Portuguese legislative election, 1999

Portuguese legislative election, 1999

The Portuguese legislative election of 1999 took place on October 10. The Socialist Party was aiming a second term under the lead of António Guterres, in the end the Socialist Party won the election, but missed what would be an historical absolute majority for the party by only one MP.

The Social Democratic party under the lead of José Manuel Durão Barroso was still away from the preferences of the majority of the Portuguese people, after the ten years cycle under the lead of Cavaco Silva that had terminated four years before. The Portuguese Communist Party achieved an important climb in the scorecard, against those who predicted its irreversible decline after the end of the Socialist Bloc in the early 1990s. For the first time, the Leftwing Bloc, formed after the merger of several minor left-wing parties became represented in the parliament after electing two MPs.

The major parties involved were listed with their leaders:

*Leftwing Bloc (BE), Francisco Louçã
*Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU), Carlos Carvalhas
*Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), António Guterres
*Social Democratic Party (PSD), José Manuel Durão Barroso
*Popular Party (CDS/PP), Paulo Portas

António Guterres, leader of the Socialist Party, was nominated Prime Minister for the second time, and missed the absolute majority by one MP, achieving exactly half of the 230 MPs.

National summary of votes and seats

* Registered Voters: 8,864,604
* Turnout: 61.09%

Note:
*CDU is composed by the PCP (Communist) (15 MPs), the PEV (Green) (2 MPs) and the ID (Socialist) (0 MPs)"

(source: [http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb Portuguese Electoral Commission] )

References

*cite web |title=CNE Resultados |url=http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb| publisher=Comissão Nacional de Eleições| accessdate = 2005-05-17
*cite web |title=Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político|url=http://www.iscsp.utl.pt/~cepp/abertura.php| accessdate = 2005-05-17

ee also

*Politics of Portugal
*List of political parties in Portugal
*Elections in Portugal


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