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| Portuguese legislative election, 2009 | ||||
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| 230 seats to the Portuguese Assembly | ||||
| September 27, 2009 | ||||
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| Leader | José Sócrates | Manuela Ferreira Leite | ||
| Party | PS | PSD | ||
| Last election | 121 seats | 75 seats | ||
| Seats won | 97 | 81 | ||
| Seat change |  -24 |
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| Popular vote | 2.077.695 | 1.654.777 | ||
| Percentage | 36.6% | 29.1% | ||
| Swing | -8.4% |
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| The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown) | ||||
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Legislative elections in Portugal were held on 27 September 2009 to renew all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic.[1] The Socialist Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister José Sócrates, won the largest number of seats, but didn't repeat the overall majority they gained in 2005.[2]
According to what the polls predicted, the Socialist Party of Prime Minister José Sócrates came in first, while losing its absolute majority and by undergoing a sharp decline of around 9 points. This regression of the center-left has not greatly benefited the Social Democratic Party of Manuela Ferreira Leite, which hardly improved its score. The surprise of this election was the Popular Party (CDS/PP). Indeed, the nationalist Paulo Portas ranks third, defied expectations and gets one of its best results since 1976. To the left of the left hand no surprise: the Left Block (BE) supplants the Unitarian Democratic Coalition as the first force, and the two formations obtain a result consistent with opinion polls.
Neither of the two major parties won an absolute majority in the Assembly of the Republic, so, the future prime minister must form a coalition, or at least rely on other parties to govern. In this case, José Sócrates is in a better position than Manuela Ferreira Leite, since the Portuguese left won by 54.23% of the vote and 128 seats, 39.54% against and 102 deputies to the right.
With 230 seats the results are:[3]
- Socialist Party (PS): 97
- Social Democratic Party (PSD): 81
- Democratic and Social Centre - People's Party (CDS-PP): 21
- Left Bloc (BE): 16
- Democratic Unity Coalition (PCP-PEV): 15
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Opinion polling
| Date of poll | Institute | PS | PSD | CDU | BE | CDS-PP |
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| 2005 election | — | 45.0% | 28.8% | 7.6% | 6.4% | 7.3% |
| March 2005 | Marktest | 52.0% | 26.0% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 5.0% |
| June 2005 | Marktest | 46.0% | 28.0% | 11.0% | 7.0% | 4.0% |
| June 2005 | Universidade Catolica | 42.0% | 31.0% | 11.0% | 8.0% | 3.0% |
| September 2006 | Marktest | 46.0% | 30.0% | 11.0% | 8.0% | 2.0% |
| October 2006 | Marktest | 42.0% | 30.0% | 11.0% | 10.0% | 4.0% |
| January 2007 | Marktest | 43.0% | 28.0% | 9.0% | 8.0% | 8.0% |
| June 2007 | Marktest | 40.0% | 29.0% | 10.0% | 9.0% | 7.0% |
| July 2007 | Marktest | 44.0% | 29.0% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 6.0% |
| October 2007 | Marktest | 37.0% | 36.0% | 12.0% | 8.0% | 3.0% |
| November 2007 | Marktest | 44.0% | 32.0% | 9.0% | 7.0% | 5.0% |
| January 2008 | Marktest | 38.0% | 34.0% | 10.0% | 7.0% | 6.0% |
| February 2008 | Marktest | 36.1% | 33.4% | 12.8% | 8.0% | 5.6% |
| March 2008 | Marktest | 37.8% | 31.9% | 12.1% | 10.4% | 4.0% |
| April 2008 | Marktest | 38.0% | 31.5% | 10.8% | 11.5% | 4.3% |
| May 2008 | Marktest | 33.0% | 32.0% | 12.8% | 11.3% | 6.7% |
| June 2008 | Marktest | 35.2% | 30.8% | 11.1% | 12.3% | 6.7% |
| July 2008 | Marktest | 36.7% | 32.7% | 10.0% | 11.4% | 5.1% |
| September 2008 | Marktest | 36.1% | 29.3% | 12.6% | 10.9% | 7.1% |
| October 2008 | Marktest | 39.8% | 28.7% | 10.0% | 11.4% | 6.4% |
| November 2008 | Marktest | 40.1% | 26.4% | 10.0% | 13.1% | 6.2% |
| December 2008 | Marktest | 39.9% | 25.7% | 11.0% | 11.6% | 8.0% |
| January 2009 | Marktest | 39.6% | 24.9% | 11.9% | 10.1% | 9.7% |
| February 2009 | Marktest | 38.2% | 28.8% | 10.6% | 14.0% | 4.1% |
| March 2009 | Marktest | 36.7% | 28.4% | 8.9% | 12.6% | 9.4% |
| April 2009 | Marktest | 36.2% | 26.4% | 11.2% | 13.6% | 8.3% |
| May 2009 | Marktest | 36.3% | 28.3% | 9.4% | 14.7% | 7.1% |
| June 2009 | Marktest | 34.5% | 35.8% | 7.7% | 11.4% | 4.4% |
| June 2009 | Eurosondagem | 35.1% | 33.0% | 9.7% | 9.6% | 7.4% |
| July 2009 | Marktest | 35.5% | 34.2% | 7.4% | 14.3% | 4.4% |
| July 2009 | Aximage | 30.5% | 30.3% | 9.5% | 13.3% | 6.1% |
| July 2009 | Eurosondagem | 33.0% | 31.1% | 9.4% | 10.0% | 8.5% |
| September 1-4, 2009 | Aximage | 34.5% | 28.9% | 7.8% | 10.4% | 8.1% |
| September 4-7, 2009 | Marktest | 35.3% | 32.4% | 6.9% | 16.2% | 5.2% |
| September 4-8, 2009 | Universidade Católica | 37.0% | 35.0% | 8.0% | 11.0% | 6.0% |
| September 6-9, 2009 | Eurosondagem | 33.6% | 32.5% | 9.4% | 9.6% | 8.0% |
| September 11-14, 2009 | Universidade Católica | 38.0% | 32.0% | 7.0% | 12.0% | 7.0% |
| September 12-15, 2009 | INTERCAMPUS | 32.9% | 29.7% | 9.2% | 12.0% | 7.0% |
| September 13-16, 2009 | Eurosondagem | 34.9% | 31.6% | 8.4% | 9.6% | 8.4% |
| September 14-17, 2009 | Aximage | 36.1% | 29.7% | 7.5% | 10.0% | 7.6% |
| September 17-22, 2009 | Universidade Católica | 38.0% | 30.0% | 7.0% | 11.0% | 8.0% |
| September 18-21, 2009 | Marktest | 40.0% | 31.6% | 7.2% | 9.2% | 8.2% |
| September 21-23, 2009 | INTERCAMPUS | 38.0% | 29.9% | 8.4% | 9.4% | 7.7% |
| September 21-24, 2009 | Aximage | 38.8% | 29.1% | 8.4% | 10.0% | 8.6% |
National summary of votes and seats
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- Registered Voters: 9,514,322
- Turnout: 59.74%
Source: [1]
Note:
Distribution by constituency
| Constituency | PS | PSD | CDS-PP | BE | CDU | |||||
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| Azores | 39.7 | 3 | 35.8 | 2 | 10.3 | - | 7.3 | - | 2.2 | - |
| Aveiro | 33.8 | 6 | 34.6 | 7 | 13.0 | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 3.8 | - |
| Beja | 34.8 | 2 | 14.7 | - | 5.7 | - | 10.1 | - | 28.9 | 1 |
| Braga | 41.7 | 9 | 30.8 | 6 | 9.7 | 2 | 7.8 | 1 | 4.6 | 1 |
| Bragança | 33.0 | 1 | 40.5 | 2 | 12.7 | - | 6.2 | - | 2.4 | - |
| Castelo Branco | 41.0 | 2 | 29.7 | 2 | 8.4 | - | 9.1 | - | 5.1 | - |
| Coimbra | 37.9 | 4 | 30.6 | 4 | 8.7 | 1 | 10.8 | 1 | 5.8 | - |
| Évora | 35.0 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 6.4 | - | 11.1 | - | 22.3 | 1 |
| Faro | 31.9 | 3 | 26.2 | 3 | 10.7 | 1 | 15.4 | 1 | 7.8 | - |
| Guarda | 36.0 | 2 | 35.6 | 2 | 11.2 | - | 7.6 | - | 3.3 | - |
| Leiria | 30.2 | 4 | 35.0 | 4 | 12.6 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 | 5.1 | - |
| Lisbon | 36.3 | 19 | 25.1 | 13 | 11.0 | 5 | 10.8 | 5 | 9.9 | 5 |
| Madeira | 19.5 | 1 | 48.5 | 4 | 11.1 | 1 | 6.1 | - | 4.2 | - |
| Portalegre | 38.3 | 1 | 23.8 | 1 | 8.0 | - | 10.8 | - | 12.9 | - |
| Porto | 41.8 | 18 | 29.1 | 12 | 9.3 | 4 | 9.2 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 |
| Santarém | 33.7 | 4 | 27.0 | 3 | 11.2 | 1 | 11.9 | 1 | 9.3 | 1 |
| Setúbal | 34.0 | 7 | 16.4 | 3 | 9.2 | 1 | 14.0 | 2 | 20.1 | 4 |
| Viana do Castelo | 36.3 | 3 | 31.3 | 2 | 13.6 | 1 | 8.6 | - | 4.2 | - |
| Vila Real | 36.1 | 2 | 41.1 | 3 | 10.1 | - | 5.5 | - | 2.9 | - |
| Viseu | 34.7 | 4 | 37.5 | 4 | 13.4 | 1 | 6.5 | - | 2.9 | - |
| Europe | 43.0 | 1 | 23.7 | 1 | 4.7 | - | 4.7 | - | 4.4 | - |
| Rest of the World | 22.0 | - | 54.5 | 2 | 3.2 | - | 2.0 | - | 1.0 | - |
| Total | 36.6 | 97 | 29.1 | 81 | 10.4 | 21 | 9.8 | 16 | 7.9 | 15 |
References
- ^ http://www.mherrera.org/elections.htm
- ^ Resultados das Eleições Legislativas 2009, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, http://tv1.rtp.pt/noticias/eleicoes/legislativas2009/index.php, retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ [http://www.legislativas2009.mj.pt/index.html Official results site, portuguese Justice Ministery
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