2024 European Parliament election in Portugal

2024 European Parliament election in Portugal

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All 21 Portuguese seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	36.6% 5.9 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Marta Temido Sebastião Bugalho António Tânger Corrêa Party PS AD CH Alliance S&D EPP ID Last election 9 seats, 33.4% 7 seats, 28.1%[a] 0 seats (B)[b] Seats won 8 7 2 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 1,268,915 1,229,895 387,068 Percentage 32.1% 31.1% 9.8% Swing 1.3 pp 3.0 pp [b]   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader João Cotrim de Figueiredo Catarina Martins João Oliveira Party IL BE CDU Alliance RE GUE/NGL GUE/NGL Last election 0 seats, 0.9% 2 seats, 9.8% 2 seats, 6.9% Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 358,811 168,107 162,630 Percentage 9.1% 4.3% 4.1% Swing 8.2 pp 5.5 pp 2.8 pp
Map of districts and autonomous regions.

An election was held in Portugal on Sunday, 9 June 2024,^[1] to elect the Portuguese delegation to the European Parliament from 2024 to 2029. It took place as part of the wider 2024 European Parliament election. This was the ninth European Parliament election held in Portugal. This election took place just three months after the 10 March 2024 legislative election, which resulted in a very narrow win for the Democratic Alliance, thus was seen as a "second round" of the March elections.^[2]

The Socialist Party (PS) narrowly polled ahead of the Democratic Alliance (AD), 32 percent versus 31 percent, although the result nearly mirrored the also very narrow result of the March 2024 legislative election.^[3] In terms of seats, the Socialists had a net loss of one, winning 8, while the AD held their 7 seats won in 2019. It was the first national election, in democratic Portugal, where a woman led her party's list to victory.^[4]

The major defeated in the election was CHEGA (CH), gathering less than 10 percent and winning just two seats, a result well bellow the 18 percent of the votes in the March election.^[3] The Liberal Initiative (IL) scored a strong result, 9 percent and 2 seats, in addition to polling very close to CHEGA. The Left Bloc (BE) and the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) lost considerable ground, gathering just 4.2 and 4.1 percent, respectivelly, and holding both one seat, while Livre, although increasing its share, failed to win a seat.^[3] People–Animals–Nature (PAN) performed badly, losing their sole seat, and polling behind the far-right National Democratic Alternative (ADN).^[3]

For the first time in 20 years, voter turnout increased with a total of 36.6 percent of voters casting a ballot. In Portugal alone, turnout stood at 42.3 percent, the highest share since 1989.^[5] The final and certified election results were published in the Portuguese official journal, Diário da República, on 28 June 2024.^[6]

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