Portugal (European Parliament Constituency) - 1989

1989

Further information: European Parliament election, 1989 (Portugal)

The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and the first time Portugal voted with the rest of the Community.

e • d Summary of the 18 June 1989 European Parliament election results in Portugal

Parties				Votes	%	±	Seats
National Party		EU Party	EU Group				1987	1989	±
	Social Democratic	LDR	LDR	1,358,958	32.75	4.7	10	9	1
	Socialist	SOC	SOC	1,184,380	28.54	6.0	6	8	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	EGC	LU, G	597,759	14.41	2.9	3	4	1
	Democratic and Social Centre	EPP	EPP	587,497	14.16	1.2	4	3	1
	People's Monarchist Party	none		84,272	2.03	0.8	0	0	0
	Portuguese Democratic Movement	none		56,900	1.37	0.9	0	0	0
	People's Democratic Union	none		45,017	1.09	0.1	0	0	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	none		31,775	0.77	0.3	0	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	none		29,745	0.72	0.0	0	0	0
	PCTP/MRPP	none		26,682	0.64	0.2	0	0	0
	Workers Party of Socialist Unity	none		11,182	0.27	—	—	0	—
	Left Revolutionary Front	none		7,833	0.19	—	—	0	—
Total valid				4,022,000	96.92	0.6	24	24	0
Blank ballots				66,074	1.59	0.4
Invalid ballots				61,682	1.49	0.2
Total (turnout 51.10%)				4,149,756	100.00	21.3
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições