | 36.1 | 20.8 | 22.2 | 29.1 | 43.8 | 44.1 | 37.8 | 45.0 | 36.6 |
| Left Bloc | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 9.9 |
| Democratic Renovator Party | - | - | - | - | - | 17.9 | 4.9 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Democratic Alliance | - | - | 42.5 | 44.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Democratic and Social Centre – People´s Party | 7.6 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.6 | 10.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 10.4 |
| Republican and Socialist Front | - | - | - | 26.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portuguese Democratic Movement | 4.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| People's Democratic Union | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - |
| National Solidarity Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - |
| Others | 10.7 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições | |||||||||||||
[edit] European Parliament elections
- European Parliament election, 1987
- European Parliament election, 1989
- European Parliament election, 1994
- European Parliament election, 1999
- European Parliament election, 2004
- European Parliament election, 2009
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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