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2004 European Parliament election in Portugal

2004 European Parliament election in Portugal
← 1999 13 June 2004 2009 →
24 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout38.6% Decrease 1.3 pp
  First party Second party
 
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João de Deus Pinheiro, Member of the EC (1997) (cropped).tif
Leader António Costa João de Deus Pinheiro
Party PS FP
Alliance PES EPP
Last election 12 seats, 43.1% 11 seats, 39.3%
Seats won 12 9
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 2
Popular vote 1,516,001 1,132,769
Percentage 44.5% 33.3%
Swing Increase 1.5 pp Decrease 6.0 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader Ilda Figueiredo Miguel Portas
Party CDU BE
Alliance GUE/NGL EACL
Last election 2 seats, 10.3% 0 seats, 1.8%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 309,401 167,313
Percentage 9.1% 4.9%
Swing Decrease 1.2 pp Increase 3.1 pp

An election of MEPs representing Portugal for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 13 June 2004. It was part of the wider 2004 European election.

The Socialist Party (PS) was the big winner of the elections, achieving their best result in a European election ever. The party won 44.5 percent of the votes, an increase of 1.5 percentage points, and held on to the 12 seats won in 1999. However the Socialist victory, and the campaign overall, was overshadowed by the sudden death of the PS top candidate, António Sousa Franco. Sousa Franco died of a heart attack while campaigning in Matosinhos, just four days before election day. António Costa, number 2 on the list, became the Socialists' top candidate after Sousa Franco's death.

The Social Democrats (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested the election in a coalition called "Forward Portugal" (FP). The coalition had a very weak performance, winning just 33 percent of the votes, a big drop compared with the combined total of 39 percent the PSD+CDS had in 1999. The PSD lost two seats, while CDS–PP held on to their two seats.

The Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) dropped one point and fell below 10 percent of the votes for the first time. CDU was still able to hold on to the two seats they had won in 1999. The Left Bloc (BE) gained a seat for the EU parliament for the first time, and saw its share of vote increase to almost 5 percent, an increase of more than 3 percentage points compared with 1999.

Turnout dropped compared with 1999, with 38.6 percent of voters casting a ballot.

Electoral system

The voting method used for the election of European members of parliament, is proportional representation using the d'Hondt method, which is known to benefit the largest parties slightly. In the 2004 EU elections, Portugal had 24 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.

Parties and candidates

The major parties that partook in the election, and their EP list leaders, were:[1]

Campaign period

Party slogans

Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs
PS « Queremos um Portugal melhor » "We want a better Portugal" [3]
FP « Força Portugal! » "Forward Portugal!" [4]
CDU « Outro caminho para a Europa e para Portugal » "Another path for Europe and Portugal" [5]
BE « Estás farto? » "Had enough?" [6]

Candidates' debates

One last debate between the four main candidates was expected to be held on RTP on 10 June, but it was cancelled after the sudden death of the PS lead candidate António Sousa Franco on 9 June. Parties also cut short their campaigns.[7]

2004 European Parliament election in Portugal debates
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present    A  Absent invitee  N  Non-invitee 
PS
S. Franco 		FP
Pinheiro 		CDU
Figueiredo 		BE
Portas 		Refs
1 June SIC Notícias Clara de Sousa P P P P [8]
8 June SIC Notícias Clara de Sousa P P N N [9]

Opinion polling

Date Released Polling Firm PS FP CDU BE Others Lead
13 June 2004 Election results 44.5
12 seats 		33.3
9 seats 		9.1
2 seats 		4.9
1 seats 		8.2
0 seats 		11.2
13 June 2004 Exit Poll – RTP1
Universidade Católica 		43.0–47.0
12 / 13 		32.0–36.0
8 / 9 		8.0–10.0
2 / 3 		4.0–6.0
1
—
 11.0
13 June 2004 Exit Poll – SIC
Eurosondagem 		44.1–47.9
12 / 13 		29.7–33.5
8 / 9 		10.1–11.9
2 / 3 		5.1–6.9
1
—
 14.4
13 June 2004 Exit Poll – TVI
Intercampus 		42.3–47.1
12 / 13 		30.5–35.1
8 / 9 		7.3–10.1
2 		4.7–6.9
1
—
 11.8
12.0
Exit polls
11 June 2004 Aximage 40.3 39.8 8.3 6.2 5.5 0.5
11 June 2004 Universidade Católica 44.0 37.0 8.0 5.0 6.0 7.0
11 June 2004 Eurosondagem 43.3 37.8 7.7 5.6 5.6 5.5
11 June 2004 Intercampus 42.4 27.5 12.6 6.7 10.9 14.9
9 June 2004 Marktest 49.2 37.4 6.3 5.0 2.1 11.8
5 June 2004 Aximage
Seat projection 		39.2
11 / 12 		34.5
9 / 10 		7.9
2 		2.4
1 		16.0
– 		4.7
25 May 2004 Aximage 39.5 33.6 8.3 4.0 14.6 5.9
20 May 2004 TNS Euroteste 34.0 34.0 4.0 3.0 25.0 Tie
19 May 2004 Marktest[a] 49.2 34.8 8.1 4.1 3.8 14.4
14 May 2004 Universidade Católica 44.3 40.7 5.4 5.2 4.4 3.6
7 May 2004 Aximage
Seat projection 		40.5
11 		35.8
9 		6.1
1 		3.3
– 		14.3
3 		4.7
29 March 2004 Marktest 54.7 34.5 5.5 2.4 3.0 20.2
19 March 2004 Eurosondagem
Seat projection 		37.0
11 		37.6
11 		5.8
1 		4.3
1 		15.3
– 		0.6
7 March 2004 Aximage
Seat projection 		39.2
10 		39.7
11 		7.0
2 		3.7
1 		10.4
– 		0.5
13 June 1999 Election results 43.1
12 seats 		39.31
11 seats 		10.3
2 seats 		1.8
0 seats 		5.6
0 seats 		3.8
1 Sum of votes and seats of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and of the People's Party (CDS–PP).

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the results of Portugal's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
National party European
party 		Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Socialist Party (PS) PES António Costa 1,516,001 44.52 1.45 Increase 12 0 Steady
Forward Portugal (FP)
• Social Democratic Party (PSD)
• People's Party (CDS–PP) 		EPP João de Deus Pinheiro 1,132,769 33.27 [10] 9
7
2
2 Decrease
0 Steady
Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU)
• Communist Party (PCP)
• Ecologist Party (PEV) 		GUE/NGL Ilda Figueiredo 309,401 9.09 1.23 Decrease 2
2
0
0 Steady
0 Steady
Left Bloc (BE) EACL Miguel Portas 167,313 4.91 3.12 Increase 1 1 Increase
Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP) None António Garcia Pereira 36,294 1.07 0.19 Increase 0 0 Steady
New Democracy Party (PND) None Manuel Monteiro 33,833 0.99 new 0 new
People's Monarchist Party (PPM) ECPM Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira 15,454 0.45 0.02 Decrease 0 0 Steady
Movement for the Sick (MD) None Vitorino Brandão 13,840 0.41 new 0 new
Earth Party (MPT) ALDE Luís Filipe Marques 13,671 0.40 0.00 Steady 0 0 Steady
Humanist Party (PH) None - 13,272 0.39 new 0 new
National Renovator Party (P.N.R.) None Paulo Rodrigues 8,405 0.25 new 0 new
Democratic Party of the Atlantic (PDA) None José Soares 5,588 0.16 0.01 Increase 0 0 Steady
Workers Party of Socialist Unity (POUS) None Carmelinda Pereira 4,275 0.13 0.03 Decrease 0 0 Steady
Valid votes 3,270,116 96.04
Blank and invalid votes 134,666 3.96
Totals 3,404,782 100.00 — 24 1 Decrease
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 8,821,456 38.60 1.33 Decrease
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições Archived 2005-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
Vote share
PS
 
 44.52%
FP
 
 33.27%
CDU
 
 9.09%
BE
 
 4.91%
PCTP/MRPP
 
 1.07%
PND
 
 0.99%
Others
 
 2.19%
Blank/Invalid
 
 3.96%
Seats
PS
 
 50.00%
FP
 
 37.50%
CDU
 
 8.33%
BE
 
 4.17%

Distribution by European group

Summary of political group distribution in the 6th European Parliament (2004–2009) [11]
Groups Parties Seats Total %
Party of European Socialists (PES) 12 12 50.00
European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED) 7
2 		9 37.50
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) 2
1 		3 12.50
Total 24 24 100.00

Maps

Notes

  1. ^ Results presented here exclude undecideds (34.7%) and abstainers (14.0%). With their inclusion results are: PS: 26.2%; PSD/CDS-PP: 18.5%; CDU: 4.3%; BE: 2,2%; Blank: 2.0%.

References

  1. ^ Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Deputados, Mapa Oficial nº 1/2004
  2. ^ Candidate chosen to lead the Socialist list after the unexpected death of the former head of the list António Sousa Franco.
  3. ^ "António Costa dedica "resultado histórico do PS" a Matilde Sousa Franco". Público (in Portuguese). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Apresentação da lista "Força Portugal" ao Parlamento Europeu". RTP (in Portuguese). 3 May 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  5. ^ "CDU - Outro caminho para a Europa e para Portugal". Portuguese Communist Party (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Os dias e as fotografias que marcaram as lutas do Bloco". Público (in Portuguese). 28 February 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Homenagens a Sousa Franco decorrem hoje na Basílica da Estrela". Público (in Portuguese). 10 June 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Europeias: cabeças de lista realizam hoje primeiro debate na televisão". Público (in Portuguese). 1 June 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  9. ^ "RTP e SIC-Notícias com debates "a quatro" na campanha eleitoral". Público (in Portuguese). 21 May 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  10. ^ The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested separately the 1999 election.
  11. ^ "Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo: Resultados por países 1979 - 2014". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2017.

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