Politics of Portugal - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in Portugal. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Portugal.
e • d Summary of the 5 June 2011 Assembly of the Republic elections results
Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs MPs %/
votes %
2009 2011 ± % ±
Social Democratic 2,159,181 38.66 9.6 81 108 27 46.96 11.7 1.21
Socialist 1,566,347 28.05 8.5 97 74 23 32.17 10.0 1.15
People's Party 653,888 11.71 1.3 21 24 3 10.43 1.3 0.89
Democratic Unity Coalition 441,147 7.90 0.0 15 16 1 6.96 0.4 0.88
Left Bloc 288,923 5.17 4.6 16 8 8 3.48 3.5 0.67
PCTP/MRPP 62,610 1.12 0.2 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Party for Animals and Nature 57,995 1.04 — — 0 — 0.00 — 0.0
Earth Party 22,705 0.41 0.3 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Hope for Portugal Movement 21,942 0.39 0.1 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
National Renovator Party 17,548 0.31 0.1 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Portuguese Labour Party 16,895 0.30 0.2 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
People's Monarchist Party 14,687 0.26 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
New Democracy 11,806 0.21 0.2 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Portugal pro life 8,209 0.15 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Workers Party of Socialist Unity 4,572 0.08 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
Democratic Party of the Atlantic 4,569 0.08 — — 0 — 0.00 — 0.0
Humanist Party 3,588 0.06 — — 0 — 0.00 — 0.0
Total valid 5,357,037 95.92 1.0 230 230 0 100.00 0.0 —
Blank ballots 148,618 2.66 0.9
Invalid ballots 79,399 1.42 0.1
Total (turnout 58.03%) 5,585,054 100.00 1.7
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
e • d Summary of the 23 January 2011 Portuguese presidential election results
Candidates Supporting parties First round
Votes %
Aníbal Cavaco Silva Social Democratic Party, People's Party, Hope for Portugal Movement 2,231,956 52.95
Manuel Alegre Socialist Party, Left Bloc, Democratic Party of the Atlantic, PCTP/MRPP 831,838 19.74
Fernando Nobre Independent 593,021 14.07
Francisco Lopes Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens" 301,017 7.14
José Manuel Coelho New Democracy Party 189,918 4.51
Defensor Moura Independent 67,110 1.59
Total valid 4,214,860 100.00
Blank ballots 192,127 4.28
Invalid ballots 85,466 1.90
Total (turnout 46.52%) 4,492,453
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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