This Sunday, more than 10.8 million citizens will elect deputies who will occupy 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. Polling stations will be open from 8am to 7pm in mainland Portugal and Madeira, while opening and closing an hour later in the Azores.
Anyone who does not know or wants to confirm their voting place can consult the lists at the parish councils, at the polling station itself or online at www.recenseamento.pt.
You can also send a text message (SMS) to 3838 using: RE[espaço]BI/CC number[espaço]Date of birth (YYYYMMDD).
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Updated March 10, 2024 | 09:08
Voting takes place as usual
Voting in legislative elections is “proceeding normally in most parts of the country,” a source at the National Electoral Commission (CNE) told Lusa.
Polling stations opened at 8:00 am on the Portuguese mainland and Madeira.
Polling stations for legislative elections opened at 08:00 on the Portuguese mainland and Madeira and closed at 19:00. In the Azores they open and close an hour later.
According to the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (GSAI), 10,819,122 voters can vote. A total of 230 deputies will be elected in 22 constituencies (18 of which are in mainland Portugal and the rest in the Azores, Madeira, Europe and outside Europe) in an electoral exercise that will cost around 24 million euros.
In these elections, the district of Setúbal will elect another deputy whose mandate was lost by the district of Viana do Castelo, which lost about 2,500 voters. Setúbal thus gains a mandate, now electing 19 deputies, while Viana do Castelo loses its mandate, now having only five.
There are 18 political parties running for seats in these expected legislative elections, three fewer than in the 2019 and 2022 elections.
The New Right is the only party to debut in this electoral act, joining the PS, Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDS/PPM), Chege, IL, BE, CDU (PCP/PEV), PAN, Livre, Nós, Cidadãos!, Alternative 21 (MPT/Alliance), ADN, PTP, RIR, JPP, Ergue-te, MAS, Volt Portugal and PCTP/MRPP.
In the previous legislative election, on January 30, 2022, the abstention rate was 48.54%, which is lower than the 2019 legislative election, in which the abstention rate reached a record high of 51.43%.
CMTV with mega-television work on election day
On the day of the legislative elections, CMTV has prepared a special program that will surprise viewers with its innovative nature.
The channel begins coverage of legislative elections CM at 20:00, with the results of the exit poll forecasts carried out by Intercampus – a poll that will reveal the identity of the next Prime Minister of Portugal.
Cold and rain will improve by the time we get to the polls
On the day Portugal goes to vote to choose a government, weather forecasts indicate “occasional heavy showers until the end of the morning, decreasing in intensity and frequency from the afternoon.” There is therefore a slight improvement in the weather after Saturday’s heaviest snowfall in six years blanketed the northern and central interior with a half-metre-high white blanket and isolated several villages.
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