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President: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (PSD) · Prime Minister: António Costa (PS) · Governing party: PS
Legislative elections: Assembly of the Republic, 4-year term, 230 seats, party-list PR:

   2022 2019 2015 2011
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Partido Socialista (PS)
Socialist Party
Social democracy  41,4 120 36,3 108 32,3 86 28,1 74
Partido Social Democrata (PSD)
Social Democratic Party
Liberal conservatism  27,7 72 27,8 79 PaF (89) 38,7 108
Chega (CH)
Enough
Right-wing populism    
Economic liberalism
7,2 12 1,3 1 - - - -
Iniciativa Liberal (IL)
Liberal Initiative
Liberalism  4,9 8 1,3 1 - - - -
Bloco de Esquerda (BE)
Left Bloc
Socialism   4,4 5 9,5 19 10,2 19 5,2 8
Coligação Democrática Unitária (CDU)
Unitary Democratic Coalition
Communism    
Eco-socialism
4,3 6 6,3 12 8,3 17 7,9 16
CDS-Partido Popular (CDS-PP)
CDS-People's Party
Christian democracy
Conservatism
1,6 - 4,2 5 PaF (18) 11,7 24
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza (PAN)
People-Animals-Nature (a)
Animal welfare    
Environmentalism
1,6 1 3,3 4 1,4 1 1,0 -
Livre (L)
Free (b)
Green politics
Democratic socialism
1,3 1 1,1 1 0,7 - - -
Madeira Primeiro (PSD-CDS-PP)
Madeira First (c)
Liberal conservatism 
Christian democracy 
0,9 3 - - - - - -
Aliança Democrática (PSD-CDS-PP-PPM)
Democratic Alliance (d)
Liberal conservatism 
Christian democracy 
0,5 2 - - - - - -
Partido Popular Monárquico (PPM)
People's Monarchist Party
Conservatism
Monarchism
0,0 - 0,2 - 0,3 - 0,3 -
Partido Comunista Português (PCP)
Portuguese Communist Party
Communism
Marxism-Leninism 
CDU (6) CDU (10) CDU (15) CDU (14)
Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" (PEV)
Ecologist Party "The Greens"
Ecosocialism
Green politics
CDU - CDU (2) CDU (2) CDU (2)
Portugal à Frente (PaF)
Portugal Ahead
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 
- - - - 38,6 107 - -
Others 4,2 - 8,7 - 8,2 - 7,1 -
Total - 230 - 230 - 230 - 230
Turnout 51,4 48,6 55,9 58,1

© 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministério da Administração Interna (www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt).  For full coverage, click here (1975-present). Notes: (a) 2011: 2011: Party for Animals and Nature (PAN); (b) 2015: Free/Time To Go Forward (L/TDA); (c) 2022: Social Democratic Party-CDS-People's Party (PSD-CDS-PP), constituency Madeira; (c) 2022: Social Democratic Party-CDS-People's Party-People's Monarchist Party (PSD-CDS-PP-PPM), constituency Azores.