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Legislative elections: Assembly of the Republic, 4-year term, party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Anibal Cavaco Silva (PPD-PSD) · Prime Minister: José Sócrates (PS) · Government: PS

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2009 Seats 2005 Seats
Partido Socialista (PS)
Socialist Party
Social democracy; Third Way
 
PES, SI
1973
36,6% 97 45,1% 121
Partido Social Democrata (PPD-PSD)
Social Democratic Party
Liberal conservatism; Christian democracy EPP, CDI
1974
29,1% 81 28,7% 75
Partido Popular (CDS-PP)
People's Party
Conservatism; Christian democracy, National conservatism EPP, IDU
1974
10,4% 21 7,3% 12
Bloco de Esquerda (BE)
Left Bloc
Socialism; Anti-capitalism, Trotskyism  EL, EACL
1999
9,8% 16 6,4% 8
Coligação Democrática Unitária (CDU)
Democratic Unity Coalition
Communism; Marxism-Leninism,
Green politics
-
1987
7,9% 15 7,6% 14
Partido Comunista Português (PCP)
Portuguese Communist Party
Communism; Marxism-Leninism
 
IMCWP
1921
- 13 - 12
Partido Ecologista Os Verdes (PEV)
Ecological Party The Greens
Green politics
 
EGP, GG
1982
- 2 - 2
Others - - 6,2% - 4,9% -
Total - - - 230 - 230
Turnout - - 59,7% 65,0%

 © 2009 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições (http://www.legislativas2009.mj.pt). Archive: Elections 1975-2002.