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.| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | MPs | MPs %/ votes % |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 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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