The AD, PS, and Chega were the only parliamentary parties to secure votes in all of Portugal’s 3,090 parishes during the elections held on Sunday. In contrast, IL, CDU (PCP/PEV), Livre, BE, and PAN did not secure any votes in numerous parishes, with PAN not participating in all electoral districts.
The elections saw the AD – a coalition of PSD/CDS-PP – emerging victorious, winning 89 seats, including three seats from the AD coalition with PPM in the Azores. PS and Chega tied, each winning 58 parliamentary seats. IL emerged as the fourth strongest political force, acquiring one additional seat, totaling nine, compared to 2024, whereas Livre increased its representation from four to six seats.
The CDU lost one seat, leaving them with three representatives, BE was reduced to one representative, while PAN retained a single seat. The JPP from Madeira elected one deputy, not included in these figures due to its first-time election.
These results still exclude votes from Portuguese citizens residing abroad, whose participation and selections will be disclosed on May 28.
Among the 3,092 Portuguese parishes, the following are where the eight parties or coalitions that maintained parliamentary seats had the best and worst percentages in electoral results:
– AD – PSD/CDS-PP Coalition:
The parish with the highest percentage of votes for the PSD/CDS-PP coalition was Codessoso, Curros e Fiães do Tâmega, in the municipality of Boticas, district of Vila Real, with 81% of the votes, equivalent to 169 votes. The same percentage was achieved in Veiga de Lila, Valpaços, also in Vila Real, with 81% of the votes from 143 voters supporting the coalition.
The coalition’s weakest result was in Santa Bárbara de Padrões, in the municipality of Castro Verde, district of Beja, where only 7% of the voters (34 votes) supported the coalition.
– Socialist Party:
In Negrões, in the municipality of Montalegre, Vila Real, the Socialist Party achieved its highest percentage of votes, with 62%, though this amounted to the support of only 56 voters. The party’s lowest percentage was recorded in Boalhosa, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, where only three voters chose PS, equating to 4% of the votes.
– Chega:
In the parish of São Vicente e Ventosa, in Elvas, Portalegre, Chega received 53% of the votes, accounting for 218 votes, making it the parish with the highest percentage of votes for the party. Chega’s worst percentages were registered in the parishes of Travanca, Mogadouro, and Vilar Seco, in Vimioso, both in Vila Real, and in the Union of the parishes of Castro Laboreiro and Lamas de Mouro, in Melgaço, Viana do Castelo, garnering 3% of the votes, corresponding to two votes in each of the Vila Real parishes and three votes in the Viana do Castelo parish.
– Iniciativa Liberal:
The best percentage result for IL was in the Union of Parishes of Nogueiró and Tenões, in Braga, where the party obtained 511 votes, equivalent to 14% of the vote. IL secured 0% of the votes in 177 parishes, 128 of which did not yield a single vote. In 559 parishes, the IL vote share was 1%.
– CDU (PCP/PEV):
The CDU’s highest percentage result was in the parish of Pias, Serpa, district of Beja, with 40% of the votes (497 votes). The CDU received 0% of the votes in 544 parishes, 281 of which did not have any votes, while in 1,257 parishes, they only garnered 1%.
– Bloco de Esquerda:
In São Pedro, Vila do Porto, Azores, the BE achieved its best percentage result, with 28 voters, representing 10% of the electorate, supporting the party. In 478 parishes, BE received 0% of the votes (278 without any votes), and in 1,335 parishes, they secured 1%.
– Livre:
Arroios, in Lisbon, was the parish where Livre achieved the highest percentage, obtaining 14%, corresponding to 2,281 votes. Livre received 0% of the votes in 395 parishes (280 without any votes), and achieved 1% in 859 parishes.
– PAN (Pessoas-Animais-Natureza):
The Union of Parishes of Talhinhas and Bagueixe, in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança, was where PAN achieved its best percentage, with 7%, equivalent to 14 votes. PAN, which did not run in all electoral districts, received 0% of the votes in 772 parishes (378 without a single vote for PAN) and garnered only 1% in 1,600 parishes.
