European Parliament election, 2009 (Portugal)

Portugal European Parliament election, 2009

7 June 2009
22 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	36.8%

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Portugal was the election of the delegation from Portugal to the European Parliament in 2009.

The lists were headed by

• Socialist Party (Partido Socialista, PS): Vital Moreira
• Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata, PSD): Paulo Rangel
• Democratic Unity Coalition (Coligação Democrática Unitária, CDU): Ilda Figueiredo
• CDS – People's Party (CDS – Partido Popular, CDS–PP): Nuno Melo
• Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda, BE): Miguel Portas
• Portuguese Workers' Communist Party/Reorganized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat (Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses / Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado, PCTP/MRPP): Orlando Alves
• Earth Party (Partido da Terra, MPT): Pedro Quartin Graça
• Hope for Portugal Movement (Movimento Esperança Portugal, MEP): Laurinda Alves
• People's Monarchist Party (Partido Popular Monárquico, PPM): Frederico Carvalho
• Merit and Society Movement (Movimento Mérito e Sociedade, MMS): Carlos Gomes
• National Renewal Party (Partido Nacional Renovador, PNR): Humberto Nuno de Oliveira
• Humanist Party (Partido Humanista, PH): Manuela Magno
• Workers Party of Socialist Unity (Partido Operário de Unidade Socialista, POUS): Carmelinda Pereira

Opinion Polling and preliminary exit polls

Exit polls from the three major television networks in Portugal, RTP1, SIC and TVI were given precisely at 20:00 pm (local time) on 7 June 2009.

Date Released	Polling Firm	PS	PSD	CDU	BE	CDS-PP	Others	Lead
7 June 2009	Election Results	26.5% 7 seats	31.7% 8 seats	10.6% 2 seats	10.7% 3 seats	8.4% 2 seats	12.1% 2 seats	5.2%
7 June 2009	Exit Poll – RTP1 Universidade Católica	28.0% – 33.0% 7 – 8 seats	29.0% – 34.0% 8 – 9 seats	9.0% – 12.0% 2 – 3 seats	9.0% – 12.0% 2 seats	7.0% – 10.0% 2 seats	—	1.0%
7 June 2009	Exit Poll – SIC Eurosondagem	27.7% – 31.5% 7 – 8 seats	29.2% – 33.0% 7 – 8 seats	9.5% – 11.3% 2 – 3 seats	11.6% – 13.4% 3 seats	7.5% – 9.3% 2 seats	—	1.5%
7 June 2009	Exit Poll – TVI INTERCAMPUS	24.1% – 28.1% 6 – 8 seats	30.4% – 34.4% 8 – 9 seats	9.7% – 12.7% 2 – 3 seats	9.8% – 12.8% 2 – 3 seats	6.7% – 9.3% 1 – 2 seats	—	6.3%
Exit polls
5 June 2009	Universidade Católica	34.0%	32.0%	11.0%	9.0%	4.0%	10.0%	2.0%
5 June 2009	Eurosondagem	36.0%	31.9%	9.0%	10.1%	6.1%	6.9%	4.1%
4 June 2009	Aximage	36.2%	30.9%	10.1%	10.2%	5.0%	7.6%	5.3%
4 June 2009	Marktest	29.4%	32.5%	8.9%	8.9%	3.3%	17.0%	3.1%
1 June 2009	Marktest	31.9%	30.1%	7.1%	7.1%	4.7%	19.1%	1.8%
29 May 2009	Eurosondagem	35.5%	32.5%	9.2%	8.8%	6.5%	7.5%	3.0%
22 May 2009	Eurosondagem	34.3%	32.1%	8.9%	10.1%	6.9%	7.7%	2.2%
9 May 2009	Marktest	33.1%	32.9%	7.6%	8.4%	4.5%	13.5%	0.2%
1 May 2009	Universidade Católica	39.0%	36.0%	7.0%	12.0%	2.0%	4.0%	3.0%
24 April 2009	INTERCAMPUS	34.0%	33.5%	7.9%	18.0%	6.9%	N/A	0.5%
13 June 2004	Election Results	44.5% 12 seats	33.3% 7 seats	9.1% 2 seats	4.9% 1 seats	—* 2 seats	8.2% 1 seats	11.2%
*In coalition with Social Democratic Party (PSD).

Results

The first most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira included)

 Summary of the results of Portugal's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament

← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	EPP	Paulo Rangel	1,131,744	31.71	*	8	* 1
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Vital Moreira	946,818	26.53	17.99	7	5
	Left Bloc (BE)	EACL / PEL	Miguel Portas	382,667	10.72	5.81	3	2
	Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	GUE/NGL	Ilda Figueiredo	379,787	10.64	1.55	2 2 0	0 0
	People's Party (CDS–PP)	EPP	Nuno Melo	298,423	8.36	*	2	* 0
	Hope for Portugal Movement (MEP)	None	Laurinda Alves	55,072	1.54	new	0	0
	Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)	None	Orlando Alves	42,940	1.20	0.13	0	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			95,744	2.69	—	0	0
Valid votes				3,333,195	93.39
Blank and invalid votes				235,748	6.61
Totals				3,568,943	100.00	—	22	2
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,704,559	36.78	1.82
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições * = The Social Democratic Party and the People's Party contested, together, the 2004 election in a coalition (Forward Portugal).

Vote share
PSD			31.71%
PS			26.53%
BE			10.72%
CDU			10.64%
CDS-PP			8.36%
MEP			1.54%
PCTP/MRPP			1.20%
Others			2.69%
Blank/Invalides			6.61%

See also

• Politics of Portugal
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Elections in Portugal
• European Parliament
• European Parliament election, 2009

External links

• Eleição dos deputados ao Parlamento Europeu em 2009 from CNE – Comissão Nacional de Eleições