Elections in Portugal

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Elections in Portugal gives information on election and election results in Portugal.

Only the elections since the Carnation Revolution of 1974 are listed here. During the period encompassing the Constitutional Monarchy and the First Republic there were also elections, but only for a limited universe of voters. During the Estado Novo regime, from 1926 to 1974, the few elections held were not up to the democratic standards of their time and never resulted in power transfer.

Portugal elects on a 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 on a national level, Portugal elects 21 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.

On a local level, 308 Municipal Chambers and Municipal Assemblies and 3,092^[1] Parish Assemblies are elected for a four-year term in separate elections that usually occur on the same day.

Latest elections

2015 Parliamentary election

Main article: Portuguese legislative election, 2015

Summary of the 4 October 2015 Assembly of the Republic elections results
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	MPs					MPs %/ votes %

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	2011	2015	±	%	±	MPs %/ votes %
	Portugal Ahead (PSD / CDS–PP)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1,993,504	36.86	10.9	124	102	22	44.35	10.5	1.20
	Socialist Party	1,747,730	32.32	4.3	74	86	12	37.39	5.2	1.16
	Left Bloc	550,945	10.19	5.0	8	19	11	8.26	4.8	0.81
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	445,901	8.25	0.4	16	17	1	7.39	0.4	0.90
	Social Democratic^{[lower-alpha 2]}	81,041	1.49	N/A	7	5	2	2.17	0.9	1.45
	People-Animals-Nature	75,170	1.39	0.4	0	1	1	0.43	0.4	0.31
	Democratic Republican	61,920	1.13	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0.00	N/A	0.0
	Workers' Communist Party	60,045	1.11	0.0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0
	FREE/Time to move Foward	39,330	0.73	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0.00	N/A	0.0
	National Renovator Party	27,286	0.50	0.2	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0
	Earth Party	22,627	0.42	0.0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0
	We, the Citizens!	21,382	0.40	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0.00	N/A	0.0
	Labour / Socialist Alternative (ACT!)	20,793	0.38	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0.00	N/A	0.0
	People's Monarchist	14,916	0.28	0.0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0
	Together for the People	14,275	0.26	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0.00	N/A	0.0
	United Party of Retirees and Pensioners	13,899	0.26	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0.00	N/A	0.0
	People's^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7,496	0.14	N/A	1	0	1	0.00	0.4	0.0
	People's / People's Monarchist^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3,624	0.07	N/A	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0
	Christian Democratic and Citizenship	2,685	0.05	0.1	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0
	Labour^{[lower-alpha 5]}	1,744	0.03	N/A	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0
Total valid		5,206,113	96.27	0.4	230	230	0	100.00	0.0	—
Blank ballots		112,955	2.09	0.6
Invalid ballots		89,024	1.65	0.3
Total (turnout 55.84%)		5,408,092	100.00	2.2
Source: Diário da República - Resultados Oficias

2016 Presidential election

Main article: Portuguese presidential election, 2016

Summary of the 24 January 2016 Portuguese presidential election results


Candidates		Supporting parties	First round
Candidates		Supporting parties	Votes	%
	Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa	Social Democratic Party, People's Party, People's Monarchist Party	2,413,956	52.00
	António Sampaio da Nóvoa	Independent supported by the Portuguese Workers' Communist Party, LIVRE	1,062,138	22.88
	Marisa Matias	Left Bloc, Socialist Alternative Movement	469,814	10.12
	Maria de Belém	Independent	196,765	4.24
	Edgar Silva	Portuguese Communist Party	183,051	3.94
	Vitorino Silva	Independent	152,374	3.28
	Paulo de Morais	Independent	100,191	2.16
	Henrique Neto	Independent	39,163	0.84
	Jorge Sequeira	Independent	13,954	0.30
	Cândido Ferreira	Independent	10,609	0.23
Total valid			4,642,015	100.00
Blank ballots			58,964	1.24
Invalid ballots			43,588	0.92
Total (turnout 48.66%)			4,744,597
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Past elections and referendums

Elections and referendums in Portugal

Presidential elections	1911 1915 (May) 1915 (Aug) 1918 (Apr) 1918 (Dec) 1919 1923 1925 1928 1935 1942 1949 1951 1958 1965 1972** 1976 1980 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016

Parliamentary elections	1820 1822 1826 1834 1836 (Jul) 1836 (Nov) 1838 1840 1842 1845 1847 1851 1852 1856 1858 1860 1861 1864 1865 1868 1869 1870 (Mar) 1870 (Sep) 1871 1874 1878 1879 1881 1884 1887 1889 1890 1892 1894 1895 1897 1899 1900 1901 1904 1905 1906 (Apr) 1906 (Aug) 1908 1910 1911* 1915 1918 1919 1921 1922 1925 1934 1938 1942 1945 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1975* 1976 1979 1980 1983 1985 1987 1991 1995 1999 2002 2005 2009 2011 2015 Next

Local elections	1976 1979 1982 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

European elections	1987 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1933 1998 (Jun) 1998 (Nov) 2007

* Constituent Assembly ** Indirect elections See also: Elections in Azores Madeira

Election results 1975-2015

Summary of Portuguese elections for the Assembly of the Republic, 1975-2015
Election year	PCP	MDP	PS	PSD	CDS	UDP	APU	AD	FRS	PRD	CDU	PSN	BE	PAN	PàF	Oth	Inv	Turnout
1975*	12.5	4.1	37.9	26.4	7.6	0.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.7	7.0	91.7
1976	14.4	-	34.9	24.4	16.0	1.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	83.5
1979	-	-	27.3	2.4	0.4	2.2	18.8	42.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.7	2.7	82.9
1980	-	-	1.1	2.5	0.2	1.4	16.8	44.9	26.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.1	2.3	83.9
1983	.	-	36.1	27.2	12.6	0.5	18.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0	2.5	77.8
1985	-	-	20.8	29.9	10.0	1.3	15.5	-	-	17.9	-	-	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	74.2
1987	-	0.6	22.2	50.2	4.4	0.9	-	-	-	4.9	12.1	-	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	71.6
1991	-	-	29.1	50.6	4.4	0.1	-	-	-	0.6	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	2.8	1.9	67.8
1995	-	-	43.8	34.1	9.1	0.6	-	-	-	-	8.6	0.2	-	-	-	1.7	1.9	66.3
1999	-	-	44.1	32.3	8.3	-	-	-	-	-	9.0	0.2	2.4	-	-	1.7	2.0	61.1
2002	-	-	37.8	40.2	8.7	-	-	-	-	-	6.9	0.0	2.7	-	-	1.7	2.0	61.5
2005	-	-	45.0	28.8	7.2	-	-	-	-	-	7.5	-	6.4	-	-	2.2	2.9	64.3
2009	-	-	36.6	29.1	10.4	-	-	-	-	-	7.9	-	9.8	-	-	3.1	3.1	59.7
2011	-	-	28.1	38.7	11.4	-	-	-	-	-	7.9	-	5.2	1.0	-	3.4	4.1	58.0
2015	-	-	32.3	1.5	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	8.3	-	10.2	1.4	36.9	5.5	3.7	55.8
*The 1975 election was for the Constituent Assembly; Oth: Other parties; Inv: Invalid/Blank votes.
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Autonomous Regions elections

Portugal has two autonomous regions, Azores and Madeira, that elect their own representatives for the regional parliaments every 4 years. The first elections were in 1976 and usually they were both held in the same day until 2007 when Madeira held an early election and Azores held its election the next year. The last election in Azores was in October 2016, and Madeira held a snap election in March 2015.

Elections in Azores
Elections in Madeira

European Parliament elections

Referendums

The Constitution of Portugal defines referendum in Article 115.^[2] The referendum is called by the President of Portugal, on a proposal submitted by the Assembly or the Government. The President can refuse a proposal for referendum submitted to him by the Assembly or the Government if it is found to be unconstitutional or illegal. Referendums are binding if turnout is higher than 50% of registered voters.

Citizens of Portugal have the right to submit to the Assembly an initiative for a referendum.

The referendum can be held only on "important issues concerning the national interest which the Assembly of the Republic or the Government must decide by approving an international convention or passing a legislative act" (paragraph 3^[2]). The referendum cannot be held on amendments to the Constitution, budget, taxes, finances and competences of the Assembly, except when issue is the object of an international convention, except when the international convention concerns peace or the rectification of borders.

There have been four nationwide referendums in the History of Portugal:

The Constitutional referendum of 1933 did not comply with the standards of a democratic suffrage, as, for example, abstentions were counted as supportive votes. It resulted in the establishing of the Estado Novo regime.

The later three referendums, held in the context of a Western-style liberal democracy had turnout less than 50%, so they were not binding. Nonetheless, decissions of all three referendums were honoured.

Notes

↑ Electoral lists only in continental Portugal.
↑ Electoral list only in Madeira and Azores.
↑ Electoral list only in Madeira.
↑ Electoral list only in Azores.
↑ Electoral list only in Madeira.

References

↑ DGAI - Reorganização Administrativa do Território das Freguesias - (RATF)
1 2 "Constitution of Protugal" (PDF). Party Law in Modern Europe. Retrieved 2013-11-05.

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Elections and referendums in Portugal

Presidential elections	1911 1915 (May) 1915 (Aug) 1918 (Apr) 1918 (Dec) 1919 1923 1925 1928 1935 1942 1949 1951 1958 1965 1972** 1976 1980 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016

Parliamentary elections	1820 1822 1826 1834 1836 (Jul) 1836 (Nov) 1838 1840 1842 1845 1847 1851 1852 1856 1858 1860 1861 1864 1865 1868 1869 1870 (Mar) 1870 (Sep) 1871 1874 1878 1879 1881 1884 1887 1889 1890 1892 1894 1895 1897 1899 1900 1901 1904 1905 1906 (Apr) 1906 (Aug) 1908 1910 1911* 1915 1918 1919 1921 1922 1925 1934 1938 1942 1945 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1975* 1976 1979 1980 1983 1985 1987 1991 1995 1999 2002 2005 2009 2011 2015 Next

Local elections	1976 1979 1982 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

European elections	1987 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1933 1998 (Jun) 1998 (Nov) 2007

* Constituent Assembly ** Indirect elections See also: Elections in Azores Madeira

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