2009 European Parliament election in Portugal
Results

2009 European Parliament election in Portugal

Section Title: Results
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National party	European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–

Social Democratic Party (PSD)	EPP	Paulo Rangel	1,131,744	31.71	8	* 1

Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Vital Moreira	946,818	26.53	17.99	7	5

Left Bloc (BE)	EACL / PEL	Miguel Portas	382,667	10.72	5.81	3	2

Democratic Unitarian Coalition (CDU) Communist Party (PCP) Ecologist Party (PEV)	GUE/NGL	Ilda Figueiredo	379,787	10.64	1.55	2 2 0	0 0

People's Party (CDS–PP)	EPP	Nuno Melo	298,423	8.36	2	* 0

Hope for Portugal Movement (MEP)	None	Laurinda Alves	55,072	1.54	new	0	0

Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)	None	Orlando Alves	42,940	1.20	0.13	0	0

Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)	95,744	2.69	—	0	0

Valid votes	3,333,195	93.39

Blank and invalid votes	235,748	6.61

Totals	3,568,943	100.00	—	22	2

Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout	9,704,559	36.78	1.82

Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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Turnout in the 2009 European Parliament election in Portugal was 36.78%.

final_sentence: Turnout in the 2009 European Parliament election in Portugal was 36.78%.