This is the results breakdown of the Assembly of the Republic election held in Portugal on 27 September 2009. The following tables show detailed results in each of the country's 22 electoral constituencies.
Electoral system The Assembly of the Republic has 230 members elected to four-year terms. The number of seats to be elected by each district depends on the district magnitude .[ 1] Districts in Mainland Portugal , plus Azores and Madeira , and 4 fixed seats are allocated for overseas voters, 2 seats for voters in Europe and another 2 seats for voters Outside Europe.[ 2] D'Hondt method and by a closed list proportional representation system. Members represent the country as a whole and not the constituencies in which they were elected.[ 3]
Summary
Nationwide results Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections results Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2005 2009 ± % ± Socialist 2,077,238 36.56 121 97 42.17 Social Democratic [ a] 1,653,665 29.11 75 81 35.22 People's 592,778 10.43 12 21 9.13 Left Bloc 557,306 9.81 8 16 6.96 Unitary Democratic Coalition [ b] 446,279 7.86 14 15 6.52 Portuguese Workers' Communist 52,761 0.93 0 0 0.00 Hope for Portugal Movement 25,949 0.46 — — 0 — 0.00 — New Democracy 21,876 0.38 0 0 0.00 Merit and Society Movement 16,924 0.30 — — 0 — 0.00 — People's Monarchist 15,262 0.27 — 0 0 0.00 Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) [ c] 12,405 0.22 — — 0 — 0.00 — National Renovator 11,503 0.20 0 0 0.00 Portugal Pro-Life 8,461 0.15 — — 0 — 0.00 — Labour 4,974 0.09 — — 0 — 0.00 — Workers Party of Socialist Unity 4,632 0.08 0 0 0.00 Earth [ d] 3,265 0.06 — 0 0 0.00 Total valid 5,505,278 96.91 230 230 100.00 Blank ballots 99,086 1.74 Invalid ballots 76,894 1.35 Total 5,681,258 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,519,921 59.68 Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
Constituency map
Results by constituency
Azores
Aveiro Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsAveiro Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Social Democratic 134,971 34.56 6 7 Socialist 131,787 33.75 8 6 People's 50,687 12.98 1 2 Left Bloc 35,183 9.01 0 1 Unitary Democratic Coalition 14,975 3.83 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 2,961 0.76 0 0 Merit and Society Movement 2,529 0.65 — — 0 — Hope for Portugal Movement 1,497 0.38 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 1,013 0.26 — — 0 — New Democracy 912 0.23 0 0 Portugal Pro-Life 756 0.19 — — 0 — National Renovator 654 0.17 0 0 Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 646 0.17 — — 0 — Total valid 378,571 96.94 15 16 Blank ballots 7,027 1.80 Invalid ballots 4,929 1.26 Total 390,527 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 643,937 60.65 Source: Resultados Aveiro
Beja Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsBeja Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 28,619 34.82 2 2 Unitary Democratic Coalition 23,771 28.92 1 1 Social Democratic 12,056 14.67 0 0 Left Bloc 8,264 10.06 0 0 People's 4,696 5.71 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,293 1.57 0 0 Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 258 0.31 — — 0 — Hope for Portugal Movement 247 0.30 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 181 0.22 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 161 0.20 — — 0 — National Renovator 134 0.16 0 0 Portugal Pro-Life 128 0.16 — — 0 — Workers Party of Socialist Unity 120 0.15 0 0 Total valid 79,928 97.26 3 3 Blank ballots 1,232 1.50 Invalid ballots 1,023 1.24 Total 82,183 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 138,251 59.44 Source: Resultados Beja
Braga Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsBraga Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 207,695 41.73 9 9 Social Democratic 153,448 30.83 7 6 People's 48,158 9.68 1 2 Left Bloc 38,898 7.82 0 1 Unitary Democratic Coalition 23,037 4.63 1 1 New Democracy 3,825 0.77 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 3,793 0.76 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 1,527 0.31 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 1,524 0.31 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 1,206 0.24 — — 0 — National Renovator 830 0.17 0 0 Merit and Society Movement 817 0.16 — — 0 — Portugal Pro-Life 808 0.16 — — 0 — Workers Party of Socialist Unity 382 0.08 0 0 Total valid 485,948 97.64 18 19 Blank ballots 6,875 1.38 Invalid ballots 4,879 0.98 Total 497,702 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 762,944 65.23 Source: Resultados Braga
Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsBragança Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Social Democratic 34,122 40.63 2 2 Socialist 27,695 32.98 2 1 People's 10,541 12.55 0 0 Left Bloc 5,211 6.20 0 0 Unitary Democratic Coalition 2,023 2.41 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 513 0.61 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 320 0.38 — — 0 — New Democracy 303 0.36 0 0 Merit and Society Movement 195 0.23 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 186 0.22 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 160 0.19 — — 0 — National Renovator 131 0.16 0 0 Portugal Pro-Life 104 0.12 — — 0 — Total valid 81,504 97.05 4 3 Blank ballots 1,055 1.26 Invalid ballots 1,425 1.70 Total 83,984 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 156,335 53.72 Source: Resultados Bragança
Castelo Branco Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsCastelo Branco Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 48,169 41.00 4 2 Social Democratic 34,919 29.72 1 2 Left Bloc 10,668 9.08 0 0 People's 9,839 8.37 0 0 Unitary Democratic Coalition 5,932 5.05 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,145 0.97 0 0 Merit and Society Movement 502 0.43 — — 0 — Labour 400 0.34 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 395 0.34 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 353 0.30 — — 0 — Hope for Portugal Movement 347 0.30 — — 0 — National Renovator 259 0.22 0 0 Portugal Pro-Life 249 0.21 — — 0 — Total valid 113,177 96.33 5 4 Blank ballots 2,015 1.72 Invalid ballots 2,293 1.95 Total 117,485 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 193,761 60.63 Source: Resultados Castelo Branco
Coimbra Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsCoimbra Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 89,805 37.90 6 4 Social Democratic 72,418 30.57 4 4 Left Bloc 25,508 10.77 0 1 People's 20,711 8.74 0 1 Unitary Democratic Coalition 13,640 5.76 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 2,496 1.05 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 1,071 0.45 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 711 0.30 — — 0 — Labour 538 0.23 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 455 0.19 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 447 0.19 — — 0 — National Renovator 445 0.19 0 0 Workers Party of Socialist Unity 234 0.10 0 0 Total valid 228,569 96.47 10 10 Blank ballots 5,346 2.26 Invalid ballots 3,099 1.31 Total 236,924 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 393,881 60.15 Source: Resultados Coimbra
Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsÉvora Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 32,016 35.01 2 1 Unitary Democratic Coalition 20,413 22.32 1 1 Social Democratic 17,361 18.99 0 1 Left Bloc 10,167 11.12 0 0 People's 5,858 6.41 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,908 2.09 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 369 0.40 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 294 0.32 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 182 0.20 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 154 0.17 — — 0 — National Renovator 151 0.17 0 0 New Democracy 149 0.16 0 0 Total valid 89,022 97.36 3 3 Blank ballots 1,398 1.53 Invalid ballots 1,020 1.12 Total 91,440 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 147,649 61.93 Source: Resultados Évora
Faro Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsFaro Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 64,271 31.86 6 3 Social Democratic 52,770 26.16 2 3 Left Bloc 31,017 15.38 0 1 People's 21,596 10.71 0 1 Unitary Democratic Coalition 15,638 7.75 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 2,807 1.39 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 945 0.47 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 911 0.45 — — 0 — National Renovator 877 0.43 0 0 New Democracy 876 0.43 0 0 Portugal Pro-Life 868 0.43 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 763 0.38 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 585 0.29 — — 0 — Workers Party of Socialist Unity 383 0.19 — — 0 — Total valid 194,307 96.33 8 8 Blank ballots 4,649 2.30 Invalid ballots 2,754 1.37 Total 201,710 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 351,874 57.32 Source: Resultados Faro
Guarda Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsGuarda Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 36,825 35.97 2 2 Social Democratic 36,419 35.57 2 2 People's 11,433 11.17 0 0 Left Bloc 7,730 7.55 0 0 Unitary Democratic Coalition 3,358 3.28 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,095 1.07 0 0 New Democracy 517 0.50 0 0 People's Monarchist 331 0.32 — — 0 — Labour 329 0.32 — — 0 — Portugal Pro-Life 297 0.29 — — 0 — Hope for Portugal Movement 293 0.29 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 292 0.29 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 198 0.19 — — 0 — Total valid 99,117 96.81 4 4 Blank ballots 1,472 1.44 Invalid ballots 1,791 1.75 Total 102,380 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 175,522 58.33 Source: Resultados Guarda
Leiria Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsLeiria Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Social Democratic 86,595 34.97 5 4 Socialist 74,712 30.18 4 4 People's 31,260 12.63 1 1 Left Bloc 23,519 9.50 0 1 Unitary Democratic Coalition 12,645 5.11 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,947 0.79 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 1,197 0.48 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 907 0.37 — — 0 — New Democracy 753 0.30 0 0 People's Monarchist 703 0.28 — — 0 — Portugal Pro-Life 632 0.26 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 624 0.25 — — 0 — Labour 495 0.20 — — 0 — National Renovator 443 0.18 0 0 Workers Party of Socialist Unity 409 0.17 0 0 Total valid 236,841 95.66 10 10 Blank ballots 6,969 2.81 Invalid ballots 3,783 1.53 Total 247,593 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 421,010 58.81 Source: Resultados Leiria
Lisbon Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsLisbon Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 417,542 36.35 23 19 Social Democratic 288,554 25.12 12 13 People's 126,088 10.98 4 5 Left Bloc 124,244 10.81 4 5 Unitary Democratic Coalition 114,119 9.93 5 5 Portuguese Workers' Communist 10,001 0.87 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 8,974 0.78 — — 0 — National Renovator 4,542 0.40 0 0 Merit and Society Movement 4,468 0.39 — — 0 — New Democracy 4,013 0.35 0 0 People's Monarchist 3,218 0.28 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 2,982 0.26 — — 0 — Labour 1,726 0.15 — — 0 — Workers Party of Socialist Unity 849 0.07 0 0 Total valid 1,111,320 96.74 48 47 Blank ballots 21,858 1.90 Invalid ballots 15,651 1.36 Total 1,148,829 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,856,903 61.87 Source: Resultados Lisboa
Madeira Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsMadeira Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Social Democratic 66,194 48.16 3 4 Socialist 26,822 19.51 3 1 People's 15,244 11.09 0 1 Left Bloc 8,446 6.14 0 0 Unitary Democratic Coalition 5,701 4.15 0 0 New Democracy 4,735 3.44 0 0 Earth 2,863 2.08 — — 0 — Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,458 1.06 0 0 People's Monarchist 722 0.53 — — 0 — Hope for Portugal Movement 573 0.42 — — 0 — National Renovator 485 0.35 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 335 0.24 — — 0 — Total valid 133,578 97.19 6 6 Blank ballots 1,554 1.13 Invalid ballots 2,314 1.68 Total 137,446 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 252,099 54.52 Source: Resultados Madeira
Portalegre Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsPortalegre Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 25,314 38.28 2 1 Social Democratic 15,763 23.84 0 1 Unitary Democratic Coalition 8,510 12.87 0 0 Left Bloc 7,109 10.75 0 0 People's 5,286 7.99 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,316 1.99 0 0 People's Monarchist 178 0.27 — — 0 — Hope for Portugal Movement 151 0.23 — — 0 — National Renovator 151 0.23 0 0 Merit and Society Movement 151 0.23 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 146 0.22 — — 0 — Portugal Pro-Life 134 0.20 — — 0 — Workers Party of Socialist Unity 74 0.11 — — 0 — Total valid 64,283 97.22 2 2 Blank ballots 1,078 1.63 Invalid ballots 761 1.15 Total 66,122 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 108,632 60.87 Source: Resultados Portalegre
Porto Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsPorto Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 422,053 41.81 20 18 Social Democratic 294,186 29.14 12 12 People's 93,831 9.29 2 4 Left Bloc 92,929 9.21 2 3 Unitary Democratic Coalition 57,584 5.70 2 2 Portuguese Workers' Communist 7,028 0.70 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 3,611 0.36 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 2,231 0.22 — — 0 — Portugal Pro-Life 2,168 0.21 — — 0 — New Democracy 1,808 0.18 0 0 Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 1,762 0.17 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 1,601 0.16 — — 0 — National Renovator 1,362 0.13 — — 0 — Workers Party of Socialist Unity 1,358 0.13 0 0 Total valid 983,512 97.43 38 39 Blank ballots 15,230 1.51 Invalid ballots 10,746 1.06 Total 1,009,488 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,550,752 65.10 Source: Resultados Porto
Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsSantarém Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 83,123 33.70 6 4 Social Democratic 66,516 26.97 3 3 Left Bloc 29,379 11.91 0 1 People's 27,660 11.22 0 1 Unitary Democratic Coalition 22,848 9.26 1 1 Portuguese Workers' Communist 3,399 1.38 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 960 0.39 — — 0 — Labour 713 0.29 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 642 0.26 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 639 0.26 — — 0 — National Renovator 590 0.24 0 0 Portugal Pro-Life 543 0.22 — — 0 — New Democracy 496 0.20 0 0 Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 480 0.17 — — 0 — Workers Party of Socialist Unity 206 0.08 0 0 Total valid 238,194 96.58 10 10 Blank ballots 4,872 1.98 Invalid ballots 3,557 1.44 Total 246,623 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 404,095 61.03 Source: Resultados Santarém
Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsSetúbal Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 142,626 34.00 8 7 Unitary Democratic Coalition 84,203 20.07 3 4 Social Democratic 68,740 16.39 3 3 Left Bloc 58,827 14.02 2 3 People's 38,378 9.15 1 1 Portuguese Workers' Communist 5,579 1.33 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 1,707 0.41 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 1,234 0.29 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 1,161 0.28 — — 0 — New Democracy 1,084 0.26 0 0 Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 943 0.22 — — 0 — Portugal Pro-Life 732 0.17 — — 0 — Labour 588 0.14 — — 0 — Workers Party of Socialist Unity 305 0.07 0 0 Total valid 406,107 96.81 17 17 Blank ballots 7,308 1.74 Invalid ballots 6,073 1.45 Total 419,488 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 699,006 60.01 Source: Resultados Setúbal
Viana do Castelo Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsViana do Castelo Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Socialist 51,305 36.26 3 3 Social Democratic 44,327 31.33 2 2 People's 19,246 13.60 1 1 Left Bloc 12,098 8.55 0 0 Unitary Democratic Coalition 5,939 4.19 0 0 New Democracy 1,400 0.99 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,192 0.84 0 0 People's Monarchist 513 0.36 — — 0 — Hope for Portugal Movement 399 0.28 — — 0 — Portugal Pro-Life 372 0.26 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 257 0.18 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 247 0.17 — — 0 — National Renovator 192 0.14 0 0 Total valid 137,482 97.17 6 6 Blank ballots 2,260 1.60 Invalid ballots 1,740 1.23 Total 141,482 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 255,700 55.33 Source: Resultados Viana do Castelo
Vila Real Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsVila Real Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Social Democratic 52,006 41.10 2 3 Socialist 45,606 36.05 3 2 People's 12,761 10.09 0 0 Left Bloc 6,958 5.50 0 0 Unitary Democratic Coalition 3,621 2.86 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 774 0.61 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 371 0.29 — — 0 — People's Monarchist 333 0.26 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 277 0.22 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 261 0.21 — — 0 — Portugal Pro-Life 204 0.16 — — 0 — Total valid 123,172 97.35 5 5 Blank ballots 1,589 1.26 Invalid ballots 1,759 1.39 Total 126,520 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 236,322 53.54 Source: Resultados Vila Real
Viseu Summary of the 27 September 2009 Assembly of the Republic elections resultsViseu Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs 2009 2011 ± Social Democratic 80,676 37.47 4 4 Socialist 74,745 34.71 4 4 People's 28,867 13.41 1 1 Left Bloc 13,971 6.49 0 0 Unitary Democratic Coalition 6,148 2.86 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,307 0.61 0 0 New Democracy 509 0.24 0 0 Hope for Portugal Movement 508 0.24 — — 0 — Merit and Society Movement 375 0.17 — — 0 — National Renovator 368 0.17 0 0 Portugal Pro-Life 351 0.16 — — 0 — Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT /PH ) 301 0.14 — — 0 — Total valid 208,126 96.66 9 9 Blank ballots 3,424 1.59 Invalid ballots 3,770 1.75 Total 215,320 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 381,883 56.38 Source: Resultados Viseu
Europe
Outside Europe
Notes ^ In 2005, 2 MPT and 2 PPM members were elected in the PSD lists. ^ Portuguese Communist Party (13 MPs) and "The Greens" (2 MPs). ^ Earth Party / Humanist Party joint electoral list only in continental Portugal. ^ Earth Party electoral list only in Madeira and Azores.
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