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March 10, 2024 Held

Portugal
Portuguese Republic
Election for Assembleia da República (Portuguese Assembly of the Republic)

Results

Voter Participation


Cast Votes:6,473,789
Valid Votes:6,194,290
Invalid Votes:279,499
Voter
Turnout*

Seat Share By Party:

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


Vote Share by Party:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Socialist Party 78 - 1,812,469

28.00%

Democratic Alliance (Aliança Democrática) 77 - 1,814,021

28.02%

CHEGA (CHEGA) 50 - 1,169,836

18.07%

Liberal Initiative (Iniciativa Liberal) 8 - - 319,685

4.94%

Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) 5 - - 282,314

4.36%

Portuguese Communist Party-Ecologist Party "The Greens"-Democratic Unity Coalition (PCP-PE CDU) (Partido Comunista Português-Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" (Coligação Democrática Unitária) (PCP-PE CDU)) 4 - 205,436

3.17%

LIVRE (LIVRE) 4 - 204,676

3.16%

Madeira First (Madeira Primeiro) 3 - 52,992

0.82%

People-Animals-Nature (Pessoas -Animais -Natureza (PAN)) 1 - 126,085

1.95%

Results Notes

Results Source: Secretaria Geral, Ministério da Administração Interna


Election Results Modified: Apr 08, 2024

General Information

At Stake in this Election: 

  • All 230 seats in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic

  • Chief of State: President Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (since 9 March 2016) 

  • Head of Government: Caretaker Prime Minister Antônio Luis Santos da COSTA (since 24 November 2015) 

  • Assembly: unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) with 230 seats

  • The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President may serve up to two 5-year terms. 

  • The legislative majority leader is typically appointed Prime Minister by the President. 

  • In the Assembly of the Republic, 226 members are elected by closed-list proportional representation vote in multi-seat constituencies. An additional 4 members are elected by proportional representation vote from two constituencies representing the Portuguese diaspora. All members are directly elected and serve 4-year terms.

In the 2022 legislative election, the Socialist Party won a majority with 117 seats, followed by the Social Democratic Party (71 seats), and four other parties. Voter turnout was 57.96%.

Information for Voters: 

Perguntas Frequentes: Votação em Portugal / FAQs: Voting in Portugal (in Portuguese)

New/Unique in this Election:  

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called a snap election after Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned due to accusations of corrupt dealings with mining and energy firms. Prime Minister Costa will continue to serve as caretaker Prime Minister until the new legislature opens.

Key Deadlines: 

  • Leader: Pedro Nuno SANTOS 

  • Seats won in last election: 117 out of 230 

  • Leader: Hugo SOARES 

  • Seats won in last election 71 out of 230 

  • Leader: André Amaral VENTURA 

  • Seats won in last election: 12 out of 230 

  • Leader: João Cotrim FIGUEIREDO 

  • Seats won in last election: 8 out of 230 

  • Leader: Paulo RAIMUNDO 

  • Seats won in last election:  

  • Leader: Mariana MORTÁGUA 

  • Seats won in last election: 5 out of 230

Population and Registered Voters: 

Gender Data: 

Disability Data: 

  • CRPD Status: Signed 30 March 2007, Ratified 23 September 2009 

  • Projected population with a disability: 1,665,552 (2022 est.)

IFES Resources: 

  • Does IFES have a presence in Portugal: No 

  • Election Access: Yes 

  • Election Judgements: Yes, 3 judgments and 14 resources 

Election Modified: Mar 13, 2024

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