Portugal (European Parliament constituency)

Portugal European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Created	1987
MEP(s)	22 (2009)
Member State	Portugal
Source(s)	[1][2]

In European elections, Portugal is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-two MEPs. It covers the member state of Portugal.

Current MEPs

Further information: Members of the European Parliament for Portugal 2009–2014

As of September 2010

Name	National Party	EP group
Paulo Rangel	Partido Social Democrata	EPP
Carlos Coelho	Partido Social Democrata	EPP
Maria da Graça Carvalho	Partido Social Democrata	EPP
Mário David	Partido Social Democrata	EPP
Nuno Teixeira de Jesus	Partido Social Democrata	EPP
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves	Partido Social Democrata	EPP
Regina Bastos	Partido Social Democrata	EPP
José Manuel Fernandes	Partido Social Democrata	EPP
Vital Moreira	Partido Socialista	S&D
Edite Estrela	Partido Socialista	S&D
Capoulas Santos	Partido Socialista	S&D
Elisa Ferreira	Partido Socialista	S&D
Correia de Campos	Partido Socialista	S&D
Ana Gomes	Partido Socialista	S&D
Vital Moreira	Partido Socialista	S&D
Miguel Portas	Bloco de Esquerda	GUE–NGL
Marisa Matias	Bloco de Esquerda	GUE–NGL
Rui Tavares	Bloco de Esquerda	GUE–NGL
Ilda Figueiredo	Coligação Democrática Unitária	GUE–NGL
João Ferreira	Coligação Democrática Unitária	GUE–NGL
Nuno Melo	Centro Democrático Social - Partido Popular	EPP
Diogo Feio	Centro Democrático Social - Partido Popular	EPP

1987

Further information: European Parliament election, 1987 (Portugal)

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 19 July 1987 European Parliament election results in Portugal

Parties				Votes	%	Seats
National Party		EU Party	EU Group
	Social Democratic	LDR	LDR	2,111,828	37.45	10
	Socialist	SOC	SOC	1,267,672	22.48	6
	Democratic and Social Centre	EPP	EPP	868,718	15.40	4
	Democratic Unity Coalition	EGP, PEL	COM	648,700	11.50	3
	Democratic Renovator	none	SOC	250,158	4.44	1
	People's Monarchist Party	none		155,990	2.77	0
	People's Democratic Union	none		52,835	0.94	0
	Christian Democratic Party	none		40,812	0.72	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	none		29,009	0.51	0
	Portuguese Democratic Movement	none		27,678	0.49	0
	Communist Party (Reconstructed)	none		24,060	0.43	0
	PCTP/MRPP	none		19,475	0.35	0
Total valid				5,496,935	97.45	24
Blank ballots				68,475	1.21
Invalid ballots				74,240	1.32
Total (turnout 72.42%)				5,639,650	100.00
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

1989

Further information: European Parliament election, 1989 (Portugal)

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 18 June 1989 European Parliament election results in Portugal

Parties				Votes	%	±	Seats
National Party		EU Party	EU Group				1987	1989	±
	Social Democratic	LDR	LDR	1,358,958	32.75	4.7	10	9	1
	Socialist	SOC	SOC	1,184,380	28.54	6.0	6	8	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	EGC	LU, G	597,759	14.41	2.9	3	4	1
	Democratic and Social Centre	EPP	EPP	587,497	14.16	1.2	4	3	1
	People's Monarchist Party	none		84,272	2.03	0.8	0	0	0
	Portuguese Democratic Movement	none		56,900	1.37	0.9	0	0	0
	People's Democratic Union	none		45,017	1.09	0.1	0	0	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	none		31,775	0.77	0.3	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	none		29,745	0.72	0.0	0	0	0
	PCTP/MRPP	none		26,682	0.64	0.2	0	0	0
	Workers Party of Socialist Unity	none		11,182	0.27	—	—	0	—
	Left Revolutionary Front	none		7,833	0.19	—	—	0	—
Total valid				4,022,000	96.92	0.6	24	24	0
Blank ballots				66,074	1.59	0.4
Invalid ballots				61,682	1.49	0.2
Total (turnout 51.10%)				4,149,756	100.00	21.3
A The Socialist Party list includes Democratic Renovator Party candidates.
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

1994

Further information: European Parliament election, 1994 (Portugal)

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 12 June 1994 European Parliament election results in Portugal

Parties				Votes	%	±	Seats
National Party		EU Party	EU Group				1989	1994	±
	Socialist	PES	PES	1,061,560	34.87	6.4	8	10	2
	Social Democratic	EPP	EPP	1,046,918	34.39	1.6	9	9	0
	People's Party	EDA	EDA	379,044	12.45	1.7	3	3	0
	Democratic Unity Coalition	EGP, PEL	EUL	340,725	11.19	3.2	4	3	1
	PCTP/MRPP	none		24,022	0.79	0.2	0	0	0
	People's Democratic Union	none		18,884	0.62	0.5	0	0	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	none		17,780	0.58	0.2	0	0	0
	Earth Party	none		12,995	0.43	—	—	0	—
	Politics XXI	none		12,402	0.41	—	—	0	—
	National Solidarity Party	none		11,214	0.37	—	—	0	—
	People's Monarchist Party	none		8,300	0.27	1.7	0	0	0
	Democratic Party of the Atlantic	none		7,127	0.23	—	—	0	—
	Democratic Renovator	none		5,941	0.20	—	—	0	—
	Unity Movement for Workers	none		2,893	0.10	0.2	0	0	0
Total valid				2,949,765	96.90	0.0	24	25	1
Blank ballots				48,916	1.61	0.0
Invalid ballots				45,320	1.49	0.0
Total (turnout 35.54%)				3,044,001	100.00	15.6
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

1999

Further information: European Parliament election, 1999 (Portugal)

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 13 June 1999 European Parliament election results in Portugal

Parties				Votes	%	±	Seats
National Party		EU Party	EU Group				1994	1999	±
	Socialist	PES	PES	1,493,146	43.07	8.2	10	12	2
	Social Democratic	EPP	EPP-ED	1,078,528	31.11	3.3	9	9	0
	Democratic Unity Coalition	EGP, PEL	GUE/NGL	357,671	10.32	0.9	3	2	1
	People's Party	UFE	UEN	283,067	8.16	4.3	3	2	1
	Left Bloc	none		61,920	1.79	—	—	0	—
	PCTP/MRPP	none		30,446	0.88	0.1	0	0	0
	People's Monarchist Party	none		16,182	0.47	0.2	0	0	0
	Earth Party	none		13,924	0.40	0.0	0	0	0
	National Solidarity Party	none		8,413	0.24	—	—	0	—
	Workers Party of Socialist Unity	none		5,565	0.16	0.1	0	0	0
	Democratic Party of the Atlantic	none		5,089	0.15	0.0	0	0	0
Total valid				3,353,951	96.74	0.2	25	25	0
Blank ballots				63,281	1.83	0.2
Invalid ballots				49,853	1.44	0.1
Total (turnout 39.93%)				3,467,085	100.00	4.4
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

2004

Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Portugal)

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 13 June 2004 European Parliament election results in Portugal

Parties				Votes	%	±	Seats
National Party		EU Party	EU Group				1999	2004	±
	Socialist	PES	PES	1,516,001	44.52	1.5	12	12	0
	Força Portugal	EPP	EPP-ED	1,132,769	33.27	6.0	11	9	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	EGP, PEL	GUE/NGL	309,401	9.09	1.2	2	2	0
	Left Bloc	EACL	GUE/NGL	167,313	4.91	4.1	0	1	1
	PCTP/MRPP	none		36,294	1.07	0.2	0	0	0
	New Democracy Party	EUD	IND/DEM	33,833	0.99	—	—	0	—
	People's Monarchist Party	none		15,454	0.45	0.0	0	0	0
	Movement for the Sick	none		13,840	0.41	—	—	0	—
	Earth Party	none		13,671	0.40	0	0	0	0
	Humanist Party	none		13,272	0.39	—	—	0	—
	National Renovator Party	FNE	none	8,405	0.25	—	—	0	—
	Democratic Party of the Atlantic	none		5,588	0.16	0.0	0	0	0
	Workers Party of Socialist Unity	none		4,275	0.13	0.0	0	0	0
Total valid				3,270,116	96.04	0.7	25	24	1
Blank ballots				87,442	2.57	0.7
Invalid ballots				47,224	1.39	0.0
Total (turnout 38.60%)				3,404,782	100.00	1.3
A Força Portugal (FP) is composed by the Social Democratic Party (7 MEPs) and the People's Party (2 MEPs). The 11 seats from 1999 are the sum of the PSD and CDS-PP seats.
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

2009

Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Portugal)

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 7 June 2009 European Parliament election results in Portugal

Parties				Votes	%	±pp swing	MPs
National Party		EU Party	EU Group				2004	2009	±
	Social Democratic	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	GUE/NGL	382,667	10.72	5.8	1	3	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	EGP, PEL	GUE/NGL	379,787	10.64	1.7	2	2	0
	People's Party	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	0.2	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

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
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