Portuguese legislative election, 1999

From Freepedia

Image:Portugal coa.png This article is part of the series Politics of Portugal

President of the Republic Assembly of the Republic Council of Ministers Supreme Court Constitutional Court

Council of State

Political Parties Socialist Social Democratic Communist Popular Leftwing Bloc Green

Elections: 1999 - 2002 - 2005

edit

Politics Portal Politics (by country) State leaders -  Legislatures Elections by country - by calendar Parties by country - by name

The Portuguese legislative election of 1999 took place on October 10. The Socialist Party was aiming a second term under the lead of António Guterres, in the end the Socialist Party won the election, but missed what would be an historical absolute majority for the party by only one MP. The Social Democratic party under the lead of Durão Barroso was still away from the preferences of the Portuguese, after the ten years cycle under the lead of Cavaco Silva that had terminated four years before. The Communist Party achieved an important climb in the scorecard, against those who predicted its irreversible decline, and for the first time, the Leftwing Bloc became represented in the parliament after electing two MPs.

The major parties involved were listed with their leaders:

• Leftwing Bloc (BE), Francisco Louçã
• Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU), Carlos Carvalhas
• Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), António Guterres
• Social Democratic Party (PSD), Durão Barroso
• Popular Party (CDS/PP), Paulo Portas

António Guterres, leader of the Socialist Party, was nominated Prime Minister for the second time, and missed the abolute majority by one MP, achieving exactly half of the 230 MPs.

National summary of votes and seats

Image:Pt plelection 1999.PNG

Portuguese legislative election, 1999 (October 10)
Logo	Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats
Image:Pt ltl ps.jpg	PS	<center> 2,385,922	<center> 44.0%	<center> -	<center> 115
Image:Pt ltl psd.jpg	<center> PSD	<center> 1,750,158	<center> 32.3%	<center> -	<center> 81
Image:Cdu pcp pt.jpg	<center> CDU	<center> 487,058	<center> 09.0%	<center> -	<center> 17
Image:Pt ltl cds.jpg	<center> CDS/PP	<center> 451,543	<center> 08.3%	<center> -	<center> 15
Image:Pt ltl be.jpg	<center> BE	<center> 132,333	<center> 02.4%	<center> -	<center> 2
Image:Pt ltl mrpp.PNG	<center> PCTP/MRPP	<center> 40,006	<center> 00.7%	<center> -	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl mpt.gif	<center> MPT	<center> 19,938	<center> 00.4%	<center> -	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl ppm.JPG	<center> PPM	<center> 16,522	<center> 00.3%	<center> -	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl psn.jpg	<center> PSN	<center> 11,488	<center> 00.2%	<center> -	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl ph.PNG	<center> PH	<center> 7,346	<center> 00.1%	<center> -	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl pous.png	<center> POUS	<center> 4,104	<center> 00.1%	<center> -	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl pda.gif	<center> PDA	<center> 438	<center> 00.0%	<center> -	<center> 0
	<center> Blank Ballots	<center> 56,964	<center> 01.1%	<center> -	<center> -
	<center> Invalid Ballots	<center> 51,230	<center> 01.0%	<center> -	<center> -
		<center> 5,415,102	<center> -	<center> -	<center> 230

• Registered Voters: 8,864,604
• Turnout: 61.09%

Note:

• Image:Cdu pcp pt.jpg CDU is composed by the Image:Pt ltl pcp.jpg PCP (Communist) (15 MPs), the Image:Pt ltl pev.jpgPEV (Green) (2 MPs) and the Image:Pt ltl id.jpg ID (Socialist) (0 MPs)

(source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)

See also

• Politics of Portugal
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Elections in Portugal

Portuguese Legislative Elections	Image:Portugal flag large.png
1975 | 1976 | 1979 | 1980 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2002 | 2005