European Parliament election, 1999 (Portugal)
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The European Parliament election of 1999 in Portugal was the election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 1999-2004 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1999 European election. In Portugal the election was held on 13 June.
Parties and candidates
The major parties that partook in the election, and their EP list leaders, were:[1]
- Left Bloc (BE), Miguel Portas
- Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU), Ilda Figueiredo
- Socialist Party (PS), Mário Soares
- Social Democratic Party (PSD), José Pacheco Pereira
- People's Party (CDS–PP), Paulo Portas
National summary of votes and seats
The first most voted party in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party (PS) | PES | Mário Soares | 1,493,146 | 43.07 | 8.20  |
12 | 2 | |||
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | EPP | José Pacheco Pereira | 1,078,528 | 31.11 | 3.28  |
9 | 0  | |||
| Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV) |
GUE/NGL | Ilda Figueiredo | 357,671 | 10.32 | 0.87 |
2 2 0 |
1 0 | |||
| People's Party (CDS–PP) | UFE | Paulo Portas | 283,067 | 8.16 | 4.29 |
2 | 1 | |||
| Left Bloc (BE) | None | Miguel Portas | 61,920 | 1.79 | new | 0 | new | |||
| Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | 79,619 | 2.30 | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 3,353,951 | 96.74 | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 113,134 | 3.26 | ||||||||
| Totals | 3,467,085 | 100.00 | — | 25 | 0 | |||||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 8,681,854 | 39.93 | 4.39 |
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| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições | ||||||||||
References
See also
- Politics of Portugal
- List of political parties in Portugal
- Elections in Portugal
- European Parliament
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