2014 European Parliament election in Portugal

2014 European Parliament election in Portugal

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All 21 Portuguese seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	33.7% 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.