European Parliament election, 1999 (Portugal)
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The European Parliament election of 1999 in Portugal was the election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 1999-2004 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1999 European election. In Portugal the election was held on 13 June.
Parties and candidates[edit]
The major parties that partook in the election, and their EP list leaders, were:[1]
- Left Bloc (BE), Miguel Portas
- Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU), Ilda Figueiredo
- Socialist Party (PS), Mário Soares
- Social Democratic Party (PSD), José Pacheco Pereira
- People's Party (CDS–PP), Paulo Portas
National summary of votes and seats[edit]
The first most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
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| Socialist Party (PS) | PES | Mário Soares | 1,493,146 | 43.07 | 8.20 |
12 | 2 |
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| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | EPP | José Pacheco Pereira | 1,078,528 | 31.11 | 3.28 |
9 | 0 |
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| 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 |
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| People's Party (CDS–PP) | UFE | Paulo Portas | 283,067 | 8.16 | 4.29 |
2 | 1 |
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| 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 |
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| Valid votes | 3,353,951 | 96.74 | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 113,134 | 3.26 | ||||||||
| Totals | 3,467,085 | 100.00 | — | 25 | 0 |
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 8,681,854 | 39.93 | 4.39 |
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| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições | ||||||||||
References[edit]
See also[edit]
- Politics of Portugal
- List of political parties in Portugal
- Elections in Portugal
- European Parliament
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