13 June 2004

24 seats

Electoral system: party list system; proportional representation under the d'Hondt system

« Força Portugal » - joint PPD - PSD list (which is part of the EPP-ED group) and the CDS - PP (which is part of the UEN): la the list for the right is headed by former foreign affairs minister Joao de Deus Pinheiro who was a Commissioner for development under the Santer Commission. Next: - outgoing MEP Vasco Graça Moura (62 ), writer; - national MP Assunçao Esteves (47 ), Lecturer in law; - outgoing MEP Luis Queiro (51 ), lawyer; - former minister for employment José Silva Peneda; - outgoing MEP Sergio Marques (47 ), lawyer; - currently an MP in Portugal Duarte Freitas; - outgoing MEP Carlos Coelho (44 ); - outgoing MEP José Ribeiro e Castro (50 ) lawyer; - currently MEP and spokesperson for the PSD Pedro Duarte (31 ); outgoing MEP Regina Bastos (43 ) lawyer; - José Manuel Fernandes; - outgoing MEP Joao Gouveia (46 ).

Partido Socialista: The Socialist list was headed by former Finance Minister Antonio Sousa Franco, who also served as President of the Court of Auditors and Governor of the Bank of Portugal. Antonio Sousa Franco died on 9 June just before the elections. The list is now as follows: - former Justice Minister Antonio Costa; - Ana Gomes mainly known for the role she played in support of East Timor's independence; - national deputy Francisco Assis (39), who is also a member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly; - the former Environment Minister Elisa Ferreira (49), economist; - outgoing Paulo Casaca (47), economist; - outgoing Sergio Sousa Pino (32), lawyer; - national deputy Fausto Correia; - national deputy Edite Estrela (54); - former Agriculture Minister Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (53); - national deputy Jamila Madeira (29), Secretary General for the Young Socialists; and - outgoing Manuel dos Santos (60), economist.

• Joint list of PCP communists and PEV Greens: The first three candidates on the list belong to the PCP. They are: - outgoing Ilda Figueiredo (55), economist; - Sergio Ribeiro; - and current national Deputy Odette Santos (63).
• Bloco de Esquerda: The left wing Bloc does not have any elected members at the EP. The list is headed by journalist Miguel Portas, the brother of the current Conservative Minister for Defence.
• Nova Democracia: The nationalist right wing list is headed by former MEP Manuel Monteiro, formerly PPD leader.

Eight other groups are presenting candidates: - Movimento pelo Doente (Vitorino Brandão); - Movimento Partito da Terra (Luis Filipe Marques); - Partido comunista dos trabalhadores portugueses (Orlando Paulo Alves); - Partido Democrático Atlântico (PDA) (José Soares); - Partido humanista (PH) (Luis Filipe Guerra); - Partido Nacional Renovador (PNR) (Paulo Fernando Rodrigues); - Partido Operário de Unidade socialista (POUS) (Carmelinda Maria Pereira); - Partido Popular Monárquico (PPM) (Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira).