2014 European Parliament election in Portugal

2014 European Parliament election in Portugal
25 May 2014
All 21 Portuguese seats to the European Parliament
Turnout33.7% 3.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Francisco Assis Paulo Rangel João Ferreira
Party PS AP CDU
Alliance S&D EPP GUE/NGL
Last election 7 seats, 26.6% 10 seats, 40.1%[1] 2 seats, 10.6%
Seats won 8 7[2] 3
Seat change 1 3[3] 1
Popular vote 1,034,249 910,647 416,925
Percentage 31.5% 27.7% 12.7%
Swing 4.9 pp 12.4 pp 2.0 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Marinho e Pinto Marisa Matias Rui Tavares
Party MPT BE L
Alliance ALDE GUE/NGL Greens/EFA
Last election 0 seats, 0.7% 3 seats, 10.7% Did not contest
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change 2 2 New party
Popular vote 234,788 149,764 71,495
Percentage 7.2% 4.6% 2.2%
Swing 6.5 pp 6.2 pp New party

An election was held in Portugal on Sunday, 25 May 2014, to elect the Portuguese delegation to the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019. This was the seventh European Parliament election held in Portugal.

The Socialist Party (PS) was the winner of the elections, scoring 31.5 percent of the votes. The Socialists increased their share of vote by almost 5 percentage points, 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 points. 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 percent, 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 percent 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 percent of the votes, a drop of more than 6 points, 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 percent 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 percent.

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

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 2014 European Union elections, Portugal had 21 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

Parties and candidates

The major parties that participated in the election, and their European Parliament list leaders, were:

The Social Democratic Party and the People's Party have contested this election in a coalition.[4]

Campaign period

Party slogans

Party or alliance 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]

Candidates' debates

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
22 May Antena 1 Maria Flor Pedroso P P P P P P [11]

Opinion polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size O Lead
2014 EP election 25 May 2014 — 27.7
7 		31.5
8 		4.6
1 		12.7
3 		7.2
2 		2.2
0 		14.1
0 		3.8
CESOP–UCP 25 May 2014 (20:00) — 25–29
6/8 		30–34
7/9 		5–7
1/2 		12–15
3/4 		7–8
1/2 		— — 5
Eurosondagem 25 May 2014 (20:00) — 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
Aximage 25 May 2014 (20:00) — 26–30
7/8 		32–37
8/10 		4–7
1 		10–14
3 		5–9
1 		— — 6–7
Aximage 14–22 May 2014 1,507 30.1
7/9 		36.4
9/10 		5.8
1 		11.4
2/3 		3.4
0 		0.6
0 		12.3
0 		6.3
Eurosondagem 14–20 May 2014 2,014 29.7
7/8 		36.9
9/10 		5.7
1 		12.5
1 		— — 15.2
0 		7.2
CESOP–UCP 17–19 May 2014 2,085 30
7/9 		34
8/10 		5
1 		12
2/4 		3
0/1 		2
0 		14
0 		4
Pitagórica 14–18 May 2014 505 29.1 36.6 5.5 9.4 5.6 — 13.8 7.5
Aximage 7–14 May 2014 1,027 30.2
7/8 		37.8
9/11 		6.3
2 		8.8
1/3 		4.3
0/1 		0.8
0 		11.8
0 		7.6
Eurosondagem 14–22 Apr 2014 1,533 32.5
8 		37.5
9/10 		5.5
1 		10.9
2/3 		— — 13.6
0 		5.0
Aximage 9–12 Apr 2014 613 33.2 40.9 4.9 10.8 — — 10.2 7.7
Pitagórica[12] 25–29 Mar 2014 506 33.4 37.3 6.4 9.8 — — 13.1 3.9
Eurosondagem 13–19 Mar 2014 1,525 32.1
8 		36.9
9 		6.6
1 		11.9
3 		— — 12.5
0 		4.8
Aximage 8–13 Mar 2014 755 37.4
9 		39.9
9 		6.6
1 		8.2
2 		— — 7.9
0 		2.5
Pitagórica[13] 24 Feb–1 Mar 2014 506 35.4 32.2 7.3 11.5 — — 13.6 3.2
Pitagórica[14] 20–24 Jan 2014 506 34.2 30.4 9.0 10.8 — — 15.6 3.8
Aximage 7–10 Jan 2014 601 37.1 35.5 6.9 9.2 — — 11.3 1.6
2009 EP election 7 June 2009 — 31.7
8 		8.4
2 		26.5
7 		10.7
3 		10.6
2 		0.7
0 		— 11.4
0 		5.2

Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas.

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 summary of votes and seats

Summary of the results of Portugal's 25 May 2014 election to the European Parliament
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
Vote share
PS
 
 31.49%
AP
 
 27.73%
CDU
 
 12.69%
MPT
 
 7.15%
BE
 
 4.56%
L
 
 2.18%
PAN
 
 1.72%
PCTP/MRPP
 
 1.67%
PND
 
 0.70%
PTP
 
 0.69%
PPM
 
 0.54%
Others
 
 1.46%
Blank/Invalid
 
 7.42%
Seats
PS
 
 38.10%
AP
 
 33.33%
CDU
 
 14.29%
MPT
 
 9.52%
BE
 
 4.76%

Distribution by European group

Summary of political group distribution in the 8th European Parliament (2014–2019) [18]
Groups Parties Seats Total %
Party of European Socialists (PES) 8 8 38.10
European People's Party (EPP) 6
1 		7 33.33
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) 3
1 		4 19.05
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) 2 2 9.52
Total 21 21 100.00

Maps

  • Most voted political force by district.
  • Strongest party by municipality. Pink: PS; Darkblue: PSD-CDS; Red: CDU

See also

References

  1. ^ PSD: 31.7%, 8 seats; CDS-PP: 8.4%, 2 seats.
  2. ^ PSD: 6; CDS-PP: 1
  3. ^ PSD: 2; CDS-PP: 1
  4. ^ Coligação alargada às europeias, Expresso, 5 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. ^ "ELEIÇÕES PARA O PARLAMENTO EUROPEU DE 2014 – ALIANÇA PORTUGAL (PSD+CDS)". Ephemera (in Portuguese). 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Europeias: PS adopta estética selfie em cartaz". Meios & Publicidade (in Portuguese). 13 May 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  7. ^ "ELEIÇÕES PARA O PARLAMENTO EUROPEU DE 2014 – BE". Ephemera (in Portuguese). 25 May 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Campanha das Europeias: Nada de novo". Meios & Publicidade (in Portuguese). 19 May 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  9. ^ "ELEIÇÕES PARA O PARLAMENTO EUROPEU DE 2014 – MPT". Ephemera (in Portuguese). 17 May 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  10. ^ "ELEIÇÕES PARA O PARLAMENTO EUROPEU DE 2014 – LIVRE". Ephemera (in Portuguese). 2 July 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Debates Europeias 2014". RTP (in Portuguese). 22 May 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  12. ^ 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%.
  13. ^ 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%.
  14. ^ 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%.
  15. ^ "Europeias 2014 - Afluência". eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/europeias2014/index.html (in Portuguese). Ministry of Internal Administration. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Europeias 2009 - Afluência". eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/europeias2009/index.html (in Portuguese). Ministry of Internal Administration. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  17. ^ The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested separately the 2009 election.
  18. ^ "Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo: Resultados por países 1979 - 2014". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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