Portuguese Communist Party

The Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português or PCP) is a major left-wing political party in Portugal, founded in 1921 as the Portuguese section of Communist International (Comintern).

The Party's electoral results

Coalitions Info:

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• FEPU was composed by the PCP, the MDP/CDE and the FSP.
• APU was composed by the PCP and the MDP/CDE, later it included the PEV.
• CDU is composed by the PCP, the PEV and the ID

Further notes:

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• The Local elections results report the voting for the Town Councils only and don't include casual coalitions in some municipalities, for example in Lisbon, between 1989 and 2001.
• The number of mandates denotes the number of town councillors in Local elections, MP's in Parliament elections and MEP's in European Parliament elections.

Notes:

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• In 1980, Carlos Brito withdrew in favor of Ramalho Eanes.
• In 1986, in the second round, the Party supported Mário Soares.
• In 1996, Jerónimo de Sousa withdrew in favor of Jorge Sampaio.