IFES Election Guide | Elections: Portuguese Assembly of the Republic 2022 General

Portuguese Republic

Results

Cast Votes:5,389,705

Valid Votes:5,278,406

Invalid Votes:49,537

Voter
Turnout*

Hover to view number and percent of total seats won by party. Eight largest parties shown, with "others" combined if applicable.

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Portugese Socialist Party 117 - ▲ 2,246,637

41.68%

Social Democratic (Partido Social Democrata) 71 - 1,498,605

27.80%

CHEGA (CHEGA) 12 - ▲ 385,559

7.15%

Liberal Initiative (Iniciativa Liberal) 8 - ▲ 268,414

4.98%

Unitary Democratic Coalition (Coligação Democrática Unitária) 6 - ▼ 236,635

4.39%

Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) 5 - ▼ 240,265

4.46%

Election Results Modified: Feb 01, 2022

Note: Parties that recieved less than 1% of the vote were omitted.

At stake in this election:

Description of government structure [2]:

Chief of State: President Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (since 9 March 2016)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Antonio Luis Santos da COSTA (since 24 November 2015)
Assembly: The unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Republica) has 230 seats.

Description of electoral system [2]:

The President is elected by absolute majority popular vote in a two-round vote to serve a 5-year term.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the President and is usually the leader of the majority party or coalition.
The Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da Republica) has 226 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote, and 4 members (2 each in 2 constituencies) to represent Portuguese citizens living abroad that are directly elected by proportional representation vote. Members serve 4-year terms.

Last Election:

The last Assembly of the Republic election was held on October 6^th, 2019. 5,092,424 votes were cast and there was a 52% voter turnout. The Portuguese Socialist Party won 106 seats (36.65% of the vote), the Social Democratic Party won 77 seats (27.9% of the vote), the Left Bloc won 19 seats (9.67% of the vote), and the Unitary Democratic Coalition won 12 seats (6.46% of the vote). All other parties received less than 5% of the vote [3].

Main parties in this election:

Socialist Party (PS) / Partido Socialista
- Leader: António COSTA
- Seats won in last election: 108 out of 230
Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) / Partido Social Democrata
- Leader: Rui RIO
- Seats won in last election: 79 out of 230
Left Bloc (BE) / Bloco de Esquerda
- Leader: Catarina MARTINS
- Seats won in last election: 19 out of 230
Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) / Partido Comunista Portugues
- Leader: Jerónimo de SOUSA
- Seats won in last election: 10 out of 230

Population and number of registered voters:

Gender Data:

Female Population: 5,390,000 (2019 est.) [5]
Is Portugal a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (signed 24 April 1980)
Has Portugal ratified CEDAW: Yes (ratified 30 July 1980) [6]
Gender Quota: Yes, both legislated and voluntary quotas. (Portuguese Election Law requires a minimum representation of 33% of each sex, with a financial penalty for non-compliance.) [7]
Female candidates in this election: Yes
Number of female legislators: 92 out of 230 [8]
Human Development Index Position: 0.864 (ranked 38) [9]
Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very low (11%) [10]