Portugal 2014 European Parliament election
What was the result of the 2014 European Parliament election in Portugal?
Socialist Party won 8 of 21 seats with 34.0% of the vote. 33.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Portugal- Held:
- Final result
- ParlGov, read 5 October 2026
Which party won the most seats?
Final results from ParlGov, read : Socialist Party won 8 of 21 seats with 34.0% of the vote; 33.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.1 points on 2009.
- Socialist Party 8 +1 seat 34.0% +5.6 points
- Social Democratic Party 7 −1 seat 29.9% −4.0 points
- Unitary Democratic Coalition 3 +3 seats 13.7% +2.3 points
- Earth Party 2 7.7%
- Left Bloc 1 −2 seats 4.9% −6.5 points
- Livre 0 2.4%
- Party for Animals and Nature 0 1.7%
- Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 0 0 seats 1.7% +0.4 points
- Seats won
- Change on the previous election at the right
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the Portugal 2009 European Parliament election, party by party.
Key numbers
34.0%
Share of the vote won by Socialist Party
It led Social Democratic Party and its allies by 4.1 points of the vote.
+1 seats
Seats gained by Socialist Party
The largest gain in seats compared with 2009. Left Bloc lost 2 seats.
33.7%
Voter turnout
Down 3.1 points on 2009.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party | 8 | +1 | 34.0 | +5.6 | 1,034,249 |
| Social Democratic Partywith CDS – People's Party | 7 | −1 | 29.9 | −4.0 | 910,647 |
| Unitary Democratic Coalitionwith Portuguese Communist Party and Ecology Party -- Greens | 3 | +3 | 13.7 | +2.3 | 416,925 |
| Earth Party | 2 | 7.7 | 234,788 | ||
| Left Bloc | 1 | −2 | 4.9 | −6.5 | 149,764 |
| Livre | 0 | 2.4 | 71,495 | ||
| Party for Animals and Nature | 0 | 1.7 | 56,431 | ||
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | +0.4 | 54,708 |
± is the change against the Portugal 2009 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Socialist Party 1,034,249
- Social Democratic Party 910,647
- Unitary Democratic Coalition 416,925
- Earth Party 234,788
- Left Bloc 149,764
- Livre 71,495
- Party for Animals and Nature 56,431
- Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 54,708
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.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
How many people voted?
33.7% of the 9,753,568 registered voters cast a ballot (3,284,452 ballots), down 3.1 points on 2009. 3,040,771 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1987.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Socialist Party34.0% of votes38.1% of seats
- Social Democratic Party29.9% of votes33.3% of seats
- Unitary Democratic Coalition13.7% of votes14.3% of seats
- Earth Party7.7% of votes9.5% of seats
- Left Bloc4.9% of votes4.8% of seats
- Livre2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.3 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Socialist Party led Social Democratic Party by 4.1 points of the vote.
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