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Election

An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...

and election results in Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

.

Only the elections since the Carnation Revolution

Carnation Revolution

The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...

of 1974 are listed here. During the period encompassing the Constitutional Monarchy

History of Portugal (1834-1910)

The history of Portugal from the end of the Liberal Civil War in 1834 to the republican revolution of 1910 was marked by several events that made way for the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic in the 5 October 1910 revolution....

and the First Republic

Portuguese First Republic

The Portuguese First Republic spans a complex 16 year period in the history of Portugal, between the end of the period of constitutional monarchy marked by the 5 October 1910 revolution and the 28 May coup d'état of 1926...

there were also elections, but only for a limited universe of voters. During the Estado Novo regime, from 1926 to 1974, the few elections held were not up to the democratic standards of their time and never resulted in power transfer.

Portugal elects on a national level the President

President of Portugal

Portugal has been a republic since 1910, and since that time the head of state has been the president, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ....

and the national Parliament, the Assembly of the Republic

Assembly of the Republic

The Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament. It is located in a historical building in Lisbon, referred to as Palácio de São Bento, the site of an old Benedictine monastery...

. The President is elected for a five-year term by the people while the Parliament has 230 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

in multi-seat constituencies, the districts

Districts of Portugal

Portugal is divided into 18 districts in mainland Portugal, plus two autonomous regions .The Portuguese Constitution of 1976 specifies that Portugal have only, as first level divisions, the autonomous regions and the administrative regions...

. Also on a national level, Portugal elects 24 members of the European Parliament

European Parliament

The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...

.

The Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira elect their own regional government for a four-year term, usually on the same day. The first regional elections were held in 1976.

On a local level, 308 Municipal Chambers

Municipal Chambers

Municipal Chambers can refer to:* City and town halls* Câmara Municipal, executive body of a municipality in Portugal and former colonies...

and Municipal Assemblies and more than 4000 Parish Assemblies

Freguesia

Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...

are elected for a four-year term in separate elections that usually occur on the same day.

2011 Parliamentary election

2011 Presidential election

Summary of the 23 January 2011 Portuguese

Portugal

presidential

President of Portugal

Portugal has been a republic since 1910, and since that time the head of state has been the president, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ....

Aníbal Cavaco Silva

Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, GCC , is the President of Portugal. He won the Portuguese presidential election on 22 January 2006 and was re-elected on 23 January 2011, for a second five-year term. Cavaco Silva was sworn in on 9 March 2006....

|align=left|Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...

, People's Party, Hope for Portugal Movement

Hope for Portugal Movement

Hope for Portugal Movement is a minor centre political party in Portugal. It has no representatives in the Assembly of the Republic, the Portuguese legislature...

Manuel Alegre

Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte, GCL , is a Portuguese poet and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and a candidate to the Portuguese presidential election, 2006...

|align=left|Socialist Party

Socialist Party (Portugal)

The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....

, Left Bloc, Democratic Party of the Atlantic

Democratic Party of the Atlantic

The Democratic Party of the Atlantic is one of the political parties in Portugal, without parliamentary representation. It is a small party whose electorate concentrates itself in São Miguel island, in the Azores. PDA promotes, officially, not independence, but home rule for the Azores, following...

Fernando Nobre

Fernando José de La Vieter Ribeiro Nobre is a Portuguese doctor who is the founder and president of the Portuguese NGO AMI . In 2007 he was voted as the 25th greatest Portuguese ever in the contest Os Grandes Portugueses, being the 5th most voted among Portuguese living people at that date...

|align=left|Independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

Francisco Lopes

Francisco José de Almeida Lopes is a Portuguese politician who, supported by the Communist Party, ran for president in the Portuguese presidential election of 2011....

|align=left|Portuguese Communist Party

Portuguese Communist Party

The Portuguese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Portugal. It is a Marxist-Leninist party, and its organization is based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself to be patriotic and internationalist....

José Manuel Coelho

Jose Manuel Vieira Coelho da Mata is a Portuguese politician. He was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party until 1999, and still calls himself a communist "who evolved". He was substitute deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira for the New Democracy Party, taking office in 2008...

Independent (politician)

|align="right" |67,110
|align="right" |1.59
|-
|colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|4,214,860
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|-
|align=right colspan="3"|Blank ballots
|width="65" align="right" |192,127
|width="40" align="right" |4.28
|-
|align=right colspan="3" |Invalid ballots
|width="65" align="right"|85,466
|width="40" align="right"|1.90
|-
|colspan="3" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 46.52%)
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|4,492,453
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
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|colspan=5 align=left|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
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Election results 1975-2011

Summary of Portuguese elections for the Assembly of the Republic

Assembly of the Republic

The Assembly of the Republic is the Portuguese parliament. It is located in a historical building in Lisbon, referred to as Palácio de São Bento, the site of an old Benedictine monastery...

, 1975-2011
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties (listed by date of foundation)
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1975*
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1976
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1979
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1980
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1983
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1985
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1987
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1991
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1995
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|1999
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|2002
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|2005
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|2009
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=top|2011
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|align=left valign=top|Portuguese Communist Party

Portuguese Communist Party

(PCP)
|valign="top"|12.5
|valign="top"|14.4
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|align=left valign=top|Portuguese Democratic Movement

Portuguese Democratic Movement

The Portuguese Democratic Movement / Democratic Electoral Commissions was one of the most important organizations of the democratic opposition to the Portuguese fascist regime...

(MDP)
|valign="top"|4.1
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|valign="top"|0.6
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|align=left valign=top|Socialist Party

Socialist Party (Portugal)

(PS)
|style="background:#FF66FF;"|37.9
|style="background:#FF66FF;"|34.9
|valign="top"|27.3
|valign="top"|1.1
|style="background:#FF66FF;"|36.1
|valign="top"|20.8
|valign="top"|22.2
|valign="top"|29.1
|style="background:#FF66FF;"|43.8
|style="background:#FF66FF;"|44.1
|valign="top"|37.8
|style="background:#FF66FF;"|45.0
|style="background:#FF66FF;"|36.6
|valign="top"|28.1
|-
|align=left valign=top|Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

(PSD)
|valign="top"|26.4
|valign="top"|24.4
|valign="top"|2.4
|valign="top"|2.5
|valign="top"|27.2
|style="background:orange;"|29.9
|style="background:orange;"|50.2
|style="background:orange;"|50.6
|valign="top"|34.1
|valign="top"|32.3
|style="background:orange"|40.2
|valign="top"|28.8
|valign="top"|29.1
|style="background:orange"|38.7
|-
|align=left valign=top|People´s Party (CDS–PP)
|valign="top"|7.6
|valign="top"|16.0
|valign="top"|0.4
|valign="top"|0.2
|valign="top"|12.6
|valign="top"|10.0
|valign="top"|4.4
|valign="top"|4.4
|valign="top"|9.1
|valign="top"|8.3
|valign="top"|8.7
|valign="top"|7.2
|valign="top"|10.4
|valign="top"|11.7
|-
|align=left valign=top|People's Democratic Union

People's Democratic Union (Portugal)

The People's Democratic Union is a marxist political movement in Portugal. The UDP transformed itself into a political association at its 15th congress due to its merger with other left-wing parties in the Left Bloc....

(UDP)
|valign="top"|0.8
|valign="top"|1.7
|valign="top"|2.2
|valign="top"|1.4
|valign="top"|0.5
|valign="top"|1.3
|valign="top"|0.9
|valign="top"|0.6
|valign="top"|0.6
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|align=left valign=top|United People Alliance

United People Alliance

The United People Alliance , was an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Portuguese Democratic Movement...

(APU)
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|valign="top"|18.8
|valign="top"|16.8
|valign="top"|18.1
|valign="top"|15.5
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|align=left valign=top|Democratic Alliance

Democratic Alliance (Portugal)

The Democratic Alliance was a coalition in Portugal between the Social Democratic Party , the Democratic Social Center and the People's Monarchist Party , including also a group of...

(AD)
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|style="background:#00FFFF;"|42.5
|style="background:#00FFFF;"|44.9
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|align=left valign=top|Republican and Socialist Front

Republican and Socialist Front

Republican and Socialist Front was an electoral alliance in Portugal, consisting of the Socialist Party , Leftwing Union for the Socialist Democracy and Independent Social Democratic Action . FRS contested the Portuguese legislative election, 1980...

(FRS)
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|valign="top"|26.7
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|align=left valign=top|Democratic Renovator Party (PRD)
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|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|17.9
|valign="top"|4.9
|valign="top"|0.6
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|align=left valign=top|Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU)
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|-
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|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|12.1
|valign="top"|8.8
|valign="top"|8.6
|valign="top"|9.0
|valign="top"|6.9
|valign="top"|7.5
|valign="top"|7.9
|valign="top"|7.9
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|align=left valign=top|National Solidarity Party (PSN)
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|1.7
|valign="top"|0.2
|valign="top"|0.2
|valign="top"|-
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|-
|align=left valign=top|Left Bloc (BE)
|valign="top"|-
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|valign="top"|-
|valign="top"|2.4
|valign="top"|2.7
|valign="top"|6.4
|valign="top"|9.9
|valign="top"|5.2
|-
|align=left valign=top|Other parties; Invalid votes
|valign="top"|10.7
|valign="top"|8.6
|valign="top"|6.4
|valign="top"|6.4
|valign="top"|5.5
|valign="top"|4.6
|valign="top"|4.7
|valign="top"|4.2
|valign="top"|3.6
|valign="top"|3.7
|valign="top"|3.7
|valign="top"|5.1
|valign="top"|6.1
|valign="top"|8.5
|-
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Turnout
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|91.7
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|83.5
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|82.9
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|83.9
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|77.8
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|74.2
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|71.6
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|67.8
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|66.3
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|61.1
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|61.5
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|64.3
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|59.7
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|58.0
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|colspan=15 align="left"|*The 1975 election was for the Constituent Assembly.
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|colspan=15|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
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European Parliament elections

European Parliament election, 1987
European Parliament election, 1987 (Portugal)
The European Parliament election of 1987 in Portugal took place on 19 July 1987. It was the election of all 24 MEPs representing the Portugal constituency for the remainder of the 1984-1989 term of the European Parliament...
European Parliament election, 1989
European Parliament election, 1989 (Portugal)
The European Parliament election of 1989 in Portugal was the election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 1989-1994 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1989 European election...
European Parliament election, 1994
European Parliament election, 1994 (Portugal)
The European Parliament election of 1994 in Portugal was the election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 1994-1999 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1994 European election...
European Parliament election, 1999
European Parliament election, 1999 (Portugal)
The European Parliament election of 1999 in Portugal was the election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 1999-2004 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1999 European election...
European Parliament election, 2004
European Parliament election, 2004 (Portugal)
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Portugal was the election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election...
European Parliament election, 2009
European Parliament election, 2009 (Portugal)
The European Parliament election of 2009 in Portugal was the election of the delegation from Portugal to the European Parliament in 2009.The lists are headed by*Socialist Party : Vital Moreira...

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