Portugal (European Parliament Constituency) - 1987

1987

Further information: European Parliament election, 1987 (Portugal)

The first European election in Portugal was a by-election held after it joined the European Communities in 1987. The rest of the EC had voted in 1984.

e • d Summary of the 19 July 1987 European Parliament election results in Portugal

Parties				Votes	%	Seats
National Party		EU Party	EU Group
	Social Democratic	LDR	LDR	2,111,828	37.45	10
	Socialist	SOC	SOC	1,267,672	22.48	6
	Democratic and Social Centre	EPP	EPP	868,718	15.40	4
	Democratic Unity Coalition	EGP, PEL	COM	648,700	11.50	3
	Democratic Renewal	none	SOC	250,158	4.44	1
	People's Monarchist Party	none		155,990	2.77	0
	People's Democratic Union	none		52,835	0.94	0
	Christian Democratic Party	none		40,812	0.72	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	none		29,009	0.51	0
	Portuguese Democratic Movement	none		27,678	0.49	0
	Communist Party (Reconstructed)	none		24,060	0.43	0
	PCTP/MRPP	none		19,475	0.35	0
Total valid				5,496,935	97.45	24
Blank ballots				68,475	1.21
Invalid ballots				74,240	1.32
Total (turnout 72.42%)				5,639,650	100.00
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições