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
	[2][3]

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. Template:European Parliament election, 1987 (Portugal)

1989

The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and the first time Portugal voted with the rest of the Community. Template:European Parliament election, 1989 (Portugal)

1994

The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament and the third European election in Portugal. Template:European Parliament election, 1994 (Portugal)

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. Template:European Parliament election, 1999 (Portugal)

2004

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. Template:European Parliament election, 2004 (Portugal)

2009

The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament. Template:European Parliament election, 2009 (Portugal)

2014

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

e • d 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 →
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" width=5px\|	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
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unity Coalition/meta/color" width=5px\|	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
style="background-color: Template:Earth Party/meta/color" width=5px\|	Earth Party (MPT)	ALDE	Marinho e Pinto	234,788	7.15	6.48	2	2
style="background-color: Template:Left Bloc/meta/color" width=5px\|	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
style="background-color: Template:Portuguese Workers' Communist Party/meta/color" width=5px\|	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 2019 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament.

e • d 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 →
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (Portugal)/meta/color" width=5px\|	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Pedro Marques	1,106,328	33.38	1.90	9	1
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party (Portugal)/meta/color" width=5px\|	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	EPP	Paulo Rangel	727,224	21.94	^[a]	6	0
style="background-color: Template:Left Bloc/meta/color" width=5px\|	Left Bloc (BE)	PEL / EACL	Marisa Matias	325,533	9.82	5.26	2	1
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unity Coalition/meta/color" width=5px\|	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
style="background-color: Template:CDS - People's Party/meta/color" width=5px\|	CDS - People's Party (CDS-PP)	EPP	Nuno Melo	205,106	6.19	^[a]	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 ^[b]	0 0 0 0	new 0 0
	We, the Citizens! (NC)	ALDE	Paulo de Morais	34,672	1.05	new	0	^[1] 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

^ ^a ^b 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

^ The MP José Inácio Faria was elected in 2014 by Earth Party (MPT) and was running in 2019 by We, the Citizens! (NC) [1] , 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

Template:European Parliament constituencies 1984-1989 Template:European Parliament constituencies 1989-1994 Template:European Parliament constituencies 1994-1999 Template:European Parliament constituencies 1999-2004 Template:European Parliament constituencies 2004-2009 Template:European Parliament constituencies 2009–2014 Template:European Parliament constituencies 2014–2019

[Portugal_Alliance-1] 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!-2] Compared with the combined total of 0.91% of PPM and PPV/CDC in the 2014 EP elections.

[3] The MP José Inácio Faria was elected in 2014 by Earth Party (MPT) and was running in 2019 by We, the Citizens! (NC) [1] , Observador, 14 April 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

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