Portuguese legislative election, 1999
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The Portuguese legislative election of 1999 took place on October 10. The Socialist Party was aiming a second term under the lead of António Guterres
, in the end the Socialist Party won the election, but missed what would be an historical absolute majority for the party by only one MP.
The Social Democratic party under the lead of José Manuel Durão Barroso was still away from the preferences of the majority of the Portuguese people, after the ten years cycle under the lead of Cavaco Silva
that had terminated four years before. The Portuguese Communist Party achieved an important climb in the scorecard, against those who predicted its irreversible decline after the end of the Socialist Bloc in the early 1990s. For the first time, the Leftwing Bloc, formed after the merger of several minor left-wing parties became represented in the parliament after electing two MPs.
The major parties involved were listed with their leaders:
António Guterres, leader of the Socialist Party, was nominated Prime Minister for the second time, and missed the absolute majority by one MP, achieving exactly half of the 230 MPs.
! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|MPs
! rowspan="2" colspan=5 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|MPs %/
votes %
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center"|1995
! align="center"|1999
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
|-
|2,385,922||44.06||0.3||112||115||3||50.00||1.3||1.13
|-
|1,750,158||32.32||1.8||88||81||7||35.22||3.1||1.09
|-
|487,058||8.99||0.4||15||17||2||7.39||0.9||0.82
|-
|451,643||8.34||0.7||15||15||0||6.52||0.0||0.78
|-
|132,333||2.44||—||—||2||—||0.87||—||0.36
|-
|40,006||0.74||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|19,938||0.37||0.3||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|16,522||0.31||—||—||0||—||0.00||—||0.0
|-
|11,488||0.21||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|7,346||0.14||—||—||0||—||0.00||—||0.0
|-
|4,104||0.08||0.1||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|438||0.01||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,306,956
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|98.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.1
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|230
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|230
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|—
|-
|colspan=2|Blank ballots
|56,964||1.05||0.3||colspan=6 rowspan=3|
|-
|colspan=2|Invalid ballots
|51,230||0.95||0.1
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 61.09%)
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,415,102
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5.2
|-
| colspan=11 align=left|Democratic Party of the Atlantic electoral list only in Azores.
|-
| colspan=11 align=left | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
|}
António Guterres
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, GCC is a Portuguese politician, a former prime minister and President of the Socialist International. Currently he is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.-Early life:...
, in the end the Socialist Party won the election, but missed what would be an historical absolute majority for the party by only one MP.
The Social Democratic party under the lead of José Manuel Durão Barroso was still away from the preferences of the majority of the Portuguese people, after the ten years cycle under the lead of Cavaco Silva
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, GCC , is the President of Portugal. He won the Portuguese presidential election on 22 January 2006 and was re-elected on 23 January 2011, for a second five-year term. Cavaco Silva was sworn in on 9 March 2006....
that had terminated four years before. The Portuguese Communist Party achieved an important climb in the scorecard, against those who predicted its irreversible decline after the end of the Socialist Bloc in the early 1990s. For the first time, the Leftwing Bloc, formed after the merger of several minor left-wing parties became represented in the parliament after electing two MPs.
The major parties involved were listed with their leaders:
- Leftwing Bloc (BE), Francisco LouçãFrancisco LouçãFrancisco Anacleto Louçã is a Portuguese economist and politician, first elected in 1999.. He is the son of António Seixas Louçã, who commanded a ship on the Tagus River during the Carnation Revolution, and wife Noémia da Rocha Neves Anacleto , a lawyer.Louçã was an active opponent of the...
- Unitarian Democratic CoalitionUnitarian Democratic CoalitionThe Democratic Unity Coalition is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Ecologist Party "The Greens"...
(CDU), Carlos CarvalhasCarlos CarvalhasCarlos Alberto do Vale Gomes Carvalhas, GCC is a Portuguese politician and former Secretary-General of the Portuguese Communist Party , succeeding the historical leader Álvaro Cunhal.... - Portuguese Socialist PartySocialist Party (Portugal)The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....
(PS), António GuterresAntónio GuterresAntónio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, GCC is a Portuguese politician, a former prime minister and President of the Socialist International. Currently he is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.-Early life:... - Social Democratic PartySocial Democratic Party (Portugal)The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...
(PSD), José Manuel Durão BarrosoJosé Manuel Durão BarrosoJosé Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician. He is President of the European Commission, since 23 November 2004. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 April 2002 to 17 July 2004.-Academic career:... - Popular Party (CDS/PP), Paulo PortasPaulo PortasPaulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas , commonly known just by Paulo Portas , is a Portuguese politician, party leader of the Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party , a member of the Portuguese Parliament and former Portuguese minister of State, National Defense and Sea Affairs.In 2011, after he...
António Guterres, leader of the Socialist Party, was nominated Prime Minister for the second time, and missed the absolute majority by one MP, achieving exactly half of the 230 MPs.
Opinion polling
The following table shows the opinion polls of voting intention of the Portuguese voters before the election. Those parties that are listed are currently represented in parliament. Included is also the result of the Portuguese general elections in 1995 and 1999 for reference.| Date Released | Institute | Socialist Socialist Party (Portugal) The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action .... | Social Democratic Social Democratic Party (Portugal) The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party... | Green-Communist | People's Party | Left Bloc | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 10, 1999 | Election Results | 44.1% 115 seats |
32.3% 81 seats |
9.0% 17 seats |
8.3% 15 seats |
2.4% 2 seats |
11.8% |
| October 2, 1999 | Euroexpansão | 50.0% | 32.0% | 6.0% | 8.0% | 2.0% | 18.0% |
| October 1, 1999 | SEEDS | 47.0% | 32.0% | 8.0% | 7.0% | 1.0% | 15.0% |
| October 1, 1999 | Metris | 48.0% | 31.0% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 1.0% | 17.0% |
| October 1, 1999 | Universidade Católica | 47.2% | 30.0% | 7.9% | 7.2% | 2.8% | 17.2% |
| September 30, 1999 | Marktest | 46.2% | 30.7% | 10.6% | 4.2% | 2.8% | 15.5% |
| September 30, 1999 | Aximage | 49.0% | 33.0% | 7.0% | 6.0% | 1.0% | 16.0% |
| October 1, 1995 | 1995 election Portuguese legislative election, 1995 The Portuguese legislative election of 1995 took place on October 1. The Socialist Party defeated the Social Democratic Party under the lead of António Guterres, elected some months before, but missed the absolute majority by 4 MPs. The Social Democratic party under the lead of Fernando Nogueira... |
43.8% 112 seats |
34.1% 88 seats |
8.6% 15 seats |
9.1% 15 seats |
— | 9.7% |
National summary of votes and seats
|-! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|MPs
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
! rowspan="2" colspan=5 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|MPs %/
votes %
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center"|1995
Portuguese legislative election, 1995
The Portuguese legislative election of 1995 took place on October 1. The Socialist Party defeated the Social Democratic Party under the lead of António Guterres, elected some months before, but missed the absolute majority by 4 MPs. The Social Democratic party under the lead of Fernando Nogueira...
! align="center"|1999
Portuguese legislative election, 1999
The Portuguese legislative election of 1999 took place on October 10. The Socialist Party was aiming a second term under the lead of António Guterres, in the end the Socialist Party won the election, but missed what would be an historical absolute majority for the party by only one MP.The Social...
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
|-
|2,385,922||44.06||0.3||112||115||3||50.00||1.3||1.13
|-
|1,750,158||32.32||1.8||88||81||7||35.22||3.1||1.09
|-
|487,058||8.99||0.4||15||17||2||7.39||0.9||0.82
|-
|451,643||8.34||0.7||15||15||0||6.52||0.0||0.78
|-
|132,333||2.44||—||—||2||—||0.87||—||0.36
|-
|40,006||0.74||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|19,938||0.37||0.3||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|16,522||0.31||—||—||0||—||0.00||—||0.0
|-
|11,488||0.21||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|7,346||0.14||—||—||0||—||0.00||—||0.0
|-
|4,104||0.08||0.1||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|438||0.01||0.0||0||0||0||0.00||0.0||0.0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,306,956
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|98.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.1
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|230
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|230
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.0
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|—
|-
|colspan=2|Blank ballots
|56,964||1.05||0.3||colspan=6 rowspan=3|
|-
|colspan=2|Invalid ballots
|51,230||0.95||0.1
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 61.09%)
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,415,102
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5.2
|-
| colspan=11 align=left|Democratic Party of the Atlantic electoral list only in Azores.
|-
| colspan=11 align=left | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
|}
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See also
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- List of political parties in Portugal
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