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Portugal 1987 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party won 10 of 24 seats with 38.4% of the vote; 72.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Social Democratic Party1038.42,111,828
Socialist Party623.11,267,672
CDS – People's Party415.8868,718
Unitary Democratic Coalitionwith Ecology Party -- Greens and Portuguese Communist Party311.8648,700
Democratic Renewal Party14.5250,158
People's Monarchist Party02.8155,990
Democratic Intervention0
Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party 2,111,828
  • Socialist Party 1,267,672
  • CDS – People's Party 868,718
  • Unitary Democratic Coalition 648,700
  • Democratic Renewal Party 250,158
  • People's Monarchist Party 155,990
  • Democratic Intervention

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

Share of the vote

Turnout

72.4% of the 7,787,603 registered voters cast a ballot (5,639,650 ballots). 5,496,935 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democratic Party38.4% of votes41.7% of seats
  • Socialist Party23.1% of votes25.0% of seats
  • CDS – People's Party15.8% of votes16.7% of seats
  • Unitary Democratic Coalition11.8% of votes12.5% of seats
  • Democratic Renewal Party4.5% of votes4.2% of seats
  • People's Monarchist Party2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.1 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Social Democratic Party led Socialist Party by 15.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.

On the same day

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