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Elections in Portugal gives information on election and election results in Portugal. Categories: Lists of office-holders | Portugal | Presidents of Portugal ... Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (pron. ... The Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República) is the Portuguese parliament; its building in Lisbon is referred to as Palácio de São Bento (Saint Benedicts Palace). ... In Portugal, the post of Prime Minister (Portuguese: Primeiro-Ministro) is the head of the countrys Government. ... José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (pron. ... The Council of Ministers is a collegial body presided over by the Prime Minister. ... Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice is the highest court of law in Portugal and is without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Portuguese Constitutional Court. ... The Portuguese Constitutional Court is a special court, defined by the Portuguese Constitution as part of the judicial branch of the Portuguese political organization. ... The Council of State is an organ established by the Constitution of Portugal to advise the President of the Republic of Portugal in the exercise of many of his discretionary, reserve powers. ... General Summary The Portuguese presidential election of 2006 was held on January 22. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 2005 took place on February 20. ... Political parties in Portugal lists political parties in Portugal. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Portugal has been a significant beneficiary of the European Union and is a proponent of European integration. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... An election is a decision making process where people choose people to hold official offices. ...


Only the elections since the democratic Carnation Revolution of 1974 are listed here, however, in the period of the First Republic there were also elections, but only for the men who could read. During the dictatorial regime that existed from 1926 until 1974, the elections that occurred were hugely manipulated by the regime. The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese, Revolução dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless, left-leaning, military-led revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy after a two-year process of a Left-wing semi-military... History of Portugal series Prehistoric Portugal Pre-Roman Portugal Roman Lusitania and Gallaecia Visigoths and Suevi Moorish rule and Reconquista First County of Portugal Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal Second County of Portugal Establishment of the Monarchy Consolidation of the Monarchy 1383–1385 Crisis Discoveries Portuguese Empire 1580 Crisis Iberian...


Portugal elects on national level the President and the national Parliament, the Assembly of the Republic. 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 in multi-seat constituencies, the districts. Also in a national level, Portugal elects 24 members of the European Parliament. Categories: Lists of office-holders | Portugal | Presidents of Portugal ... The Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República) is the Portuguese parliament; its building in Lisbon is referred to as Palácio de São Bento (Saint Benedicts Palace). ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is an electoral system delivering a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Districts There are 18 Districts (distritos, singular - distrito) in mainland Portugal: note: Territorial division in Portugal is currently in flux, because of planned decentralization. ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The debating chamber, or hemicycle, in Strasbourg The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European...


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.


In the local elections, 308 Municipal Chambers and Municipal Assemblies, and more than 4000 Parish Assemblies are elected for a four year term in separate elections that usually occur on the same day. A Câmara Municipal (literally, municipal chamber; can also refer to the building: town or city hall) is the executive body of a concelho (municipality) in Portugal. ... A freguesia (pron. ...

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Presidential Elections

Latest

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Summary of the 22 January 2006 Portuguese Presidential election results
Candidates Supporting parties Votes %
Aníbal Cavaco Silva PPD/PSD, CDS/PP 2,773,431 50.54%
Manuel Alegre Duarte Independent 1,138,297 20.74%
Mário Alberto Soares PS 785,355 14.31%
Jerónimo Carvalho de Sousa PCP, PEV 474,083 8.64%
Francisco Anacleto Louçã BE 292,198 5.32%
António Garcia Pereira PCTP/MRPP 23,983 0.44%
Invalid Ballots (Blank Ballots Included) 102,785  
Total (turnout 61.53%) 5,590,132  
Registered Voters: 9,085,339
Source: Eleições Presidenciais 2006 (Portuguese Electoral Commission)
Main article: Portuguese presidential election, 2006

Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (pron. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata, pron. ... The Democratic Social Center / Peoples Party (Portuguese: Centro Democrático Social / Partido Popular or CDS/PP) is a Portuguese political party. ... Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte (born Águeda, 12 May 1936) is a Portuguese poet and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and currently an independent candidate to the Portuguese presidential election, 2006. ... Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (pron. ... The Socialist Party ( Portuguese: Partido Socialista) is a political party of Portugal. ... Jerónimo de Sousa (born 13 April 1947 in Santa Iria de Azóia) is a Portuguese politician and secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) since 2004. ... PCPs official symbol, featuring the hammer and sickle and the Portuguese national colors, red and green. ... The Ecologist Party The Greens (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista Os Verdes or PEV) is a Portuguese green party, member of the European Greens and a founding member of the European Federation of Green Parties. ... Francisco Louça Francisco Anacleto Louçã (born November 12, 1956) is a Portuguese politician and economist who was an active opponent of the pre-democracy regime and who more recently helped found the left-wing party Bloco de Esquerda. ... Leftwing Block (Portuguese: Bloco de Esquerda) is a Portuguese left_wing political party founded in 1999. ... António Garcia Pereira António Pestana Garcia Pereira is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, current leader of the PCTP/MRPP. He is a candidate in the 2006 presidential election, scheduled for January 22nd. ... PCTP-MRPP symbol The Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers - Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat (in the original, Portuguese, PCTP/MRPP - Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses/Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado) was founded in 1970, its first secretary-general being Arnaldo Matos. ... General Summary The Portuguese presidential election of 2006 was held on January 22. ...

Past

Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) Registed voters: 6,467,480 Turnout: 75. ... Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) Registered Voters: 6,920,869 Turnout: 84. ... Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) - 1st round Registered Voters: 7,617,257 Turnout: 75. ... Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) Registered Voters: 8,202,812 Turnout: 62. ... Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) Registered Voters: 8,693,636 Turnout: 66. ... Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) Registered Voters: 8,950,905 Turnout: 49. ...

Legislative elections

Latest legislative election

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Summary of the 20 February 2005 Portuguese Assembly of the Republic election results
Party Votes % Change Seats
Socialist Party 2,588,312 45.0% +07.2% 121
Social Democratic Party 1,653,425 28.8% -11.4% 75
Unitarian Democratic Coalition 433,369 07.6% +00.6% 14
People's Party 416,415 07.3% -01.5% 12
Left Bloc 364,971 06.4% +03.7% 8
Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers 48,186 00.8% - 0
New Democracy 40,358 00.7% - 0
Humanist Party 17,056 00.3% - 0
National Renovator Party 9,374 00.2% - 0
Socialist United Workers' Party 5,535 00.1% - 0
Democratic Party of the Atlantic 1,618 00.0% - 0
Blank Ballots 103,537 01.8% - -
Invalid Ballots 65,515 01.1% - -
Total (Turnout 64,26 %) 5,747,834 - - 230
  • Source: Portuguese Electoral Comission)
  • Registered Voters: 8,944,508
Main article: Portuguese_parliamentary_election,_2005

The Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República) is the Portuguese parliament; its building in Lisbon is referred to as Palácio de São Bento (Saint Benedicts Palace). ... The Socialist Party ( Portuguese: Partido Socialista) is a political party of Portugal. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata, pron. ... CDU logo The Unitarian Democratic Coalition (Portuguese: Coligação Democrática Unitária or CDU) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party The Greens (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista Os Verdes or PEV). ... The Democratic Social Center / Peoples Party (Portuguese: Centro Democrático Social / Partido Popular or CDS/PP) is a Portuguese political party. ... Leftwing Bloc (Portuguese: Bloco de Esquerda) is a Portuguese left-wing political party founded in 1999. ... PCTP-MRPP symbol The Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers - Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat (in the original, Portuguese, PCTP/MRPP - Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses/Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado) was founded in 1970, its first secretary-general being Arnaldo Matos. ... The New Democracy (Nova Democracia) is a conservative political party in Portugal, without parliamentary representation. ... The Humanist Party (Portugese: Partido Humanista) is a minor political party in Portugal. ... The National Renewal Party (Partido Renovador Nacional, pron. ... Workers Party of Socialist Unity (Portuguese: Partido Operário de Unidade Socialista or POUS) is small trotskiyst party in Portugal, founded in 1976 after a small split from the Portuguese Socialist Party and is part of a small section of the former 4th International, the International Secretariat of the Fourth... The Democratic Party of the Atlantic (Partido Democrático do Atlântico) is a political party in Portugal, without parliamentary representation. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 2005 took place on February 20. ...

Past legislative elections

The Portuguese legislative election of 1975 took place on April 25, exactly one year after the Carnation Revolution and was the first free legislative election in fifty years, the first in the new democratic regime created after the revolution which made the turnout the highest ever. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1976 took place on April 25, exactly one year after the previous election, and two years after the Carnation Revolution. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1979 took place on December 2. ... National summary of votes and seats The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown) Registered Voters: 7,179,023 Turnout: 83. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1983 took place on April 25. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1985 took place on October 6. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1987 took place on July 19. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1991 took place on October 6. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1995 took place on October 1. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1999 took place on October 10. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 2002 took place on March 17. ...

Regional legislative elections

  • Portuguese regional legislative election, 1976
  • Portuguese regional legislative election, 1980
  • Portuguese regional legislative election, 1984
  • Portuguese regional legislative election, 1988
  • Portuguese regional legislative election, 1992
  • Portuguese regional legislative election, 1996
  • Portuguese regional legislative election, 2000
  • Portuguese regional legislative election, 2004

European Parliament elections

The election to the European Parliament of 1987 was held in Portugal on July 19. ... The election to the European Parliament of 1989 was held in Portugal on June 18. ... The elections to the European Parliament of 1994 were held in Portugal on June 12. ... The European Parliament election of 1999 was held in Portugal on June 13. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held in Portugal on June 13, 2004. ...

Local elections

The Portuguese local election of 1979 took place on December 12. ... The Portuguese local election of 1979 took place on December 16. ... The Portuguese local election of 1982 took place on December 12. ... The Portuguese local election of 1985 took place on December 15. ... The Portuguese local election of 2005 took place on October 9. ...

Referendums

In June of 1998 a referendum on a new abortion law was carried out in Portugal, it was the first national referendum in the Portuguese history. ...

See also

This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the countries listed in the list of countries. ...

External links

  • Adam Carr's Election Archive
  • Parties and elections
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Legislative elections
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Local elections
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Regional Legislative elections
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European Parliament elections
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Portugal. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (3353 words)
Portugal is bordered by Spain on the east and north and by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and south.
Estremadura, in W Portugal, has broad, alluvial plains, rising to cool and rocky uplands; along the Atlantic coast is a celebrated resort region, reaching to the town of Estoril, near Lisbon.
Portugal became part of the European Union’s single currency plan in 1999; in October, Guterres and the Socialists were returned to power, again as a minority government.
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Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives and Elections to the German Bundestag describe the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation system used in both countries, with results of parliamentary elections held in New Zealand from 1996 to 2005 and in Germany from 1972 to 2005.
The results of parliamentary elections held in Portugal since 1975 (now including results of the early legislative election held on Sunday, February 20, 2005), as well as a description of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Portuguese legislature are available in Elections to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
The results of parliamentary elections held in Denmark since 1990 (now including final results of the early parliamentary election held on Tuesday, February 8, 2005), as well as an overview of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Danish legislature are available in Elections to the Danish Folketing.
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