We, the Citizens!

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{{Infobox political party

| country = Portugal

| name = We, the Citizens!

| native_name = Nós, Cidadãos!

| abbreviation = NC

| colorcode = gold

| logo = Logotipo nós cidadãos.png

| logo_size = 150px

| leader1_title = President

| leader1_name = {{nowrap|Joaquim Rocha Afonso}}{{Cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2020/11/20/investigador-joaquim-rocha-afonso-eleito-presidente-do-partido-nos-cidadaos/|title=Investigador Joaquim Rocha Afonso eleito presidente do partido Nós, Cidadãos!|first=Agência|last=Lusa|website=Observador.pt|access-date=8 January 2022}}

| leader3_title =

| leader3_name =

| foundation = {{start date|df=yes|2015|6|23}}

| ideology = Liberalism

| headquarters = Rua Gonçalves Crespo, 16A – 1150–185 Lisboa

| think_tank = Instituto Democracia Portuguesa

| youth_wing = We, the Youth!

| position = Centre-right[http://www.publico.pt/politica/noticia/nos-cidadaos-novo-partido-em-formacao-1624559 Nós, Cidadãos é o novo partido de centro-direita em formação], Publico.pt, retrieved 17 September 2015 (Portuguese)

| colours = {{color box|gold}} Gold

| seats1_title = Assembly of the Republic

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|230|hex=gold}}

| seats2_title = European
Parliament

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|21|hex=gold}}

| seats3_title = Regional
Parliaments

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|104|hex=gold}}

| seats4_title = Local government
(Mayors)

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|0|308|hex=gold}}

| seats5_title = Local
assemblies

| seats5 = {{Composition bar|28|6444|hex=gold}}

| seats6_title = Local government
(Parishes)

| seats6 = {{composition bar|3|3066|hex=gold}}

| symbol = 60px

| website = {{URL|http://www.noscidadaos.pt/|noscidadaos.pt}}

}}

We, the Citizens! (Portuguese: Nós, Cidadãos!) is a Portuguese political party founded by members of the Portuguese Institute of Democracy (Instituto Democracia Portuguesa, IDP) after the large protest against the introduction of a single social tax in 2012.

History

IDP is a civic association founded in 2007 and advocating the need for a more democratic society, respecting the sovereignty of the people and the rule of law. Nós, Cidadãos! claims to be "Classical Social Democrats", and campaign on government and judicial reform, participatory democracy, sustainability and social justice. The party strongly supports European integration. It is supported by several prominent judges and legal scholars as well as the famous Portuguese singer and composer José Cid.

In the legislative elections of 2015, they received 21,382 votes, ranked 12th, and did not elect any member of parliament. One quirk of their performance, however, was their second place in the "Outside Europe" constituency, behind the Portugal à Frente coalition. They even came top among registered voters in China. The Constitutional Court rejected a petition by the Socialist Party, who came third, to contest the election on the grounds of alleged electoral fraud.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

Election results

= Assembly of the Republic =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" !Election ! width="155px" \|Leader !Votes ! % !Seats !+/- !Government
2015 \| rowspan="2" align=left\|{{ill\|Mendo Castro Henriques\|pt}} \|21,439 \|0.4 (#12) \|{{Composition bar\|0\|230\|hex=gold}} \| \|{{n/a\|No seats}}
2019 \|12,379 \|0.2 (#15) \|{{Composition bar\|0\|230\|hex=gold}} \|{{steady}}0 \|{{n/a\|No seats}}
2022 \| rowspan="3" align=left\|{{ill\|Joaquim Rocha Afonso\|pt}} \|2,997 \|0.1 (#21) \|{{Composition bar\|0\|230\|hex=gold}} \|{{steady}}0 \|{{n/a\|No seats}}
2024 \|2,399 \|0.0 (#21) \|{{Composition bar\|0\|230\|hex=gold}} \|{{steady}}0 \|{{n/a\|No seats}}
2025 \|align="center"\|TBD \|align="center"\|TBD \|{{Composition bar\|0\|230\|hex=gold}} \|align="center"\|TBD \|align="center"\|TBD

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

!Election

! width="155px" |Leader

!Votes

! %

!Seats

!+/-

!Government

2015

| rowspan="2" align=left|{{ill|Mendo Castro Henriques|pt}}

|21,439

|0.4 (#12)

|{{Composition bar|0|230|hex=gold}}

|{{n/a|No seats}}

2019

|12,379

|0.2 (#15)

|{{Composition bar|0|230|hex=gold}}

|{{steady}}0

|{{n/a|No seats}}

2022

| rowspan="3" align=left|{{ill|Joaquim Rocha Afonso|pt}}

|2,997

|0.1 (#21)

|{{Composition bar|0|230|hex=gold}}

|{{steady}}0

|{{n/a|No seats}}

2024

|2,399

|0.0 (#21)

|{{Composition bar|0|230|hex=gold}}

|{{steady}}0

|{{n/a|No seats}}

2025

|align="center"|TBD

|{{Composition bar|0|230|hex=gold}}

|align="center"|TBD

= European Parliament =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" ! Election ! width="155px" \|Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! EP Group
2019 \| align=left\| Paulo de Morais \| 34,672 \| 1.1 (#10) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|21\|hex=gold}} \| \| rowspan=2 align=center\| –
2024 \| align=left\| Pedro Ladeira \| 4,242 \| 0.1 (#17) \| {{Composition bar\|0\|21\|hex=gold}} \| {{steady}}0

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

! Election

! width="155px" |Leader

! Votes

! %

! Seats

! +/–

! EP Group

2019

| align=left| Paulo de Morais

| 34,672

| 1.1 (#10)

| {{Composition bar|0|21|hex=gold}}

| rowspan=2 align=center| –

2024

| align=left| Pedro Ladeira

| 4,242

| 0.1 (#17)

| {{Composition bar|0|21|hex=gold}}

| {{steady}}0

= Municipalities =

class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" \|Municipality ! colspan="3" \|Local government ! colspan="3" \|Local assemblies
rowspan="1" \|Votes ! colspan="1" \|Percentage ! colspan="1" \|Seats won ! rowspan="1" \|Votes ! colspan="1" \|Percentage ! colspan="1" \|Seats won
Oleiros \| 1,302 \| 35.6% \|{{Composition bar\|2\|5\|hex=gold}} \| 1,320 \| 36.1% \|{{Composition bar\|6\|15\|hex=gold}}
Oliveira de Frades \| 2,869 \| 47.0% \|{{Composition bar\|3\|5\|hex=gold}} \| 2,593 \| 42.4% \|{{Composition bar\|7\|15\|hex=gold}}
Portimão \| 1,175 \| 5.9% \|{{Composition bar\|0\|5\|hex=gold}} \| 1,328 \| 6.7% \|{{Composition bar\|1\|21\|hex=gold}}
Tavira \| 364 \| 3.1% \|{{Composition bar\|0\|7\|hex=gold}} \| 631 \| 5.3% \|{{Composition bar\|1\|21\|hex=gold}}

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Municipality

! colspan="3" |Local government

! colspan="3" |Local assemblies

rowspan="1" |Votes

! colspan="1" |Percentage

! colspan="1" |Seats won

! rowspan="1" |Votes

! colspan="1" |Percentage

! colspan="1" |Seats won

Oleiros

| 1,302