European Parliament election, 2019 (Portugal)

European Parliament election in Portugal, 2019
26 May 2019
All 21 Portuguese seats to the European Parliament

 
Leader TBA TBA TBA
Party PS PSD CDU
Alliance S&D EPP GUE/NGL
Last election 8 seats, 31.5% 6 seats[lower-alpha 1] 3 seats, 12.7%
 
Leader TBA TBA Nuno Melo
Party Earth BE CDS–PP
Alliance ALDE GUE/NGL EPP
Last election 2 seats, 7.2% 1 seats, 4.6% 1 seat[lower-alpha 1]

The European Parliament election of 2019, in Portugal, will elect the Portuguese delegation to the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024. This will be the eighth European election held in Portugal. The elections will be held on Sunday, 26 May 2019.

Electoral system

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. For the 2019 EU elections, Portugal has 21 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

Parties and candidates

The parties that will participate in the election, and their EP list leaders, are:

Other smaller parties are also expected to contest this election.

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample
size		 TO CDU MPT PDR O Lead
EP Election 25.05.14 N/A 33.7% 31.5 27.7 12.7 7.2 4.6 *[lower-alpha 2] 16.3 3.8

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested the 2014 election in a coalition called Portugal Alliance (AP) and won a combined 27.7% of the vote and elected 7 MP's to the European parliament.
  2. ↑ The main candidate for the Earth Party (MPT) in 2014, António Marinho e Pinto, left MPT in late 2014 and formed his own party, the Democratic Republican Party (PDR).

References

  1. ↑ CDS dá tiro de partida para as eleições europeias , Expresso, 19 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
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