Outside Europe (Assembly of the Republic constituency)
Constituency of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal
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Outside Europe (Portuguese: Fora da Europa) is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. It consists of Portuguese citizens residing abroad, registered in Portuguese diplomatic posts outside European countries. The constituency was established in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy. The constituency is fixed at electing two of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2025 legislative election it had 636,660 registered voters.
| Outside Europe | |
|---|---|
| Fora da Europa | |
| Constituency for the Assembly of the Republic | |
Portuguese constituency of Outside Europe | |
| Electorate | 636,660 (2025)[1] |
| Current Constituency | |
| Created | 1976 |
| Seats | 2 |
| Deputies[2] | List |
Definition
For elections to the Assembly of the Republic, Portuguese law establishes two constituencies of Portuguese citizens residing abroad: the constituency of Europe, comprising voters registered in Portuguese diplomatic posts in European countries; and the constituency of Outside Europe, comprising voters registered in other posts.[3][4] For this purpose, European countries include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Russia and Turkey,[5] but not Kazakhstan.[6]
Each diplomatic post registers voters residing in its area of jurisdiction, which may include multiple countries and territories in different continents.[4] As a result, as of 2025, the constituency of Europe also includes citizens residing in Lebanon, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and in dependent territories of European countries, except British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean and Oceania.[1][7] Afghanistan was in the jurisdiction of the embassy in Turkey, in the constituency of Europe, for the 2022 election,[8] but changed to the embassy in Pakistan, in the constituency of Outside Europe, for the 2024 election.[9]
Election results
The constituency of Outside Europe elects two of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system.[10][11] Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[12][13]
Summary
| Election | Unitary Democrats CDU / APU / PCP | Left Bloc BE / UDP | Socialists PS | People Animals Nature PAN | Democratic Renewal PRD | Social Democrats PSD / PàF / AD / PPD | Liberals IL | CDS – People's CDS–PP / CDS | Chega CH / PPV/CDC / PPV | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 2025 | 585 | 0.90% | 0 | 1,760 | 2.71% | 0 | 13,144 | 20.25% | 0 | 2,019 | 3.11% | 0 | 19,076 | 29.39% | 1 | 2,066 | 3.18% | 0 | 20,234 | 31.17% | 1 | ||||||
| 2024 | 742 | 1.13% | 0 | 1,844 | 2.80% | 0 | 14,343 | 21.77% | 0 | 2,328 | 3.53% | 0 | 22,470 | 34.10% | 1 | 1,901 | 2.88% | 0 | 17,862 | 27.11% | 1 | ||||||
| 2022 | 903 | 1.46% | 0 | 1,699 | 2.74% | 0 | 19,084 | 30.75% | 1 | 2,912 | 4.69% | 0 | 23,942 | 38.58% | 1 | 2,254 | 3.63% | 0 | 1,379 | 2.22% | 0 | 6,123 | 9.87% | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 515 | 1.26% | 0 | 1,398 | 3.43% | 0 | 10,060 | 24.65% | 1 | 2,347 | 5.75% | 0 | 16,535 | 40.51% | 1 | 1,248 | 3.06% | 0 | 2,127 | 5.21% | 0 | 459 | 1.12% | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 218 | 1.66% | 0 | 229 | 1.75% | 0 | 1,601 | 12.23% | 0 | 262 | 2.00% | 0 | 7,156 | 54.65% | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | 127 | 1.02% | 0 | 165 | 1.32% | 0 | 2,714 | 21.74% | 0 | 8,323 | 66.66% | 2 | 615 | 4.93% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 90 | 1.19% | 0 | 177 | 2.35% | 0 | 1,916 | 25.41% | 0 | 4,736 | 62.80% | 2 | 274 | 3.63% | 0 | 37 | 0.49% | 0 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 137 | 1.12% | 0 | 92 | 0.76% | 0 | 3,552 | 29.16% | 0 | 7,783 | 63.89% | 2 | 470 | 3.86% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | 149 | 1.00% | 0 | 60 | 0.40% | 0 | 3,417 | 22.97% | 0 | 10,523 | 70.74% | 2 | 533 | 3.58% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 287 | 1.74% | 0 | 63 | 0.38% | 0 | 6,818 | 41.38% | 1 | 8,470 | 51.40% | 1 | 593 | 3.60% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 246 | 1.36% | 0 | 54 | 0.30% | 0 | 2,608 | 14.46% | 0 | 14,085 | 78.09% | 2 | 771 | 4.27% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 308 | 0.98% | 0 | 1,557 | 4.98% | 0 | 143 | 0.46% | 0 | 24,467 | 78.20% | 2 | 4,613 | 14.74% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | 418 | 1.40% | 0 | 54 | 0.18% | 0 | 2,221 | 7.44% | 0 | 513 | 1.72% | 0 | 19,343 | 64.79% | 2 | 6,089 | 20.39% | 0 | |||||||||
| 1985 | 866 | 2.62% | 0 | 130 | 0.39% | 0 | 2,654 | 8.04% | 0 | 1,131 | 3.43% | 0 | 13,768 | 41.71% | 1 | 12,889 | 39.05% | 1 | |||||||||
| 1983 | 1,378 | 2.93% | 0 | 3,384 | 7.20% | 0 | 23,365 | 49.68% | 1 | 16,511 | 35.11% | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 1,694 | 2.73% | 0 | 263 | 0.42% | 0 | 2,596 | 4.18% | 0 | 54,898 | 88.35% | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1979 | 1,424 | 3.19% | 0 | 337 | 0.75% | 0 | 2,639 | 5.91% | 0 | 35,689 | 79.92% | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1976 | 562 | 1.42% | 0 | 130 | 0.33% | 0 | 2,517 | 6.38% | 0 | 21,317 | 54.01% | 1 | 13,483 | 34.16% | 1 | ||||||||||||
(Figures in italics represent alliances.)
Detailed
2025
Results of the 2025 legislative election held on 18 May 2025:[14]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chega | CH | 20,234 | 31.17% | 1 | |
| Democratic Alliance | AD | 19,076 | 29.39% | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 13,144 | 20.25% | 0 | |
| Liberal Initiative | IL | 2,066 | 3.18% | 0 | |
| People Animals Nature | PAN | 2,019 | 3.11% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 1,760 | 2.71% | 0 | |
| New Right | ND | 1,485 | 2.29% | 0 | |
| National Democratic Alternative | ADN | 1,483 | 2.28% | 0 | |
| LIVRE | L | 997 | 1.54% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 585 | 0.90% | 0 | |
| Liberal Social Party | PLS | 545 | 0.84% | 0 | |
| Volt Portugal | Volt | 313 | 0.48% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 299 | 0.46% | 0 | |
| Together for the People | JPP | 237 | 0.37% | 0 | |
| We, the Citizens! | NC | 198 | 0.31% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 170 | 0.26% | 0 | |
| React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 164 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Ergue-te | E | 131 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 64,906 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 368 | 0.37% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 32,960 | 33.55% | |||
| Total polled | 98,234 | 15.43% | |||
| Registered electors | 636,660 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: Manuel Magno (CH) and José Cesário (AD).[14]
2024
Results of the 2024 legislative election held on 10 March 2024:[15]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Alliance | AD | 22,470 | 34.10% | 1 | |
| Chega | CH | 17,862 | 27.11% | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 14,343 | 21.77% | 0 | |
| People Animals Nature | PAN | 2,328 | 3.53% | 0 | |
| Liberal Initiative | IL | 1,901 | 2.88% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 1,844 | 2.80% | 0 | |
| New Right | ND | 1,454 | 2.21% | 0 | |
| National Democratic Alternative | ADN | 1,115 | 1.69% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 742 | 1.13% | 0 | |
| LIVRE | L | 697 | 1.06% | 0 | |
| Volt Portugal | Volt | 272 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| We, the Citizens! | NC | 259 | 0.39% | 0 | |
| Together for the People | JPP | 201 | 0.31% | 0 | |
| React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 186 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Ergue-te | E | 122 | 0.19% | 0 | |
| Alternative 21 (Earth Party and Alliance) | PT-A | 97 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 65,893 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 487 | 0.50% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 31,980 | 32.51% | |||
| Total polled | 98,360 | 16.14% | |||
| Registered electors | 609,436 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (AD) and Manuel Magno (CH).[15]
2022
Results of the 2022 legislative election held on 30 January 2022:[16]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 23,942 | 38.58% | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 19,084 | 30.75% | 1 | |
| Chega | CH | 6,123 | 9.87% | 0 | |
| People Animals Nature | PAN | 2,912 | 4.69% | 0 | |
| Liberal Initiative | IL | 2,254 | 3.63% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 1,699 | 2.74% | 0 | |
| CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 1,379 | 2.22% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 903 | 1.46% | 0 | |
| National Democratic Alternative | ADN | 648 | 1.04% | 0 | |
| LIVRE | L | 637 | 1.03% | 0 | |
| We, the Citizens! | NC | 591 | 0.95% | 0 | |
| Earth Party | PT | 531 | 0.86% | 0 | |
| Alliance | A | 479 | 0.77% | 0 | |
| Volt Portugal | Volt | 319 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 287 | 0.46% | 0 | |
| Ergue-te | E | 199 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Socialist Alternative Movement | MAS | 72 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 62,059 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 568 | 0.88% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,907 | 2.96% | |||
| Total polled | 64,534 | 10.86% | |||
| Registered electors | 594,324 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: António Maló de Abreu (PSD) and Augusto Santos Silva (PS).[16]
2019
Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 6 October 2019:[17]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 16,535 | 40.51% | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 10,060 | 24.65% | 1 | |
| People Animals Nature | PAN | 2,347 | 5.75% | 0 | |
| CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 2,127 | 5.21% | 0 | |
| Democratic Republican Party | PDR | 1,732 | 4.24% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 1,398 | 3.43% | 0 | |
| Liberal Initiative | IL | 1,248 | 3.06% | 0 | |
| National Renewal Party | PNR | 1,038 | 2.54% | 0 | |
| Alliance | A | 605 | 1.48% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 515 | 1.26% | 0 | |
| We, the Citizens! | NC | 460 | 1.13% | 0 | |
| Chega | CH | 459 | 1.12% | 0 | |
| United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | PURP | 396 | 0.97% | 0 | |
| LIVRE | L | 342 | 0.84% | 0 | |
| Earth Party | PT | 318 | 0.78% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 300 | 0.74% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Labour Party | PTP | 300 | 0.74% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 271 | 0.66% | 0 | |
| Together for the People | JPP | 195 | 0.48% | 0 | |
| React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 169 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 40,815 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 429 | 0.86% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 8,664 | 17.36% | |||
| Total polled | 49,908 | 8.77% | |||
| Registered electors | 569,128 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PSD) and Augusto Santos Silva (PS).[17]
2015
Results of the 2015 legislative election held on 4 October 2015:[18]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal Ahead | PàF | 7,156 | 54.65% | 2 | |
| We, the Citizens! | NC | 2,632 | 20.10% | 0 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 1,601 | 12.23% | 0 | |
| Democratic Republican Party | PDR | 469 | 3.58% | 0 | |
| People Animals Nature | PAN | 262 | 2.00% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 229 | 1.75% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 218 | 1.66% | 0 | |
| United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | PURP | 121 | 0.92% | 0 | |
| The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 98 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| National Renewal Party | PNR | 85 | 0.65% | 0 | |
| LIVRE | L | 83 | 0.63% | 0 | |
| Together for the People | JPP | 53 | 0.40% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 52 | 0.40% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 19 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| ACT! (Portuguese Labour Party and Socialist Alternative Movement) | AGIR | 17 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 13,095 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 80 | 0.54% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,584 | 10.73% | |||
| Total polled | 14,759 | 8.97% | |||
| Registered electors | 164,507 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PàF) and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves (PàF).[18]
2011
Results of the 2011 legislative election held on 5 June 2011:[19]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 8,323 | 66.66% | 2 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 2,714 | 21.74% | 0 | |
| CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 615 | 4.93% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 165 | 1.32% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 127 | 1.02% | 0 | |
| Hope for Portugal Movement | MEP | 125 | 1.00% | 0 | |
| New Democracy Party | ND | 123 | 0.99% | 0 | |
| The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 87 | 0.70% | 0 | |
| National Renewal Party | PNR | 64 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 52 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 47 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| Humanist Party | PH | 43 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 12,485 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 99 | 0.65% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 2,536 | 16.77% | |||
| Total polled | 15,120 | 12.59% | |||
| Registered electors | 120,058 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PSD) and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves (PSD).[19]
2009
Results of the 2009 legislative election held on 27 September 2009:[20]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 4,736 | 62.80% | 2 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 1,916 | 25.41% | 0 | |
| CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 274 | 3.63% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 177 | 2.35% | 0 | |
| The Earth Party Movement and Humanist Party | MPT-PH | 90 | 1.19% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 90 | 1.19% | 0 | |
| Hope for Portugal Movement | MEP | 69 | 0.91% | 0 | |
| New Democracy Party | ND | 60 | 0.80% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 43 | 0.57% | 0 | |
| Pro-Life Party | PPV | 37 | 0.49% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 23 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| National Renewal Party | PNR | 14 | 0.19% | 0 | |
| Merit and Society Movement | MMS | 12 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 7,541 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 54 | 0.62% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,099 | 12.64% | |||
| Total polled | 8,694 | 9.20% | |||
| Registered electors | 94,471 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PSD) and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves (PSD).[20]
2005
Results of the 2005 legislative election held on 20 February 2005:[21]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 7,783 | 63.89% | 2 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 3,552 | 29.16% | 0 | |
| CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 470 | 3.86% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 137 | 1.12% | 0 | |
| New Democracy Party | ND | 97 | 0.80% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 92 | 0.76% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 28 | 0.23% | 0 | |
| National Renewal Party | PNR | 23 | 0.19% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 12,182 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 35 | 0.26% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,232 | 9.16% | |||
| Total polled | 13,449 | 18.56% | |||
| Registered electors | 72,475 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PSD) and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves (PSD).[21]
2002
Results of the 2002 legislative election held on 17 March 2002:[22]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 10,523 | 70.74% | 2 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 3,417 | 22.97% | 0 | |
| CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 533 | 3.58% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 149 | 1.00% | 0 | |
| The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 88 | 0.59% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 60 | 0.40% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 47 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 38 | 0.26% | 0 | |
| National Renewal Party | PNR | 20 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 14,875 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 71 | 0.45% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 936 | 5.89% | |||
| Total polled | 15,882 | 20.61% | |||
| Registered electors | 77,074 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (PSD) and Eduardo Moreira (PSD).[22]
1999
Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 10 October 1999:[23]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 8,470 | 51.40% | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 6,818 | 41.38% | 1 | |
| CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 593 | 3.60% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 287 | 1.74% | 0 | |
| National Solidarity Party | PSN | 83 | 0.50% | 0 | |
| The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 69 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Left Bloc | BE | 63 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 49 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 45 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 16,477 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 104 | 0.61% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 543 | 3.17% | |||
| Total polled | 17,124 | 19.79% | |||
| Registered electors | 86,527 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (PSD) and Caio Roque (PS).[23]
1995
Results of the 1995 legislative election held on 1 October 1995:[24]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 14,085 | 78.09% | 2 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 2,608 | 14.46% | 0 | |
| CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 771 | 4.27% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 246 | 1.36% | 0 | |
| The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 92 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 78 | 0.43% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of the Atlantic | PDA | 64 | 0.35% | 0 | |
| Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 54 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 40 | 0.22% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 18,038 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 170 | 0.84% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 2,119 | 10.42% | |||
| Total polled | 20,327 | 20.41% | |||
| Registered electors | 99,570 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (PSD) and Carlos Pinto (PSD).[24]
1991
Results of the 1991 legislative election held on 6 October 1991:[25]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 24,467 | 78.20% | 2 | |
| Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 4,613 | 14.74% | 0 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 1,557 | 4.98% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 308 | 0.98% | 0 | |
| Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 143 | 0.46% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 105 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of the Atlantic | PDA | 43 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 28 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 23 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 31,287 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 180 | 0.57% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 177 | 0.56% | |||
| Total polled | 31,644 | 30.69% | |||
| Registered electors | 103,103 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: Paulo Pereira Coelho (PSD) and Carlos Miguel Oliveira (PSD).[25]
1987
Results of the 1987 legislative election held on 19 July 1987:[26]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 19,343 | 64.79% | 2 | |
| Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 6,089 | 20.39% | 0 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 2,221 | 7.44% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 706 | 2.36% | 0 | |
| Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 513 | 1.72% | 0 | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 418 | 1.40% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Democratic Movement | MDP | 247 | 0.83% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 90 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 82 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 73 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 54 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| Communist Party (Reconstructed) | PC(R) | 20 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 29,856 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 549 | 1.79% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 183 | 0.60% | |||
| Total polled | 30,588 | 26.69% | |||
| Registered electors | 114,603 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: Luís Amaral (PSD) and Luís Geraldes (PSD).[26]
1985
Results of the 1985 legislative election held on 6 October 1985:[27]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 13,768 | 41.71% | 1 | |
| Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 12,889 | 39.05% | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 2,654 | 8.04% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 1,396 | 4.23% | 0 | |
| Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 1,131 | 3.43% | 0 | |
| United People Alliance | APU | 866 | 2.62% | 0 | |
| Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 130 | 0.39% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 84 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 41 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 35 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Communist Party (Reconstructed) | PC(R) | 33 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 33,009 | 100.05% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 773 | 2.28% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 191 | 0.56% | |||
| Total polled | 33,973 | 29.49% | |||
| Registered electors | 115,212 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: José Gama (CDS) and Luís Geraldes (PSD).[27]
1983
Results of the 1983 legislative election held on 25 April 1983:[28]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | 23,365 | 49.68% | 1 | |
| Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 16,511 | 35.11% | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 3,384 | 7.20% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 1,766 | 3.75% | 0 | |
| United People Alliance | APU | 1,378 | 2.93% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of the Atlantic | PDA | 352 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 97 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers League | LST | 66 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 52 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Communist Party (Revolutionary) | PC(R) | 38 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Popular Democratic Union and Revolutionary Socialist Party | UDP-PSR | 23 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 47,032 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 878 | 1.81% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 529 | 1.09% | |||
| Total polled | 48,439 | 43.74% | |||
| Registered electors | 110,749 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (PSD) and José Gama (CDS).[28]
1980
Results of the 1980 legislative election held on 5 October 1980:[29]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Alliance | AD | 54,898 | 88.35% | 2 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 2,596 | 4.18% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party, Independent Movement for the National Reconstruction / Party of the Portuguese Right and National Front | PDC- MIRN/ PDP- FN | 2,127 | 3.42% | 0 | |
| United People Alliance | APU | 1,694 | 2.73% | 0 | |
| Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 263 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Labour Party | PT | 175 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of the Atlantic | PDA | 170 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 122 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 51 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 40 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 62,136 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 904 | 1.41% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 1,143 | 1.78% | |||
| Total polled | 64,183 | 61.04% | |||
| Registered electors | 105,151 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (AD) and José Gama (AD).[29]
1979
Results of the 1979 legislative election held on 2 December 1979:[30]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Alliance | AD | 35,689 | 79.92% | 2 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 4,142 | 9.28% | 0 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 2,639 | 5.91% | 0 | |
| United People Alliance | APU | 1,424 | 3.19% | 0 | |
| Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 337 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 223 | 0.50% | 0 | |
| Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy | UEDS | 172 | 0.39% | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 28 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 44,654 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Blank votes | 643 | 1.39% | |||
| Rejected votes – other | 879 | 1.90% | |||
| Total polled | 46,176 | 63.18% | |||
| Registered electors | 73,089 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: José Gama (AD) and António Maria Pereira (AD).[30]
1976
Results of the 1976 legislative election held on 25 April 1976:[31]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic People's Party | PPD | 21,317 | 54.01% | 1 | |
| Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 13,483 | 34.16% | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | PS | 2,517 | 6.38% | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 1,277 | 3.24% | 0 | |
| Portuguese Communist Party | PCP | 562 | 1.42% | 0 | |
| Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 130 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 123 | 0.31% | 0 | |
| Movement of Socialist Left | MES | 36 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Worker–Peasant Alliance | AOC | 21 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Internationalist Communist League | LCI | 3 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 39,469 | 100.00% | 2 | ||
| Rejected votes | 578 | 1.44% | |||
| Total polled | 40,047 | 82.80% | |||
| Registered electors | 48,368 | ||||
The following candidates were elected: António Simões (CDS) and José Theodoro da Silva (PPD).[31]
Voter statistics
The table below lists the number of voters registered in Portuguese diplomatic posts located in each country or region, for each legislative election. Some posts have jurisdiction over multiple countries and territories in different continents, so some numbers in the table include some voters residing in locations other than the named country or region.
The number of voters increased dramatically in 2018 due to the adoption of automatic voter registration.[32]
| Country or region | 2025[1] | 2024[9] | 2022[8] | 2019[33] | 2015[34] | 2011[35] | 2009[36] | 2005[37] | 2002[38] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 467,361 | 438,672 | 423,557 | 394,288 | 142,844 | 103,412 | 78,289 | 51,392 | 53,840 |
| Asia and Oceania | 117,279 | 107,180 | 103,007 | 110,021 | 12,023 | 7,883 | 7,606 | 13,009 | 13,127 |
| Africa | 52,020 | 63,584 | 69,007 | 66,855 | 9,640 | 8,761 | 8,575 | 8,174 | 10,107 |
| Brazil | 277,980 | 256,413 | 240,140 | 220,610 | 101,916 | 73,370 | 53,347 | 26,258 | 27,530 |
| United States | 70,075 | 65,242 | 62,313 | 56,653 | 9,454 | 9,353 | 9,608 | 9,616 | 8,904 |
| Canada | 57,971 | 54,161 | 55,865 | 55,282 | 12,197 | 9,241 | 7,242 | 7,795 | 8,666 |
| Macau | 47,760 | 48,646 | 63,313 | 65,293 | 8,223 | 4,209 | 4,047 | 11,521 | 11,622 |
| Venezuela | 45,456 | 48,229 | 52,867 | 52,405 | 17,233 | 9,657 | 6,398 | 6,063 | 6,998 |
| Israel | 42,002 | 31,802 | 7,002 | 1,084 | 38 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 7 |
| South Africa | 25,239 | 30,630 | 33,584 | 32,655 | 6,470 | 5,302 | 5,410 | 4,437 | 5,537 |
| India | 14,436 | 13,941 | 19,211 | 30,196 | 1,458 | 1,651 | 1,662 | 176 | 203 |
| Angola | 11,917 | 16,337 | 18,007 | 19,351 | 362 | 648 | 785 | 1,036 | 1,274 |
| Mozambique | 7,669 | 8,657 | 9,803 | 9,215 | 1,467 | 1,412 | 1,336 | 1,440 | 1,825 |
| Argentina | 7,623 | 6,849 | 6,098 | 5,396 | 1,162 | 1,111 | 1,041 | 966 | 1,027 |
| Australia | 6,571 | 6,355 | 7,567 | 7,970 | 1,737 | 1,400 | 1,442 | 1,109 | 1,081 |
| Cape Verde | 3,623 | 4,452 | 4,691 | 3,243 | 519 | 541 | 425 | 281 | 334 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,675 | 2,810 | 2,664 | 2,474 | 79 | ||||
| Chile | 2,014 | 1,930 | 1,314 | 642 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 16 |
| Colombia | 1,646 | 1,217 | 829 | 501 | 223 | 51 | 54 | 80 | 93 |
| Panama | 1,586 | 1,534 | 1,497 | 785 | |||||
| Mexico | 1,443 | 1,502 | 1,053 | 602 | 50 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 18 |
| Timor-Leste | 1,097 | 994 | 933 | 916 | 245 | 407 | 287 | ||
| Uruguay | 968 | 1,022 | 1,195 | 1,163 | 535 | 563 | 558 | 506 | 484 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 591 | 626 | 706 | 630 | 171 | 140 | 113 | 85 | 87 |
| Peru | 587 | 557 | 361 | 224 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| Qatar | 551 | 571 | 496 | 524 | 17 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 541 | 474 | 326 | 267 | 15 | 20 | 27 | 33 | 12 |
| Namibia | 536 | 547 | 471 | 405 | 159 | 283 | 313 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 506 | 467 | 405 | 389 | 283 | 351 | 206 | 280 | 299 |
| Singapore | 485 | 473 | 459 | 357 | 44 | 21 | |||
| Morocco | 414 | 416 | 372 | 149 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 33 |
| China (mainland) | 316 | 336 | 387 | 405 | 71 | 67 | 55 | 15 | 10 |
| Japan | 285 | 278 | 284 | 252 | 51 | 52 | 41 | 42 | 39 |
| Thailand | 277 | 244 | 175 | 115 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Senegal | 271 | 271 | 362 | 279 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 10 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 268 | 223 | 162 | 144 | 117 | 180 | 122 | 88 | 118 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 217 | 207 | 138 | 103 | 33 | 78 | 87 | 125 | 163 |
| Tunisia | 194 | 203 | 125 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Kenya | 190 | 184 | 41 | 35 | 52 | 63 | |||
| Indonesia | 138 | 133 | 105 | 107 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Nigeria | 110 | 83 | 84 | 98 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| Ivory Coast | 91 | 102 | 7 | 9 | |||||
| South Korea | 85 | 75 | 49 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Egypt | 83 | 53 | 38 | 39 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| Ethiopia | 70 | 95 | 20 | 23 | |||||
| Pakistan | 41 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 56 | 65 |
| Algeria | 21 | 21 | 24 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Cuba | 12 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Iran | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 10 | 10 | 11 | 24 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | |||||
| Bermuda | 64 | 87 | |||||||
| Hong Kong | 46 | 58 | |||||||
| Iraq | 26 | ||||||||
| Zambia | 13 | 17 | |||||||
| Libya | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |||||
| Philippines | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 636,660 | 609,436 | 595,571 | 571,164 | 164,507 | 120,056 | 94,470 | 72,575 | 77,074 |