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Outside Europe (Assembly of the Republic constituency)

Outside Europe
Fora da Europa
Constituencyfor the Assembly of the Republic
Portuguese constituency of Outside Europe
636,660 (2025)
1976
2
List
José Cesário (PSD)

Outside Europe (Portuguese: Fora da 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 outside 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 636,660 registered voters.

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.

The constituency of Outside 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.

(Figures in italics represent alliances.)

Results of the 2025 legislative election held on 18 May 2025:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Chega	CH	20,234	31.17%	1
	Democratic Alliance	AD	19,076	29.39%	1
	Socialist Party	PS	13,144	20.25%	0
	Liberal Initiative	IL	2,066	3.18%	0
	People Animals Nature	PAN	2,019	3.11%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	1,760	2.71%	0
	New Right	ND	1,485	2.29%	0
	National Democratic Alternative	ADN	1,483	2.28%	0
	LIVRE	L	997	1.54%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	585	0.90%	0
	Liberal Social Party	PLS	545	0.84%	0
	Volt Portugal	Volt	313	0.48%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	299	0.46%	0
	Together for the People	JPP	237	0.37%	0
	We, the Citizens!	NC	198	0.31%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	170	0.26%	0
	React, Include, Recycle	RIR	164	0.25%	0
	Ergue-te	E	131	0.20%	0
Valid votes	64,906	100.00%	2
Blank votes	368	0.37%
Rejected votes – other	32,960	33.55%
Total polled	98,234	15.43%
Registered electors	636,660

The following candidates were elected: Manuel Magno (CH) and José Cesário (AD).

Results of the 2024 legislative election held on 10 March 2024:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	AD	22,470	34.10%	1
	Chega	CH	17,862	27.11%	1
	Socialist Party	PS	14,343	21.77%	0
	People Animals Nature	PAN	2,328	3.53%	0
	Liberal Initiative	IL	1,901	2.88%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	1,844	2.80%	0
	New Right	ND	1,454	2.21%	0
	National Democratic Alternative	ADN	1,115	1.69%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	742	1.13%	0
	LIVRE	L	697	1.06%	0
	Volt Portugal	Volt	272	0.41%	0
	We, the Citizens!	NC	259	0.39%	0
	Together for the People	JPP	201	0.31%	0
	React, Include, Recycle	RIR	186	0.28%	0
	Ergue-te	E	122	0.19%	0
	Alternative 21 (Earth Party and Alliance)	PT-A	97	0.15%	0
Valid votes	65,893	100.00%	2
Blank votes	487	0.50%
Rejected votes – other	31,980	32.51%
Total polled	98,360	16.14%
Registered electors	609,436

The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (AD) and Manuel Magno (CH).

Results of the 2022 legislative election held on 30 January 2022:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	23,942	38.58%	1
	Socialist Party	PS	19,084	30.75%	1
	Chega	CH	6,123	9.87%	0
	People Animals Nature	PAN	2,912	4.69%	0
	Liberal Initiative	IL	2,254	3.63%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	1,699	2.74%	0
	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	1,379	2.22%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	903	1.46%	0
	National Democratic Alternative	ADN	648	1.04%	0
	LIVRE	L	637	1.03%	0
	We, the Citizens!	NC	591	0.95%	0
	Earth Party	PT	531	0.86%	0
	Alliance	A	479	0.77%	0
	Volt Portugal	Volt	319	0.51%	0
	React, Include, Recycle	RIR	287	0.46%	0
	Ergue-te	E	199	0.32%	0
	Socialist Alternative Movement	MAS	72	0.12%	0
Valid votes	62,059	100.00%	2
Blank votes	568	0.88%
Rejected votes – other	1,907	2.96%
Total polled	64,534	10.86%
Registered electors	594,324

The following candidates were elected: António Maló de Abreu (PSD) and Augusto Santos Silva (PS).

Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 6 October 2019:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	16,535	40.51%	1
	Socialist Party	PS	10,060	24.65%	1
	People Animals Nature	PAN	2,347	5.75%	0
	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	2,127	5.21%	0
	Democratic Republican Party	PDR	1,732	4.24%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	1,398	3.43%	0
	Liberal Initiative	IL	1,248	3.06%	0
	National Renewal Party	PNR	1,038	2.54%	0
	Alliance	A	605	1.48%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	515	1.26%	0
	We, the Citizens!	NC	460	1.13%	0
	Chega	CH	459	1.12%	0
	United Party of Retirees and Pensioners	PURP	396	0.97%	0
	LIVRE	L	342	0.84%	0
	Earth Party	PT	318	0.78%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	300	0.74%	0
	Portuguese Labour Party	PTP	300	0.74%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	271	0.66%	0
	Together for the People	JPP	195	0.48%	0
	React, Include, Recycle	RIR	169	0.41%	0
Valid votes	40,815	100.00%	2
Blank votes	429	0.86%
Rejected votes – other	8,664	17.36%
Total polled	49,908	8.77%
Registered electors	569,128

The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PSD) and Augusto Santos Silva (PS).

Results of the 2015 legislative election held on 4 October 2015:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Portugal Ahead	PàF	7,156	54.65%	2
	We, the Citizens!	NC	2,632	20.10%	0
	Socialist Party	PS	1,601	12.23%	0
	Democratic Republican Party	PDR	469	3.58%	0
	People Animals Nature	PAN	262	2.00%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	229	1.75%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	218	1.66%	0
	United Party of Retirees and Pensioners	PURP	121	0.92%	0
	The Earth Party Movement	MPT	98	0.75%	0
	National Renewal Party	PNR	85	0.65%	0
	LIVRE	L	83	0.63%	0
	Together for the People	JPP	53	0.40%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	52	0.40%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	19	0.15%	0
	ACT! (Portuguese Labour Partyand Socialist Alternative Movement)	AGIR	17	0.13%	0
Valid votes	13,095	100.00%	2
Blank votes	80	0.54%
Rejected votes – other	1,584	10.73%
Total polled	14,759	8.97%
Registered electors	164,507

The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PàF) and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves (PàF).

Results of the 2011 legislative election held on 5 June 2011:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	8,323	66.66%	2
	Socialist Party	PS	2,714	21.74%	0
	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	615	4.93%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	165	1.32%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	127	1.02%	0
	Hope for Portugal Movement	MEP	125	1.00%	0
	New Democracy Party	ND	123	0.99%	0
	The Earth Party Movement	MPT	87	0.70%	0
	National Renewal Party	PNR	64	0.51%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	52	0.42%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	47	0.38%	0
	Humanist Party	PH	43	0.34%	0
Valid votes	12,485	100.00%	2
Blank votes	99	0.65%
Rejected votes – other	2,536	16.77%
Total polled	15,120	12.59%
Registered electors	120,058

The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PSD) and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves (PSD).

Results of the 2009 legislative election held on 27 September 2009:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	4,736	62.80%	2
	Socialist Party	PS	1,916	25.41%	0
	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	274	3.63%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	177	2.35%	0
	The Earth Party Movement and Humanist Party	MPT-PH	90	1.19%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	90	1.19%	0
	Hope for Portugal Movement	MEP	69	0.91%	0
	New Democracy Party	ND	60	0.80%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	43	0.57%	0
	Pro-Life Party	PPV	37	0.49%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	23	0.30%	0
	National Renewal Party	PNR	14	0.19%	0
	Merit and Society Movement	MMS	12	0.16%	0
Valid votes	7,541	100.00%	2
Blank votes	54	0.62%
Rejected votes – other	1,099	12.64%
Total polled	8,694	9.20%
Registered electors	94,471

The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PSD) and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves (PSD).

Results of the 2005 legislative election held on 20 February 2005:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	7,783	63.89%	2
	Socialist Party	PS	3,552	29.16%	0
	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	470	3.86%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	137	1.12%	0
	New Democracy Party	ND	97	0.80%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	92	0.76%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	28	0.23%	0
	National Renewal Party	PNR	23	0.19%	0
Valid votes	12,182	100.00%	2
Blank votes	35	0.26%
Rejected votes – other	1,232	9.16%
Total polled	13,449	18.56%
Registered electors	72,475

The following candidates were elected: José Cesário (PSD) and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves (PSD).

Results of the 2002 legislative election held on 17 March 2002:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	10,523	70.74%	2
	Socialist Party	PS	3,417	22.97%	0
	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	533	3.58%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	149	1.00%	0
	The Earth Party Movement	MPT	88	0.59%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	60	0.40%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	47	0.32%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	38	0.26%	0
	National Renewal Party	PNR	20	0.13%	0
Valid votes	14,875	100.00%	2
Blank votes	71	0.45%
Rejected votes – other	936	5.89%
Total polled	15,882	20.61%
Registered electors	77,074

The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (PSD) and Eduardo Moreira (PSD).

Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 10 October 1999:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	8,470	51.40%	1
	Socialist Party	PS	6,818	41.38%	1
	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	593	3.60%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	287	1.74%	0
	National Solidarity Party	PSN	83	0.50%	0
	The Earth Party Movement	MPT	69	0.42%	0
	Left Bloc	BE	63	0.38%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	49	0.30%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	45	0.27%	0
Valid votes	16,477	100.00%	2
Blank votes	104	0.61%
Rejected votes – other	543	3.17%
Total polled	17,124	19.79%
Registered electors	86,527

The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (PSD) and Caio Roque (PS).

Results of the 1995 legislative election held on 1 October 1995:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	14,085	78.09%	2
	Socialist Party	PS	2,608	14.46%	0
	CDS – People's Party	CDS–PP	771	4.27%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	246	1.36%	0
	The Earth Party Movement	MPT	92	0.51%	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	PSR	78	0.43%	0
	Democratic Party of the Atlantic	PDA	64	0.35%	0
	Popular Democratic Union	UDP	54	0.30%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	40	0.22%	0
Valid votes	18,038	100.00%	2
Blank votes	170	0.84%
Rejected votes – other	2,119	10.42%
Total polled	20,327	20.41%
Registered electors	99,570

The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (PSD) and Carlos Pinto (PSD).

Results of the 1991 legislative election held on 6 October 1991:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	24,467	78.20%	2
	Social Democratic Centre Party	CDS	4,613	14.74%	0
	Socialist Party	PS	1,557	4.98%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	308	0.98%	0
	Democratic Renewal Party	PRD	143	0.46%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	105	0.34%	0
	Democratic Party of the Atlantic	PDA	43	0.14%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	28	0.09%	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	PSR	23	0.07%	0
Valid votes	31,287	100.00%	2
Blank votes	180	0.57%
Rejected votes – other	177	0.56%
Total polled	31,644	30.69%
Registered electors	103,103

The following candidates were elected: Paulo Pereira Coelho (PSD) and Carlos Miguel Oliveira (PSD).

Results of the 1987 legislative election held on 19 July 1987:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	19,343	64.79%	2
	Social Democratic Centre Party	CDS	6,089	20.39%	0
	Socialist Party	PS	2,221	7.44%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	706	2.36%	0
	Democratic Renewal Party	PRD	513	1.72%	0
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	CDU	418	1.40%	0
	Portuguese Democratic Movement	MDP	247	0.83%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	90	0.30%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	82	0.27%	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	PSR	73	0.24%	0
	Popular Democratic Union	UDP	54	0.18%	0
	Communist Party (Reconstructed)	PC(R)	20	0.07%	0
Valid votes	29,856	100.00%	2
Blank votes	549	1.79%
Rejected votes – other	183	0.60%
Total polled	30,588	26.69%
Registered electors	114,603

The following candidates were elected: Luís Amaral (PSD) and Luís Geraldes (PSD).

Results of the 1985 legislative election held on 6 October 1985:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	13,768	41.71%	1
	Social Democratic Centre Party	CDS	12,889	39.05%	1
	Socialist Party	PS	2,654	8.04%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	1,396	4.23%	0
	Democratic Renewal Party	PRD	1,131	3.43%	0
	United People Alliance	APU	866	2.62%	0
	Popular Democratic Union	UDP	130	0.39%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	84	0.25%	0
	Workers' Party of Socialist Unity	POUS	41	0.12%	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	PSR	35	0.11%	0
	Communist Party (Reconstructed)	PC(R)	33	0.10%	0
Valid votes	33,009	100.05%	2
Blank votes	773	2.28%
Rejected votes – other	191	0.56%
Total polled	33,973	29.49%
Registered electors	115,212

The following candidates were elected: José Gama (CDS) and Luís Geraldes (PSD).

Results of the 1983 legislative election held on 25 April 1983:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	PSD	23,365	49.68%	1
	Social Democratic Centre Party	CDS	16,511	35.11%	1
	Socialist Party	PS	3,384	7.20%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	1,766	3.75%	0
	United People Alliance	APU	1,378	2.93%	0
	Democratic Party of the Atlantic	PDA	352	0.75%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	97	0.21%	0
	Socialist Workers League	LST	66	0.14%	0
	Workers' Party of Socialist Unity	POUS	52	0.11%	0
	Communist Party (Revolutionary)	PC(R)	38	0.08%	0
	Popular Democratic Union and Revolutionary Socialist Party	UDP-PSR	23	0.05%	0
Valid votes	47,032	100.00%	2
Blank votes	878	1.81%
Rejected votes – other	529	1.09%
Total polled	48,439	43.74%
Registered electors	110,749

The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (PSD) and José Gama (CDS).

Results of the 1980 legislative election held on 5 October 1980:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	AD	54,898	88.35%	2
	Socialist Party	PS	2,596	4.18%	0
	Christian Democratic Party,Independent Movementfor the National Reconstruction /Party of the Portuguese Rightand National Front	PDC-MIRN/PDP-FN	2,127	3.42%	0
	United People Alliance	APU	1,694	2.73%	0
	Popular Democratic Union	UDP	263	0.42%	0
	Labour Party	PT	175	0.28%	0
	Democratic Party of the Atlantic	PDA	170	0.27%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	122	0.20%	0
	Workers' Party of Socialist Unity	POUS	51	0.08%	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	PSR	40	0.06%	0
Valid votes	62,136	100.00%	2
Blank votes	904	1.41%
Rejected votes – other	1,143	1.78%
Total polled	64,183	61.04%
Registered electors	105,151

The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar (AD) and José Gama (AD).

Results of the 1979 legislative election held on 2 December 1979:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Alliance	AD	35,689	79.92%	2
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	4,142	9.28%	0
	Socialist Party	PS	2,639	5.91%	0
	United People Alliance	APU	1,424	3.19%	0
	Popular Democratic Union	UDP	337	0.75%	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	PCTP	223	0.50%	0
	Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy	UEDS	172	0.39%	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	PSR	28	0.06%	0
Valid votes	44,654	100.00%	2
Blank votes	643	1.39%
Rejected votes – other	879	1.90%
Total polled	46,176	63.18%
Registered electors	73,089

The following candidates were elected: José Gama (AD) and António Maria Pereira (AD).

Results of the 1976 legislative election held on 25 April 1976:

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic People's Party	PPD	21,317	54.01%	1
	Social Democratic Centre Party	CDS	13,483	34.16%	1
	Socialist Party	PS	2,517	6.38%	0
	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	1,277	3.24%	0
	Portuguese Communist Party	PCP	562	1.42%	0
	Popular Democratic Union	UDP	130	0.33%	0
	People's Monarchist Party	PPM	123	0.31%	0
	Movement of Socialist Left	MES	36	0.09%	0
	Worker–Peasant Alliance	AOC	21	0.05%	0
	Internationalist Communist League	LCI	3	0.01%	0
Valid votes	39,469	100.00%	2
Rejected votes	578	1.44%
Total polled	40,047	82.80%
Registered electors	48,368

The following candidates were elected: António Simões (CDS) and José Theodoro da Silva (PPD).

The table below lists the number of voters registered in Portuguese diplomatic posts located in each country or region, 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 or region.

The number of voters increased dramatically in 2018 due to the adoption of automatic voter registration.

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