The turnout of 14.48% up to 12:00 is higher than in the last European elections.

Catarina Martins became the first head of the list to vote outside of Lisbon.

Catarina Martins from Bloc de Esquerda was the seventh head of the list to take part in the vote and the first to do so outside Lisbon, more precisely in EB 2/3 Eugénio de Andrade, in Paranhos, Porto.

“I smile in the morning and I hope that I will smile tonight”: Sebastian Bugalho votes in Lisbon

The head of the AD list in the European elections voted this morning at the Escola Secundária Padre Antonio Vieira in Lisbon.

Bugalho admitted he was happy and said he hoped to end the day that way. “I’m smiling this morning and I hope I’ll smile tonight,” he said.

The turnout of 14.48% as of 12:00 is higher than in the last European elections.

Voter turnout in this Sunday’s European Parliament elections was 14.48% as of 12:00, which is higher than the figure recorded in 2019, according to the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the European elections on 26 May 2019, four hours after polling stations opened, voter turnout was 11.56%.

Data provided online by the organization responsible for publishing the official results also indicates that for non-Community voters, turnout is down from 7.97% to 12:00 p.m., when it was 8.9% in 2019.

European elections take place normally, with an average voting time of 49 seconds.

This Sunday’s European Parliament elections are “proceeding normally”, with an average voting time of 49 seconds per voter, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) said.

“According to the information we have, everything is going well. The specific problems that arose have been overcome and the average voting time is currently 49 seconds per voter,” a CNE representative told Lusa.

Fernando Anastasio said there were “technical problems” at three polling stations when polling stations opened, but they were overcome.

“I have a smile and I hope to smile at night”: Sebastian Bugalho is confident in the results in Europe

The head of the AD list for Europeans, Sebastian Bugalho, expressed this Sunday his confidence in the election results and warned of the importance of combating abstention, praising this voting model that allows the Portuguese to vote wherever they are.

The head of the Democratic Alliance list for the European elections spoke to reporters shortly after casting his vote, at 10:14 a.m., at the Escola Agostinho dos Santos (Marvila) school in Lisbon.

“This model allows all Portuguese to vote wherever they are in the country, so it is a positive model, it is a model that allows democrats to participate in democracy, and the Portuguese people are a deeply democratic people, they are a European people and they are a peaceful people, hence the importance of these elections, hence the importance of combating abstention, hence the importance of giving every Portuguese the opportunity to vote and protecting the vote of every Portuguese,” he said.

Sebastian Bugallo voted for mobility, so he chose this school, located in an area with which he says he has “old connections.”

“This is a community that is close to me and for which I have a special attachment,” he added, reiterating his desire for “the Portuguese to express their voice.”

“Whoever votes chooses, do not give up this power and this right”: Katarina Martins calls for voting

The head of the Left Bloc (LB) list this Sunday asked European women “not to give up” the “power and right” to vote, emphasizing that it is in the European Parliament that many decisions are made regarding the “power and right” to vote. concrete life” of citizens.

“Don’t forget what the voter chooses, don’t give up this power and this right, which is also a civic duty,” said Catarina Martins, speaking to reporters after voting at a school in Porto.

The former BE coordinator also left several calls to vote, keeping in mind the importance of the European elections: “What I’m making with this call is that people are going to vote, what they think about who will best represent them in the next five years, who they trust . , what who believes, their beliefs and who will vote, because in the European Parliament so many decisions are made about our concrete everyday life.”

Mariana Mortagua: “I hope this campaign showed how important elections are”

Mariana Mortagua also voted in Lisbon and emphasized the importance of the elections.

“I hope this campaign has shown how important elections are,” he said.

Rui Tavares votes and appreciates the unique elections

Rui Tavares voted this morning in Lisbon and called for voting in what he considers a unique moment for Europe.

“A continent where next door there is one war, and next door there is another. The crossroads point is coming where the future of Europe will be determined,” he emphasized.

“The conditions are created”: Paulo Raimundo votes and praises mobility

Paulo Raimundo voted this morning in Moita and praised the conditions created to ensure a high turnout of Portuguese people at the polls.

“People sit at tables and make sure that everything works, work that did not start today, even with new challenges, but in principle it is going well, the conditions have been created,” he said.

António Tangier Correa voted in Sintra

The head of the Chegi list for the European elections voted this morning at the Escola Básica do Mucifal in Sintra.

“This is one of the most important elections of our lives”: Temido has already voted and called on the Portuguese to take part

The head of the PS list for Europeans, Marta Temido, said today she hopes it will be a “Sunday of broad participation” in what she considers the “most important” election, reiterating that Portuguese can vote in “any polling station”.

More than 1,500 Portuguese have already voted in Brussels.

For the first time, all Portuguese can vote anywhere in the world in these European elections without prior notice. For example, if a voter is from Porto and is on holiday or working in Brussels, simply go to the Portuguese Embassy in the Belgian capital.

Until this morning, 1,512 Portuguese had already voted at the embassy in Brussels. Only 634 people voted in advance.

According to official data, according to which CM had access, a total of 903 citizens registered in Portugal voted.

Ursula von der Leyen voted in Germany

The President of the European Commission voted for Germany in the European elections.

Francisco Pauperio votes in Lisbon. The head of the list hopes that this will affect participation in the elections

Francisco Pauperio, head of the Livre list, voted this morning at the Alcantara Parish Council in Lisbon. The head of the Livre list for the European elections praised the mobility of voting and expressed the hope that this opportunity will be reflected in the level of participation in elections.

“Everything went very well. This means that this type of voting can work, and we will see what happens today in terms of abstention, but I believe that we will improve compared to the level of 2019,” he said at the exit, addressing to journalists.

“Number One” Livra also added that he found the campaign educational and encouraged everyone to vote “because that’s how democracy works.”

“All the messages have been conveyed through the campaign, now it’s up to people to come out and vote and make their voice heard. This is something that today is reflected not only at the national level, but also at the European level,” he emphasized.

Pedro Fidalgo Marquez also voted.

The head of the PAN list in the European elections voted for Escola Básica de Oeiras.

João Oliveira is the third head of the list to take part in the voting.

The leader of the CDU list in the European elections voted, like Marta Temido, at 9:40 am at polling station EB1 Vila Nogueira de Azeitão in Setúbal.

João Oliveira said a mobility vote “could help reduce the number of abstentions.”

“I hope no one can find the five minutes or less I need to exercise my right to vote. I hope that in this election the number of abstentions will be reduced, given the existing opportunities to exercise the right to vote. in a simpler way,” said the candidate.

Asked about the possibility of replicating mobile voting in legislative or local elections, João Oliveira recalled that European elections are a single constituency and admitted that “it may not be easy” to apply the model to other national elections.

“This election, because it is a single-district election, facilitates some procedures that are difficult to replicate in district elections, in the case of legislative elections, or even at the parish level, in local elections,” the candidate said.

João Oliveira, however, reiterated that mobile voting with the dematerialization of voter lists could be important in reducing the percentage of abstentions compared to other elections that have been held for the European Parliament.

Marta Temido has already voted

The head of the Socialist Party list has already voted in the European elections, which will take place at 9:40 am in Lisbon, in Liceu Camões.

“A right that is not realized is a right that fades away”: Cotrim de Figueiredo has already voted in Lisbon

The head of the Liberal Initiative list, João Cotrim de Figueiredo, has already voted for the European elections this morning in Lisbon.

Cotrim de Figueiredo will monitor election night at party headquarters and appeared confident in statements to reporters. The head of the list stressed the importance of Portuguese people turning up to the polls to avoid high abstention rates: “A right that is not exercised is a right that disappears.”

Polling stations have already opened

Polling stations for the European elections opened this Sunday at 8am on the Portuguese mainland and Madeira and closed at 7pm.

In the Azores, polling stations open and close an hour later than Lisbon time due to time differences.