Outside Europe (Assembly of the Republic constituency)


Outside Europe 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.

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 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.

Summary



Detailed

2025

Results of the 2025 legislative election held on 18 May 2025:
The following candidates were elected: Manuel Magno and José Cesário.

2024

Results of the 2024 legislative election held on 10 March 2024:
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário and Manuel Magno.

2022

Results of the 2022 legislative election held on 30 January 2022:
The following candidates were elected: António Maló de Abreu and Augusto Santos Silva.

2019

Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 6 October 2019:
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário and Augusto Santos Silva.

2015

Results of the 2015 legislative election held on 4 October 2015:
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves.

2011

Results of the 2011 legislative election held on 5 June 2011:
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves.

2009

Results of the 2009 legislative election held on 27 September 2009:
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves.

2005

Results of the 2005 legislative election held on 20 February 2005:
The following candidates were elected: José Cesário and Carlos Páscoa Gonçalves.

2002

Results of the 2002 legislative election held on 17 March 2002:
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar and Eduardo Moreira.

1999

Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 10 October 1999:
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar and Caio Roque.

1995

Results of the 1995 legislative election held on 1 October 1995:
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar and Carlos Pinto.

1991

Results of the 1991 legislative election held on 6 October 1991:
The following candidates were elected: Paulo Pereira Coelho and Carlos Miguel Oliveira.

1987

Results of the 1987 legislative election held on 19 July 1987:
The following candidates were elected: Luís Amaral and Luís Geraldes.

1985

Results of the 1985 legislative election held on 6 October 1985:
The following candidates were elected: José Gama and Luís Geraldes.

1983

Results of the 1983 legislative election held on 25 April 1983:
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar and José Gama.

1980

Results of the 1980 legislative election held on 5 October 1980:
The following candidates were elected: Maria Manuela Aguiar and José Gama.

1979

Results of the 1979 legislative election held on 2 December 1979:
The following candidates were elected: José Gama and António Maria Pereira.

1976

Results of the 1976 legislative election held on 25 April 1976:
The following candidates were elected: António Simões and José Theodoro da Silva.

Voter statistics

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.
Country or region202520242022201920152011200920052002
Americas467,361438,672423,557394,288142,844103,41278,28951,39253,840
Asia and Oceania117,279107,180103,007110,02112,0237,8837,60613,00913,127
Africa52,02063,58469,00766,8559,6408,7618,5758,17410,107
Brazil277,980256,413240,140220,610101,91673,37053,34726,25827,530
United States70,07565,24262,31356,6539,4549,3539,6089,6168,904
Canada57,97154,16155,86555,28212,1979,2417,2427,7958,666
Macau47,76048,64663,31365,2938,2234,2094,04711,52111,622
Venezuela45,45648,22952,86752,40517,2339,6576,3986,0636,998
Israel42,00231,8027,0021,08438181977
South Africa25,23930,63033,58432,6556,4705,3025,4104,4375,537
India14,43613,94119,21130,1961,4581,6511,662176203
Angola11,91716,33718,00719,3513626487851,0361,274
Mozambique7,6698,6579,8039,2151,4671,4121,3361,4401,825
Argentina7,6236,8496,0985,3961,1621,1111,0419661,027
Australia6,5716,3557,5677,9701,7371,4001,4421,1091,081
Cape Verde3,6234,4524,6913,243519541425281334
United Arab Emirates2,6752,8102,6642,47479
Chile2,0141,9301,3146424418101616
Colombia1,6461,21782950122351548093
Panama1,5861,5341,497785
Mexico1,4431,5021,0536025028151518
Timor-Leste1,097994933916245407287
Uruguay9681,0221,1951,163535563558506484
São Tomé and Príncipe5916267066301711401138587
Peru58755736122430201477
Qatar55157149652417
Saudi Arabia5414743262671520273312
Namibia536547471405159283313
Zimbabwe506467405389283351206280299
Singapore4854734593574421
Morocco4144163721491110111933
China 3163363874057167551510
Japan2852782842525152414239
Thailand277244175115219311
Senegal2712713622792622271610
Guinea-Bissau26822316214411718012288118
Democratic Republic of the Congo217207138103337887125163
Tunisia1942031255961123
Kenya19018441355263
Indonesia13813310510725
Nigeria1108384982269
Ivory Coast9110279
South Korea857549231186
Egypt835338399121328
Ethiopia70952023
Pakistan412722221112135665
Algeria2121244322225
Cuba121625252610
Iran1214743333
Equatorial Guinea10101124
Kazakhstan77712
Bermuda6487
Hong Kong4658
Iraq26
Zambia1317
Libya46519
Philippines11
Total636,660609,436595,571571,164164,507120,05694,47072,57577,074