The European Parliament election of 1987 in Portugal took place on 19 July 1987. It was the election of all 24 MEPs representing the Portugal constituency

Portugal (European Parliament constituency)

In European elections, Portugal is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-two MEPs. It covers the member state of Portugal.-Current MEPs:As of September 2010-1987:...

 for the remainder of the 1984-1989 term of the European Parliament

European Parliament

The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...

. Portugal had acceded to the European Community on 1 January 1986 and had been represented in the European Parliament by 24 appointed delegates until elections could be held.

National summary of votes and seats

|-
! colspan=4 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="right"|Seats
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="2" align="left"|National Party
! align="left"|EU Party
! align="left"|EU Group
|-

|align=left|LDR

European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party

The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 56 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe...

||align=left|LDR

European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party

The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 56 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe...

||2,111,828||37.45||10
|-

|align=left|SOC

Party of European Socialists

The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...

||align=left|SOC

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats is the social-democratic political group in the European Parliament, formed by MEPs of the Party of European Socialists and allied centre-left parties. The group dates its ancestry via various names back to the beginning of the European...

||1,267,672||22.48||6
|-

|align=left|EPP

European People's Party

The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...

||align=left|EPP||868,718||15.40||4
|-

|align=left|EGP

European Green Party

The European Green Party is the Green political party at European level. As such it is a federation of green parties in Europe.-History:...

, PEL||align=left|COM||648,700||11.50||3
|-

|align=left|none||align=left|SOC

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats is the social-democratic political group in the European Parliament, formed by MEPs of the Party of European Socialists and allied centre-left parties. The group dates its ancestry via various names back to the beginning of the European...

||250,158||4.44||1
|-

|colspan="2" align=left|none||155,990||2.77||0
|-

|colspan="2" align=left|none||52,835||0.94||0
|-

|colspan="2" align=left|none||40,812||0.72||0
|-

|colspan="2" align=left|none||29,009||0.51||0
|-

|colspan="2" align=left|none||27,678||0.49||0
|-

|colspan="2" align=left|none||24,060||0.43||0
|-

|colspan="2" align=left|none||19,475||0.35||0
|-
|colspan=4 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,496,935
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|97.45
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|24
|-
|colspan=4|Blank ballots
|68,475||1.21||colspan=3 rowspan=3|
|-
|colspan=4|Invalid ballots
|74,240||1.32
|-
|colspan=4 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 72.42%)
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5,639,650
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00
|-
| colspan=11 align=left | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
|}

External links

• Results according to the Portuguese Electoral Commission of the 19 July 1987 election of the 24 delegates from Portugal to the European Parliament

See also

• Politics of Portugal
  Politics of Portugal
  Politics in Portugal take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. The President of the Republic is the head of state and has several significant political powers, which he...
  
  
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Elections in Portugal
  Elections in Portugal
  Elections in Portugal gives information on election and election results in Portugal.Only the elections since the Carnation Revolution of 1974 are listed here. During the period encompassing the Constitutional Monarchy and the First Republic there were also elections, but only for a limited...
  
  
• European Parliament
  European Parliament
  The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...