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- ↑ "Europeias. Abstenção de 99% entre os emigrantes". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-13.
- ↑ André Bradford died on 18 July 2019.
- ↑ Manuel Pizarro was appointed to the XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal.
- ↑ João Ferreira resigned on 5 July 2021 to run in the local elections.
