1987 European Parliament election in Portugal

1987 European Parliament election in Portugal
19 July 1987 1989 →
24 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout72.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Pedro Santana Lopes Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Francisco Lucas Pires
Party PSD PS CDS
Alliance ALDE PES EPP
Seats won 10 6 4
Popular vote 2,111,828 1,267,672 868,718
Percentage 37.5% 22.5% 15.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ângelo Veloso José Medeiros Ferreira Miguel Esteves Cardoso
Party CDU PRD PPM
Alliance COM EDA None
Seats won 3 1 0
Popular vote 648,700 250,158 155,990
Percentage 11.5% 4.4% 2.8%

A European Parliament election was held in Portugal on 19 July 1987.[1] It was the election of all 24[1] MEPs representing the Portugal constituency for the remainder of the 1984–1989 term of the European Parliament. Portugal had acceded to the European Community on 1 January 1986 and had been represented in the European Parliament by 24 appointed delegates until elections could be held. These elections took place on the same day of the legislative elections of 1987.

The Social Democrats (PSD) won the 1st European election by a landslide over the Socialists. The PSD won more than 37 percent of the votes, 15 points ahead of the PS. Note that a large chunk of the PSD vote in the 1987 legislative elections, held simultaneously with the European election, was from CDS voters that voted PSD in the general election and CDS in the EU elections. Nonetheless, the CDS won 15 percent of the votes, compared with the 4 percent in the general election ballot. Together, the center-right parties won 53 percent of the votes.

The Socialists, headed by former PM Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, suffered a huge defeat, polling just 22 percent, matching their general election score. The Communist/Green alliance, Democratic Unity Coalition, polled 4th place and won 11.5 percent of the votes. Finally, the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), also suffered a very heavy defeat, winning just 4 percent of the votes and electing a sole member for the EU Parliament.

Turnout in these elections was quite high, with 72.4 percent of voters casting a ballot.

  1. ^ a b "Results of the 19 July 1987 election of the 24 delegates from Portugal to the European Parliament" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 November 2008.