Electoral results of the Portuguese Communist Party

This is a table of the electoral results of the Portuguese Communist Party. Despite the Party had been founded in 1921, the party experienced little time as a legal party, being forced into clandestinity after a military coup in 1926. In the following decades, Portugal was dominated by the dictatorial regime led by António Oliveira Salazar, that kept the Party illegal. Although the regime allowed elections during some periods, the Party, given its illegal status, could never legally enter the electoral process and the heavy manipulation of the electoral results never allowed a democratic candidate to win. The regime would only end in 1974, with the Carnation Revolution, that implemented broad democratic changes in the country.

Since then, four types of elections are held with different periodicity. The head of state, the President of the Republic, is elected for a five-year term, the Parliament is elected for a four-year term, like the municipal administrations, that since 1985, are also elected for a four-year term. Azores and Madeira elect a regional parliament each four years. Along with these, European elections are also held with a periodicity of five years since the country joined the European Union in 1986.

Since the revolution, the Party participated in every election, from the late 1970s until 1987, it ran in coalition with the Portuguese Democratic Movement in the United People Alliance (APU). In 1987, the APU was disbanded and since then, the Party participated in coalition with the Ecologist Party "The Greens" inside the Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU). The peak of the Party's electoral influence was from the Carnation Revolution until the early 1980s, since then, and mainly after the fall of the Socialist bloc in eastern Europe, the Party's electoral success was reduced, however, it still keeps a presence in the Parliament and still holds the presidency of 34 municipalities and several parishes.

Results

Results in parliamentary elections

CDU sticker: "Mark your calendar and tell your friends: on 13 June, vote CDU for the European Parliament"
CDU results in the parliamentary election of 2005. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
CDU results in the local election of 2005. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
Results in Parliamentary Elections
(year links to election page)
Year Coalition Votes % Mandates
1976 none 785,594 14.6% 40
1979 APU 1,121,374 19.0% 47
1980 APU 1,000,975 17.0% 41
1983 APU 1,024,475 18.2% 44
1985 APU 893,216 15.6% 38
1987 CDU 685,109 12.2% 31
1991 CDU 501,840 8.8% 17
1995 CDU 504,007 8.6% 15
1999 CDU 483,716 9.0% 17
2002 CDU 378,640 7.0% 12
2005 CDU 432,009 7.6% 14
2009 CDU 446,174 7.9% 15
2011 CDU 440,850 7.9% 16
2015 CDU 444,907 8.3% 17

Note:

Results in local elections

Results in Local Elections
(year links to election page)
Year Coalition Votes % Mandates
1976 FEPU 737,586 17.7% 267
1979 APU 1,021,486 20.5% 322
1982 APU 1,061,492 20.7% 325
1985 APU 942,147 19.4% 305
1989 CDU 633,682 12.8% 252
1993 CDU 689,928 12.8% 246
1997 CDU 643,956 12.0% 236
2001 CDU 557,481 10.6% 202
2005 CDU 590,496 11.0% 203
2009 CDU 537,329 9.7% 174
2013 CDU 552,329 11.06% 213

Results in European Parliament elections

These are the results for Democratic Unitarian Coalition, composed of the PCP, the PEV and the ID.
Election year # of overall
votes
% of overall
vote
# of overall
seats won
+/- Notes
1987 646,640 11.50 (#4)
3 / 24
1989 594,961 14.41 (#3)
4 / 24
Increase 1
1994 339,283 11.19 (#4)
3 / 25
Decrease 1
1999 357,575 10.32 (#3)
2 / 25
Decrease 1
2004 309,406 9.09 (#3)
2 / 24
Steady 0
2009 379,787 10.64 (#4)
2 / 22
Steady 0
2014 416,446 12.68 (#3)
3 / 21
Increase 1

(source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)

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Coalitions Info:

Further notes:

Results in presidential elections

Results in Presidential Elections
(year links to election page)
Year Candidate supported Votes % Elected?
1976 Octávio Rodrigues Pato 365,344 7.6% No
1980 Carlos Alfredo de Brito withdrew - No
1986 Francisco Salgado Zenha 1,185,867 20.6% No
1991 Carlos Alberto Carvalhas 635,867 12.9% No
1996 Jerónimo Carvalho de Sousa withdrew - No
2001 António Simões de Abreu 221,886 5.1% No
2006 Jerónimo Carvalho de Sousa 466,428 8.6% No
2011 Francisco Lopes 300,921 7.1% No

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References

See also

External links

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