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Elections in Portugal gives information on election and election results
in Portugal.
Only the elections since the democratic Carnation
Revolution of 1974 are listed here, however, during the period
encompassing the Constitutional Monarchy and the First Republic there were
also elections, but only for the men who could read. During the
dictatorial regime that existed from 1926 to 1974, only show elections were
held.
Portugal elects on national level the President and the national
Parliament, the Assembly of the Republic. The
President is elected for a five year term by the people while the
Parliament has 230 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation
in multi-seat constituencies, the districts. Also in a national
level, Portugal elects 24 members of the European
Parliament.
The Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira, elect their own
regional government for a four year term, usually on the same day.
The first regional elections were held in 1976.
In the local elections, 308 Municipal Chambers and Municipal
Assemblies, and more than 4000 Parish Assemblies are elected for a four year
term in separate elections that usually occur on the same day.
Latest
elections
2006
Presidential election
e • d
| Portuguese Presidential
Election, 2006 - First Round (January 22) |
| Candidates |
Supporting parties |
Votes |
% |
|
Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
PSD, CDS/PP |
2,773,431 |
50.54 |
|
Manuel Alegre |
Independent |
1,138,297 |
20.74 |
|
Mário Soares |
PS |
785,355 |
14.31 |
|
Jerónimo de Sousa |
PCP, PEV |
474,083 |
8.64 |
|
Francisco Louçã |
BE |
292,198 |
5.32 |
|
António Garcia Pereira |
PCTP/MRPP |
23,983 |
0.44 |
|
Blank Ballots |
|
59,636 |
|
|
Invalid Ballots |
|
43,149 |
|
|
Total
|
|
5,590,132 |
100.00 |
- Registered Voters: 9,085,339
- Turnout: 61.53%
2009
Parliamentary election
e • d
| Portuguese legislative
election, 2009 (September 27) |
| Party |
Votes |
% |
+/- |
Seats |
+/- |
|
PS
|
2,077,238
|
36.56
|
-8.4
|
97
|
-24
|
|
PSD
|
1,653,665
|
29.11
|
0.3
|
81
|
6
|
|
CDS/PP
|
592,778
|
10.43
|
3.1
|
21
|
9
|
|
BE
|
557,306
|
9.81
|
3.4
|
16
|
8
|
|
CDU
|
446,279
|
7.86
|
0.4
|
15
|
1
|
|
PCTP-MRPP
|
52,761
|
0.93
|
0.1
|
0
|
-
|
|
MEP
|
25,949
|
0.46
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
|
PND
|
21,876
|
0.38
|
-0.3
|
0
|
-
|
|
MMS
|
16,924
|
0.30
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
|
PPM
|
15,262
|
0.27
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
|
MPT-PH
|
12,405
|
0.22
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
|
PNR
|
11,503
|
0.20
|
0.0
|
0
|
-
|
|
PPV
|
8,461
|
0.15
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
|
PTP
|
4,974
|
0.09
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
|
POUS
|
4,632
|
0.08
|
-0.1
|
0
|
-
|
|
MPT
|
3,265
|
0.06
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
|
Blank Ballots
|
99,086
|
1.74
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Invalid Ballots
|
76,894
|
1.35
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Total
|
5,681,258
|
100.00
|
-
|
230
|
-
|
- Registered Voters: 9,519,921
- Turnout: 59.68%
Source: [1]
Note:
- CDU is composed by the PCP (Communist),
the PEV (Green) and the ID
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