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Percentage point>ppImage =Mário Soares (2003) portrait.jpg | cWidth = 105 | oTop = 0|oLeft = 2}}| leader1 = Mário Soares| color1 = | party1 = Socialist Party (Portugal)| alliance1 = Party of European Socialists| last_election1 = 10 seats, 34.9%| seats1 = 12| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 2| popular_vote1 = 1,493,146| percentage1 = 43.1% | Percentage point>pp | Image =JosePachecoPereira.jpg | cWidth = 105 | oTop = 0|oLeft = 20}} | José Pacheco Pereira>Pacheco Pereira| color2 = | party2 = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)| alliance2 = European People’s Party| last_election2 = 9 seats, 34.4%| seats2 = 9| seat_change2 = {{steady}} 0| popular_vote2 = 1,078,528| percentage2 = 31.1% | Percentage point>pp | Image =Ilda Figueiredo 2011 (cropped).jpg | cWidth = 105 | oTop = 0|oLeft = 2}}| leader4 = Ilda Figueiredo | Democratic Unitarian Coalition>CDU| color4 = DA251E| alliance4 = European United Left–Nordic Green Left| last_election4 = 3 seats, 11.2%| seats4 = 2| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 1| popular_vote4 = 357,671| percentage4 = 10.3% | Percentage point>pp | Image =P Portas 2009.png | cWidth = 105 | oTop = 20|oLeft = 20}}| leader5 = Paulo Portas| party5 = CDS – People’s Party | Union for Europe>UFE| last_election5 = 3 seats, 12.5%| seats5 = 2| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 1| popular_vote5 = 283,067| percentage5 = 8.2% | Percentage point>pp| map_image = | map_size = 200px| map_caption = }}The 1999 European Parliament election in Portugal was the election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 1999–2004 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 1999 European election. In Portugal the election was held on 13 June.In the runner up for the 1999 general elections, the Socialist Party (PS) won the EU elections by a landslide. The party, headed by its founder and former PR and PM Mário Soares, scored a convincing victory over the Social Democrats. The PS increased its share of vote more than 8% and won 2 more seats compared with 1994. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) had a bad performance, but was able to hold on to its 9 seats, but, at the same time, the party saw their share of vote drop to 31%, around 3% lower than in 1994.The Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) performed quite well, although it dropped compared with 1994. The Communist/Green alliance won more than 10% of the votes, a drop of around 1%, and lost one seat but was able to reclaim the title of 3rd largest party. The People’s Party (CDS–PP), was the party that suffered the most. The People’s Party dropped to fourth place and had the biggest fall in terms of share of the vote, winning just 8% of the vote, a fall of more than 4%. They also lost one seat compared to 1994.Turnout increased compared with 1994, with 39.9% of voters casting a ballot.Electoral systemThe 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. Parties and candidatesThe major parties that partook in the election, and their EP list leaders, were:www.cne.pt/dl/ce_pe1999.pdf" title="web.archive.org/web/20070610104926www.cne.pt/dl/ce_pe1999.pdf">Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Deputados
National summary of votes and seats{{Clr}}{{election table|title=Summary of the results of Portugal’s 13 June 1999 election to the European Parliament}} | ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;” colspan=2 |National party! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;” |Europeanparty! 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;”| Socialist Party (PS) | PES | Mário Soares| 1,493,146| 43.07| 8.20 {{increase}}! 12| 2 {{increase}} |
style="text-align:right;”| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | EPP | José Pacheco Pereira| 1,078,528| 31.11 | 3.28 {{decrease}}! 9| 0 {{steady}} |
style="text-align:right;”| Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Portuguese Communist Party | (PCP)• Ecologist Party">Ecologist Party “The Greens">Ecologist Party (PEV) | GUE/NGL | Ilda Figueiredo | 10.32 | People’s Party (CDS–PP) | UFE | Paulo Portas| 283,067| 8.16 | 4.29 {{decrease}}! 2| 1 {{decrease}} |
style="text-align:right;”| Left Bloc (BE) | Miguel Portas| 61,920| 1.79 | new! 0| new |
align=“right”| Workers’ Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP) | António Garcia Pereira| 30,446| 0.88| 0.09 {{increase}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} |
align=“right”| People’s Monarchist Party (PPM) | None | -| 16,182| 0.45| 0.20 {{increase}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} |
style="text-align:right;”| Earth Party (MPT) | ELDR | Paulo Trancoso| 13,924| 0.40| 0.03 {{decrease}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} |
align=“right”| National Solidarity Party (PSN) | None | -| 8,413| 0.24| 0.13 {{decrease}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} |
align=“right”| Workers Party of Socialist Unity (POUS) | None | Carmelinda Pereira| 5,565| 0.16| 0.06 {{Increase}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} |
align=“right”| Democratic Party of the Atlantic (PDA) | None | -| 5,089| 0.15| 0.08 {{decrease}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} |
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style="background-color:#E9E9E9”| 0 {{steady}} |
style="background-color:#E9E9E9”| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout| 8,681,854| 39.93| 4.39 {{increase}} | |
| Comissão Nacional de Eleições {{Webarchive | eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb >date=2005-04-08 }} |
{{bar box|title=Vote share|titlebar=#ddd|width=550px|barwidth=500px|bars={{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}}}}{{bar box|title=Seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=550px|barwidth=500px|bars={{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}}}}
political group distribution in the 5th European Parliament (1999–2004) WEB, urwww.historiaelectoral.com/europa3.html, title Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo: Resultados por paÃses 1979 - 2014, author, date, websitehistoriaelectoral.com, languageSpanish, access-date28 November 2017, “>
Distribution by European group{| class“wikitable” style@text-align:right; font-size:95%; margin-bottom:0”Political groups of the European Parliament>political group distribution in the 5th European Parliament (1999–2004) WEB, urwww.historiaelectoral.com/europa3.html, title Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo: Resultados por paÃses 1979 - 2014, author, date, websitehistoriaelectoral.com, languageSpanish, access-date28 November 2017,
bgcolor=“#E9E9E9” align=“center“! style="text-align:left;” colspan=“2” width=“375“| Groups! style="text-align:left;” width=“350“| Parties! width=“35“| Seats! width=“35“| Total! width=“45“| %
style="background:#FFDFE3;”| Party of European Socialists}}“| | Party of European Socialists (PES) | {hide}smalldiv|
{edih}| 12| 12| 48.00 |
style="background:#DFEFFF;”| European People’s Party}}“| | European People’s Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED) | {hide}smalldiv|
{edih}| 9| 9| 36.00 |
style="background:#FFE3DF;”| European United Left–Nordic Green Left}}“| | European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) | {hide}smalldiv|
{edih}| 2| 2| 8.00 |
style="background:#EAEDF4;”| Union for Europe}}“| | Union for Europe (UFE) | {hide}smalldiv|
{edih}| 2| 2| 8.00 |
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style="background:#E4E4E4; font-weight:bold;”| Total| 25| 25| 100.00 |
Maps
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See also
{{European Parliament elections}}{{Portuguese elections}}
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