European Parliament election, 2009 (Portugal)

Portugal European Parliament election, 2009
22 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	36.8%

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Portugal was the election of the delegation from Portugal to the European Parliament in 2009.

The lists were headed by^[1]

Socialist Party (Partido Socialista, PS): Vital Moreira
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata, PSD): Paulo Rangel
Democratic Unity Coalition (Coligação Democrática Unitária, CDU): Ilda Figueiredo
Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party (Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular, CDS–PP): Nuno Melo
Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda, BE): Miguel Portas
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party/Reorganized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat (Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses / Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado, PCTP/MRPP): Orlando Alves
Earth Party (Partido da Terra, MPT): Pedro Quartin Graça
Hope for Portugal Movement (Movimento Esperança Portugal, MEP): Laurinda Alves
People's Monarchist Party (Partido Popular Monárquico, PPM): Frederico Carvalho
Merit and Society Movement (Movimento Mérito e Sociedade, MMS): Carlos Gomes
National Renewal Party (Partido Nacional Renovador, PNR): Humberto Nuno de Oliveira
Humanist Party (Partido Humanista, PH): Manuela Magno
Workers Party of Socialist Unity (Partido Operário de Unidade Socialista, POUS): Carmelinda Pereira

Opinion Polling and preliminary exit polls[edit]

Exit polls from the three major television networks in Portugal, RTP1, SIC and TVI were given precisely at 20:00 pm (local time) on 7 June 2009.

**12 seats needed for a majority**
Date Released	Institute	Socialist	Social Democratic	Green-Communist	Left Bloc	People's Party	Lead
7 June 2009	Election Results	26.5% 7 seats	31.7% 8 seats	10.6% 2 seats	10.7% 3 seats	8.4% 2 seats	5.2%
7 June 2009	Exit Poll – RTP1 Universidade Católica	28.0% – 33.0% 7 – 8 seats	29.0% – 34.0% 8 – 9 seats	9.0% – 12.0% 2 – 3 seats	9.0% – 12.0% 2 seats	7.0% – 10.0% 2 seats	1.0%
7 June 2009	Exit Poll – SIC Eurosondagem	27.7% – 31.5% 7 – 8 seats	29.2% – 33.0% 7 – 8 seats	9.5% – 11.3% 2 – 3 seats	11.6% – 13.4% 3 seats	7.5% – 9.3% 2 seats	1.5%
7 June 2009	Exit Poll – TVI INTERCAMPUS	24.1% – 28.1% 6 – 8 seats	30.4% – 34.4% 8 – 9 seats	9.7% – 12.7% 2 – 3 seats	9.8% – 12.8% 2 – 3 seats	6.7% – 9.3% 1 – 2 seats	6.3%
5 June 2009	Universidade Católica	34.0%	32.0%	11.0%	9.0%	4.0%	2.0%
5 June 2009	Eurosondagem	36.0%	31.9%	9.0%	10.1%	6.1%	4.1%
4 June 2009	Aximage	36.2%	30.9%	10.1%	10.2%	5.0%	5.3%
4 June 2009	Marktest	29.4%	32.5%	8.9%	8.9%	3.3%	3.1%
1 June 2009	Marktest	31.9%	30.1%	7.1%	7.1%	4.7%	1.8%
29 May 2009	Eurosondagem	35.5%	32.5%	9.2%	8.8%	6.5%	3.0%
22 May 2009	Eurosondagem	34.3%	32.1%	8.9%	10.1%	6.9%	2.2%
9 May 2009	Marktest	33.1%	32.9%	7.6%	8.4%	4.5%	0.2%
1 May 2009	Universidade Católica	39.0%	36.0%	7.0%	12.0%	2.0%	3.0%
24 April 2009	INTERCAMPUS	34.0%	33.5%	7.9%	18.0%	6.9%	0.5%
13 June 2004	Election Results	44.5% 12 seats	33.3% 7 seats	9.1% 2 seats	4.9% 1 seats	—* 2 seats	11.2%
*In coalition with Social Democratic Party.

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

Results of the top 13 parties were:^[2]

e • d **Summary of the 7 June 2009 European Parliament election results in Portugal**
Parties				Votes	%	±pp swing	MPs
National Party		EU Party	EU Group	Votes	%	±pp swing	2004	2009	±
	Social Democratic^[A]	EPP	EPP	1,131,744	31.71	—	7	8	1
	Socialist	PES	S&D	946,818	26.53	18.0	12	7	5
	Left Bloc	EACL, PEL	GUE/NGL	382,667	10.72	5.8	1	3	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	EGP	GUE/NGL	379,787	10.64	1.5	2	2	0
	People's Party^[A]	EPP	EPP	298,423	8.36	—	2	2	0
	Hope for Portugal Movement	none		55,072	1.54	—	—	0	—
	PCTP/MRPP	none		42,940	1.20	0.1	0	0	0
	Earth Party	Libertas	EFD	24,062	0.67	0.3	0	0	0
	Merit and Society Movement	none		21,738	0.61	—	—	0	—
	Humanist Party	none		17,139	0.48	0.1	0	0	0
	People's Monarchist Party	none		14,414	0.40	0.1	0	0	0
	National Renovator Party	FNE	none	13,214	0.37	0.1	0	0	0
	Workers Party of Socialist Unity	none		5,177	0.15	0.0	0	0	0
Total valid				3,333,195	93.39	2.7	24	22	2
Blank ballots				165,830	4.65	2.1
Invalid ballots				69,918	1.96	0.6
Total (turnout 36.78%)				3,568,943	100.00	1.8
^A The Social Democratic Party and the People's Party contested, together, the 2004 election in a coalition (Força Portugal).
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições