Portuguese legislative election, 2002

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The Portuguese legislative election of 2002 took place on March 17. These elections were called after the resignation of the former Prime-Minister, António Guterres after a defeat of the Socialist Party in the local election of 2001. That fact, plus the problematic state of the country's finances were the main arguments of the right-wing parties, which led them to win the election. After the election, as no Party got an absolute majority, the Social Democrats formed a coalition with the right-wing People's Party. The left-wing Unitarian Democratic Coalition achieved the lowest result ever (as of 2005) and the Leftwing Bloc gained one MP. The turnout was the lowest ever, marking a growing separation between the politics and the Portuguese people, mainly due to the image of the politicians as corrupts and the idea that all the parties are the same.

The major parties involved and the respective leaders:

• Leftwing Bloc (BE), Francisco Louçã
• Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU), Carlos Carvalhas
• Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), Ferro Rodrigues
• Social Democratic Party (PSD), Durão Barroso
• Democratic Social Center/People's Party (CDS/PP), Paulo Portas

Durão Barroso, leader of the Social Democratic Party, was nominated Prime Minister and formed a coalition government with the People's Party.

National summary of votes and seats

Image:Pt plelection 2002.PNG

Portuguese legislative election, 2002 (March 17)
Logo	Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats
Image:Pt ltl psd.jpg	PSD	<center> 2,200,765	<center> 40.2%	<center> 7.9%	<center> 105
Image:Pt ltl ps.jpg	<center> PS	<center> 2,068,584	<center> 37.8%	<center> -6.2%	<center> 96
Image:Pt ltl cds.jpg	<center> CDS/PP	<center> 477,350	<center> 08.7%	<center> 0.4%	<center> 14
Image:Cdu pcp pt.jpg	<center> CDU	<center> 379,870	<center> 06.9%	<center> -2.1%	<center> 12
Image:Pt ltl be.jpg	<center> BE	<center> 149,966	<center> 02.7%	<center> 0.3%	<center> 3
Image:Pt ltl mrpp.PNG	<center> PCTP/MRPP	<center> 36,193	<center> 00.7%	<center> -	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl mpt.gif	<center> MPT	<center> 15,540	<center> 00.3%	<center> -0.1%	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl ppm.JPG	<center> PPM	<center> 12,398	<center> 00.2%	<center> -0.1%	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl ph.PNG	<center> PH	<center> 11,472	<center> 00.2%	<center> -	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl pnr.gif	<center> PNR	<center> 4,712	<center> 00.1%	<center> -	<center> 0
Image:Pt ltl pous.png	<center> POUS	<center> 4,316	<center> 00.1%	<center> -	<center> 0
	<center> Blank Ballots	<center> 55,121	<center> 01.0%	<center> -0.1%	<center> -
	<center> Invalid Ballots	<center> 52,653	<center> 01.0%	<center> -	<center> -
	<center> Total	<center> 5,473,655	<center> -	<center> -	<center> 230

• Registered Voters: 8,902,713
• Turnout: 61.48%

Note:

• Image:Cdu pcp pt.jpg CDU is composed by the Image:Pt ltl pcp.jpg PCP (Communist) (10 MPs), the Image:Pt ltl pev.jpgPEV (Green) (2 MPs) and the Image:Pt ltl id.jpg ID (0 MPs)

(source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)

See also

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

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