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2009 European Parliament election in Portugal

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Field	Value
election_name	2009 European Parliament election in Portugal
country	Portugal
type	Parliamentary
previous_election	2004 European Parliament election in Portugal
previous_year	2004
next_election	2014 European Parliament election in Portugal
next_year	2014
seats_for_election	22 seats to the European Parliament
election_date	7 June 2009
turnout	36.8% 1.8 pp
<!-- Socialist Party -->	image2
leader2	Vital Moreira
party2	Socialist Party (Portugal)
alliance2	Party of European Socialists
last_election2	12 seats, 44.5%
seats2	7
seat_change2	5
popular_vote2	946,818
percentage2	26.5%
swing2	18.0 pp
<!-- Social Democratic Party -->	image1
leader1	Paulo Rangel
party1	Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
alliance1	European People's Party
last_election1	7 seats (FP)
seats1	8
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	1,131,744
percentage1	31.7%
swing1
<!-- Democratic Unitarian Coalition -->	image4
leader4	Ilda Figueiredo
party4	CDU
color4	DA251E
alliance4	European United Left–Nordic Green Left
last_election4	2 seats, 9.1%
seats4	2
seat_change4	0
popular_vote4	379,787
percentage4	10.6%
swing4	1.5 pp
<!-- Left Bloc -->	image3
leader3	Miguel Portas
party3	Left Bloc (Portugal)
alliance3	EACL
last_election3	1 seat, 4.9%
seats3	3
seat_change3	2
popular_vote3	382,667
percentage3	10.7%
swing3	5.8 pp
<!-- Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party -->	image5
leader5	Nuno Melo
party5	CDS – People's Party
alliance5	European People's Party
last_election5	2 seats (FP)
seats5	2
seat_change5	0
popular_vote5	298,423
percentage5	8.4%
swing5
map_size	200px

An election of the delegation from Portugal to the European Parliament was held on 7 June 2009.

The election was a huge setback for the Socialist Party (PS), which lost almost 18 percentage points. Basically all predictions that said that the PS would win comfortably the election, were wrong. As a result, the party also lost five of its twelve European Parliament members. The Social Democrats (PSD) were the big winners in these elections, surprising pundits and analysts who predicted a very complicated result for the PSD leader, Manuela Ferreira Leite. The PSD won 31.7 percent of the vote and 8 seats. It was the first victory of the PSD, in European elections, since 1989. The People's Party (CDS-PP) also had a surprising result, winning 8 percent of the vote and electing two European Parliament members. Both PSD and CDS-PP, who ran in a joint list in 2004, increased sharply their scores and together they won more than 40 percent of the vote and 10 European Parliament members.

On the left, both the Left Bloc (BE) and Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) achieved very good results with the historic fact that BE surpassed CDU in term of votes and seats for the first time, although only just. Both parties increased their scores at the expense of the Socialist Party. The Left Bloc won 10.7 percent of the vote and three European Parliament members, their best score in EU elections to date, and CDU surpassed once again the 10 percent mark winning 10.6 percent of the vote, but maintaining the two European Parliament members they got in 2004.

Turnout in the elections was quite low, as only 36.78 percent of the electorate cast a ballot, a slightly lower share than in the 2004 election. Although the number of ballots cast was higher than in 2004, the number of registered voters increased considerably in these elections, making the final turnout share lower than in 2004.

Electoral system

The voting method used, for the election of European members of parliament, is by proportional representation using the d'Hondt method, which is known to benefit leading parties. In the 2009 European Union elections, Portugal had 22 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

Parties and candidates

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 Renovator 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

Campaign period

Party slogans

Party or alliance	English translation	Refs
Socialist Party (Portugal)}}"	PS	« Nós, Europeus »	"We, Europeans"
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}"	PSD	« Assina por baixo? »	"Will you sign below?"
Unitary Democratic Coalition}}"	CDU	« Em Portugal e na Europa »	"In Portugal and in Europe"
CDS – People's Party}}"	CDS–PP	« Soluções sérias para Portugal »	"Serious solutions for Portugal"
Left Bloc (Portugal)}}"	BE	« Estás na hora »	"It's time"

Candidates' debates

2004 European Parliament election in Portugal debates	Date	Organisers	Moderator(s)	Present Absent invitee Non-invitee	PS
Moreira	PSD
Rangel	CDU
Figueiredo	CDS–PP
Melo	BE
Portas	Refs	Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"		Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"		Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"		CDS – People's Party}};"	Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"
17 April	RTP1	Fátima Campos Ferreira	P	P	P	P	P
24 April	SIC Notícias	Clara de Sousa	P	P	N	N	N
14 May	TVI24	Paulo Magalhães	P	P	P	P	P
21 May	TVI24	Paulo Magalhães	P	P	N	N	N

Opinion polling

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.

Polling firm/Link	Date Released	[[File:PS Logo (Text version).png	35px	link=Socialist Party (Portugal)	PS]]	[[File:PSD Logo Simples.png	25px	link=Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
2009 EP election	7 June 2009	26.5
31.7
8.4
10.6
10.7
12.1
5.2
[CESOP–UCP](http://tv1.rtp.pt/noticias/?t=PSD-vence-eleicoes-com-29-a-34-por-cento.rtp&article=225172&visual=3&layout=10&tm=26)	7 June 2009	28–33
29–34
7–10
9–12
9–12
—	1
[Eurosondagem](https://sic.sapo.pt/online/noticias/portugal2009/sondagem-boca-urnas.htm)	7 June 2009	27.7–31.5
29.2–33.0
7.5–9.3
9.5– 11.3
11.6–13.4
—	1.5
[Intercampus](http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/politica/eleicoes-sondagem-europeias/1068683-4072.html)	7 June 2009	24.1–28.1
30.4–34.4
6.7– 9.3
9.7–12.7
9.8–12.8
—	6.3
[CESOP–UCP](https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/ps-mantem-se-a-frente-com-mais-1-deputado-que-psd_n224584)	5 June 2009	34
32
4
11
9
10
2
[Eurosondagem](https://www.pedro-magalhaes.org/rescaldo-6/)	5 June 2009	36.0	31.9	6.1	9.0	10.1	6.9	4.1
[Aximage](http://www.correiodamanha.pt/noticia.aspx?contentID=8B55812D-38E7-4FE5-94CA-43AB91F043D2&channelID=00000021-0000-0000-0000-000000000021)	4 June 2009	36.2	30.9	5.0	10.1	10.2	7.6	5.3
[Marktest](https://www.dn.pt/arquivo/diario-de-noticias/sonsagem-markest:-psd-a-frente-do-ps.html)	4 June 2009	29.4	32.5	3.3	8.9	8.9	17.0	3.1
[Marktest](https://www.pedro-magalhaes.org/europeias-marktest-20-22-maio-n804-tel/)	1 June 2009	31.9	30.1	4.7	7.1	7.1	19.1	1.8
[Intercampus](https://www.pedro-magalhaes.org/europeias-intercampus-15-26-maio-n992-presencial-voto-simulado-em-urna/)	29 May 2009	37.1	32.0	3.5	7.7	9.9	9.8	5.1
[Eurosondagem](https://www.pedro-magalhaes.org/europeias-eurosondagem-25-27-maio-n-2525-tel/)	29 May 2009	35.5	32.5	6.5	9.2	8.8	7.5	3.0
[Aximage](https://www.pedro-magalhaes.org/europeias-aximage-18-22-maio-n1200-tel/)	26 May 2009	38.0	31.1	6.3	7.9	8.5	8.2	6.9
[Eurosondagem](https://www.publico.pt/2009/05/22/politica/noticia/sondagem-rangel-diz-que-empate-tecnico-mostra-que-ha-todas-as-condicoes-para-vencer-1382243)	22 May 2009	34.3
32.1
6.9
8.9
10.1
7.7
2.2
[Aximage](https://www.pedro-magalhaes.org/europeias-aximage-5-7-maio-n600-tel/)	17 May 2009	38.5	32.3	5.6	8.7	9.2	5.7	6.2
[Marktest](https://web.archive.org/web/20090917032759/http://tsf.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Portugal/Interior.aspx?content_id=1226381)	9 May 2009	33.1	32.9	4.5	7.6	8.4	13.5	0.2
[CESOP–UCP](https://web.archive.org/web/20090503220459/http://dn.sapo.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1219195)	1 May 2009	39	36	4	7	12	2	3
[Intercampus](http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/politica/sondagem-europeias-vital-moreira-bloco-de-esquerda-paulo-rangel-tvi24/1059652-4072.html)	24 April 2009	34.0	33.5	6.9	7.9	18.0		0.5
[2004 EP election](2004-european-parliament-election-in-portugal)	13 June 2004	44.5
33.3
9.1
4.9
8.2
11.2

Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas.

Turnout	Time	12:00	16:00	19:00	2004	2009	±	2004	2009	±	2004	2009	±
Total	14.20%	11.86%	2.34 pp	27.19%	26.82%	0.37 pp	38.60%	36.78%	1.82 pp
Sources

Results

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party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;"
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- style="text-align:right;"
1,131,744
31.71

| ! 8 | 1 |- style="text-align:right;" | 946,818 | 26.53 | 17.99 ! 7 | 5 |- style="text-align:right;" | 382,667 | 10.72 | 5.81 ! 3 | 2 |- style="text-align:right;" • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV) ! 2 2 0 | 0 0 |- style="text-align:right;" | 298,423 | 8.36 | ! 2 | 0 |- style="text-align:right;" | 55,072 | 1.54 | new ! 0 | new |- style="text-align:right;" | 42,940 | 1.20 | 0.13 ! 0 | 0 |- style="text-align:right;" | 24,062 | 0.67 | 0.27 ! 0 | 0 |- align="right" | 21,738 | 0.61 | new ! 0 | new |- align="right" | 17,139 | 0.48 | 0.09 ! 0 | 0 |- align="right" | 14,414 | 0.40 | 0.05 ! 0 | 0 |- align="right" | 13,214 | 0.37 | 0.12 ! 0 | 0 |- align="right" | 5,177 | 0.15 | 0.02 ! 0 | 0 |- align="right" |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | 3,333,195 | 93.39 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | 235,748 | 6.61 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | 3,568,943 | 100.00 | — ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |22 | **2 ** |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | 9,704,559 | 36.78

1.82
}

Distribution by European group

Groups	Parties	Seats	Total
European People's Party}}"		European People's Party (EPP)	{{smalldiv	8
2	10
Party of European Socialists}}"		Party of European Socialists (PES)	{{smalldiv	7	7
European United Left–Nordic Green Left}}"		European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)	{{smalldiv	3
2	5
Total	22	22	100.00

Maps

EuropeanElections 2009 Portugal.png|Most voted party by district and autonomous region. Europeias 2009 (Portugal).png|Strongest party by municipality.

Notes

References

(April 2019). "Lista de candidatos ao PE 2009 / Candidate list for EP 2009".
"Partido Socialista Europeias 2009". [[Socialist Party (Portugal).
(27 May 2009). "A Presidente estará muitas vezes ao lado de Rangel". [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal).
(1 June 2009). "CDU no distrito de Santarém a dramatizar apelo ao voto". Público.
(6 May 2009). "Primeiros cartazes do CDS-PP apostam em temas nacionais". Público.
(7 June 2009). "Miguel Portas destaca "extraordinário" resultado do Bloco de Esquerda". Público.
(17 April 2009). "Primeiro debate entre candidatos às eleições europeias terá lugar no Prós e Contras". Público.
(24 April 2009). "Debate Europeias 2009". Sapo Videos.
(15 May 2009). "Candidatos às Europeias em debate na TVI24". TVI.
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