Paulo Pisco
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Paulo Pisco
| office = Member of the Assembly of the Republic
| term_start = 15 October 2009
| constituency = Europe
| birth_name = {{nowrap|Paulo Alexandre de Carvalho Pisco}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|8|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Portugal
| party = Socialist Party
| occupation = Journalist • politician
| image = Deputado Paulo Pisco.png
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| nationality = Portuguese
| spouse = Fernanda Maria Valente Soares
| office2 = Member of the Assembly of the Republic
| termstart1 = 25 October 1999
| termend1 = 4 April 2002
| constituency1 = Europe
}}
Paulo Alexandre de Carvalho Pisco (born 22 August 1961) is a Portuguese politician, who is a member of the Assembly of the Republic. He was a Member of the Portuguese Assembly in the 8th legislature for the Socialist Party (PS) which ran up to 2002. He returned to the Assembly of the Republic in the 11th Legislature in 2009 and continues to serve as a Member for the Europe constituency, which represents the Portuguese diaspora in that geographical region.{{Cite web |title=Paulo Alexandre de Carvalho Pisco - Biografia |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=1741 |url-status=live |access-date=22 February 2025 |website=Parlamento}}
Within the Portuguese Assembly, Pisco sits on the [https://www.parlamento.pt/sites/COM/XIIILeg/2CNECP/paginas/composicao.aspx Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities], being the coordinator for the Socialist Parliamentary Group, as well as, being a member of the [https://www.parlamento.pt/sites/COM/XVILeg/4CAE/Paginas/Composicao.aspx European Affairs Committee].
He has been representing Portugal since 9 October 2017 in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, sitting with the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group. He sits on various committees, having previously been Chair and Vice-Chair for some of the committees. He currently sits on the [https://pace.coe.int/en/aplist/subcommittees/69 Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People], [https://pace.coe.int/en/aplist/subcommittees/74 Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration], as well as, the [https://pace.coe.int/en/aplist/subcommittees/69 Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons].{{Cite web |title=Mr Paulo PISCO (Portugal, SOC) |url=https://pace.coe.int/en/members/6557/pisco |url-status=live |access-date=22 February 2025 |website=Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe}}
Pisco is also Chair of the Portugal-Luxembourg Parliamentary Friendship Group and Vice-Chair of the Portugal-France Parliamentary Friendship Group.{{Cite web |last=redacção |date=2025-02-14 |title=Paulo Pisco continua a presidir o Grupo Parlamentar de Amizade Portugal-Luxemburgo |url=https://www.luso.eu/geral-sociedade/paulo-pisco-continua-a-presidir-o-grupo-parlamentar-de-amizade-portugal-luxemburgo.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Jornal de Notícias das Comunidades Portuguesas |language=pt-pt}}
Prior to entering politics, Pisco was a journalist and studied and obtained a degree in Philosophy from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a postgraduate qualification in European Studies from the Université libre de Bruxelles.
Electoral history
= 2024 legislative elections =
In the 2024 legislative election held on 10 March 2024, Pisco was the head of the Socialist Party list with Nathalie de Oliveira (as the 2nd candidate), for the first time in this constituency, neither of the major parties (Socialist Party or Social Democratic Party) came first, with Chega a far-right and anti-immigration party topping the ballot (seeing their vote share increase from 10% in 2022 to 30% in 2024):{{cite magazine |date=23 March 2024 |title=Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 2-A/2024 - Mapa oficial com o resultado da eleição e a relação dos deputados eleitos para a Assembleia da República realizada em 10 de março de 2024 |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2024_ar_mapa_oficial_dr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405032240/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2024_ar_mapa_oficial_dr.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=23 March 2024 |magazine=Diário da República |location=Lisbon, Portugal |pages=12–15 |language=pt |via=National Elections Commission |volume=2024 |issue=59A}}
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;" | |||||
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3|Party | align=center width="50"|Votes | align=center width="50"|% | align=center width="50"|Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{party color cell|Chega (political party)}} | align=left|Chega | align=left|CH | 42,975 | 30.06% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Socialist Party | align=left|PS | 38,063 | 26.62% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)}} | align=left|Democratic Alliance | align=left|AD | 33,351 | 23.33% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Left Bloc (Portugal)}} | align=left|Left Bloc | align=left|BE | 6,438 | 4.50% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Initiative}} | align=left|Liberal Initiative | align=left|IL | 5,719 | 4.00% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|People Animals Nature}} | align=left|People Animals Nature | align=left|PAN | 5,175 | 3.62% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|LIVRE}} | align=left|LIVRE | align=left|L | 4,091 | 2.86% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Unitary Democratic Coalition | align=left|CDU | 2,363 | 1.65% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|National Democratic Alternative (Portugal)}} | align=left|National Democratic Alternative | align=left|ADN | 953 | 0.67% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Volt Portugal}} | align=left|Volt Portugal | align=left|Volt | 761 | 0.53% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | align=left|PCTP | 748 | 0.52% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Together for the People}} | align=left|Together for the People | align=left|JPP | 560 | 0.39% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|We, the Citizens!}} | align=left|We, the Citizens! | align=left|NC | 510 | 0.36% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|New Right (Portugal)}} | align=left|New Right | align=left|ND | 502 | 0.35% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|React, Include, Recycle}} | align=left|React, Include, Recycle | align=left|RIR | 452 | 0.32% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Ergue-te}} | align=left|Ergue-te | align=left|E | 182 | 0.13% | 0 |
| align=left|Alternative 21 (Earth Party and Alliance) | align=left|PT-A | 120 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 142,963 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Blank votes | 1,381 | 0.58% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes – other | 94,261 | 39.51% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 238,605 | 25.46% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 937,311 |
= 2022 legislative elections =
The Socialist Party candidates for this election was Paulo Pisco (head of the list) and luso-descendant Nathalie de Oliveira (2nd candidate). The results of the 2022 legislative election held on 30 January 2022 in the constituency were annulled by the Constitutional Court due ballot papers without copies of voter IDs being mixed with those with voter IDs at around 150 polling stations.{{cite news |title=Tribunal Constitucional manda repetir voto dos emigrantes na Europa |url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2022-02-15-tribunal-constitucional-manda-repetir-voto-dos-emigrantes-na-europa |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=Expresso |date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615225247/https://expresso.pt/politica/2022-02-15-tribunal-constitucional-manda-repetir-voto-dos-emigrantes-na-europa |archive-date=15 June 2023 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}{{cite news |last1=Ferreira |first1=Marta Leite |title=Tribunal Constitucional manda repetir eleições nas assembleias da Europa com irregularidades |url=https://observador.pt/2022/02/15/tribunal-constitucional-manda-repetir-eleicoes-nas-assembleias-da-europa-com-irregularidades/ |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=Observador |agency=Lusa News Agency |date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303000648/https://observador.pt/2022/02/15/tribunal-constitucional-manda-repetir-eleicoes-nas-assembleias-da-europa-com-irregularidades/ |archive-date=3 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}} Results of the re-run held on 12 and 13 March 2022, for the first time since the 1999 legislative election did only one party gain both seats:{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 1/2022 - Relação dos deputados eleitos e mapa oficial da eleição da Assembleia da República, realizada em 30 de janeiro de 2022 |magazine=Diário da República |date=26 March 2022 |volume=2022 |issue=60A |pages=11–13 |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2022ar_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |access-date=10 September 2022 |via=National Elections Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205025327/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2022ar_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3|Party | align=center width="50"|Votes | align=center width="50"|% | align=center width="50"|Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Socialist Party | align=left|PS | 36,086 | 47.54% | 2 |
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Social Democratic Party | align=left|PSD | 16,404 | 21.61% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Chega (political party)}} | align=left|Chega | align=left|CH | 7,756 | 10.22% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|People Animals Nature}} | align=left|People Animals Nature | align=left|PAN | 2,956 | 3.89% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Initiative}} | align=left|Liberal Initiative | align=left|IL | 2,704 | 3.56% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Left Bloc (Portugal)}} | align=left|Left Bloc | align=left|BE | 2,647 | 3.49% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|LIVRE}} | align=left|LIVRE | align=left|L | 1,585 | 2.09% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Unitary Democratic Coalition | align=left|CDU | 1,409 | 1.86% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|CDS – People's Party}} | align=left|CDS – People's Party | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|CDS–PP | 1,156 | 1.52% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Earth Party}} | align=left|Earth Party | align=left|PT | 610 | 0.80% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | align=left|PCTP | 522 | 0.69% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Volt Portugal}} | align=left|Volt Portugal | align=left|Volt | 464 | 0.61% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|React, Include, Recycle}} | align=left|React, Include, Recycle | align=left|RIR | 387 | 0.51% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Labour Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Labour Party | align=left|PTP | 377 | 0.50% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|We, the Citizens!}} | align=left|We, the Citizens! | align=left|NC | 296 | 0.39% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|National Democratic Alternative (Portugal)}} | align=left|National Democratic Alternative | align=left|ADN | 262 | 0.35% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Socialist Alternative Movement}} | align=left|Socialist Alternative Movement | align=left|MAS | 123 | 0.16% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Alliance (Portugal)}} | align=left|Alliance | align=left|A | 84 | 0.11% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Ergue-te}} | align=left|Ergue-te | align=left|E | 78 | 0.10% | 0 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 75,906 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Blank votes | 711 | 0.65% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes – other | 33,565 | 30.46% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 110,182 | 11.90% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 926,205 |
= 2019 legislative elections =
The Socialist Party candidates for this election was Paulo Pisco (head of the list) and luso-descendant Nathalie de Oliveira (2nd candidate). Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 6 October 2019:{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 9-A/2019 - Relação dos deputados eleitos e mapa oficial da eleição da Assembleia da República realizada em 6 de outubro de 2019 |magazine=Diário da República |date=22 October 2019 |volume=2019 |issue=203 |page=268-(11) |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2019ar_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |access-date=15 March 2022 |via=National Elections Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708060100/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2019ar_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |archive-date=8 July 2023 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3|Party | align=center width="50"|Votes | align=center width="50"|% | align=center width="50"|Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Socialist Party | align=left|PS | 31,377 | 39.47% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Social Democratic Party | align=left|PSD | 20,256 | 25.48% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Left Bloc (Portugal)}} | align=left|Left Bloc | align=left|BE | 6,106 | 7.68% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|People Animals Nature}} | align=left|People Animals Nature | align=left|PAN | 5,296 | 6.66% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|CDS – People's Party}} | align=left|CDS – People's Party | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|CDS–PP | 3,180 | 4.00% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Unitary Democratic Coalition | align=left|CDU | 2,713 | 3.41% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | align=left|PCTP | 1,267 | 1.59% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|LIVRE}} | align=left|LIVRE | align=left|L | 1,167 | 1.47% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Earth Party}} | align=left|Earth Party | align=left|PT | 1,012 | 1.27% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Initiative}} | align=left|Liberal Initiative | align=left|IL | 874 | 1.10% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Chega (political party)}} | align=left|Chega | align=left|CH | 833 | 1.05% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|National Renewal Party}} | align=left|National Renewal Party | align=left|PNR | 810 | 1.02% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Democratic Republican Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Democratic Republican Party | align=left|PDR | 797 | 1.00% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|We, the Citizens!}} | align=left|We, the Citizens! | align=left|NC | 688 | 0.87% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|United Party of Retirees and Pensioners}} | align=left|United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | align=left|PURP | 672 | 0.85% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Alliance (Portugal)}} | align=left|Alliance | align=left|A | 558 | 0.70% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|React, Include, Recycle}} | align=left|React, Include, Recycle | align=left|RIR | 553 | 0.70% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Labour Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Labour Party | align=left|PTP | 493 | 0.62% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Together for the People}} | align=left|Together for the People | align=left|JPP | 409 | 0.51% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|People's Monarchist Party | align=left|PPM | 254 | 0.32% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Socialist Alternative Movement}} | align=left|Socialist Alternative Movement | align=left|MAS | 173 | 0.22% | 0 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 79,488 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Blank votes | 1,665 | 1.54% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes – other | 27,293 | 25.17% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 108,446 | 12.11% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 895,509 |
= 2015 legislative elections =
The Socialist Party candidates for this election was Paulo Pisco (head of the list) and Maria Luísa Lopes Semedo (2nd candidate). Portugal Ahead was an alliance of the Social Democratic Party and CDS – People's Party, the governing parties at the time. Results of the 2015 legislative election held on 4 October 2015:{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 2-B/2015 - Relação dos deputados eleitos e mapa oficial da eleição da Assembleia da República realizada em 4 de outubro de 2015 |magazine=Diário da República |date=20 October 2015 |volume=2015 |issue=205 |page=9152-(5) |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/ar2015_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |access-date=16 March 2022 |via=National Elections Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330035508/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/ar2015_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf |archive-date=30 March 2022 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3|Party | align=center width="50"|Votes | align=center width="50"|% | align=center width="50"|Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{party color cell|Portugal Ahead}} | align=left|Portugal Ahead | align=left|PàF | 5,340 | 44.33% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Socialist Party | align=left|PS | 4,082 | 33.89% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Unitary Democratic Coalition | align=left|CDU | 811 | 6.73% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Left Bloc (Portugal)}} | align=left|Left Bloc | align=left|BE | 785 | 6.52% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|LIVRE}} | align=left|LIVRE | align=left|L | 249 | 2.07% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Democratic Republican Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Democratic Republican Party | align=left|PDR | 169 | 1.40% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|People Animals Nature}} | align=left|People Animals Nature | align=left|PAN | 128 | 1.06% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | align=left|PCTP | 98 | 0.81% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|United Party of Retirees and Pensioners}} | align=left|United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | align=left|PURP | 96 | 0.80% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|The Earth Party Movement}} | align=left|The Earth Party Movement | align=left|MPT | 82 | 0.68% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|We, the Citizens!}} | align=left|We, the Citizens! | align=left|NC | 69 | 0.57% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|National Renewal Party}} | align=left|National Renewal Party | align=left|PNR | 45 | 0.37% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|People's Monarchist Party | align=left|PPM | 40 | 0.33% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Together for the People}} | align=left|Together for the People | align=left|JPP | 28 | 0.23% | 0 |
| align=left|ACT! (Portuguese Labour Party and Socialist Alternative Movement) | align=left|AGIR | 23 | 0.19% | 0 | |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 12,045 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Blank votes | 105 | 0.76% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes – other | 1,641 | 11.90% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 13,791 | 17.60% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 78,342 |
= 2011 legislative elections =
The Socialist Party candidates for this election was Paulo Pisco (head of the list) and Maria Luísa Lopes Semedo. Results of the 2011 legislative election held on 5 June 2011:{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 6-A/2011 - Relação dos deputados eleitos e mapa oficial das eleições para a Assembleia da República realizadas em 5 de Junho de 2011 |magazine=Diário da República |date=17 June 2011 |volume=2011 |issue=116 |pages=3300-(6)-3300-(7) |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar2011.pdf |access-date=7 December 2022 |via=National Elections Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925110542/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar2011.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2023 |issn=0870-9963 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;" | |||||
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3|Party | align=center width="50"|Votes | align=center width="50"|% | align=center width="50"|Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Socialist Party | align=left|PS | 7,205 | 46.13% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Social Democratic Party | align=left|PSD | 5,312 | 34.01% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|CDS – People's Party}} | align=left|CDS – People's Party | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|CDS–PP | 994 | 6.36% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Unitary Democratic Coalition | align=left|CDU | 803 | 5.14% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Left Bloc (Portugal)}} | align=left|Left Bloc | align=left|BE | 602 | 3.85% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Party for Animals and Nature}} | align=left|Party for Animals and Nature | align=left|PAN | 192 | 1.23% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | align=left|PCTP | 132 | 0.85% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|The Earth Party Movement}} | align=left|The Earth Party Movement | align=left|MPT | 101 | 0.65% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Labour Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Labour Party | align=left|PTP | 83 | 0.53% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Hope for Portugal Movement}} | align=left|Hope for Portugal Movement | align=left|MEP | 55 | 0.35% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|People's Monarchist Party | align=left|PPM | 50 | 0.32% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|National Renewal Party}} | align=left|National Renewal Party | align=left|PNR | 48 | 0.31% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|New Democracy Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|New Democracy Party | align=left|ND | 24 | 0.15% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Humanist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Humanist Party | align=left|PH | 19 | 0.12% | 0 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 15,620 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Blank votes | 161 | 0.89% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes – other | 2,410 | 13.25% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 18,191 | 24.24% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 75,053 |
= 2009 legislative elections =
Pisco becomes the Socialist Party lead candidate for this constituency, with Maria de Lurdes Galvão Rodrigues being the 2nd candidate. Results of the 2009 legislative election held on 27 September 2009:{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 2-A/2009 - Relação dos deputados eleitos e mapa oficial das eleições para a Assembleia da República realizadas em 27 de Setembro de 2009 |magazine=Diário da República |date=12 October 2009 |volume=2009 |issue=197 |pages=7526-(6)-7526-(7) |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_2009.pdf |access-date=6 February 2024 |via=National Elections Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925092809/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_2009.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2023 |issn=0870-9963 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3|Party | align=center width="50"|Votes | align=center width="50"|% | align=center width="50"|Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Socialist Party | align=left|PS | 7,267 | 51.54% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Social Democratic Party | align=left|PSD | 3,998 | 28.35% | 1 |
| {{party color cell|Left Bloc (Portugal)}} | align=left|Left Bloc | align=left|BE | 796 | 5.65% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|CDS – People's Party}} | align=left|CDS – People's Party | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|CDS–PP | 787 | 5.58% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Unitary Democratic Coalition | align=left|CDU | 734 | 5.21% | 0 |
| align=left|The Earth Party Movement and Humanist Party | align=left|MPT-PH | 195 | 1.38% | 0 | |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | align=left|PCTP | 131 | 0.93% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Hope for Portugal Movement}} | align=left|Hope for Portugal Movement | align=left|MEP | 71 | 0.50% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|People's Monarchist Party | align=left|PPM | 48 | 0.34% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|New Democracy Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|New Democracy Party | align=left|ND | 36 | 0.26% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Merit and Society Movement}} | align=left|Merit and Society Movement | align=left|MMS | 25 | 0.18% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Pro-Life Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Pro-Life Party | align=left|PPV | 12 | 0.09% | 0 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 14,100 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Blank votes | 117 | 0.70% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes – other | 2,563 | 15.27% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 16,780 | 23.13% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 72,535 |
= 1999 legislative elections =
Pisco was elected as the 2nd candidate of the Socialist Party list, Carlos Luis was the head of the list and was also elected. Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 10 October 1999:{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.o 2-A/99 - Relação dos deputados eleitos e mapa oficial das eleições para a Assembleia da República realizadas em 10 de Outubro de 1999 |magazine=Diário da República |date=22 October 1999 |volume=1999 |issue=247 |pages=7082-(6)-7082-(7) |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_1999.pdf |access-date=6 February 2024 |via=National Elections Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208185036/https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_1999.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2023 |issn=0870-9963 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan=3|Party | align=center width="50"|Votes | align=center width="50"|% | align=center width="50"|Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{party color cell|Socialist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Socialist Party | align=left|PS | 14,277 | 60.49% | 2 |
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Social Democratic Party | align=left|PSD | 6,353 | 26.92% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Unitary Democratic Coalition}} | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|Unitary Democratic Coalition | align=left|CDU | 1,351 | 5.72% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|CDS – People's Party}} | align=left|CDS – People's Party | align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"|CDS–PP | 829 | 3.51% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|The Earth Party Movement}} | align=left|The Earth Party Movement | align=left|MPT | 276 | 1.17% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}} | align=left|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | align=left|PCTP | 219 | 0.93% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Left Bloc (Portugal)}} | align=left|Left Bloc | align=left|BE | 145 | 0.61% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|People's Monarchist Party | align=left|PPM | 74 | 0.31% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Workers' Party of Socialist Unity}} | align=left|Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | align=left|POUS | 33 | 0.14% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|National Solidarity Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|National Solidarity Party | align=left|PSN | 25 | 0.11% | 0 |
| {{party color cell|Humanist Party (Portugal)}} | align=left|Humanist Party | align=left|PH | 20 | 0.08% | 0 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| align=left colspan=3|Valid votes | 23,602 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Blank votes | 78 | 0.30% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected votes – other | 2,070 | 8.04% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Total polled | 25,750 | 26.54% | |||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered electors | 97,023 |
Awards and honours
= National awards =
- Lusosphere Awards - Citizenship Award (2018){{Cite web |last=DIA |first=BOM |date=2018-10-28 |title=Paulo Pisco "orgulhoso e sensibilizado" com prémio da Lusofonia |url=https://bomdia.eu/alemanha/paulo-pisco-orgulhoso-e-sensibilizado-com-premio-da-lusofonia/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=BOM DIA Alemanha |language=pt}}
= Foreign honours =
- {{flag|Luxembourg}}: Knight of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (15 April 2015){{Cite web |date=2025-02-22 |title=Paulo Pisco condecorado pelo Luxemburgo com grau de Chevalier de L'Ordre de Mérite |url=https://www.contacto.lu/luxemburgo/paulo-pisco-condecorado-pelo-luxemburgo-com-grau-de-chevalier-de-l-ordre-de-merite/374624.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Contacto |language=pt-LU}}{{Cite web |last=DIA |first=BOM |date=2015-04-17 |title=Paulo Pisco condecorado pelo Estado luxemburguês |url=https://bomdia.eu/paulo-pisco-condecorado-pelo-estado-luxemburgues-2/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=BOM DIA |language=pt}}{{Cite web |last=Socialista |first=Partido |date=2015-04-15 |title=Deputado socialista Paulo Pisco condecorado pelo Governo do Luxemburgo {{!}} Partido Socialista |url=https://ps.pt/deputado-socialista-paulo-pisco-condecorado-pelo-governo-do-luxemburgo/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Site oficial do PS - Partido Socialista |language=pt-PT}}
References
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