We, the Citizens!

Political party in Portugal

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We, the Citizens! (Portuguese: Nós, Cidadãos!) is a Portuguese political party founded by members of the Portuguese Institute of Democracy (Instituto Democracia Portuguesa, IDP) after the large protest against the introduction of a single social tax in 2012.

History

IDP is a civic association founded in 2007 and advocating the need for a more democratic society, respecting the sovereignty of the people and the rule of law. Nós, Cidadãos! claims to be "Classical Social Democrats", and campaign on government and judicial reform, participatory democracy, sustainability and social justice. The party strongly supports European integration. It is supported by several prominent judges and legal scholars as well as the famous Portuguese singer and composer José Cid.^[2]

In the legislative elections of 2015, they received 21,382 votes, ranked 12th, and did not elect any member of parliament. One quirk of their performance, however, was their second place in the "Outside Europe" constituency, behind the Portugal à Frente coalition. They even came top among registered voters in China. The Constitutional Court rejected a petition by the Socialist Party, who came third, to contest the election on the grounds of alleged electoral fraud.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral results

Assembly of the Republic

Election	Assembly of the Republic					Government	Size	Leader	Notes
Election	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−	Government	Size	Leader	Notes
2015	21,439	0.4%		0 / 230		Extra-parliamentary	12th	Mendo Castro Henriques
2019	12,379	0.2%	0.2	0 / 230		Extra-parliamentary	15th	Mendo Castro Henriques
2022	2,997	0.06%	0.14	0 / 230		Extra-parliamentary	21st	Joaquim Rocha Afonso
2024	2,399	0.04%	0.02	0 / 230		Extra-parliamentary	21st	Joaquim Rocha Afonso

European Parliament

Election	European Parliament					Size	Candidate
Election	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/	Size	Candidate
2019	34,672	1.1%		0 / 21		10th	Paulo de Morais

Municipalities

Municipality	Local government			Local assemblies
Municipality	Votes	Percentage	Seats won	Votes	Percentage	Seats won
Oleiros	1,302	35.6%	2 / 5	1,320	36.1%	6 / 15
Oliveira de Frades	2,869	47.0%	3 / 5	2,593	42.4%	7 / 15
Portimão	1,175	5.9%	0 / 5	1,328	6.7%	1 / 21
Tavira	364	3.1%	0 / 7	631	5.3%	1 / 21

Parishes

Municipality	Votes	Percentage	Parish governments	Parish assemblies
Alvor	156	6.8%		1 / 13
Arcozelo das Maias	309	36.3%	3 / 3	4 / 9
Cambas	51	27.4%		2 / 7
Destriz e Reigoso	175	38.4%		3 / 7
Espinho	414	7.1%		1 / 13
Estreito-Vilar Barroco	250	35.7%		3 / 7
Isna	20	13.1%		1 / 7
Madeirã	65	47.8%		3 / 7
Madalena	735	14.9%		2 / 13
Moscavide e Portela	1,648	15.9%		2 / 13
Mosteiro	77	35.0%		2 / 7
Oliveira de Frades, Souto de Lafões e Sejães	1,028	46.0%	3 / 3	5 / 9
Portimão	1,035	6.5%		1 / 21
São Vicente de Lafões	281	55.4%	3 / 3	4 / 7
Sarnadas de São Simão	23	14.7%		1 / 7
Sobral	37	27.0%		2 / 7

References

^ Lusa, Agência. "Investigador Joaquim Rocha Afonso eleito presidente do partido Nós, Cidadãos!". Observador.pt. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Nós, Cidadãos é o novo partido de centro-direita em formação, Publico.pt, retrieved 17 September 2015 (Portuguese)