Voting in Portugal as an Expat

I am again and again amazed how well you are informed. I will definitely go to the JdF and get registered.

List of portuguese political parties:

https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_d … m_Portugal

Parties' names, abbreviations & symbols sorted by the registration date of the political party at the Portuguese Constitutional Court:

http://www.tribunalconstitucional.pt/tc/partidos.html

Political groups existing in the 9th European Parliament elected on 13 November 2020:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politic … Parliament

If you are a British citizen, you should look at the 8th European Parliament, where the UK had its representatives before Brexit.

Portuguese political parties sorted by according to the weight % of the group which they belong within in the 9th European Parliament's actual composition:

European People's Party (EPP)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea … arty_Group

PPD/PSD - Partido Social Democrata (Social Democratic Party)

CDS-PP - Partido Popular (CDS-Popular Party)

MPT - Partido da Terra (Land Party)

AD / Aliança Democrática = (PPD/PSD) + (CDS-PP) + PPM

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progres … _Democrats

PS - Partido Socialista (Socialist Party)

Renew Europe Group (ALDE + EDP)

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allianc … rope_Party

IL - Iniciativa Liberal (Liberal Initiative)

European Democratic Party (EDP)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea … atic_Party

PDR - Partido Democrático Republicano (Democratic Republican Party )

Identity and Democracy (ID)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identit … racy_Party

CH - Chega (Enough)

Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens–EFA)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greens& … e_Alliance

PAN - Pessoas Animais e Natureza (People-Animals-Nature)

European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) (European Conservatives and Reformists Group)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea … l_Movement

PPM - Partido Popular Monárquico (People's Monarchist Party)

The Left in the European Parliament (GUE-NGL)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lef … h;_GUE/NGL

BE - Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc)

CDU (Democratic and Unitary Coalition) = Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) & Green Left (PEV) (CDU = PCP/PEV)

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Please note:

** In many municipalities, there are party coalitions.

Examples 2017:

(party initials separated by ".")

PPD/PSD.CDS-PP

PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.MPT.PPM

CDS-PP.MPT.PPM

(party initials separated by "-")

PS-PDR

PS-BE-JPP-PDR-NC

** IL - Iniciativa Liberal & Chega did not participate in the last local elections 2017.

** In local elections, there are Independent Citizens lists. They are identified by other symbols than the parties listed here.

You have aprox. one week left to register at the Parish Council / "Junta de Freguesia" of your place of residence in order to be able to vote in the local elections that will take place on 26 September in Portugal.

You can register until 28 July.

See previous posts for more information 

I am annoyed to learn I am not on the electoral role and I really wanted to vote.

I went through the process at my Junta.

The attendant there seemed rather hopeless.  Even though I have my PT ID card,  I had to go back next day with a FULL birth certificate AND write separately my Parents names ie PAI and MAE so she could understand.

I now know that she did NOT register me!

Hi Margaret,

How do you know you are not registered? Do you have Portuguese citizenship ( as you are saying here that you have your PT id card)?

https://www.portaldoeleitor.pt/paginas/ … seado.aspx

You can send an SMS to the number 3838, writing the message:

RE <space> civil ID no. without check digit <space> date of birth YYYYMMDD.

Example: RE 12344880 19891007

By default if you are a Portuguese citizen residing in Portugal, you are automatically registered to vote, unless you choose to not to, when you are applying / renewing the od card itself. So somehow the process went haywire somewhere.

If you are a Portuguese citizen living outside Portugal, the above still applies, except that automatically you cannot vote for the  Autárquicas , only for the Presidential, Legislativas, and European  elections.

I am not a PT citizen.
I am a Permanent Resident.

Yes I have done the 3838 and that’s how I now know I am not on the electoral role.

This SMS method only works for voters with Portuguese citizenship, i.e. for those who have a citizen card number. It does not work for foreigners with a residence permit in Portugal. What you should do is go to your polling station tomorrow with your ID. If you have a paper stating that you have registered in the Junta de Freguesia, take it with you, as well as your residence permit.

Thank you Johnny.  Good info. I will go to vote tomorrow.
But. I didn’t get anything in writing to say that I had registered.
Something makes me doubt that I will be able to vote….

Aucune inquiétude, les Portugais sont corrects et vous laisseront voter demain. Bon vote et attendons les résultats.

European elections (Portugal = June 9th, 2024)

All EU citizens registered in Portugal can vote in the European elections.

You can vote in any polling station in the country, without having to register in advance, even if you are several kilometres away from the parish where you are registered.

EU citizens resident in Portugal, regardless of where they are on polling day (June 9th), can exercise their electoral right anywhere in Portugal or abroad. If you are abroad, you can go to a Portuguese consular post.

I'm a national of an EU country and I live in Portugal. What documents do I need to enrol on the electoral register?

https://www.cne.pt/faq2/141/6

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https://elections.europa.eu/en/how-to-vote/pt/

https://eportugal.gov.pt/en/servicos/saber-onde-votar

Where are the Portuguese political parties included in the political groups of the European Parliament?

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 08#5173445

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Your post is very timely, as I did not yet receive the voting ballot from my country of citizenship and doubt it will arrive here. However, the priod for signing up for the voter rolls- registo- in Portugal is alreday past.  Are you saying I can just go to vote without being registered on June 9th? Thank you so much  for clearing it up!

    Your post is very timely, as I did not yet receive the voting ballot from my country of citizenship and doubt it will arrive here. However, the priod for signing up for the voter rolls- registo- in Portugal is alreday past.  Are you saying I can just go to vote without being registered on June 9th? Thank you so much  for clearing it up!
   

    -@bettinakozlowski

What nationality are you?

@bettinakozlowski,

You can only vote in Portugal if you are electoral register with your local council in Portugal.

If you are on the electoral register in your citizenship country and live in another EU country (host country / Portugal), you can: vote for candidates standing for election in your citizenship country, or take part in elections in the host country and vote for candidates standing for election in that country.

But you can only vote once in European elections.

@JohnnyPT

Profile says they are Australian, which means they can't vote in any election unless they have dual citizenship.

@JohnnyPT

Hello, Johnny PT. Thanks for your reply and info, as always. So I cannot vote in Portugal without being registered here first and registration stopped 60 days before the elections. However, the Portuguese site mentioned that for foreigners who live here, signing up is voluntary.

I am waiting for voting materials from Germany. The sign up process to be on the ballot was - in typical German manner- very complex and only 20% of our regular  mail makes it our address in Porto, which may include my ballott. So....I'm frustrated at the potential  of not being able to vote.

I know I can only vote once and in one country.

@SimCityAT

I am GERMAN and American...

@SimCityAT

If I weren't an EU citizen, I doubt I would request any voting materials for the EU election...

    @SimCityAT
If I weren't an EU citizen, I doubt I would request any voting materials for the EU election...-@bettinakozlowski

You would be surprised by the amount of people who think they can vote because they live in an EU country.

    @JohnnyPTHello, Johnny PT. Thanks for your reply and info, as always. So I cannot vote in Portugal without being registered here first and registration stopped 60 days before the elections. However, the Portuguese site mentioned that for foreigners who live here, signing up is voluntary. I am waiting for voting materials from Germany. The sign up process to be on the ballot was - in typical German manner- very complex and only 20% of our regular  mail makes it our address in Porto, which may include my ballott. So....I'm frustrated at the potential  of not being able to vote. I know I can only vote once and in one country.-@bettinakozlowski

https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/eu … sland.html

https://www.americansinportugal.org/voting-in-portugal

@JohnnyPT

yes I have signed up in Berlin.  Thank you very much, Johnny PT. Waiting for my ballot- also for the chance to rectify one out of 13 boxes to tick off when you apply....###@@@@

@SimCityAT

yeah, you're right!

@bettinakozlowski,

I suggest that you register with your parish council so that you can vote in the next local elections in 2025