At Stake in this Election:  

• All 230 members of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic 

Government Structure: 

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

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Luís MONTENEGRO (since 2 April 2024) Assembly: unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República), which has 230 seats. 

Electoral System: 

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds if needed for a five-year term. Candidates are prohibited from serving more than two consecutive terms or serving a third term within the 5 years after the expiration of the second term. 

• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President and is usually the leader of the majority party or coalition.  

• All 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) are directly elected via a proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.  

Last Election: 

The last parliamentary election was held on March 10, 2024. The Socialist Party won 78 seats, the Democratic Alliance won 77 seats, Chega won 50 seats, and all other parties won less than 10 seats. Voter turnout was 60%.  

Information for Voters: 

Eleições para a Assembleia da República 2025 / Elections for the Assembly of the Republic 2025 (in Portuguese)  

New/Unique in this Election: 

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa dissolved parliament and called for a snap election in March of 2025. This is the third snap election since 2022.  

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: April 7, 2025 

• Voter registration deadline: n/a, voter registration is passive 

Main Parties in this Election: 

• Socialist Party / Partido Socialista (PS) 

• • Leader: Pedro NUNO SANTOS 

• • Seats won in the last election: 78 seats out of 230 

• Chega (CH) 

• • Leader: André VENTURA 

• • Seats won in the last election: 50 seats out of 230 

• Liberal Initiative / Iniciativa Liberal (IL) 

• • Leader: Rui ROCHA 

• • Seats won in the last election: 8 seats out of 230 

• Left Bloc / Bloco de Esquerda (B.E.) 

• • Leader: Mariana MORTÁGUA 

• • Seats won in the last election: 5 seats out of 230 

• LIVRE (L) 

• • Leader: Rui TAVARES 

• • Seats won in the last election: 4 seats out of 230 

• People – Animals – Nature / Pessoad – Animais – Natureza (PAN) 

• • Leader: Inês de SOUSA REAL 

• • Seats won in the last election: 1 seat out of 230 

• Unitary Democratic Coalition / CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária (PCP-PEV) 

• • Leader: Paulo RAIMUNDO 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 230 

• Social Democratic Party / Partido Social Democrata (PPD-PSD) 

• • Leader: Luís MONTENEGRO 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 230 

• Together for the People / Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) 

• • Leader: Filipe SOUSA 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 230 

• New Right / Nova Direita (ND) 

• • Leader: Ossanda LIBER 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 230 

• Força Madeira (PTP.MPT.RIR) 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 230 

• People's Monarchist Party / Partido Popular Monárquico (PPM) 

• • Leader: Gonçalo da CÂMARA PEREIRA 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 230 

• National Democratic Alternative / Alternativa Democrática Nacional (ADN) 

• • Leader: Bruno FIALHO 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 230 

• CDS – People's Party / CDS - Partido Popular (CDS-PP) 

• • Leader: Nuno MELO 

• • Seats won in the last election: 0 seats out of 230 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 10,578,174 (2023 estimate) 

• Registered Voters: 10,967,369 (2024 estimate) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 5,539,150 (2023 estimate)  

• CEDAW Status: Signed 24 April 1980, Ratified 30 July 1980  

• Gender Quota: Yes, both legislated and voluntary quotas, where the law mandates that at least 40% of each sex is represented.   

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 80 out of 230 (34.8%) in the Assembly of the Republic  

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.874, Very high (2022 estimate) 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 9.5% (2025 estimate) 

Disability Data: 

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

• Projected population with a disability: 1,692,508 (2023 estimate)