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2019 European Parliament election in Portugal

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All 21 Portuguese seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	30.7% 3.1 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pedro Marques Paulo Rangel Marisa Matias Party PS PSD BE Alliance S&D EPP GUE/NGL Last election 8 seats, 31.5% 6 seats 1 seats, 4.6% Seats won 9 6 2 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 1,106,345 727,207 325,534 Percentage 33.4% 21.9% 9.8% Swing 1.9 pp 5.3 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader João Ferreira Nuno Melo Francisco Guerreiro Party CDU CDS–PP PAN Alliance GUE/NGL EPP European Greens Last election 3 seats, 12.7% 1 seat 0 seats, 1.7% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 228,157 205,111 168,501 Percentage 6.9% 6.2% 5.1% Swing 5.8 pp 3.4 pp
Map of districts and autonomous regions.

The 2019 European Parliament election in Portugal elected the Portuguese delegation to the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024. This was the eighth European Parliament election held in Portugal. The election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019.

The Socialist Party (PS) was the winner of the election, scoring 33.4% of the vote. The party increased their share of the votes by 2% from the 2014 election, and won an additional seat. It was one of the only three times in Portuguese history where the government party won a European election.

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) achieved its worst results ever as a standalone party, with 21.9% of the vote, distancing more than eleven points from the winner. The People's Party (CDS), which ran alongside the PSD in the previous election, as part of the Portugal Alliance, also fell below expectations at 6.2% of the vote, only being able to elect their top candidate Nuno Melo.

The Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) scored their worst result as well, narrowly electing two European Parliament members compared with their former three. On the other hand, the Left Bloc (BE) rebounded to previous support levels, more than doubling its vote share to 9.8% and electing a new member.

The big surprise of the elections was the result of People-Animals-Nature (PAN). Headed by civil engineer André Silva, PAN won 5.1% of the votes and was able to elect its first ever European Parliament member, over-performing the polls.

Turnout, again, fell to the lowest level ever, with only 30.7% of voters casting a ballot. Abstention reached an unprecedented level of 99.04% for Portuguese citizens living abroad.

Electoral system

The voting method used, for the election of European members of parliament, is by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. For the 2019 European Union elections, Portugal had 21 seats to fill. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

This election was also the first in which the changes to the electoral law approved in 2018 were put into practice. The main changes were the automatic registration of all Portuguese citizens, at home and abroad, above 17 year's old, prompting the number of registered voters to increase from 9.7 million to almost 10.8 million, the introduction of early voting to all voters without filling an excuse, in previous elections voters could only vote early if they were unable to attend a polling station on election day, and the end of the "voting card", as voters would only need their identification card to cast a ballot. To vote early, 19,584 voters, 0.2% of all registered voters, requested an early ballot. According to the government, 14,909 voters cast an early ballot.

Parties and candidates

The major parties that participated in the election and their European Parliament list leaders, ranked by percentage of the vote received, were:

• Socialist Party (PS), Pedro Marques
• Social Democratic Party (PSD), Paulo Rangel
• Left Bloc (BE), Marisa Matias
• Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU), João Ferreira
• People's Party (CDS), Nuno Melo
• People–Animals–Nature (PAN), Francisco Guerreiro
• Alliance (A), Paulo Sande
• LIVRE (L), Rui Tavares
• Basta (B), André Ventura
• We, the Citizens! (NC), Paulo de Morais
• Liberal Initiative (IL), Ricardo Arroja
• Portuguese Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP), Luís Júdice
• National Renovator Party (PNR), João Patrocínio
• Democratic Republican Party (PDR), António Marinho e Pinto
• United Party of Retirees and Pensioners (PURP), Fernando Loureiro
• Portuguese Labour Party (PTP), Gonçalo Madaleno
• Socialist Alternative Movement (MAS), Vasco Santos

Campaign period

Party slogans

Candidates' debates

With parties represented in the European Parliament

With parties not represented in the European Parliament

Opinion polls

Graphical summary

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Polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	TO										O	Lead
2019 EP election	26 May 2019	—	30.7	33.4 9	21.9 6	6.2 1	6.9 2	9.8 2	5.1 1	0.4 0	1.9 0	1.5 0	12.9 0	11.5
CESOP–UCP	26 May 2019	12,227	32.5	30–34 8/9	20–24 5/6	5–7 1/2	7–9 1/2	9–12 2/3	4–6 1/2	–	–	–	–	10
GfK/Metris	26 May 2019	7,169	31.5	30.9– 34.9 8/9	21.8– 25.8 6/7	4.7– 7.3 1/2	5.3– 8.3 2	8.5– 11.5 2/3	4.7– 7.3 1/2	–	–	–	13.1– 16.1 0	9.1
Aximage	16–23 May 2019	766	34.9	32.4 8/9	25.1 6/7	7.1 1	8.3 2	11.1 3	1.8 0		2.5 0		11.7 0	7.3
Eurosondagem	15–22 May 2019	2,025	?	35.5 8/10	25.5 7	7.0 1/2	7.6 2	6.9 1/2	2.5 0/1		2.5 0/1		12.5 0	10.0
Aximage	16–20 May 2019	622	34.2	32.5 8/9	25.4 6/7	6.8 1/2	9.3 2	11.4 3	1.4 0		2.5 0		10.7 0	7.1
Pitagórica	10–19 May 2019	605	?	32.4 7/8	24.8 6/7	6.7 1/2	7.1 1/2	12.9 2/3	3.3 1	2.1 0/1	1.2 0	1.0 0	8.5 0	7.6
CESOP–UCP	16–19 May 2019	1,882	?	33 8/9	23 5/6	8 2	8 2	9 2	3 0/1		3 0/1		13 0	10
GfK/Metris	7–12 May 2019	803	?	36 8/9	28 6/7	8 1/2	8 1/2	9 2	2 0				9 0	8
GfK/Metris	22 Apr–3 May 2019	802	?	34 8	28 7	9 2	9 2	8 2	3 0				9 0	6
Eurosondagem	28 Apr–2 May 2019	2,010	?	34.0 9/10	27.1 7/8	7.1 1/2	8.1 2	7.1 1/2	3.3 0/1		3.3 0/1		10.0 0	6.9
Aximage	13–16 Apr 2019	612	40.6	31.7 8/9	29.0 7/8	7.7 1/2	8.4 2	8.3 2	1.3 0		1.3 0	1.8 0	10.5 0	2.7
Pitagórica	3–13 Apr 2019	605	?	30.3 7/8	28.0 7/8	7.6 2	6.5 1	11.3 2/3		1.7 0			14.6 0	2.3
Aximage	30 Mar–1 Apr 2019	602	43.8	33.6 8	31.1 8	6.8 1	9.4 2	8.0 2	1.3 0		1.3 0		8.5 0	2.5
Aximage	9–13 Mar 2019	600	44.5	34.1 8/9	29.1 7/8	7.3 1/2	9.2 2	7.6 2	1.9 0		2.0 0		8.8 0	5.0
Aximage	5–10 Feb 2019	602	38.2	36.0 9	26.2 6	8.6 2	8.8 2	9.7 2	1.5 0		1.9 0		7.3 0	9.8
Aximage	4–7 Jan 2019	608	36.0	38.5 8/10	23.4 5/7	9.9 2/3	13.4 2/3	7.4 2/3	2.4 0		1.4 0		3.5 0	15.1
2015 legislative elections	4 Oct 2015	—	55.8	32.4	38.6		8.3	10.2	1.4	1.1	—	—	8.0	6.2
2014 EP election	25 May 2014	—	33.7	31.5 8	27.7 6+1		12.7 3	4.6 1	1.7 0	*	—	0.9 0	20.9 2	3.8

Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas.

Turnout	Time
	12:00			16:00			19:00
	2014	2019	±	2014	2019	±	2014	2019	±
Total	12.14%	11.56%	0.58 pp	26.31%	23.37%	2.94 pp	33.67%	30.73%	2.94 pp
Sources

Results

Summary of the results of Portugal's 26 May 2019 election to the European Parliament

National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Pedro Marques	1,106,328	33.38	1.90	9	1
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	EPP	Paulo Rangel	727,224	21.94		6	0
	Left Bloc (BE)	PEL / EACL	Marisa Matias	325,533	9.82	5.26	2	1
	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
	CDS - People's Party (CDS-PP)	EPP	Nuno Melo	205,106	6.19		1	0
	People–Animals–Nature (PAN)	APEU / EGP	Francisco Guerreiro	168,501	5.08	3.36	1	1
	Alliance (A)	ALDE	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	0 0 0 0	new 0 0
	We, the Citizens! (NC)	ALDE	Paulo de Morais	34,672	1.05	new	0	1
	Liberal Initiative (IL)	ALDE	Ricardo Arroja	29,120	0.88	new	0	new
	Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)	None	Luís Júdice	27,223	0.82	0.85	0	0
	National Renovator Party (PNR)	AENM	João Patrocínio	16,165	0.49	0.04	0	0
	Democratic Republican Party (PDR)	ALDE	Marinho e Pinto	15,790	0.48	new	0	1
	United Party of Retirees and Pensioners (PURP)	None	Fernando Loureiro	13,582	0.41	new	0	new
	Portuguese Labour Party (PTP)	None	Gonçalo Madaleno	8,640	0.26	0.43	0	0
	Socialist Alternative Movement (MAS)	None	Vasco Santos	6,641	0.20	0.18	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

Distribution by European group

Maps

• Most voted political force by municipality.

Electorate

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election
• Politics of Portugal
• List of political parties in Portugal

Notes

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.
2. PDR main candidate, António Marinho e Pinto, was a MEP elected in 2014 and he refused to attend the debate with the minor parties with no representation in the European Parliament.
3. Results presented here exclude undecideds (5.3%). With their inclusion results are: PS: 34.1%; PSD: 24.8%; BE: 9.2%; CDU: 8.3%; PP: 8.1%; A: 1.8%; PAN: 1.4%; Others: 7.0%.
4. Results presented here exclude undecideds (15.4%). With their inclusion results are: PS: 32.6%; PSD: 19.8%; CDU: 11.3%; PP: 8.4%; BE: 6.3%; PAN: 2.0%; A: 1.2%; Others: 3.0%.
5. The main candidate for the Earth Party (MPT) in 2014, António Marinho e Pinto, left MPT in late 2014 and formed his own party, the Democratic Republican Party (PDR).
6. Includes the 7.2%, and 2 seats, won by MPT in the 2014 EP elections. MPT dropped out from the 2019 EP elections due to internal infighting.
7. Compared with the combined total of 0.91% of PPM and PPV/CDC in the 2014 EP elections.

References

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External links

• Official results site, Portuguese Ministry of Internal Administration
• Portuguese Electoral Commission
• ERC – Official publication of polls

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