Home > 2.5 Election campaign > PORTUGAL - Electoral Law
 
 
 
Download file    
 
 
Article 63
 

1. The broadcasting times reserved by Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, S.A., private television stations, Radiodifusão Portuguesa, S.A., connected to all its transmitters, and by the national private radio stations will be attributed, proportionally, to the political parties and coalitions that have presented a minimum of 25% of the total number of candidates and are competing in at least 25% of the total number of constituencies.


2. The broadcasting times reserved by international and regional transmitters of Radiodifusão Portuguesa, S.A., and by private regional stations will be divided equally among the political parties and coalitions that have put forward candidates in the constituency or in one of the constituencies covered, entirely or mostly, by the respective broadcasts.


3. The National Elections Commission, up to three days before the opening of the electoral campaign, will organize, in accordance with the criteria mentioned in the previous numbers, the same number of broadcast series as political parties and coalitions entitled to them, proceeding with a draw among those with the same positioning.