Portuguese legislative election, 2002

Portuguese legislative election, 2002

Infobox Election
election_name = Portuguese legislative election, 2002
country = Portugal
type = parliamentary
ongoing = no
previous_election = Portuguese legislative election, 1999
previous_year = 1999
next_election = Portuguese legislative election, 2005
next_year = 2005
seats_for_election = 230 seats to the Portuguese Assembly
election_date = March 17, 2002


leader1 = José Manuel Barroso
party1 = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
leaders_seat1 =
last_election1 = 81 seats
seats1 = 105
seat_change1 = +24
popular_vote1 = 2.200.765
percentage1 = 40.2%


leader2 = Ferro Rodrigues
party2 = Socialist Party (Portugal)
leaders_seat2 =
last_election2 = 115 seats
seats2 = 96
seat_change2 = -19
popular_vote2 = 2.068.584
percentage2 = 37.8%

title = PM
before_election = António Guterres
before_party = Socialist Party (Portugal)
after_election = José Manuel Barroso
after_party = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

The Portuguese legislative election of 2002 took place on March 17. These elections were called after the resignation of the former Prime-Minister, António Guterres after a defeat of the Socialist Party in the local election of 2001. That fact, plus the problematic state of the country's finances were the main arguments of the right-wing parties, which led them to win the election.

After the election, as no Party got an absolute majority, the Social Democrats formed a coalition with the right-wing People's Party. The left-wing Unitarian Democratic Coalition achieved the lowest result ever, finishing in the third place in its traditional strongholds, Évora and Setúbal. The Leftwing Bloc gained one MP. The turnout was the lowest ever, marking a growing separation between the politics and the Portuguese people, mainly due to the image of the politicians as corrupts and the idea that all the parties are the same.

The major parties involved and the respective leaders:

*Leftwing Bloc (BE), Francisco Louçã
*Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU), Carlos Carvalhas
*Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), Ferro Rodrigues
*Social Democratic Party (PSD), José Manuel Durão Barroso
*Democratic Social Center/People's Party (CDS/PP), Paulo Portas

José Manuel Durão Barroso, leader of the Social Democratic Party, was nominated Prime Minister and formed a coalition government with the People's Party.

National summary of votes and seats

* Registered Voters: 8,902,713
* Turnout: 61.48%

Note:
*CDU is composed by the PCP (Communist) (10 MPs), the PEV (Green) (2 MPs) and the ID (0 MPs)"

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

ee also

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

Further reading

* cite journal
quotes =
last = Freire
first = André
authorlink =
coauthors =
date =
year = 2004
month = November
title = Issue Voting in Portugal: The 2002 Legislative Elections
journal = West European Politics
volume = 27
issue = 5
pages = 779–800
doi = 10.1080/0140238042000283328
id =
url =
language =
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