PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 17 MARCH 2002
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Voting for the Assembleia da Republica (Assembly of the Republic)
Source: Legislativas 2002 website

Parties
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* BE - Bloco do Esquerda (Bloc of the Left)
* PCP -  Partido Comunista Português (Portuguese Communist Party)
* PP- Partido Popular (People's Party)
* PS - Partido Socialista (Socialist Party)
* PSD - Partido Social Democratica (Social Democratic Party)


NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Comparisons are with the elections of October 1999.

Enrolled voters:                 8,717,024
Votes cast:                      5,432,760  62.3%
Invalid votes:                     105,456  01.9%
Valid votes                      5,327,304  98.1%
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Party                            Votes      %    change   Seats
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Bloc of the Left (BE)              149,459  02.7 (+00.2)     3 (+1)
Communist Party (PCP)              378,619  07.0 (-02.2)    12 (-5)
People's Party (PP)                475,390  08.7 (-00.4)    14 (-1)
Social Democratic Party (PSD)    2,180,340  40.1 (+07.4)   102 (+22)
Socialist Party (PS)             2,056,115  37.8 (-06.8)    95 (-17)
Others                              87,381  01.6             -
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Total                            5,327,304                 226
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Results of voting for the four seats to represent Overseas 
Portuguese are not yet known. The Communist vote is compared with 
the United Democratic Coalition vote in 1999.