The 1994 European Parliament election in Portugal was the election of MEP representing Portugal constituency for the 1994-1999 term of the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

. It was part of the wider 1994 European election. In Portugal the election was held on 12 June. In the closest nationwide election in Portuguese history, the Socialist Party (PS) polled just less than 0.5% ahead of the Social Democrats (PSD). Nonetheless, it was a very strong performance from the Socialists, as they gained 6% more than in 1989, and also won 2 more MEP. It was also the first nationwide election victory for the PS since the 1983 general elections. At that time, the PSD was in government for almost 9 years, but the party suffered little wear. The Social Democrats won 34.4% of the votes, a gain of more than 1.5% compared with 1989, and were able to hold on to the 9 seats they won in 1989. The People's Party (CDS–PP), although losing some ground, was able to win back 3rd place with a very nationalist and anti-Europe speech. The CDS–PP won 12.5% of the votes, a drop of almost 2%, but maintained their 3 seats. The

Democratic Unity Coalition The Unitary Democratic Coalition ( pt, CDU – Coligação Democrática Unitária, PCP–PEV) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Gr ...

(CDU) had a very poor performance, falling to 4th place, and losing both share of vote and seats. The Communist/Green alliance won just 11% of the votes, a drop of 3%, and lost one seat from the

Ecologist Party "The Greens" The Ecologist Party "The Greens" ( pt, Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes", , PEV) is a Portuguese eco-socialist political party. It is a member of the European Greens and a founding member of the European Federation of Green Parties. It was the fir ...

. Turnout fell to all-time low levels, with just 35.5% 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 1994 EU elections, Portugal had 25 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

Parties and candidates

The major parties that partook in the election, and their EP list leaders, were:Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Deputados
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(CDU), Luís Manuel de Sá *

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

(PS),

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(PSD), Eurico de Melo * People's Party (CDS–PP),

Manuel Monteiro Manuel Fernando da Silva Monteiro (Anissó, Vieira do Minho, 1 April 1962) is a Portuguese jurist, professor and former politician. Early years Manuel Monteiro started his political life during his youth. He was elected president of the People ...

Opinion polling

The following table shows the opinion polls of voting intention of the Portuguese voters before the election. Those parties that are listed were represented in the EU parliament (1989-1994). Included is also the result of the Portuguese EP elections in 1989 and 1994 for reference. Note, until 2000, the publication of opinion polls in the last week of the campaign was forbidden.

National summary of votes and seats

, - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" colspan=2 , National party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" , European
party ! 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;" , style="background-color: " width=5px, , style="text-align:left;" ,

(PS) , style="text-align:left;" , PES , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 1,061,560 , 34.87 , 6.33 ! 10 , 2 , - style="text-align:right;" , style="background-color: " width=5px, , style="text-align:left;" ,

(PSD) , style="text-align:left;" , EPP , style="text-align:left;" , Eurico de Melo , 1,046,918 , 34.39 , 1.64 ! 9 , 0 , - style="text-align:right;" , style="background-color: " width=5px, , style="text-align:left;" , People's Party (CDS–PP) , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, 379,044 , 12.45 , 1.71 ! 3 , 0 , - style="text-align:right;" , style="background-color: " width=5px, , style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" ,

Democratic Unitarian Coalition The Unitary Democratic Coalition ( pt, CDU – Coligação Democrática Unitária, PCP–PEV) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Gr ...

(CDU)
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Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

(PCP)
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(PEV) , style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" , GUE/NGL , style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" , Luis Manuel de Sá , style="vertical-align:top;" , 340,725 , style="vertical-align:top;" , 11.19 , style="vertical-align:top;" , 3.21 ! 3
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1 , - align="right" , style="background-color: " width=5px, , style="text-align:left;" , Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP) , style="text-align:left;" , None , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, 24,022 , 0.79 , 0.15 ! 0 , 0 , - align="right" , style="background-color:#E2062C" width=5px, , style="text-align:left;" , People's Democratic Union (UDP) , style="text-align:left;" , None , style="text-align:left;" , Carlos Marques , 18,884 , 0.62 , 0.46 ! 0 , 0 , - align="right" , style="background-color:red" width=5px, , style="text-align:left;" , Revolutionary Socialist Party (PSR) , style="text-align:left;" , None , style="text-align:left;" , - , 17,780 , 0.59 , 0.19 ! 0 , 0 , - style="text-align:right;" , style="background-color: " width=5px, , align="left",

Earth Party The Earth Party ( pt, Partido da Terra, ), previously called The Earth Party Movement (, abbreviated MPT, hence called ''MPT – Partido da Terra''), is a green-conservative political party in Portugal, founded on 12 August 1993. Its main poli ...

(MPT) , align="left", ALDE , align="left", - , 12,955 , 0.43 , ''new'' ! 0 , ''new'' , - style="text-align:right;" , style="background-color:purple" width=5px, , align="left",

Politics XXI The Politics XXI ( pt, Política XXI) was a Portuguese left-wing political party. It was founded by former members of the Portuguese Communist Party The Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português, , PCP) is a communist, Ma ...

(PXXI) , align="left", None , align="left", - , 12,402 , 0.41 , ''new'' ! 0 , ''new'' , - align="right" , style="background-color:#000080" width=5px, , align="left", National Solidarity Party (PSN) , align="left", None , align="left", - , 11,214 , 0.37 , ''new'' ! 0 , ''new'' , - align="right" , style="background-color: " width=5px, , align="left", People's Monarchist Party (PPM) , align="left", None , align="left", - , 8,300 , 0.27 , 1.79 ! 0 , 0 , - align="right" , style="background-color: " width=5px, , align="left",

Democratic Party of the Atlantic The Democratic Party of the Atlantic ( pt, Partido Democrático do Atlântico, ) was a political party, based in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. A regional party, whose electorate was concentrated on the islands of São Miguel, it was cr ...

(PDA) , align="left", None , align="left", - , 7,127 , 0.23 , ''new'' ! 0 , ''new'' , - style="text-align:right;" , style="background-color: green" width=5px, , style="text-align:left;" , Democratic Renewal Party (PRD) , style="text-align:left;" , RBW , style="text-align:left;" , Manuel Vargas Loureiro , 5,941 , 0.20 , ''new'' ! 0 , ''new'' , - align="right" , style="background-color: " width=5px, , align="left", Unity Movement for Workers (MUD) , align="left", None , align="left",

Carmelinda Pereira Carmelinda Pereira (born 1948) is a retired teacher and politician from Portugal who represented the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic before later becoming the founder of a small Trotskyist party . Earl ...

, 2,893 , 0.10 , 0.17 ! 0 , 0 , - align="right" , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , style="text-align:right;" colspan="4" , Valid votes , 2,949,765 , 96.90 , colspan="3" rowspan="2" , , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , style="text-align:right;" colspan="4" , Blank and invalid votes , 94,236 , 3.10 , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , style="text-align:right;" colspan="4" , Totals , 3,044,001 , 100.00 , — ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 25 , 1 , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan="4" , Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout , 8,565,822 , 35.54 , 15.56 , colspan="2", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="11" , Source
Comissão Nacional de Eleições
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Distribution by European group

Maps

File:Pt euelection 1994.PNG, Most voted political force by

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. (

Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...

and

Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthem , image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg , map_alt=Location of Madeira , map_caption=Location of Madeira , subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...

not shown) File:Europeias 1994.png, Strongest party by

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References

External links

Results according to the Portuguese Electoral Commission of the 12 June 1994 election of the 25 delegates from Portugal to the European Parliament
{{DEFAULTSORT:European Parliament Election, 1994 (Portugal)

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