# Paulo Pisco

Paulo Alexandre de Carvalho Pisco (born 22 August 1961) is a Portuguese politician, who is a member of the Assembly of the Republic. He was a Member of the Portuguese Assembly in the 8th legislature for the Socialist Party (PS) which ran up to 2002. He returned to the Assembly of the Republic in the 11th Legislature in 2009 and continues to serve as a Member for the Europe constituency, which represents the Portuguese diaspora in that geographical region.
Within the Portuguese Assembly, Pisco sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities, being the coordinator for the Socialist Parliamentary Group, as well as, being a member of the European Affairs Committee.
He has been representing Portugal since 9 October 2017 in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, sitting with the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group. He sits on various committees, having previously been Chair and Vice-Chair for some of the committees. He currently sits on the Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People, Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration, as well as, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons.
Pisco is also Chair of the Portugal-Luxembourg Parliamentary Friendship Group and Vice-Chair of the Portugal-France Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Prior to entering politics, Pisco was a journalist and studied and obtained a degree in Philosophy from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a postgraduate qualification in European Studies from the Université libre de Bruxelles.

## Electoral history
### 2024 legislative elections

In the 2024 legislative election held on 10 March 2024, Pisco was the head of the Socialist Party list with Nathalie de Oliveira (as the 2nd candidate), for the first time in this constituency, neither of the major parties (Socialist Party or Social Democratic Party) came first, with Chega a far-right and anti-immigration party topping the ballot (seeing their vote share increase from 10% in 2022 to 30% in 2024):
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Chega | CH | 42,975 | 30.06% | 1 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 38,063 | 26.62% | 1 |
| | Democratic Alliance | AD | 33,351 | 23.33% | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 6,438 | 4.50% | 0 |
| | Liberal Initiative | IL | 5,719 | 4.00% | 0 |
| | People Animals Nature | PAN | 5,175 | 3.62% | 0 |
| | LIVRE | L | 4,091 | 2.86% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 2,363 | 1.65% | 0 |
| | National Democratic Alternative | ADN | 953 | 0.67% | 0 |
| | Volt Portugal | Volt | 761 | 0.53% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 748 | 0.52% | 0 |
| | Together for the People | JPP | 560 | 0.39% | 0 |
| | We, the Citizens! | NC | 510 | 0.36% | 0 |
| | New Right | ND | 502 | 0.35% | 0 |
| | React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 452 | 0.32% | 0 |
| | Ergue-te | E | 182 | 0.13% | 0 |
| | Alternative 21 (Earth Party and Alliance) | PT-A | 120 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 142,963 | 100.00% | 2 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,381 | 0.58% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 94,261 | 39.51% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 238,605 | 25.46% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 937,311 | | |

### 2022 legislative elections

The Socialist Party candidates for this election was Paulo Pisco (head of the list) and luso-descendant Nathalie de Oliveira (2nd candidate). The results of the 2022 legislative election held on 30 January 2022 in the constituency were annulled by the Constitutional Court due ballot papers without copies of voter IDs being mixed with those with voter IDs at around 150 polling stations. Results of the re-run held on 12 and 13 March 2022, for the first time since the 1999 legislative election did only one party gain both seats:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 36,086 | 47.54% | 2 |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 16,404 | 21.61% | 0 |
| | Chega | CH | 7,756 | 10.22% | 0 |
| | People Animals Nature | PAN | 2,956 | 3.89% | 0 |
| | Liberal Initiative | IL | 2,704 | 3.56% | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 2,647 | 3.49% | 0 |
| | LIVRE | L | 1,585 | 2.09% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 1,409 | 1.86% | 0 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 1,156 | 1.52% | 0 |
| | Earth Party | PT | 610 | 0.80% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 522 | 0.69% | 0 |
| | Volt Portugal | Volt | 464 | 0.61% | 0 |
| | React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 387 | 0.51% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Labour Party | PTP | 377 | 0.50% | 0 |
| | We, the Citizens! | NC | 296 | 0.39% | 0 |
| | National Democratic Alternative | ADN | 262 | 0.35% | 0 |
| | Socialist Alternative Movement | MAS | 123 | 0.16% | 0 |
| | Alliance | A | 84 | 0.11% | 0 |
| | Ergue-te | E | 78 | 0.10% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 75,906 | 100.00% | 2 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 711 | 0.65% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 33,565 | 30.46% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 110,182 | 11.90% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 926,205 | | |

### 2019 legislative elections

The Socialist Party candidates for this election was Paulo Pisco (head of the list) and luso-descendant Nathalie de Oliveira (2nd candidate). Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 6 October 2019:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 31,377 | 39.47% | 1 |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 20,256 | 25.48% | 1 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 6,106 | 7.68% | 0 |
| | People Animals Nature | PAN | 5,296 | 6.66% | 0 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 3,180 | 4.00% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 2,713 | 3.41% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 1,267 | 1.59% | 0 |
| | LIVRE | L | 1,167 | 1.47% | 0 |
| | Earth Party | PT | 1,012 | 1.27% | 0 |
| | Liberal Initiative | IL | 874 | 1.10% | 0 |
| | Chega | CH | 833 | 1.05% | 0 |
| | National Renewal Party | PNR | 810 | 1.02% | 0 |
| | Democratic Republican Party | PDR | 797 | 1.00% | 0 |
| | We, the Citizens! | NC | 688 | 0.87% | 0 |
| | United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | PURP | 672 | 0.85% | 0 |
| | Alliance | A | 558 | 0.70% | 0 |
| | React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 553 | 0.70% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Labour Party | PTP | 493 | 0.62% | 0 |
| | Together for the People | JPP | 409 | 0.51% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 254 | 0.32% | 0 |
| | Socialist Alternative Movement | MAS | 173 | 0.22% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 79,488 | 100.00% | 2 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,665 | 1.54% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 27,293 | 25.17% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 108,446 | 12.11% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 895,509 | | |

### 2015 legislative elections

The Socialist Party candidates for this election was Paulo Pisco (head of the list) and Maria Luísa Lopes Semedo (2nd candidate). Portugal Ahead was an alliance of the Social Democratic Party and CDS – People's Party, the governing parties at the time. Results of the 2015 legislative election held on 4 October 2015:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Portugal Ahead | PàF | 5,340 | 44.33% | 1 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 4,082 | 33.89% | 1 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 811 | 6.73% | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 785 | 6.52% | 0 |
| | LIVRE | L | 249 | 2.07% | 0 |
| | Democratic Republican Party | PDR | 169 | 1.40% | 0 |
| | People Animals Nature | PAN | 128 | 1.06% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 98 | 0.81% | 0 |
| | United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | PURP | 96 | 0.80% | 0 |
| | The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 82 | 0.68% | 0 |
| | We, the Citizens! | NC | 69 | 0.57% | 0 |
| | National Renewal Party | PNR | 45 | 0.37% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 40 | 0.33% | 0 |
| | Together for the People | JPP | 28 | 0.23% | 0 |
| | ACT! (Portuguese Labour Party and Socialist Alternative Movement) | AGIR | 23 | 0.19% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 12,045 | 100.00% | 2 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 105 | 0.76% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 1,641 | 11.90% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 13,791 | 17.60% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 78,342 | | |

### 2011 legislative elections

The Socialist Party candidates for this election was Paulo Pisco (head of the list) and Maria Luísa Lopes Semedo. Results of the 2011 legislative election held on 5 June 2011:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 7,205 | 46.13% | 1 |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 5,312 | 34.01% | 1 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 994 | 6.36% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 803 | 5.14% | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 602 | 3.85% | 0 |
| | Party for Animals and Nature | PAN | 192 | 1.23% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 132 | 0.85% | 0 |
| | The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 101 | 0.65% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Labour Party | PTP | 83 | 0.53% | 0 |
| | Hope for Portugal Movement | MEP | 55 | 0.35% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 50 | 0.32% | 0 |
| | National Renewal Party | PNR | 48 | 0.31% | 0 |
| | New Democracy Party | ND | 24 | 0.15% | 0 |
| | Humanist Party | PH | 19 | 0.12% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 15,620 | 100.00% | 2 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 161 | 0.89% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 2,410 | 13.25% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 18,191 | 24.24% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 75,053 | | |

### 2009 legislative elections

Pisco becomes the Socialist Party lead candidate for this constituency, with Maria de Lurdes Galvão Rodrigues being the 2nd candidate. Results of the 2009 legislative election held on 27 September 2009:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 7,267 | 51.54% | 1 |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 3,998 | 28.35% | 1 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 796 | 5.65% | 0 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 787 | 5.58% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 734 | 5.21% | 0 |
| | The Earth Party Movement and Humanist Party | MPT-PH | 195 | 1.38% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 131 | 0.93% | 0 |
| | Hope for Portugal Movement | MEP | 71 | 0.50% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 48 | 0.34% | 0 |
| | New Democracy Party | ND | 36 | 0.26% | 0 |
| | Merit and Society Movement | MMS | 25 | 0.18% | 0 |
| | Pro-Life Party | PPV | 12 | 0.09% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 14,100 | 100.00% | 2 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 117 | 0.70% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 2,563 | 15.27% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 16,780 | 23.13% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 72,535 | | |

### 1999 legislative elections

Pisco was elected as the 2nd candidate of the Socialist Party list, Carlos Luis was the head of the list and was also elected. Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 10 October 1999:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 14,277 | 60.49% | 2 |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 6,353 | 26.92% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 1,351 | 5.72% | 0 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 829 | 3.51% | 0 |
| | The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 276 | 1.17% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 219 | 0.93% | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 145 | 0.61% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 74 | 0.31% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 33 | 0.14% | 0 |
| | National Solidarity Party | PSN | 25 | 0.11% | 0 |
| | Humanist Party | PH | 20 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 23,602 | 100.00% | 2 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 78 | 0.30% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 2,070 | 8.04% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 25,750 | 26.54% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 97,023 | | |

## Awards and honours
### National awards

* Lusosphere Awards - Citizenship Award (2018)

### Foreign honours

* Luxembourg: Knight of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (15 April 2015)