Portugal

Portugal and International IDEA

Portugal is one of the founding members of IDEA in 1995.

Portugal, a List Proportional Representation democracy, collaborates closely with IDEA and provides funding to the overall work of the Institute.

A large part of IDEA’s funding comes from its member states “core contributions”, which finance the entire work programme of the Institute: Programme of Operations 2007-09. Each of IDEA’s member states is therefore involved and instrumental in IDEA’s work to promote democracy worldwide.

Highlights of International IDEA’s activities in relation to Portugal:

• Electoral System Design: The New International IDEA Handbook (overview in Portuguese, 2005), an easy-to-use guide with practical information about electoral system choice and modification.

Facts and figures about democracy in Portugal

Using IDEA’s worldwide democracy and elections databases, learn more about:

• Comparative data on election systems, laws, management and administration
• Voter turnout in Portugal 1975 – 2005
• Information on electoral quotas for women in Portugal
• Laws on funding of political parties in Portugal