1999 European Parliament election in Portugal

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 1999 EU elections, Portugal had 25 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

The major parties that partook in the election, and their EP list leaders, were:[https://web.archive.org/web/20070610104926/http://www.cne.pt/dl/ce_pe1999.pdf Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Deputados]

• 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

The following table shows the opinion polls of voting intention of the Portuguese voters before the election. Those parties that are listed were represented in the EU parliament (1994-1999). Included is also the result of the Portuguese EP elections in 1994 and 1999 for reference.

Note, until 2000, the publication of opinion polls in the last week of the campaign was forbidden.

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{{election table|title=Summary of the results of Portugal's 13 June 1999 election to the European Parliament}}

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| colspan=10| center

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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" colspan=2 |National party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |European
party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Main candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |%

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |+/–

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |+/–

|- style="text-align:right;"

| style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}" width=5px|

| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party (PS)

| style="text-align:left;" | PES

| style="text-align:left;" | Mário Soares

| 1,493,146

| 43.07

| 8.20 {{increase}}

! 12

| 2 {{increase}}

|- style="text-align:right;"

| style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}" width=5px|

| style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party (PSD)

| style="text-align:left;" | EPP

| style="text-align:left;" | José Pacheco Pereira

| 1,078,528

| 31.11

| 3.28 {{decrease}}

! 9

| 0 {{steady}}

|- style="text-align:right;"

| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unity Coalition}}" width=5px|

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU)
• Communist Party (PCP)
• Ecologist Party (PEV)

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | GUE/NGL

| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" | Ilda Figueiredo

| style="vertical-align:top;" | 357,671

| style="vertical-align:top;" | 10.32

| style="vertical-align:top;" | 0.87 {{decrease}}

! 2
2
0

|
1 {{decrease}}
0 {{steady}}

|- style="text-align:right;"

| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party}}" width=5px|

| style="text-align:left;" | People's Party (CDS–PP)

| style="text-align:left;" | UFE

| style="text-align:left;" | Paulo Portas

| 283,067

| 8.16

| 4.29 {{decrease}}

! 2

| 1 {{decrease}}

|- style="text-align:right;"

| style="background-color: {{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}}" width=5px|

| style="text-align:left;" | Left Bloc (BE)

| style="text-align:left;" | None

| style="text-align:left;" | Miguel Portas

| 61,920

| 1.79

| new

! 0

| new

|- align="right"

| style="background-color: {{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}" width=5px|

| style="text-align:left;" | Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)

| style="text-align:left;" | None

| style="text-align:left;" | António Garcia Pereira

| 30,446

| 0.88

| 0.09 {{increase}}

! 0

| 0 {{steady}}

|- align="right"

| style="background-color: {{party color|People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)}}" width=5px|

| align="left"| People's Monarchist Party (PPM)

| align="left"| None

| align="left"| -

| 16,182

| 0.45

| 0.20 {{increase}}

! 0

| 0 {{steady}}

|- style="text-align:right;"

| style="background-color: {{party color|Earth Party}}" width=5px|

| align="left"| Earth Party (MPT)

| align="left"| ELDR

| align="left"| Paulo Trancoso

| 13,924

| 0.40

| 0.03 {{decrease}}

! 0

| 0 {{steady}}

|- align="right"

| style="background-color:#000080" width=5px|

| align="left"| National Solidarity Party (PSN)

| align="left"| None

| align="left"| -

| 8,413

| 0.24

| 0.13 {{decrease}}

! 0

| 0 {{steady}}

|- align="right"

| style="background-color: {{party color|Workers Party of Socialist Unity}}" width=5px|

| align="left"| Workers Party of Socialist Unity (POUS)

| align="left"| None

| align="left"| Carmelinda Pereira

| 5,565

| 0.16

| 0.06 {{Increase}}

! 0

| 0 {{steady}}

|- align="right"

| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party of the Atlantic}}" width=5px|

| align="left"| Democratic Party of the Atlantic (PDA)

| align="left"| None

| align="left"| -

| 5,089

| 0.15

| 0.08 {{decrease}}

! 0

| 0 {{steady}}

|- align="right"

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| style="text-align:right;" colspan="4" | Valid votes

| 3,353,951

| 96.74

| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| style="text-align:right;" colspan="4" | Blank and invalid votes

| 113,134

| 3.26

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| style="text-align:right;" colspan="4" | Totals

| 3,467,085

| 100.00

| —

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|25

| 0 {{steady}}

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

| colspan="4" | Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout

| 8,681,854

| 39.93

| 4.39 {{increase}}

| colspan="2"|

|-

| style="text-align:left;" colspan="11" | Source: [http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb Comissão Nacional de Eleições] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408212102/http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb |date=2005-04-08 }}

|}

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|title=Vote share

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|width=550px

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{{bar percent|PS|{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|43.07}}

{{bar percent|PSD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|31.11}}

{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Portuguese Communist Party}}|10.32}}

{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|8.16}}

{{bar percent|BE|{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}}|1.79}}

{{bar percent|PCTP/MRPP|{{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}|0.88}}

{{bar percent|Others|#777777|1.43}}

{{bar percent|Blank/Invalid|#DDDDDD|3.27}}

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|title=Seats

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{{bar percent|PS|{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|48.00}}

{{bar percent|PSD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|36.00}}

{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Portuguese Communist Party}}|8.00}}

{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|8.00}}

}}

File:Pt euelection 1999.PNG|Most voted political force by district. (Azores and Madeira not shown)

Europeias 1999.png|Strongest party by municipality.

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