The party increased their share of the votes by 2 percentage points from the 2014 election, and won an additional seat.

The Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) scored their worst result as well, narrowly electing two European Parliament members compared with their former three.

On the other hand, the Left Bloc (BE) rebounded to previous support levels, more than doubling its vote share to 9.8 percent and electing a new member.

Headed by civil engineer André Silva, PAN won 5.1 percent of the votes and was able to elect its first ever European Parliament member, over-performing the polls.

[3] The major parties that participated in the election and their European Parliament list leaders, ranked by percentage of the vote received, were: Exit poll The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas.