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President: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) · Prime Minister: Luís Montenegro (PSD) · Governing parties: PSD, CDS-PP
Legislative elections: Assembly of the Republic, 4-year term, 230 seats, party-list PR:

     2024 2022 2019 2015
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Partido Socialista (PS)
Socialist Party
Social democracy  28,0 78 41,4 120 36,3 108 32,3 86
Aliança Democrática (AD)
Democratic Alliance (a)
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy
28,0 77 - - - - 38,6 107
Partido Social Democrata (PSD)
Social Democratic Party
Liberal conservatism  AD (75) 27,7 72 27,8 79 PaF (89)
CDS-Partido Popular (CDS-PP)
CDS-People's Party
Christian democracy
Conservatism
National conservatism
AD (2) 1,6 - 4,2 5 PaF (18)
Partido Popular Monárquico (PPM)
People's Monarchist Party
Conservatism
Monarchism
AD - 0,0 - 0,2 - 0,3 -
Chega (CH)
Enough
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Economic liberalism
18,1 50 7,2 12 1,3 1 - -
Iniciativa Liberal (IL)
Liberal Initiative
Liberalism  5,0 8 4,9 8 1,3 1 - -
Bloco de Esquerda (BE)
Left Bloc
Socialism   4,4 5 4,4 5 9,5 19 10,2 19
Coligação Democrática Unitária (CDU)
Unitary Democratic Coalition
Communism    
Eco-socialism
3,2 4 4,3 6 6,3 12 8,3 17
Livre (L)
Free (b)
Green politics
Democratic socialism
3,2 4 1,3 1 1,1 1 0,7 -
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza (PAN)
People-Animals-Nature
Animal welfare    
Environmentalism
2,0 1 1,6 1 3,3 4 1,4 1
Madeira Primeiro (MP)
Madeira First (c)
Liberal conservatism 
Christian democracy 
0,8 3 0,9 3 - - - -
Partido Popular Monárquico (PPM)
People's Monarchist Party (d)
Conservatism
Monarchism
0,0 - 0,0 - - - - -
Partido Comunista Português (PCP)
Portuguese Communist Party
Communism
Marxism-Leninism 
CDU (4) CDU (6) CDU (10) CDU (15)
Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" (PEV)
Ecologist Party "The Greens"
Ecosocialism
Green politics
CDU - CDU - CDU (2) CDU (2)
Aliança Democrática (AD)
Democratic Alliance (e)
Liberal conservatism 
Christian democracy 
- - 0,5 2 - - - -
Others 7,3 - 4,2 - 8,7 - 8,2 -
Total - 230 - 230 - 230 - 230
Turnout 59,8 51,4 48,6 55,9

© 2024 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministério da Administração Interna (www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt).  For full coverage, click here (1975-present). Notes: (a) 2015: Portugal Ahead (PaF); (b) 2015: Free/Time To Go Forward (L/TDA); (c) 2022/2024: Social Democratic Party-CDS-People's Party (PSD-CDS-PP), Madeira constituency (PSD 3 seats); (d) 2022/2024: Madeira constituency; (e) 2022: Social Democratic Party-CDS-People's Party-People's Monarchist Party (PSD-CDS-PP-PPM), Azores constituency (PSD 2 seats).