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President: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PPD/PSD) · Prime Minister: António Costa (PS) · Governing party: PS
Legislative elections: Assembly of the Republic, 4-year term, 230 seats, party-list PR:

Party 2022 2019
Partido Socialista (PS)
Socialist Party
Social democracy  
 
41,4% 120 36,3% 108
Partido Social Democrata (PPD/PSD)
Social Democratic Party
Liberal conservatism 
 
27,7% 72 27,8% 79
Chega (CH)
Enough
Right-wing populism    
Economic liberalism
7,2% 12 1,3% 1
Iniciativa Liberal (IL)
Liberal Initiative
Liberalism    
 
4,9% 8 1,3% 1
Bloco de Esquerda (BE)
Left Bloc
Socialism
   
4,4% 5 9,5% 19
CDU-Coligação Democrática Unitária (PCP-PEV)
CDU-Unitary Democratic Coalition
Communism    
Eco-socialism
4,3% 6 6,3% 12
Partido Comunista Português (PCP)
Portuguese Communist Party
Communism
Marxism-Leninism 
- (6) - (10)
Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" (PEV)
Ecologist Party "The Greens"
Eco-socialism
Green politics
- (-) - (2)
CDS-Partido Popular (CDS-PP)
CDS-People's Party
Christian democracy
Conservatism
1,6% - 4,2% 5
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza (PAN)
People-Animals-Nature
Animal welfare    
Environmentalism
1,6% 1 3,3% 4
Livre (L)
Free
Green politics
Democratic socialism
1,3% 1 1,1% 1
Partido Social Democrata ... (PPD/PSD-CDS-PP)
Social Democratic Party ...
[Azores]
Liberal conservatism 
Christian democracy 
0,9% 3 - -
Partido Social Democrata ... (PPD/PSD-CDS-PP-PPM)
Social Democratic Party ...
[Madeira]
Liberal conservatism 
Christian democracy 
0,5% 2 - -
Partido Popular Monárquico (PPM)
People's Monarchist Party
Conservatism
Monarchism
0,0% - 0,2% -
Others 4,2% - 8,7% -
Total - 230 - 230
Turnout 51,4% 48,6%

 © 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministério da Administração Interna (http://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt).

Archive: Legislative elections, 2002-2019 ( For full coverage, 1975-present, click here):

2002 2005 2009 2011 2015 2019
PS % 37,9 45,1 36,6 28,1 32,3 36,3
  S. 96 121 97 74 86 108
PPD/PSD % 40,1 28,7 29,1 38,7 PaF 27,8
  S. 105 75 81 108 (89) 79
BE % 2,8 6,4 9,8 5,2 10,2 9,5
  S. 3 8 16 8 19 19
PCP-PEV (...) % 7,0 7,6 7,9 7,9 8,3 6,3
  S. 12 14 15 16 17 12
CDS-PP (...) % 8,8 7,3 10,4 11,7 PaF 4,2
  S. 14 12 21 24 (18) 5
PAN % - - - 1,0 1,4 3,3
  S. - - - - 1 4
CHEGA % - - - - - 1,3
  S. - - - - - 1
IL % - - - - - 1,3
  S. - - - - - 1
L (...) % - - - - 0,7 1,1
  S. - - - - - 1
PPM % 0,2 PPD/PSD 0,3 0,3 0,3 0,2
  S. - (2) - - - -
PaF % - - - - 38,6 -
  S. - - - - 107 -
Others % 3,2 4,9 5,9 7,1 8,2 8,7
  S. - - - - - -
Total S. 230 230 230 230 230 230
Turnout % 62,8 65,0 59,7 58,1 55,9 48,6

Abbreviations: PS: Socialist Party; PPD/PSD: Social Democratic Party; BE: Left Bloc; PCP-PEV: CDU-Unitary Democratic Coalition (2002-2005: Unitary Democratic Coalition, CDU); CDS-PP: CDS-People's Party (2002-2005: People's Party, CDS-PP); PAN: People-Animals-Nature; CHEGA: Enough; IL: Liberal Initiative; L: Free (2015: Free/Time To Go Forward, L/TDA); PPM: People's Monarchist Party; PaF: Portugal Ahead. © 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck.