Europe (Portuguese: Europa) is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. It consists of Portuguese citizens residing abroad, registered in Portuguese diplomatic posts in European countries. The constituency was established in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy. The constituency is fixed at electing two of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2025 legislative election it had 948,062 registered voters.
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Definition
For elections to the Assembly of the Republic, Portuguese law establishes two constituencies of Portuguese citizens residing abroad: the constituency of Europe, comprising voters registered in Portuguese diplomatic posts in European countries; and the constituency of Outside Europe, comprising voters registered in other posts. For this purpose, European countries include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Russia and Turkey, but not Kazakhstan.
Each diplomatic post registers voters residing in its area of jurisdiction, which may include multiple countries and territories in different continents. As a result, as of 2025, the constituency of Europe also includes citizens residing in Lebanon, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and in dependent territories of European countries, except British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean and Oceania. Afghanistan was in the jurisdiction of the embassy in Turkey, in the constituency of Europe, for the 2022 election, but changed to the embassy in Pakistan, in the constituency of Outside Europe, for the 2024 election.
Election results
The constituency of Europe elects two of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.
Summary
(Figures in italics represent alliances.)
Detailed
Results of the 2025 legislative election held on 18 May 2025:
The following candidates were elected: José Dias Fernandes (CH) and José Manuel Fernandes (AD).
Results of the 2024 legislative election held on 10 March 2024:
The following candidates were elected: José Dias Fernandes (CH) and Paulo Pisco (PS).
The results of the 2022 legislative election held on 30 January 2022 in the constituency were annulled by the Constitutional Court due ballot papers without copies of voter IDs (which are therefore null and void) being mixed with ballots with voter IDs (which are valid votes) at around 150 polling stations. Results of the re-run held on 12 and 13 March 2022:
The following candidates were elected: Nathalie Oliveira (PS) and Paulo Pisco (PS).
Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 6 October 2019:
The following candidates were elected: Carlos Alberto Gonçalves (PSD) and Paulo Pisco (PS).
Results of the 2015 legislative election held on 4 October 2015:
The following candidates were elected: Carlos Alberto Gonçalves (PàF) and Paulo Pisco (PS).
Results of the 2011 legislative election held on 5 June 2011:
The following candidates were elected: Carlos Alberto Gonçalves (PSD) and Paulo Pisco (PS).
Results of the 2009 legislative election held on 27 September 2009:
Voter statistics
The table below lists the number of voters registered in Portuguese diplomatic posts located in each country, for each legislative election. Some posts have jurisdiction over multiple countries and territories in different continents, so some numbers in the table include some voters residing in locations other than the named country.
The number of voters increased dramatically in 2018 due to the adoption of automatic voter registration.
