Portugal European Parliament election, 2009

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24 seats to the "European Parliament
Turnout	36.8% 1.8 "pp
First party Second party Third party   "" "" "" Leader "Paulo Rangel Vital Moreira "Miguel Portas Party "PSD "PS "BE Alliance "EPP "PES "EACL Last election 7 seats 12 seats 1 seat Seats won 8 7 3 Seat change 1 5 2 Popular vote 1,131,744 946,818 382,667 Percentage 31.7% 26.5% 10.7% Swing [1] 18.0 "pp 5.8 "pp   Fourth party Fifth party   "" "" Leader "Ilda Figueiredo "Nuno Melo Party "CDU "CDS–PP Alliance "GUE/NGL "EPP Last election 2 seats 2 seats Seats won 2 2 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 379,787 298,423 Percentage 10.6% 8.4% Swing 1.5 "pp [1]

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Portugal was the election of the "delegation from "Portugal to the "European Parliament held on 7 June 2009.

The election was a huge setback for the "Socialist Party (PS), which lost almost 18 percentage points. Basically all predictions that said that the PS would win comfortably the election, were wrong. As a result, the party also lost five of its twelve MEP's. The "Social Democrats (PSD) were the big winners in these elections, surprising pundits and analists who predicted a very complicated result for the PSD leader, "Manuela Ferreira Leite. The PSD won 31.7% of the vote and 8 seats. It was the first victory of the PSD, in European elections, since "1989. The "People's Party (CDS-PP) also had a surprising result, winning 8% of the vote and electing 2 MEP's. Both PSD and CDS-PP, who ran in a joint list in 2004, increased sharply their scores and together they won more than 40% of the vote and 10 MEP's.

On the left, both the "Left Bloc (BE) and "Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) achieved very good results with the historic fact that BE surpassed CDU in term of votes and seats for the first time, although only just. Both parties increased their scores at the expense of the Socialist Party. The Left Bloc won 10.7% of the vote and 3 MEP's, their best score in EU elections to date, and CDU surpassed once again the 10% mark winning 10.6% of the vote, but maintaining the 2 MEP they got in 2004.

Turnout in the elections was quite low, as only 36.78% of the electorate cast a ballot, a slightly lower share than in the 2004 election. Although the number of ballots cast was higher than in 2004, the number of registered voters increased considerably in these elections, making the final turnout share lower than in 2004.

Electoral System[edit]

The voting method used, for the election of European members of parliament, is by "proportional representation using the d'Hondt method, which is known to benefit leading parties. In the 2009 EU elections, Portugal had 22 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

Parties and candidates[edit]

The lists were headed by^[2]

• "Socialist Party (Partido Socialista, PS): Vital Moreira
• "Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata, PSD): "Paulo Rangel
• "Democratic Unity Coalition (Coligação Democrática Unitária, CDU): "Ilda Figueiredo
• "CDS – People's Party (CDS – Partido Popular, CDS–PP): "Nuno Melo
• "Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda, BE): "Miguel Portas
• "Portuguese Workers' Communist Party/Reorganized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat (Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses / Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado, PCTP/MRPP): Orlando Alves
• "Earth Party (Partido da Terra, MPT): Pedro Quartin Graça
• "Hope for Portugal Movement (Movimento Esperança Portugal, MEP): Laurinda Alves
• "People's Monarchist Party (Partido Popular Monárquico, PPM): Frederico Carvalho
• "Merit and Society Movement (Movimento Mérito e Sociedade, MMS): Carlos Gomes
• "National Renovator Party (Partido Nacional Renovador, PNR): Humberto Nuno de Oliveira
• "Humanist Party (Partido Humanista, PH): Manuela Magno
• "Workers Party of Socialist Unity (Partido Operário de Unidade Socialista, POUS): Carmelinda Pereira

Opinion Polling and preliminary exit polls[edit]

Exit polls from the three major television networks in Portugal, "RTP1, "SIC and "TVI were given precisely at 20:00 pm (local time) on 7 June 2009.

Results[edit]

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The first most voted party in each "district (Azores and Madeira included)

e • "d Summary of the results of Portugal's 7 June 2009 election to the "European Parliament

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National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	"Social Democratic Party (PSD)	"EPP	"Paulo Rangel	1,131,744	31.71	[3]	8	* 1
	"Socialist Party (PS)	"PES	Vital Moreira	946,818	26.53	17.99	7	5
	"Left Bloc (BE)	"EACL / "PEL	"Miguel Portas	382,667	10.72	5.81	3	2
	"Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • "Communist Party (PCP) • "Ecologist Party (PEV)	"GUE/NGL	"Ilda Figueiredo	379,787	10.64	1.55	2 2 0	0 0
	"People's Party (CDS–PP)	"EPP	"Nuno Melo	298,423	8.36	[4]	2	* 0
	"Hope for Portugal Movement (MEP)	None	Laurinda Alves	55,072	1.54	new	0	0
	"Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)	None	Orlando Alves	42,940	1.20	0.13	0	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			95,744	2.69	—	0	0
Valid votes				3,333,195	93.39
Blank and invalid votes				235,748	6.61
Totals				3,568,943	100.00	—	22	2
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,704,559	36.78	1.82
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Distribution by European group[edit]

See also[edit]

• "Politics of Portugal
• "List of political parties in Portugal
• "Elections in Portugal
• "European Parliament
• "European Parliament election, 2009

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Eleição dos deputados ao Parlamento Europeu em 2009 from CNE – Comissão Nacional de Eleições