2024 European Parliament election in Portugal
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The 2024 European Parliament election in Portugal will elect the Portuguese delegation to the European Parliament from 2024 to 2029. This will be the ninth European Parliament election held in Portugal. The election will be held on Sunday, 9 June 2024.[1]
Background[edit]
Electoral system[edit]
The voting method to be used, for the election of European members of parliament, is by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. For the 2024 European Parliament elections, Portugal has 21 seats to fill. Members of Parliament are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.
Date[edit]
The proposed election day, 9 June, conflicted with the Portugal Day holiday on 10 June, plus several other local holidays. The government feared that an election close to so many holidays would suppress turnout[2] and attempted to find a compromise with EU countries to find an alternative date, but, no unanimity was reached and the election was then expected to be held on 9 June.[3]
On 4 April 2024, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa confirmed that the election will be held on 9 June 2024.[4]
Parties and candidates[edit]
Portuguese delegation in the European Parliament before the elections[edit]
| European Parliament group | Mandates | National party | Mandates | ||
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| S&D Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
9 / 21
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PS Socialist Party |
9 / 21
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| EPP European People's Party Group |
7 / 21
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PPD/PSD Social Democratic Party |
6 / 21
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| CDS–PP CDS – People's Party |
1 / 21
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| The Left The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |
4 / 21
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BE Left Bloc |
2 / 21
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| CDU Unitary Democratic Coalition |
2 / 21
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| Greens/EFA Greens–European Free Alliance |
1 / 21
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PAN People Animals Nature |
0 / 21
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| Francisco Guerreiro[b] Independent |
1 / 21
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| Source: European Parliament | |||||
Parties running in the election[edit]
This is a list of the parties that have announced they will run and of their main candidates.
| Party | European Party | Group | 2019 result | Top candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Socialist Party | PES | S&D | 33.4 | Marta Temido[5] | |
| AD | EPP | EPP | 28.1[a] | Sebastião Bugalho[6] | ||
| BE | Left Bloc | PEL | GUE/NGL | 9.8 | Catarina Martins[7] | |
| CDU | NI / EGP | GUE/NGL / Greens/EFA | 6.9 | João Oliveira[8] | ||
| PAN | People-Animals-Nature | EGP | Greens/EFA | 5.1 | Pedro Fidalgo Marques[9] | |
| L | LIVRE | EGP | Greens/EFA | 1.8 | Francisco Paupério[10] | |
| CH | CHEGA! | ID | ID | 1.5 | António Tânger Corrêa[11] | |
| IL | Liberal Initiative | ALDE Party | Renew | 0.9 | João Cotrim de Figueiredo[12] | |
| E | Rise Up | AENM | NI | 0.5 | Rui Fonseca e Castro[13] | |
| ADN | National Democratic Alternative | NI | NI | 0.5[c] | Joana Amaral Dias[14] | |
| RIR | React, Include, Recycle | − | − | − | Márcia Henriques[15] | |
| VP | Volt Portugal | Volt | − | − | Duarte Costa[16] | |
| ND | New Right | − | − | − | Ossanda Liber[17] | |
Opinion polling[edit]
Polls that show their results without distributing those respondents who are undecided or said they would abstain from voting, are re-calculated by removing these numbers from the totals through a simple rule of three, in order to obtain results comparable to other polls and the official election results.
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | 
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| S&D | EPP | EPP | NI | ID | Left | Left | G/EFA | G/EFA | Renew | ||||||
| Intercampus[d] | 18–23 Apr 2024 | 605 | ? | 33.4 8 |
28.2 7 |
13.0 3 |
7.4 1 |
3.3 0 |
1.3 0 |
5.8 1 |
4.4 1 |
3.3 0 |
5.2 | ||
| Aximage | 12–16 Apr 2024 | 805 | 58.0 | 31.3 7/8 |
24.8 6 |
18.4 4 |
5.9 1 |
4.1 1 |
1.8 0 |
3.6 0/1 |
5.8 1 |
4.3 0 |
6.5 | ||
| 2024 legislative elections | 10 Mar 2024 | — | 59.8 | 28.0 (7) |
28.8 (8) |
18.1 (4) |
4.4 (1) |
3.2 (0) |
1.9 (0) |
3.2 (0) |
4.9 (1) |
7.5 (0) |
0.8 | ||
| Ipsos | 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024 | 2,000 | ? | 29.6 8 |
31.0 8 |
3.4 0 |
– | 14.2 3 |
4.4 1 |
2.3 0 |
2.1 0 |
3.6 0 |
4.5 1 |
4.9 0 |
1.4 |
| 2022 legislative elections | 30 Jan 2022 | — | 51.5 | 41.4 (10) |
29.1 (7) |
1.6 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
7.2 (1) |
4.4 (1) |
4.3 (1) |
1.6 (0) |
1.3 (0) |
4.9 (1) |
4.7 (0) |
11.5 |
| 2019 legislative elections | 6 Oct 2019 | — | 48.6 | 36.3 (10) |
27.8 (7) |
4.2 (1) |
0.2 (0) |
1.3 (0) |
9.5 (2) |
6.3 (1) |
3.3 (0) |
1.1 (0) |
1.3 (0) |
8.8 (0) |
8.5 |
| 2019 EP election | 26 May 2019 | — | 30.7 | 33.4 9 |
21.9 6 |
6.2 1 |
1.5 0 |
9.8 2 |
6.9 2 |
5.1 1 |
1.8 0 |
0.9 0 |
12.5 0 |
11.5 | |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) got 21.9% of the vote and elected 6 MEPs while the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) got 6.2% and elected 1 in the 2019 elections. The two parties are running together in 2024.
- ^ a b Francisco Guerreiro was elected MEP in 2019 in the PAN list, but he left PAN on June 2020 and since then became an Independent seated in the European Green Party.
- ^ As Democratic Republican Party in 2019
- ^ Results presented here exclude undecideds (17.5%). With their inclusion results are: PS: 27.5%; AD: 23.2%; CHEGA: 10.7%; BE: 6.1%; Livre: 4.8%; IL: 3.6%; CDU: 2.7%; PAN: 1.1%; Others/Invalid: 2.7%.
References[edit]
- ^ ECO (2024-04-04). "Marcelo convoca europeias para 9 de junho. Mais de meio milhão de eleitores serão estreantes". ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "EU riles Portugal by teeing up June dates for 2024 elections". POLITICO. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ "Council confirms 6 to 9 June 2024 as dates for next European Parliament elections". Council of the EU. Council of the EU Press Office. 22 May 2023.
- ^ ECO (2024-04-04). "Marcelo convoca europeias para 9 de junho. Mais de meio milhão de eleitores serão estreantes". ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ ECO (2024-04-22). "Marta Temido deverá ser cabeça de lista do PS para as europeias. Assis será número dois". ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Sebastião Bugalho é cabeça de lista da AD. Temido lidera lista do PS". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Bloco de Esquerda escolhe Catarina Martins para cabeça de lista para as Europeias: "Não há melhor pessoa para o fazer"". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "João Oliveira é o cabeça de lista do PCP às europeias". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Pedro Fidalgo Marques é o cabeça de lista do PAN ao Parlamento Europeu". Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ "Venceu à primeira, e à segunda. Francisco Paupério é o cabeça de lista do Livre às europeias". TSF Rádio Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "António Tânger Corrêa é o cabeça de lista do Chega às europeias". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "IL escolhe João Cotrim Figueiredo como cabeça de lista às europeias". TSF Rádio Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ Pinto-Coelho, José (2024-04-07). "Rui Fonseca e Castro é o candidato do Ergue-te às "Europeias 2024"". Partido "Ergue-te!" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "Joana Amaral Dias vai liderar lista do ADN às eleições europeias". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ Vicente, Isaque (2024-04-20). "Penichense Márcia Henriques é candidata às Europeias pelo RIR". Gazeta das Caldas (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ "Europeias 2024: Duarte Costa e Rhia Lopes eleitos cabeças de lista do Volt-Portugal". Observador (in European Portuguese). 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ "Nova Direita".
External links[edit]
- Official results site, Portuguese Ministry of Internal Administration
- Portuguese Electoral Commission
- ERC – Official publication of polls
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