PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 10 OCTOBER 1999
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Parties
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Bloco do Esquerda (BE) / Bloc of the Left (extreme left)
Coligacao Democratica Unitaria (CDU) / United Democratic Coalition
 (Communist front)
Partido Popular (PP) / People's Party (Catholic right)
Partido Social Democratica (PSD) / Social Democratic Party 
 (conservative)
Partido Socialista (PS) / Socialist Party


SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Comparisons are with the elections of October 1995.


NATIONAL                   6,857,173 voters, 5,401,554 (78.8%) voted
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Party                            Votes      %    change   Seats
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Bloc of the Left (BE)              131,840  02.5             2 (+2)
People's Party (PP)                483,716  09.1 (+00.5)    15
Social Democratic Party (PSD)    1,733,814  32.7 (-01.3)    80 (-8)
Socialist Party (PS)             2,359,939  44.6 (+00.8)   112 (+3)
United Dem Coalition (CDU)         486,958  09.2 (+00.6)    17 (+2)
Others                              98,507  01.9
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106,780 blank and invalid        5,294,774                 226
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The PP vote is compared with the CDU vote in 1995