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Legislative elections: Assembly of the Republic, 4-year term, party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Anibal Cavaco Silva (PSD) · Prime Minister: Pedro Passos Coelho (PSD) · Government: PSD, CDS-PP

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2011 Seats 2009 Seats
Partido Social Democrata (PSD)
Social Democratic Party
Liberal conservatism
 
EPP, CDI
1974
38,7% 108 29,1% 81
Partido Socialista (PS)
Socialist Party
Social democracy; Third Way
 
PES, SI
1973
28,1% 74 36,6% 97
Partido Popular (CDS-PP)
People's Party
Conservatism; Christian democracy, National conservatism EPP, IDU
1974
11,7% 24 10,4% 21
Coligação Democrática Unitária (CDU)
Democratic Unity Coalition
Communism; Marxism-Leninism,
Green politics, Eco-socialism
-
1987
7,9% 16 7,9% 15
Partido Comunista Português (PCP)
Portuguese Communist Party
Communism; Marxism-Leninism
 
-
1921
- 14 - 13
Partido Ecologista Os Verdes (PEV)
Ecological Party The Greens
Green politics; Eco-socialism
 
EGP, GG
1982
- 2 - 2
Bloco de Esquerda (BE)
Left Bloc
Socialism; Anti-capitalism, Eco-socialism EL
1999
5,2% 8 9,8% 16
Others - - 8,4% - 6,2% -
Total - - - 230 - 230
Turnout 58,1% 59,7%

 © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições (http://www.legislativas2011.mj.pt). Archive: Elections 1975-2005.