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2009 European Parliament election in Portugal

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2009 European Parliament election in Portugal
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22 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout36.8% Decrease 1.8 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Paulo Rangel Vital Moreira Miguel Portas
Party PSD PS BE
Alliance EPP PES EACL
Last election 7 seats (FP) 12 seats, 44.5% 1 seat, 4.9%
Seats won 8 7 3
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 5 Increase 2
Popular vote 1,131,744 946,818 382,667
Percentage 31.7% 26.5% 10.7%
Swing [a] Decrease 18.0 pp Increase 5.8 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Leader Ilda Figueiredo Nuno Melo
Party CDU CDS–PP
Alliance GUE/NGL EPP
Last election 2 seats, 9.1% 2 seats (FP)
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0
Popular vote 379,787 298,423
Percentage 10.6% 8.4%
Swing Increase 1.5 pp [a]

An election of the delegation from Portugal to the European Parliament was 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 European Parliament members. The Social Democrats (PSD) were the big winners in these elections, surprising pundits and analysts who predicted a very complicated result for the PSD leader, Manuela Ferreira Leite. The PSD won 31.7 percent 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 percent of the vote and electing two European Parliament members. Both PSD and CDS-PP, who ran in a joint list in 2004, increased sharply their scores and together they won more than 40 percent of the vote and 10 European Parliament members.

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 percent of the vote and three European Parliament members, their best score in EU elections to date, and CDU surpassed once again the 10 percent mark winning 10.6 percent of the vote, but maintaining the two European Parliament members they got in 2004.

Turnout in the elections was quite low, as only 36.78 percent 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

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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 European Union elections, Portugal had 22 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

Parties and candidates

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The lists were headed by[1]

Campaign period

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Party slogans

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Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs
PS « Nós, Europeus » "We, Europeans" [2]
PSD « Assina por baixo? » "Will you sign below?" [3]
CDU « Em Portugal e na Europa » "In Portugal and in Europe" [4]
CDS–PP « Soluções sérias para Portugal » "Serious solutions for Portugal" [5]
BE « Estás na hora » "It's time" [6]

Candidates' debates

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2004 European Parliament election in Portugal debates
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present    A  Absent invitee  N  Non-invitee 
PS
Moreira 		PSD
Rangel 		CDU
Figueiredo 		CDS–PP
Melo 		BE
Portas 		Refs
17 April RTP1 Fátima Campos Ferreira P P P P P [7]
24 April SIC Notícias Clara de Sousa P P N N N [8]
14 May TVI24 Paulo Magalhães P P P P P [9]
21 May TVI24 Paulo Magalhães P P N N N [10]

Opinion polling and preliminary exit polls

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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.

Date Released Polling Firm PS PSD CDS–PP CDU BE Others Lead
7 June 2009 Election results 26.5
7 seats 		31.7
8 seats 		8.4
2 seats 		10.6
2 seats 		10.7
3 seats 		12.1 5.2
7 June 2009 Exit Poll – RTP1
Universidade Católica 		28.0–33.0
7 / 8 		29.0–34.0
8 / 9 		7.0–10.0
2 		9.0–12.0
2 / 3 		9.0–12.0
2
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 1.0
7 June 2009 Exit Poll – SIC
Eurosondagem 		27.7–31.5
7 / 8 		29.2–33.0
7 / 8 		7.5–9.3
2 		9.5– 11.3
2 / 3 		11.6–13.4
3
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 1.5
7 June 2009 Exit Poll – TVI
INTERCAMPUS 		24.1–28.1
6 / 8 		30.4–34.4
8 / 9 		6.7– 9.3
1 / 2 		9.7–12.7
2 / 3 		9.8–12.8
2 / 3
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 6.3
Exit polls
5 June 2009 Universidade Católica 34.0 32.0 4.0 11.0 9.0 10.0 2.0
5 June 2009 Eurosondagem[permanent dead link] 36.0 31.9 6.1 9.0 10.1 6.9 4.1
4 June 2009 Aximage 36.2 30.9 5.0 10.1 10.2 7.6 5.3
4 June 2009 Marktest[permanent dead link] 29.4 32.5 3.3 8.9 8.9 17.0 3.1
1 June 2009 Marktest[permanent dead link] 31.9 30.1 4.7 7.1 7.1 19.1 1.8
29 May 2009 Eurosondagem[permanent dead link] 35.5 32.5 6.5 9.2 8.8 7.5 3.0
22 May 2009 Eurosondagem[permanent dead link] 34.3 32.1 6.9 8.9 10.1 7.7 2.2
9 May 2009 Marktest 33.1 32.9 4.5 7.6 8.4 13.5 0.2
1 May 2009 Universidade Católica 39.0 36.0 4.0 7.0 12.0 2.0 3.0
24 April 2009 INTERCAMPUS 34.0 33.5 6.9 7.9 18.0 — 0.5
13 June 2004 Election results 44.5
12 seats 		33.3
9 seats 		9.1
2 seats 		4.9
1 seats 		8.2 11.2

Voter turnout

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

Turnout Time
12:00 16:00 19:00
2004 2009 ± 2004 2009 ± 2004 2009 ±
Total 14.20% 11.86% Decrease 2.34 pp 27.19% 26.82% Decrease 0.37 pp 38.60% 36.78% Decrease 1.82 pp
Sources[11][12]

Results

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Summary of the results of Portugal's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
National party European
party 		Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party (PSD) EPP Paulo Rangel 1,131,744 31.71 [a] 8 1 Increase
Socialist Party (PS) PES Vital Moreira 946,818 26.53 17.99 Decrease 7 5 Decrease
Left Bloc (BE) EACL / PEL Miguel Portas 382,667 10.72 5.81 Increase 3 2 Increase
Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU)
• Communist Party (PCP)
• Ecologist Party (PEV) 		GUE/NGL Ilda Figueiredo 379,787 10.64 1.55 Increase 2
2
0
0 Steady
0 Steady
People's Party (CDS–PP) EPP Nuno Melo 298,423 8.36 [a] 2 0 Steady
Hope for Portugal Movement (MEP) None Laurinda Alves 55,072 1.54 new 0 new
Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP) None Orlando Alves 42,940 1.20 0.13 Increase 0 0 Steady
Earth Party (MPT) ALDE Pedro Quartin Graça 24,062 0.67 0.27 Increase 0 0 Steady
Merit and Society Movement (MMS) None Carlos Alberto Gomes 21,738 0.61 new 0 new
Humanist Party (PH) None Manuela Magno 17,139 0.48 0.09 Increase 0 0 Steady
People's Monarchist Party (PPM) ECPM Frederico Duarte Carvalho 14,414 0.40 0.05 Decrease 0 0 Steady
National Renovator Party (P.N.R.) None Humberto Oliveira 13,214 0.37 0.12 Increase 0 0 Steady
Workers Party of Socialist Unity (POUS) None Carmelinda Pereira 5,177 0.15 0.02 Increase 0 0 Steady
Valid votes 3,333,195 93.39
Blank and invalid votes 235,748 6.61
Totals 3,568,943 100.00 — 22 2 Decrease
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 9,704,559 36.78 1.82 Decrease
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições Archived 8 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine
Vote share
PSD
 
 31.71%
PS
 
 26.53%
BE
 
 10.72%
CDU
 
 10.64%
CDS-PP
 
 8.36%
MEP
 
 1.54%
PCTP/MRPP
 
 1.20%
MPT
 
 0.67%
MMS
 
 0.61%
Others
 
 1.40%
Blank/Invalid
 
 6.61%
Seats
PSD
 
 36.36%
PS
 
 31.82%
BE
 
 13.64%
CDU
 
 9.09%
CDS-PP
 
 9.09%

Distribution by European group

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Summary of political group distribution in the 7th European Parliament (2009–2014)[13]
Groups Parties Seats Total %
European People's Party (EPP) 8
2 		10 45.45
Party of European Socialists (PES) 7 7 31.82
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) 3
2 		5 22.73
Total 22 22 100.00

Maps

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d The Social Democratic Party and the People's Party contested, together, the 2004 election in a coalition (Forward Portugal).

References

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  1. ^ "Lista de candidatos ao PE 2009 / Candidate list for EP 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Partido Socialista Europeias 2009" (PDF). Socialist Party (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  3. ^ "A Presidente estará muitas vezes ao lado de Rangel" (PDF). Social Democratic Party (in Portuguese). 27 May 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. ^ "CDU no distrito de Santarém a dramatizar apelo ao voto". Público (in Portuguese). 1 June 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Primeiros cartazes do CDS-PP apostam em temas nacionais". Público (in Portuguese). 6 May 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Miguel Portas destaca "extraordinário" resultado do Bloco de Esquerda". Público (in Portuguese). 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Primeiro debate entre candidatos às eleições europeias terá lugar no Prós e Contras". Público (in Portuguese). 17 April 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Debate Europeias 2009". Sapo Videos (in Portuguese). 24 April 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Candidatos às Europeias em debate na TVI24". TVI (in Portuguese). 15 May 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Debate Europeias 2009". TVI (in Portuguese). 21 May 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Europeias 2009 - Afluência". eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/europeias2009/index.html (in Portuguese). Ministry of Internal Administration. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Europeus arredados das eleições até às 16h00". Público (in Portuguese). 13 June 2004. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo: Resultados por países 1979 – 2014". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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