Portugal

Lists of candidates for the 2024 European elections

PartiesLead candidateEuropean partyFull list
Partido SocialistaMarta TemidoPESList
Aliança DemocráticaSebastião BugalhoEPP/ECPMList
Bloco de Esquerda (BE)Catarina MartinsELList
Coligação Democrática Unitária (CDU)Joāo OliveiraEGP / NoneList
Pessoas–Animais–Natureza (PAN)Pedro Fidalgo MarquesEGPList
LIVREFrancisco PaupérioEGPList
CHEGAAntónio Tânger CorrêaIDList
Nós, Cidadãos!Pedro LadeiraALDE
Iniciativa Liberal (IL)João Cotrim de FigueiredoALDE
Ergue-teRui Fonseca e CastroAEMNList
Alternativa Democrática NacionalJoana Amaral DiasN/AList
Partido Trabalhista PortuguêsJosé Manuel CoelhoN/A
Movimento Alternativa SocialistaGil GarciaN/A
Reagir–Incluir–ReciclarMárcia HenriquesN/A
Movimento o Partido da Terra – Partido da TerraManuel CarreiraN/AList
Nova DireitaOssanda LiberN/AList
Volt PortugalDuarte CostaVolt (unrecognised)List

 

Results of the 26 May 2019 European elections

Political partiesEuropean affiliation Number of votesPercentage of votesNumber of seatsTrend compared with 2014
Socialist Party S&D1 105 894 33.38 %9
Social Democratic Party EPP726 72821.94%6=
Left Bloc GUE/NGL325 3689.82 %2
Unitary Democratic Coalition GUE/NGL228 0546.88 %2
People's PartyEPP204 9576.19 %1
People-Animals-Nature (PAN) Greens/EFA168 3595.08 %1

 

Electoral Procedures

> Election Dates : June 2024
> Number of MEPs: 21
> At what age can one vote? 18 years
> At what age can one be elected? 18 years
> Who can vote? European citizens living in Portugal

 

Electoral rules

> Voting method : Closed list
> Means for attributing seats : D’Hondt Method
> Can candidates be chosen from a list? No

 

Institutions and political situation

Republic, parliamentary democracy

– Head of State: Rebelo de Sousa

– Prime minister: António Costa

 

Economy

> Currency : Euro
> GDP : € 239.253 million (esst. 2022)
> GDP per capita (PPS) : € 19 290 (2022)
> GDP Growth : 2.4% (2023)
> Unemployment: 6.1% (September 2023)
> Inflation : 3.6% (September 2023)
> Public Debt : 106% of GDP (2023)

 

Geography and population

Surface Area: 92,391 km²

Population: 10.5 million inhabitants (2023)

 

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