Portugal (European Parliament constituency)

Portugal
Portugal
	European Parliament constituency
	Location among the current constituencies
Member state	Portugal
Created	1987
MEPs	24 (1987–1994); 25 (1994–2004); 24 (2004–2009); 22 (2009–2014); 21 (2014–present)
Sources

For elections in the European Union, Portugal is a European Parliament constituency, currently represented by twenty-one MEPs. It covers the member state of Portugal.

Current MEPs

As of September 2014

Name	National party	EP group
Francisco Assis	Partido Socialista	S&D
Maria João Rodrigues	Partido Socialista	S&D
Carlos Zorrinho	Partido Socialista	S&D
Elisa Ferreira	Partido Socialista	S&D
Ricardo Serrão Santos	Partido Socialista	S&D
Ana Gomes	Partido Socialista	S&D
Pedro da Silva Pereira	Partido Socialista	S&D
Liliana Rodrigues	Partido Socialista	S&D
Paulo Rangel	Aliança Portugal (PSD)	EPP
Fernando Ruas	Aliança Portugal (PSD)	EPP
Sofia Ribeiro	Aliança Portugal (PSD)	EPP
Nuno Melo	Aliança Portugal (CDS–PP)	EPP
Carlos Coelho	Aliança Portugal (PSD)	EPP
Cláudia Aguiar	Aliança Portugal (PSD)	EPP
José Manuel Fernandes	Aliança Portugal (PSD)	EPP
João Ferreira	Coligação Democrática Unitária	GUE–NGL
Inês Zuber	Coligação Democrática Unitária	GUE–NGL
Miguel Viegas	Coligação Democrática Unitária	GUE–NGL
Marisa Matias	Bloco de Esquerda	GUE–NGL
José Inácio Faria	Movimento Partido da Terra	ALDE
António Marinho e Pinto	Movimento Partido da Terra (Jun–Sep 2014) Partido Democrático Republicano (Sep 2014–)	ALDE

1987

The most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

The first European election in Portugal was a by-election held after it joined the European Communities in 1987. The rest of the EC had voted in 1984.

Summary of the results of Portugal's 19 July 1987 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
1987 • 1989 →
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	LDR	Pedro Santana Lopes	2,111,828	37.45	—	10	—
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo	1,267,672	22.48	—	6	—
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	EPP	Francisco Lucas Pires	868,718	15.40	—	4	—
	Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	COM	Ângelo Veloso	648,700	11.50	—	3 3 0	— —
	Democratic Renewal Party (PRD)	EDA[1]	José Medeiros Ferreira	250,158	4.44	—	1	—
	People's Monarchist Party (PPM)	None		155,990	2.77	—	0	—
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			193,869	3.44	—	0	—
Valid votes				5,496,935	97.45
Blank and invalid votes				142,715	2.53
Totals				5,639,650	100.00	—	24	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				7,787,603	72.42
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

1989

The most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and the first time Portugal voted with the rest of the Community.

Summary of the results of Portugal's 18 June 1989 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1987 • 1989 • 1994 →
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	LDR	António Capucho	1,358,958	32.75	4.70	9	1
	Socialist Party (PS)*	PES	João Cravinho	1,184,380	28.54	6.26	8	2
	Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	LU	Carlos Carvalhas	597,759	14.40	2.90	4 3 1	0 1
	Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)	EPP	Lucas Pires	587,497	14.16	1.34	3	1
	People's Monarchist Party (PPM)	None		84,272	2.03	0.74	0	0
	Democratic Movement (MDP)	None		56,900	1.37	0.88	0	0
	People's Democratic Union (UDP)	None		45,017	1.08	0.14	0	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% and no seats)			107,217	2.58	—	0	1
Valid votes				4,022,000	96.92
Blank and invalid votes				127,756	3.08
Totals				4,149,756	100.00	—	24	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				8,121,564	51.10	21.32
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições * = The Socialist Party list included 1 MP elected by the Democratic Renewal Party.

1994

The most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament and the third European election in Portugal.

Summary of the results of Portugal's 12 June 1994 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1989 • 1994 • 1999 →
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	António Vitorino	1,061,560	34.87	6.33	10	2
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	EPP	Eurico de Melo	1,046,918	34.39	1.64	9	0
	People's Party (CDS–PP)	EDA	Manuel Monteiro	379,044	12.45	1.71	3	0
	Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	GUE/NGL	Luis Manuel de Sá	340,725	11.19	3.21	3 3 0	0 1
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			121,518	4.00	—	0	0
Valid votes				2,949,765	96.90
Blank and invalid votes				94,236	3.10
Totals				3,044,001	100.00	—	25	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				8,565,822	35.54	15.56
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

1999

The first most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament.

Summary of the results of Portugal's 13 June 1999 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1994 • 1999 • 2004 →
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Mário Soares	1,493,146	43.07	8.20	12	2
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	EPP	José Pacheco Pereira	1,078,528	31.11	3.28	9	0
	Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	GUE/NGL	Ilda Figueiredo	357,671	10.32	0.87	2 2 0	1 0
	People's Party (CDS–PP)	UFE	Paulo Portas	283,067	8.16	4.29	2	1
	Left Bloc (BE)	None	Miguel Portas	61,920	1.79	new	0	new
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			79,619	2.30	—	0	0
Valid votes				3,353,951	96.74
Blank and invalid votes				113,134	3.26
Totals				3,467,085	100.00	—	25	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				8,681,854	39.93	4.39
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

2004

The first most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament.

Summary of the results of Portugal's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	António Costa	1,516,001	44.52	1.45	12	0
	Forward Portugal (FP) • Social Democratic Party (PSD) • People's Party (CDS–PP)	EPP	João de Deus Pinheiro	1,132,769	33.27	[2]	9 7 2	2 0
	Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	GUE/NGL	Ilda Figueiredo	309,401	9.09	1.23	2 2 0	0 0
	Left Bloc (BE)	EACL	Miguel Portas	167,313	4.91	3.12	1	1
	Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)	None	António Garcia Pereira	36,294	1.07	0.19	0	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			108,338	3.18	—	0	—
Valid votes				3,270,116	96.04
Blank and invalid votes				134,666	3.96
Totals				3,404,782	100.00	—	24	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				8,821,456	38.60	1.33
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições -->

2009

The first most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira included)

The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament.

Summary of the results of Portugal's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	EPP	Paulo Rangel	1,131,744	31.71	[lower-alpha 1]	8	* 1
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Vital Moreira	946,818	26.53	17.99	7	5
	Left Bloc (BE)	EACL / PEL	Miguel Portas	382,667	10.72	5.81	3	2
	Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	GUE/NGL	Ilda Figueiredo	379,787	10.64	1.55	2 2 0	0 0
	People's Party (CDS–PP)	EPP	Nuno Melo	298,423	8.36	[lower-alpha 1]	2	* 0
	Hope for Portugal Movement (MEP)	None	Laurinda Alves	55,072	1.54	new	0	0
	Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)	None	Orlando Alves	42,940	1.20	0.13	0	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			95,744	2.69	—	0	0
Valid votes				3,333,195	93.39
Blank and invalid votes				235,748	6.61
Totals				3,568,943	100.00	—	22	2
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,704,559	36.78	1.82
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

The Social Democratic Party and the People's Party contested, together, the 2004 election in a coalition (Forward Portugal).

2014

The first most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira included)

The 2014 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament.

Summary of the results of Portugal's 25 May 2014 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Francisco Assis	1,034,249	31.49	4.96	8	1
	Portugal Alliance (AP) • Social Democratic Party (PSD) • People's Party (CDS–PP)	EPP	Paulo Rangel	910,647	27.73	*	7 6 1	2 1
	Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	EGP / PEL	João Ferreira	416,925	12.69	2.05	3 3 0	1 0
	Earth Party (MPT)	ALDE	Marinho e Pinto	234,788	7.15	6.48	2	2
	Left Bloc (B.E.)	PEL / EACL	Marisa Matias	149,764	4.56	6.16	1	2
	LIVRE (L)		Rui Tavares	71,495	2.18	new	0	new
	Party for Animals and Nature (PAN)	EUL-NGL	Orlando Figueiredo	56,431	1.72	new	0	new
	Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)	None	Leopoldo Mesquita	54,708	1.67	0.47	0	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			111,765	3.40	—	0	0
Valid votes				3,040,771	92.58
Blank and invalid votes				243,681	7.42
Totals				3,284,452	100.00	—	21	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,753,568	33.67	3.11
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições * = The Social Democratic Party and the People's Party contested separately the 2009 election.

2019

The first most voted party in each district.

The 2019 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament.

Summary of the results of Portugal's 26 May 2019 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 2014 • 2019 • 2024 →
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Pedro Marques	1,106,328	33.38	1.90	9	1
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	EPP	Paulo Rangel	727,224	21.94	[lower-alpha 1]	6	0
	Left Bloc (BE)	PEL / EACL	Marisa Matias	325,533	9.82	5.26	2	1
	Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	PEL / EGP	João Ferreira	228,156	6.88	5.81	2 2 0	1 0
	CDS - People's Party (CDS-PP)	EPP	Nuno Melo	205,106	6.19	[lower-alpha 1]	1	0
	People–Animals–Nature (PAN)	EGP	Francisco Guerreiro	168,501	5.08	3.36	1	1
	Alliance (A)	None	Paulo Sande	61,753	1.86	new	0	new
	LIVRE (L)	DiEM25 / EGP	Rui Tavares	60,575	1.83	0.35	0	0
	Basta! (B) • Enough (CH) • People's Monarchist Party (PPM) • Citizenship and Christian Democracy (PPV/CDC)	ECPM	André Ventura	49,496	1.49	0.58 [lower-alpha 2]	0 0 0 0	new 0 0
	We, the Citizens! (NC)	ALDE	Paulo de Morais	34,672	1.05	new	0	[3] 1
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			117,161	3.53	—	0	0
Valid votes				3,084,505	93.06
Blank and invalid votes				229,909	6.93
Totals				3,314,414	100.00	—	21	0
Eligible voters / turnout				10,786,068	30.73	2.94
Source: Europeias 2019, Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Notes

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested the 2014 election in a coalition called Portugal Alliance (AP) and won a combined 27.7% of the vote and elected 7 MP's to the European parliament.
Compared with the combined total of 0.91% of PPM and PPV/CDC in the 2014 EP elections.

References

Boissieu, Laurent de. "Élections européennes Portugal". Europe Politique (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2014.
The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested separately the 1999 election.
The MP José Inácio Faria was elected in 2014 by Earth Party (MPT) and was running in 2019 by We, the Citizens! (NC) , Observador, 14 April 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu

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[PSD/CDS_2004-3] The Social Democratic Party and the People's Party contested, together, the 2004 election in a coalition (Forward Portugal).

[Portugal_Alliance-4] The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested the 2014 election in a coalition called Portugal Alliance (AP) and won a combined 27.7% of the vote and elected 7 MP's to the European parliament.

[Basta!-5] Compared with the combined total of 0.91% of PPM and PPV/CDC in the 2014 EP elections.

[1] Boissieu, Laurent de. "Élections européennes Portugal". Europe Politique (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2014.

[2] The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested separately the 1999 election.

[6] The MP José Inácio Faria was elected in 2014 by Earth Party (MPT) and was running in 2019 by We, the Citizens! (NC) , Observador, 14 April 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.