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2014 European Parliament election in Portugal
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Turnout	33.7% 3.1 pp

2014 European Parliament election in Portugal

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The 2014 European Parliament election in Portugal elected the Portuguese delegation to the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019. This was the seventh European Parliament election held in Portugal. The elections were held on Sunday, 25 May 2014.

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The Socialist Party (PS) was the winner of the elections, scoring 31.5% of the votes. The Socialists increased their share of vote by almost 5%, and won one more seat compared with 2009. However, the PS victory was much more weaker than what polls predicted, as the margin between them and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and CDS – People's Party (CDS) coalition was below 4%. Because of this worse than expected result, the PS would enter in a leadership contest just weeks after the election.

The PSD/CDS contested the election in a coalition called "Portugal Alliance". The coalition achieved one of the worst results ever, as PSD+CDS never polled below 30%, but the weak result by the coalition was softened by the close margin between them and the Socialists.

The Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) scored their best result since 1989, polling almost 13% of the vote and winning one more seat compared with 2009. On the other hand, the Left Bloc (BE) suffered a huge defeat by erasing their 2009 historic results. The BE won 4.6% of the votes, a drop of more than 6%, and was only able to elect their top candidate Marisa Matias, compared with the three seats they won in 2009.

The big surprise of the elections was the extraordinary result of the Earth Party (MPT). Headed by the former bar association chairman António Marinho e Pinto, MPT won 7.2% of the votes and was able to elect two members to the European Parliament. To add also, that LIVRE, headed by BE dissident Rui Tavares, was not able to win a seat, although scoring 2.2%.

Turnout fell to the lowest level ever, with only 33.7% of voters casting a ballot.

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PSD: 31.7%, 8 seats; CDS-PP: 8.4%, 2 seats.

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PSD: 6; CDS-PP: 1

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PSD: 2; CDS-PP: 1

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Results presented here exclude undecideds (42.6%). With their inclusion results are: PSD/CDS-PP: 19.2%; PS: 21.4%; BE: 3.7%; CDU: 5.6%; Others: 7.5%.

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Results presented here exclude undecideds (36.7%). With their inclusion results are: PSD/CDS-PP: 22.4%; PS: 20.4%; BE: 4.6%; CDU: 7.3%; Others: 8.6%.

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Results presented here exclude undecideds (38.8%). With their inclusion results are: PSD/CDS-PP: 20.9%; PS: 18.6%; BE: 4.7%; CDU: 6.6%; Others: 9.6%.

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The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested separately the 2009 election.

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	Original slogan	English translation	Refs
AP	« Na Europa por Portugal »	"In Europe for Portugal"	^[5]
PS	« Confiança na Mudança »	"Trust in Change"	^[6]
BE	« De Pé! »	"Standing!"	^[7]
CDU	« Defender o povo e o País »	"Defending the people and the country"	^[8]
MPT	« Mais verdade na política! »	"More truth in politics!"	^[9]
LIVRE	« Livre. Para fazer diferente. »	"Free. To do different. »	^[10]

2014 European Parliament election in Portugal debates
Date	Organisers	Moderator(s)	P Present A Absent invitee N Non-invitee
			AP Rangel	PS Assis	BE Matias	CDU Ferreira	MPT Pinto	LIVRE Tavares	Refs
									Refs
22 May	Antena 1	Maria Flor Pedroso	P	P	P	P	P	P	^[11]

Date released	Polling Firm	Sample size							Others	Lead
Date released	Polling Firm	Sample size							Others	Lead
25 May	Election result	3,284,452	27.7 7 seats	31.5 8 seats	4.6 1 seat	12.7 3 seats	7.2 2 seat	2.2 0 seats	14.1 0 seats	3.8
25 May (20:00)	Exit Poll – RTP1 Universidade Católica	—	25.0–29.0 6 / 8	30.0–34.0 7 / 9	5.0–7.0 1 / 2	12.0–15.0 3 / 4	7.0–8.0 1 / 2	—	—	5.0
25 May (20:00)	Exit Poll – SIC Eurosondagem	—	25.0–29.2 7 / 8	32.1–36.3 8 / 9	4.2–6.0 1	11.4–13.9 3	6.6–8.8 1 / 2	—	—	7.1
25 May (20:00)	Exit Poll – TVI24 Aximage	—	26.0–30.0 7 / 8	32.0–37.0 8 / 10	4.0–7.0 1	10.0–14.0 3	5.0–9.0 1	—	—	6.0 7.0
Exit polls
14–22 May	Aximage Seat projection	1,507	30.1 7 / 9	36.4 9 / 10	5.8 1	11.4 2 / 3	3.4 –	0.6 –	12.3 –	6.3
14–20 May	Eurosondagem Seat projection	2,014	29.7 7 / 8	36.9 9 / 10	5.7 1	12.5 3	—	—	15.2 –	7.2
17–19 May	Universidade Católica Seat projection	2,085	30.0 7 / 9	34.0 8 / 10	5.0 1	12.0 2 / 4	3.0 0 / 1	2.0 –	14.0 –	4.0
14–18 May	Pitagórica	505	29.1	36.6	5.5	9.4	5.6	—	13.8	7.5
7–14 May	Aximage Seat projection	1,027	30.2 7 / 8	37.8 9 / 11	6.3 2 / 2	8.8 1 / 3	4.3 0 / 1	0.8 –	11.8 –	7.6
14–22 Apr	Eurosondagem Seat projection	1,533	32.5 8	37.5 9 / 10	5.5 1	10.9 2 / 3	—	—	13.6 –	5.0
9–12 Apr	Aximage	613	33.2	40.9	4.9	10.8	—	—	10.2	7.7
25–29 Mar	Pitagórica^[12]	506	33.4	37.3	6.4	9.8	—	—	13.1	3.9
13–19 Mar	Eurosondagem Seat projection	1,525	32.1 8	36.9 9	6.6 1	11.9 3	—	—	12.5 –	4.8
8–13 Mar	Aximage Seat projection	755	37.4 9	39.9 9	6.6 1	8.2 2	—	—	7.9 –	2.5
24 Feb–1 Mar	Pitagórica^[13]	506	35.4	32.2	7.3	11.5	—	—	13.6	3.2
20–24 Jan	Pitagórica^[14]	506	34.2	30.4	9.0	10.8	—	—	15.6	3.8
7–10 Jan	Aximage	601	37.1	35.5	6.9	9.2	—	—	11.3	1.6
2014
7 June 2009	Election results	3,568,943	40.1¹ 10 seats	26.5 7 seats	10.7 3 seats	10.6 2 seats	0.7 0 seats	—	11.4 0 seats	13.6
¹ Sum of votes and seats of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and of the People's Party (CDS–PP).

Turnout	Time
	12:00			16:00			19:00
	2009	2014	±	2009	2014	±	2009	2014	±
Total	11.86%	12.14%	0.28 pp	26.82%	26.31%	0.51 pp	36.78%	33.67%	3.11 pp

Sources^[15]^[16]

National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Francisco Assis	1,034,249	31.49	4.96	8	1
	Portugal Alliance (AP) • Social Democratic Party (PSD) • People's Party (CDS–PP)	EPP	Paulo Rangel	910,647	27.73	^[17]	7 6 1	2 1
	Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) • Communist Party (PCP) • Ecologist Party (PEV)	EGP / PEL	João Ferreira	416,925	12.69	2.05	3 3 0	1 0
	Earth Party (MPT)	ALDE	Marinho e Pinto	234,788	7.15	6.48	2	2
	Left Bloc (B.E.)	PEL / EACL	Marisa Matias	149,764	4.56	6.16	1	2
	LIVRE (L)		Rui Tavares	71,495	2.18	new	0	new
	Party for Animals and Nature (PAN)	EUL-NGL	Orlando Figueiredo	56,431	1.72	new	0	new
	Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)	None	Leopoldo Mesquita	54,708	1.67	0.47	0	0
	New Democracy Party (PND)	EUD	Eduardo Welsh	23,082	0.70	new	0	new
	Portuguese Labour Party (PTP)	None	José Manuel Coelho	22,542	0.69	new	0	new
	People's Monarchist Party (PPM)	None	Nuno Correia da Silva	17,785	0.54	0.14	0	0
	National Renovator Party (P.N.R.)	None	Humberto Oliveira	14,887	0.45	0.08	0	0
	Socialist Alternative Movement (MAS)	None	Gil Garcia	12,497	0.38	new	0	new
	Portugal Pro-Life (PPV)	None	Acácio Valente	12,008	0.37	new	0	new
	Democratic Party of the Atlantic (PDA)	None	Paulo Casaca	5,298	0.16	new	0	new
	Workers Party of Socialist Unity (POUS)	None	Carmelinda Pereira	3,666	0.11	0.04	0	0
Valid votes				3,040,771	92.58
Blank and invalid votes				243,681	7.42
Totals				3,284,452	100.00	—	21	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				9,753,568	33.67	3.11
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

European_Parliament_election,_2014_(Portugal)

2014 European Parliament election in Portugal

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National summary of votes and seats

Distribution by European group

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Groups		Parties	Seats	Total	%
	Party of European Socialists (PES)	Socialist Party (PS)	8	8	38.10
	European People's Party (EPP)	Social Democratic Party (PSD) People's Party (CDS–PP)	6 1	7	33.33
	European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)	Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Left Bloc (BE)	3 1	4	19.05
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)	Earth Party (MPT)	2	2	9.52

Total			21	21	100.00