People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)

People's Monarchist Party
Partido Popular Monárquico
AbbreviationPPM
LeaderGonçalo da Câmara Pereira
FounderGonçalo Ribeiro Telles
Francisco Rolão Preto
Founded23 May 1974 (1974-05-23)
HeadquartersTravessa Pimenteira, 1300-460, Lisbon
Youth wingMonarchical Youth (JM; dissolved in 2024)
IdeologyConstitutional monarchism[1]
Portuguese nationalism
Conservatism[1]
Christian democracy
Euroscepticism[2]
Agrarianism[3]
Political positionRight-wing[4]
National affiliationAD (1979–1983)
Basta! (2019)
AD (2024–present)
European affiliationEuropean Christian Political Movement[5]
International affiliationInternational Monarchist Conference[6]
ColoursBlue
Assembly of the Republic
0 / 230
European Parliament
0 / 21
Regional parliaments
1 / 57
Local government
(Mayors)
0 / 308
Local government
(Parishes)
1 / 3,066
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
ppmonarquico.pt

The People's Monarchist Party (Portuguese: Partido Popular Monárquico, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu pupuˈlaɾ muˈnaɾkiku]) is a political party in Portugal. It was founded in 1974 by various groups opposing the Estado Novo, in the context of the Carnation Revolution.[citation needed]

The party seeks the restoration of the Portuguese monarchy. The People's Monarchist Party is a member of the International Monarchist Conference and the European Christian Political Movement.

History

The party is known for its dispute with Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, with party leader, Nuno da Câmara Pereira, supporting a rival claimant, Pedro José, Duke of Loulé.

The party had, until 2009, two representatives in the Assembly of the Republic, elected on the lists of the Social Democratic Party, following an agreement with the latter party's leader, Pedro Santana Lopes. In 2009, under the leadership of Câmara Pereira, the party decided to run in the elections of that year on its own, gaining no seats.

The party had not been elected on its own since the dissolution of the Democratic Alliance, of which it was a part, and seldom reached 0.5% of votes.

Leaders

Notable members

Election results

Assembly of the Republic

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/- Government
1975 Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles 32,526 0.6 (#10)
0 / 250
No seats
1976 28,320 0.5 (#10)
0 / 263
Steady 0 No seats
1979 Democratic Alliance
5 / 250
Increase 5 Coalition
1980
6 / 250
Increase 1 Coalition
1983 27,635 0.5 (#6)
0 / 250
Decrease 6 No seats
1985 with PS[7]
1 / 250
Increase 1 Opposition
1987 23,218 0.4 (#10)
0 / 250
Decrease 1 No seats
1991 Nuno Cardoso da Silva 25,216 0.4 (#9)
0 / 230
Steady 0 No seats
1995 Fernando de Sá Monteiro Ecology & Future
0 / 230
Steady 0 No seats
1999 Miguel Ataíde 16,522 0.3 (#8)
0 / 230
Steady 0 No seats
2002 12,398 0.2 (#8)
0 / 230
Steady 0 No seats
2005 Nuno da Câmara Pereira [pt] with PSD
2 / 230
Increase 2 Opposition
2009 15,262 0.3 (#10)
0 / 230
Decrease 2 No seats
2011 Paulo Estêvão [pt] 14,687 0.3 (#12)
0 / 230
Steady 0 No seats
2015 14,916 0.3 (#14)
0 / 230
Steady 0 No seats
2019 Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira 8,389 0.2 (#19)
0 / 230
Steady 0 No seats
2022 260 0.0 (#23)
0 / 230
Steady 0 No seats
2024 Democratic Alliance
0 / 230
Steady 0 No seats

European Parliament

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
1987 Miguel Esteves Cardoso 155,990 2.77 (#6)
0 / 24
New
1989 56,900 2.03 (#5)
0 / 24
Steady 0
1994 Paula Marinho 8,300 0.27 (#11)
0 / 25
Steady 0
1999 Unclear 16,182 0.45 (#7)
0 / 25
Steady 0
2004 Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira 15,454 0.45 (#7)
0 / 24
Steady 0
2009 Frederico Duarte Carvalho 14,414 0.40 (#11)
0 / 22
Steady 0
2014 Nuno Correia da Silva 17,185 0.45 (#11)
0 / 21
Steady 0
2019 André Ventura Basta!
0 / 21
Steady 0
2024 Sebastião Bugalho Democratic Alliance
0 / 21
Steady 0

Regional Assemblies

Azorean Regional Parliament

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/- Government
1984 41 0.0 (#8)
0 / 47
No seats
1988 162 0.2 (#9)
0 / 47
Steady0 No seats
1992 AD – Azores
0 / 47
Steady0 No seats
2000 Democratic Convergence
0 / 47
No seats
2004 293 0.3 (#6)
0 / 47
Steady0 No seats
2008 Paulo Estêvão [pt] 423 0.5 (#8)
1 / 47
Increase1 Opposition
2012 86 0.1 (#12)
1 / 47
Steady0 Opposition
2016 866 0.9 (#7)
1 / 47
Steady0 Opposition
2020 2,415 2.3 (#6)
2 / 47
Increase1 Coalition[a]
2024 PSD/CDS/PPM
1 / 47
Decrease1 Coalition[a]


See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Minority coalition government PSD-CDS–PP-PPM

References

  1. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Azores/Portugal". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Partido Popular Monárquico | EUROPEIAS 2014". Partido Popular Monárquico. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Legislativas. Partido Popular Monárquico ambiciona eleger dois deputados". Rádio e Televisão Portuguesa. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Partido Popular Monárquico | Programa Político". Partido Popular Monárquico. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Our members and associates". European Christian Political Movement.
  6. ^ "Monarchist Conference - Members". International Monarchist Conference. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Almeida Santos apresenta listas e defende revisão da Constituição". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese). No. 21833. 13 August 1985. p. 7. Retrieved 4 January 2024.