Portugal
European elections, 6 - 9 June 2024, country sheet PORTUGAL
Official EE24 website:
Other elections/referenda held the same day: No
Number of MEPs before/after EE24: 21/21
Current government: Democratic Alliance (AD), centre-right coalition of parties in EPP (PSD, CDS-PP and PPM)
ELECTORAL RULES
Obligatory vote: No
Number of constituencies: 1
Preferential vote: No
Postal vote: No
Threshold to get elected: No
Day of EE24: Sunday 9 June
Opening time of polling stations: 9:00 CEST
Closing time of polling stations: 20:00 CEST; 21:00 in Azores
VOTERS
Total: 10 883 512 (Dec 2023)
Minimum age: 18
CANDIDATES
Lists (total): 17
Candidates (total): 478 (357 full candidates + 121 substitutes)
Minimum age to stand as candidate: 18
Lead candidates per list or party (affiliation) (In bold those represented in outgoing EP)
Partido Socialista (PS, S&D) - Marta Temido
Aliança Democrática (AD, EPP - PSD/CDS-PP/PPM) - Sebastião Bugalho
Bloco de Esquerda (BE, GUE/NGL) - Catarina Martins
Coligação Democrática Unitária (CDU, GUE/NGL) - João Oliveira
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza (PAN, Greens) - Pedro Marques
Chega - António Tanger Corrêa
Iniciativa Liberal (IL) - João Cotrim de Figueiredo
Livre - Francisco Paupério
MEPs re-running (in bold lead candidate of list)
Lídia Pereira (PSD, running in coalition with CDS-PP)
Vasco Becker Weinberg (CDS-PP, running in coalition with PSD)
Vânia Neto (PSD)
Teófilo dos Santos (PSD)
Ricardo Morgado (PSD)
José Gusmão (BE)
Anabela Rodrigues (BE)
Sandra Pereira (CDU)
João Pimenta Lopes (CDU)
RESULTS 2019
MEPs / % votes
PS / 9 / 33,38%
PSD / 6 / 21,94%
BE / 2 / 9,82%
CDU / 2 / 6,88%
CDS-PP / 2 / 6,19%
PAN / 1 / 5,08%
TURNOUT 2019
30,43%