Portuguese elections

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Portuguese elections are the democratic processes through which citizens of Portugal choose their representatives at various levels of government, including the national parliament and the presidency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf democratic election
electoral process
allowOverseasVoting true
ballotType individual candidates for presidential elections
party lists for legislative elections
campaignFinanceRegulation regulated by law
campaignRegulation regulated by electoral law
country Portugal
electionAdministrationBody Comissão Nacional de Eleições
electionObservation can include international observers
electoralCalendarInfluencedBy constitutional provisions
electoralRegisterType compulsory registration
governanceLevel local
national
regional
includeElectionType European Parliament elections
legislative elections
local elections
presidential elections
languageOfBallots Portuguese
legalFramework 1976 Portuguese Constitution
surface form: Constitution of the Portuguese Republic
legislativeElectionsFrequency every 4 years
legislativeTermLength 4 years
localElectionsFrequency every 4 years
lowerHouseElectionsFor Assembly of the Republic
mainPoliticalPartiesParticipating CDS – People's Party
surface form: CDS – People’s Party

Chega
Left Bloc
Liberal Initiative
PAN – People–Animals–Nature
Portuguese Communist Party
Social Democratic Party
Socialist Party
overseasVotersRepresentedIn Assembly of the Republic
parliamentChamberElected unicameral parliament
presidentElectedBy popular vote
presidentElectionSystem two-round system
presidentialElectionsFrequency every 5 years
presidentialTermLength 5 years
sovereignBodyLegitimized Assembly of the Republic
President of the Republic
local authorities
unicameralParliamentName Assembly of the Republic
usesMultiMemberDistricts true
votingAge 18 years
votingCompulsory false
votingEligibility Portuguese citizens
votingMethod secret ballot
votingSystemUsed d’Hondt method
surface form: D’Hondt method

proportional representation

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PS participatesIn Portuguese elections
Lisbon constituency usedInElection Portuguese elections
this entity surface form: Portuguese legislative elections
Chega (political party) electoralParticipation Portuguese elections
subject surface form: Chega
this entity surface form: Portuguese legislative elections
Chega (political party) electoralParticipation Portuguese elections
subject surface form: Chega
this entity surface form: Portuguese local elections
CDU participatesIn Portuguese elections
this entity surface form: Portuguese legislative elections
CDU participatesIn Portuguese elections
this entity surface form: Portuguese local elections