Portugal
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· National Parliament
- Seats: 230
- Term of office: 4 years
· Municipal Chambers
- Seats: 308
- Term of office: 4 years
· Parish Assemblies
- Seats : 3,092
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Election system
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 7 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 10,777,258 (2019 election)
· Voter turnout: 48.6% (2019 legislative election)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: Direct simple majority vote
- Parliamentary: Proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies
· Voting process
1. Early voting is available
2. Verify identification document -> Receive ballots -> Mark the ballots -> Cast ballots
· Counting process
1. Manual Count in Polling Station: unfold each ballot consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.
2. The results are transferred to CPSs.
3. Official results are released once all the relevant written protocols have been approved and
verified by CPSs.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: Final official results must be published by NEC within 10 days.