2024 European Parliament election in Portugal Turnout 36.6% 5.9 pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Marta Temido
Sebastião Bugalho
António Tânger Corrêa
Party
PS
AD
CH
Alliance
S&D
EPP
PfE
Last election
9 seats, 33.4%
7 seats, 28.1%[ a]
0 seats (B )[ b]
Seats won
8
7
2
Seat change
1
0
2
Popular vote
1,268,915
1,229,895
387,068
Percentage
32.1%
31.1%
9.8%
Swing
1.3 pp
3.0 pp
[ b]
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
João Cotrim de Figueiredo
Catarina Martins
João Oliveira
Party
IL
BE
CDU
Alliance
RE
GUE/NGL
GUE/NGL
Last election
0 seats, 0.9%
2 seats, 9.8%
2 seats, 6.9%
Seats won
2
1
1
Seat change
2
1
1
Popular vote
358,811
168,107
162,630
Percentage
9.1%
4.3%
4.1%
Swing
8.2 pp
5.5 pp
2.8 pp
An election was held in Portugal on Sunday, 9 June 2024,[ 1] to elect the Portuguese delegation to the European Parliament from 2024 to 2029. It took place as part of the wider 2024 European Parliament election . This was the ninth European Parliament election held in Portugal. This election took place just three months after the 10 March 2024 legislative election , which resulted in a very narrow win for the Democratic Alliance , thus was seen as a "second round" of the March elections.[ 2]
The Socialist Party (PS) narrowly polled ahead of the Democratic Alliance (AD), 32 percent versus 31 percent, although the result nearly mirrored the also very narrow result of the March 2024 legislative election.[ 3] In terms of seats, the Socialists had a net loss of one, winning 8, while the AD held their 7 seats won in 2019. It was the first national election, in democratic Portugal, where a woman led her party's list to victory.[ 4]
The major defeated in the election was CHEGA (CH), gathering less than 10 percent and winning just two seats, a result well below the 18 percent of the votes in the March election.[ 3] The Liberal Initiative (IL) scored a strong result, 9 percent and 2 seats, in addition to polling very close to CHEGA. The Left Bloc (BE) and the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) lost considerable ground, gathering just 4.2 and 4.1 percent, respectively, and holding both one seat, while Livre , although increasing its share, failed to win a seat.[ 3] People–Animals–Nature (PAN) performed badly, losing their sole seat, and polling behind the far-right National Democratic Alternative (ADN).[ 3]
For the first time in 20 years, voter turnout increased with a total of 36.6 percent of voters casting a ballot. In Portugal alone, turnout stood at 42.3 percent, the highest share since 1989 .[ 5] The final and certified election results were published in the Portuguese official journal, Diário da República , on 28 June 2024.[ 6]
Background
Electoral system
The voting method 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 had 21 seats to fill. Members of Parliament are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.
Date
The proposed election day, 9 June, conflicted with the Portugal Day holiday on 10 June, as well as with other several local holidays. The government feared that an election close to so many holidays would suppress turnout[ 7] 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.[ 8]
On 4 April 2024, the President of the Republic , Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa , signed the decree that confirmed the date of the elections for the European Parliament on 9 June 2024.[ 9]
Early voting
Voters were also able to vote early , which happened on 2 June, one week before election day. Voters had to register between 26 and 30 May 2024 in order to be eligible to cast an early ballot.[ 10] By the 30 May deadline, 252,208 voters had requested to vote early, a number thirteen times higher than in 2019, and also higher than in the 2024 March legislative election.[ 11] On 2 June, 225,039 voters (89.2 percent of voters that requested) cast an early ballot.[ 12]
Parties and candidates
Portuguese delegation in the European Parliament before the elections
European Parliament group
Mandates
National party
Mandates
S&D Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
PS Socialist Party
EPP European People's Party Group
PPD/PSD Social Democratic Party
CDS–PP CDS – People's Party
The Left The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
BE Left Bloc
CDU Unitary Democratic Coalition
Greens/EFA Greens–European Free Alliance
PAN People Animals Nature
Francisco Guerreiro [ c] Independent
Source: European Parliament
Parties running in the election
This is a list of the parties that were on the ballot and their main candidates.[ 13]
Campaign
Issues
The campaign was dominated by issues like immigration and defence ,[ 31] with national politics also an issue due to the narrow victory of the Democratic Alliance in the 10 March legislative elections and the unstable situation of Luís Montenegro 's minority government , with the prospect of a possible snap election in the short term.[ 2]
Party slogans
Party or alliance
Original slogan
English translation
Refs
PS
« O futuro de Portugal na Europa »
"Portugal's future in Europe"
[ 32]
AD
« Voz na Europa »
"Voice in Europe"
[ 33]
BE
« Europa por ti, salvar o futuro »
"Europe for you, save the future."
[ 34]
CDU
« Sempre contigo para o que der e vier »
"Always with you no matter what happens"
[ 35]
PAN
« Pelo planeta, por ti, pelos animais »
"For the planet, for you, for the animals"
[ 36]
L
« Por uma Europa Unida e LIVRE »
"For a United and FREE Europe"
[ 37]
CH
« Uma Europa de nações livres »
"A Europe of free nations"
[ 38]
IL
« Com Cotrim Sim »
"With Cotrim Yes"
[ 36]
Candidates' debates
With parties represented in the national Parliament
With parties not represented in the national Parliament
Opinion polling
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.
Exit poll
Polling firm/Link
Fieldwork date
Sample size
Turnout
O
Lead
S&D
EPP
EPP
NI
PfE
Left
Left
G/EFA
G/EFA
Renew
2024 EP election
9 Jun 2024
—
36.6
32.1 8
31.17
9.82
4.31
4.11
1.20
3.80
9.12
4.50
1.0
CESOP–UCP
9 Jun 2024
14,185
37–40
28–34 6/8
28–336/8
8–122/3
3–50/1
3–50/1
1–20
3–50/1
8–122/3
—
0.5
ICS/ISCTE–GfK/Metris
9 Jun 2024
15,839
36.7
29.2–33.6 7/8
28.4–32.87/8
7.5–10.92/3
2.8–5.80/1
2.8–5.80/1
0.4–2.00
2.9–5.90/1
8.1–11.52/3
3.3–6.30
0.8
Pitagórica
9 Jun 2024
24,619
35.5–41.5
27.7–33.7 6/8
26.0–32.06/8
6.6–12.62/3
3.0–7.00/1
2.0–6.00/1
0.7–2.70
2.5–6.50/1
8.3–12.32/3
—
1.7
Intercampus
9 Jun 2024
19,502
38–42
27.2–33.2 6/8
26.9–32.96/8
7.5–11.52/3
3.1–6.10/1
2.3–5.30/1
0.3–2.30
3.0–6.00/1
8.3–12.32/3
2.8–8.80
0.3
Intercampus [ j]
29 May–4 Jun 2024
604
?
27.57
28.3 7
13.73
6.61
2.90
3.50
5.11
10.42
2.00
0.8
CESOP–UCP
27 May–3 Jun 2024
1,552
?
33 7/9
316/8
122/4
40/1
40/1
10
40/1
81/2
30
2
Aximage
17–22 May 2024
801
55.3
30.6 7/8
26.66
15.54
6.31
3.50
1.60
5.21
7.51/2
3.20
4.0
Intercampus [ k]
12–20 May 2024
609
?
23.1 5
22.05
18.14
9.22
3.70
4.01
6.91
12.03
1.00
1.1
CESOP–UCP
13–18 May 2024
965
?
306/8
31 6/8
153/4
51
51
10
51
61/2
20
1
Duplimétrica
6–13 May 2024
800
?
34 9
328
102
30
30
10
30
92
50
2
ICS/ISCTE
27 Apr–8 May 2024
1,001
?
32 8
266
184
51
41
20
20
41
70
6
Intercampus [ l]
18–23 Apr 2024
605
?
33.4 8
28.27
13.03
7.41
3.30
1.30
5.81
4.41
3.30
5.2
Aximage
12–16 Apr 2024
805
58.0
31.3 7/8
24.86
18.44
5.91
4.11
1.80
3.60/1
5.81
4.30
6.5
2024 legislative elections
10 Mar 2024
—
59.8
28.0(7)
28.8 (7)
18.1(5)
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
?
29.68
31.0 8
3.40
–
14.23
4.41
2.30
2.10
3.60
4.51
4.90
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)
12.3
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
21.96
6.21
1.50
9.82
6.92
5.11
1.80
0.90
12.50
11.5
Voter turnout
The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas.
Turnout
Time
12:00
16:00
19:00
2019
2024
±
2019
2024
±
2019
2024
±
Total
11.56%
14.48%
2.92 pp
23.37%
27.89%
4.52 pp
30.75%
36.63%
5.88 pp
Sources[ 49] [ 50]
Results
Summary of the results of Portugal's 9 June 2024 election to the European Parliament
National party
European party
Main candidate
Votes
%
+/–
Seats
+/–
Socialist Party (PS)
PES
Marta Temido
1,268,915
32.11
1.29
8
1
Democratic Alliance (AD) • Social Democratic Party (PSD) • CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) • People's Monarchist Party (PPM)
EPP / ECPM
Sebastião Bugalho
1,229,895
31.12
[ m]
76 1 0
0 0 new
CHEGA! (CH)
ID
António Tânger Corrêa
387,068
9.79
8.30
2
2
Liberal Initiative (IL)
ALDE
João Cotrim de Figueiredo
358,811
9.08
8.20
2
2
Left Bloc (BE)
PEL / EACL
Catarina Martins
168,107
4.25
5.58
1
1
Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) • Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV)
PEL / EGP
João Oliveira
162,630
4.12
2.77
11 0
1 0
LIVRE (L)
EGP
Francisco Paupério [pt ]
148,572
3.76
1.93
0
0
National Democratic Alternative (ADN)
NI
Joana Amaral Dias
54,120
1.37
0.89
0
0
People–Animals–Nature (PAN)
EGP
Pedro Fidalgo Marques
48,006
1.21
3.87
0
1
Volt Portugal (VP)
Volt
Duarte Costa
9,445
0.24
new
0
new
Rise Up (E)
AENM
Rui Fonseca e Castro [pt ]
8,302
0.21
0.28
0
0
React, Include, Recycle (RIR)
NI
Márcia Henriques
6,407
0.16
new
0
new
New Right (ND)
NI
Ossanda Liber
6,361
0.16
new
0
new
Socialist Alternative Movement (MAS)
NI
Gil Garcia [pt ]
5,016
0.13
0.07
0
0
Earth Party (MPT)
NI
Manuel Carreira
4,558
0.12
new
0
new
Portuguese Labour Party (PTP)
NI
José Manuel Coelho
4,312
0.11
0.14
0
0
We, the Citizens! (NC)
ALDE
Pedro Ladeira
4,246
0.11
0.94
0
0
Valid votes
3,874,771
98.05
Blank and invalid votes
77,208
1.95
Totals
3,951,979
100.00
—
21
0
Eligible voters / turnout
10,789,781
36.63
5.88
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições[ 6]
Vote share
PS
32.11%
AD
31.12%
CH
9.79%
IL
9.08%
BE
4.25%
CDU
4.12%
L
3.76%
ADN
1.37%
PAN
1.21%
Others
1.24%
Blank/Invalid
1.95%
Seats
PS
38.10%
AD
33.33%
CH
9.52%
IL
9.52%
BE
4.76%
CDU
4.76%
Distribution by European group
Maps
Demographics
Demographic
Size
PS
AD
CH
IL
BE
CDU
L
Others
Total vote
100%
32.1%
31.1%
9.8%
9.1%
4.3%
4.1%
3.8%
5.7%
Sex
Men
46%
30%
30%
13%
11%
3%
5%
4%
5%
Women
54%
35%
32%
7%
8%
5%
4%
4%
6%
Age
18–34 years old
22%
15%
29%
10%
19%
6%
3%
9%
9%
65 years and older
24%
48%
31%
6%
2%
3%
6%
1%
4%
Education
No/with High-school
53%
39%
28%
12%
5%
3%
4%
2%
6%
College graduate
47%
26%
33%
7%
13%
5%
4%
5%
6%
Source: ICS/ISCTE–GfK/Metris exit poll
See also
Notes
^ 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 ran together in 2024.
^ a b Chega (CH) ran in a coalition with the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) and Citizenship and Christian Democracy Party (PPV/CDC) called Basta! , getting 1.5% of the votes and failing to elect any MEPs in the 2019 election.
^ Francisco Guerreiro was elected MEP in 2019 in the PAN list, but he left PAN in June 2020 and since then became an Independent seated in the European Green Party .
^ As Democratic Republican Party in 2019
^ Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
^ Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.
^ Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
^ Denotes a main invitee not attending the event, sending a surrogate in their place.
^ Via videotelephony
^ Results presented here exclude undecideds (12.5%). With their inclusion results are: AD: 24.8%; AD: 24.1%; CHEGA: 12.0%; IL: 9.1%; BE: 5.8%; Livre: 4.5%; PAN: 3.1%; CDU: 2.5%; Others/Invalid: 1.8%.
^ Results presented here exclude undecideds (3.7%). With their inclusion results are: PS: 22.2%; AD: 21.2%; CHEGA: 17.4%; IL: 11.6%; BE: 8.9%; Livre: 6.6%; PAN: 3.9%; CDU: 3.6%; Others/Invalid: 0.9%.
^ 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%.
^ In 2019, the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) and the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) had a combined total of 28.12% of the votes. Together, their share increased by 3.00 .
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