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1.8 Percentage point>ppImage =Moreira Vital 2014-02-04 2.jpgcWidth = 105oTop = 3|oLeft = 2}}| leader2 = Vital Moreira| color2 = | party2 = Socialist Party (Portugal)| alliance2 = Party of European Socialists| last_election2 = 12 seats, 44.5%| seats2 = 7| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5| popular_vote2 = 946,818| percentage2 = 26.5%Percentage point>ppImage =MERCOSUL - Representação Brasileira no Parlamento do Mercosul (22371092998) (cropped).jpgcWidth = 105oTop = 5|oLeft = 50}}| leader1 = Paulo Rangel| color1 = | party1 = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)| alliance1 = European People’s PartyForça Portugal>FP)| seats1 = 8| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1| popular_vote1 = 1,131,744| percentage1 = 31.7%name=PSD/CDS 2004}}Image =Ilda Figueiredo 2011 (cropped).jpgcWidth = 105oTop = 0|oLeft = 2}}| leader4 = Ilda FigueiredoDemocratic Unitarian Coalition>CDU| color4 = DA251E| alliance4 = European United Left–Nordic Green Left| last_election4 = 2 seats, 9.1%| seats4 = 2| seat_change4 = {{steady}} 0| popular_vote4 = 379,787| percentage4 = 10.6%Percentage point>ppImage =MiguelPortas(2009).jpgcWidth = 105oTop = 0|oLeft = 2}}| leader3 = Miguel Portas| party3 = Left Bloc (Portugal)European Anti-Capitalist Left>EACL| last_election3 = 1 seat, 4.9%| seats3 = 3| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 2| popular_vote3 = 382,667| percentage3 = 10.7%Percentage point>ppImage =Melo, Nuno-1294 (cropped).jpgcWidth = 105oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}Nuno Melo (politician)>Nuno Melo| color5 = | party5 = CDS – People’s Party| alliance5 = European People’s PartyForça Portugal>FP)| seats5 = 2| seat_change5 = {{steady}} 0| popular_vote5 = 298,423| percentage5 = 8.4%name=PSD/CDS 2004}}| map_image = | map_size = 200px| map_caption = }}The 2009 European Parliament election in Portugal was the election of the delegation from Portugal to the European Parliament held on 7 June 2009.The election was a huge setback for the Socialist Party (PS), which lost almost 18 percentage points. Basically all predictions that said that the PS would win comfortably the election, were wrong. As a result, the party also lost five of its twelve European Parliament members. The Social Democrats (PSD) were the big winners in these elections, surprising pundits and analysts who predicted a very complicated result for the PSD leader, Manuela Ferreira Leite. The PSD won 31.7% of the vote and 8 seats. It was the first victory of the PSD, in European elections, since 1989. The People’s Party (CDS-PP) also had a surprising result, winning 8% of the vote and electing two European Parliament members. Both PSD and CDS-PP, who ran in a joint list in 2004, increased sharply their scores and together they won more than 40% of the vote and 10 European Parliament members.On the left, both the Left Bloc (BE) and Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) achieved very good results with the historic fact that BE surpassed CDU in term of votes and seats for the first time, although only just. Both parties increased their scores at the expense of the Socialist Party. The Left Bloc won 10.7% of the vote and three European Parliament members, their best score in EU elections to date, and CDU surpassed once again the 10% mark winning 10.6% of the vote, but maintaining the two European Parliament members they got in 2004.Turnout in the elections was quite low, as only 36.78% of the electorate cast a ballot, a slightly lower share than in the 2004 election. Although the number of ballots cast was higher than in 2004, the number of registered voters increased considerably in these elections, making the final turnout share lower than in 2004.

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. In the 2009 European Union elections, Portugal had 22 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

Parties and candidates

The lists were headed byWEB,www.cne.pt/dl/lista_candidatos_pe2009.pdf, Lista de candidatos ao PE 2009 / Candidate list for EP 2009, 4 June 2009, {{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

• Socialist Party (Partido Socialista, PS): Vital Moreira
• Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata, PSD): Paulo Rangel
• Democratic Unity Coalition (Coligação Democrática Unitária, CDU): Ilda Figueiredo
• CDS – People’s Party (CDS – Partido Popular, CDS–PP): Nuno Melo
• Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda, BE): Miguel Portas
• Portuguese Workers’ Communist Party/Reorganized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat (Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses / Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado, PCTP/MRPP): Orlando Alves
• Earth Party (Partido da Terra, MPT): Pedro Quartin Graça
• Hope for Portugal Movement (Movimento Esperança Portugal, MEP): Laurinda Alves
• People’s Monarchist Party (Partido Popular Monárquico, PPM): Frederico Carvalho
• Merit and Society Movement (Movimento Mérito e Sociedade, MMS): Carlos Gomes
• National Renovator Party (Partido Nacional Renovador, PNR): Humberto Nuno de Oliveira
• Humanist Party (Partido Humanista, PH): Manuela Magno
• Workers Party of Socialist Unity (Partido Operário de Unidade Socialista, POUS): Carmelinda Pereira

Opinion polling and preliminary exit polls

Exit polls from the three major television networks in Portugal, RTP1, SIC and TVI were given precisely at 20:00 pm (local time) on 7 June 2009.{|class=“wikitable” style="text-align:center; font-size:87%; line-height:16px;” style="height:42px; background-color:#E9E9E9“! style="width:125px;” rowspan=“2“| Date Released! style="width:180px;” rowspan=“2“| Polling Firm! style="width:50px;“| (File:PS Logo (Text version).png|40px|link=Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS)! style="width:50px;“| (File:PSD (1997-2011).png|48px|link=Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD)! style="width:50px;“| (File:Cds simbolo 2.png|30px|link=CDS – People’s Party|CDS–PP)! style="width:50px;“| (File:Símbolo CDU (PCP-PEV) (Letras).png|35px|link=Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU)! style="width:50px;“| (File:LeftBloc.svg|28px|link=Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE)! style="width:60px;” rowspan=“2“| Others! style="width:30px;” rowspan=“2“| Lead! style="background:#FF66FF; width:60px;“|! style="background:#FF9900; width:60px;“|! style="background:#0093DD; width:60px;“|! style="background:red; width:60px;“|! style="background:darkRed; width:60px;“| style="background:#EFEFEF; font-weight:bold;” 7 June 2009 Election results 26.57 seats 31.78 seats 8.42 seats 10.62 seats 10.73 seats 12.1Exit Poll – RTP1Universidade Católica 28.0–33.07 / 8 29.0–34.08 / 9 7.0–10.02 9.0–12.02 / 3 9.0–12.02 | —Exit Poll – SICEurosondagem 27.7–31.57 / 8 29.2–33.07 / 8 7.5–9.32 9.5– 11.32 / 3 11.6–13.43 | —Exit Poll – TVIINTERCAMPUS 24.1–28.16 / 8 30.4–34.48 / 9 6.7– 9.31 / 2 9.7–12.72 / 3 9.8–12.82 / 3 | — Exit polls 5 June 2009 dn.sapo.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1253945" title="web.archive.org/web/20090606152719dn.sapo.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1253945">Universidade Católica34.0 32.0 4.0 11.0 9.0 10.0Eurosondagem{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}36.0 31.9 6.1 9.0 10.1 6.9Aximage36.2 30.9 5.0 10.1 10.2 7.6Marktest{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 29.4 32.5 3.3 8.9 8.9 17.0Marktest{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}31.9 30.1 4.7 7.1 7.1 19.1Eurosondagem{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}35.5 32.5 6.5 9.2 8.8 7.5Eurosondagem{{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}34.3 32.1 6.9 8.9 10.1 7.7tsf.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Portugal/Interior.aspx?content_id=1226381" title="web.archive.org/web/20090917032759tsf.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Portugal/Interior.aspx?content_id=1226381">Marktest33.1 32.9 4.5 7.6 8.4 13.5dn.sapo.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1219195" title="web.archive.org/web/20090503220459dn.sapo.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1219195">Universidade Católica39.0 36.0 4.0 7.0 12.0 2.0INTERCAMPUS34.0 33.5 6.9 7.9 18.0| {{N/A}} 13 June 2004 Election results44.512 seats 33.39 seats 9.12 seats 4.91 seats 8.2! rowspan=“3“| Turnout! colspan=“9“| Time! colspan=“3“| 12:00! colspan=“3“| 16:00! colspan=“3“| 19:00! 2004! 2009! ±! 2004! 2009! ±! 2004! 2009! ± Total 14.20%| 11.86%Percentage point>pp 27.19%| 26.82%Percentage point>pp 38.60%| 36.78%Percentage point>pp SourcesHTTPS://WWW.ELEICOES.MAI.GOV.PT/EUROPEIAS2009/AFLUENCIAS.HTML>TITLE=EUROPEIAS 2009 - AFLUêNCIA WEBSITE=ELEICOES.MAI.GOV.PT/EUROPEIAS2009/INDEX.HTMLMINISTRY OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION (PORTUGAL)>MINISTRY OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION TITLE=EUROPEUS ARREDADOS DAS ELEIçõES ATé àS 16H00 WORK=PúBLICO, 11 June 2023,

Results

{{election table|title=Summary of the results of Portugal’s 7 June 2009 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;” Social Democratic Party (PSD)EPPPaulo Rangel| 1,131,744| 31.71name=PSD/CDS 2004Força Portugal>Forward Portugal).}}! 8| 1 {{increase}} style="text-align:right;” Socialist Party (PS)PESVital Moreira| 946,818 | 26.53| 17.99 {{decrease}}! 7| 5 {{decrease}} style="text-align:right;” Left Bloc (BE)European Anti-Capitalist Left / Party of European Left>PELMiguel Portas| 382,667 | 10.72| 5.81 {{increase}}! 3| 2 {{increase}} style="text-align:right;” Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) • Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)• Ecologist Party">Ecologist Party “The Greens">Ecologist Party (PEV)GUE/NGLIlda Figueiredo10.64 People’s Party (CDS–PP)EPPNuno Melo| 298,423 | 8.36name=PSD/CDS 2004}}! 2| 0 {{steady}} style="text-align:right;” Hope for Portugal Movement (MEP) Laurinda Alves| 55,072 | 1.54| new! 0| new style="text-align:right;” Workers’ Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP) Orlando Alves| 42,940| 1.20| 0.13 {{increase}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} style="text-align:right;” Earth Party (MPT) ALDE Pedro Quartin Graça| 24,062 | 0.67| 0.27 {{increase}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} align=“right” Merit and Society Movement (MMS) None Carlos Alberto Gomes| 21,738 | 0.61| new! 0| new align=“right” Humanist Party (PH) None Manuela Magno| 17,139 | 0.48| 0.09 {{increase}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} align=“right” People’s Monarchist Party (PPM) ECPM Frederico Duarte Carvalho| 14,414 | 0.40| 0.05 {{Decrease}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} align=“right” National Renovator Party (P.N.R.) None Humberto Oliveira| 13,214 | 0.37| 0.12 {{increase}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} align=“right” Workers Party of Socialist Unity (POUS) None Carmelinda Pereira| 5,177 | 0.15| 0.02 {{increase}}! 0| 0 {{steady}} align=“right” style="background-color:#E9E9E9”2 {{decrease}} style="background-color:#E9E9E9” Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout| 9,704,559| 36.78| 1.82 {{decrease}} Comissão Nacional de Eleições {{Webarchiveeleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb >date=8 April 2005 }}{{bar box|title=Vote share|titlebar=#ddd|width=550px|barwidth=500px|bars={{bar percent|PSD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|31.71}}{{bar percent|PS|{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|26.53}}{{bar percent|BE|{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}}|10.72}}{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Portuguese Communist Party}}|10.64}}{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{party color|CDS – People’s Party}}|8.36}}{{bar percent|MEP|{{party color|Hope for Portugal Movement}}|1.54}}{{bar percent|PCTP/MRPP|{{party color|Portuguese Workers’ Communist Party}}|1.20}}{{bar percent|MPT|{{party color|Earth Party}}|0.67}}{{bar percent|MMS|{{party color|Merit and Society Movement}}|0.61}}{{bar percent|Others|#777777|1.40}}{{bar percent|Blank/Invalid|#DDDDDD|6.61}}}}{{bar box|title=Seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=550px|barwidth=500px|bars={{bar percent|PSD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|36.36}}{{bar percent|PS|{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|31.82}}{{bar percent|BE|{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}}|13.64}}{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Portuguese Communist Party}}|9.09}}{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{party color|CDS – People’s Party}}|9.09}}}}political group distribution in the 7th European Parliament (2009–2014)WEB, urwww.historiaelectoral.com/europa3.html, titleElecciones al Parlamento Europeo: Resultados por países 1979 – 2014, author, date, websitehistoriaelectoral.com, languagees, access-date28 November 2017, archive-date16 September 2017, archive-urwww.historiaelectoral.com/europa3.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170916095950www.historiaelectoral.com/europa3.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170916095950www.historiaelectoral.com/europa3.html, url-statuslive, “>

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• Social Democratic Party (PSD)
• People’s Party (CDS–PP)

{edih}| 82| 10| 45.45 style="background:#FFDFE3;”Party of European Socialists}}“| Party of European Socialists (PES) {hide}smalldiv|

• Socialist Party (PS)

{edih}| 7| 7| 31.82 style="background:#FFE3DF;”European United Left–Nordic Green Left}}“| European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) {hide}smalldiv|

• Left Bloc (BE)
• Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)

{edih}| 32| 5| 22.73 style="background:#E4E4E4; font-weight:bold;” Total| 22| 22| 100.00

Maps

EuropeanElections 2009 Portugal.png|Most voted party by district and autonomous region.Europeias 2009 (Portugal).png|Strongest party by municipality.{{clear}}

See also

• Politics of Portugal
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Elections in Portugal
• European Parliament
• 2009 European Parliament election

Notes

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References

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External links

• cne.pt/index.cfm?sec=0305000000" title="web.archive.org/web/20090219101504cne.pt/index.cfm?sec=0305000000">Eleição dos deputados ao Parlamento Europeu em 2009 from CNE – Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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