The 14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XIV Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 25 October 2019 to 4 December 2021. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2019 legislative election, held on 6 October 2019.
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| Legislative body | Assembly of the Republic | ||||
| Meeting place | Palace of Saint Benedict | ||||
| Term | 25 October 2019 – 4 December 2021 | ||||
| Election | 6 October 2019 | ||||
| Government | XXII Constitutional Government | ||||
| Website | parlamento | ||||
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| Members | 230 | ||||
| President | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS) | ||||
| First Vice-President | Edite Estrela (PS) | ||||
| Second Vice-President | Fernando Negrão (PPD/PSD) | ||||
| Third Vice-President | José Manuel Pureza (BE) | ||||
| Fourth Vice-President | António Filipe (PCP) | ||||
| First Secretary | Maria da Luz Rosinha (PS) | ||||
| Second Secretary | Duarte Pacheco (PPD/PSD) | ||||
| Third Secretary | Nelson Peralta (BE) | ||||
| Fourth Secretary | Ana Mesquita (PCP) | ||||
The Legislature ended on 4 December 2021, when the President of the Republic announced its dissolution and called for a snap election on 30 January 2022.[1]
Election edit
The 15th Portuguese legislative election was held on 6 October 2019. In the election, the Socialist Party (PS) became the largest party in the Assembly of the Republic but fell short of a majority.[2]
| Party | Assembly of the Republic | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | +/− | ||
| PS | 1,903,687 | 36.35 | 108 | +22 | |
| PPD/PSD | 1,454,283 | 27.77 | 79 | –10 | |
| BE | 498,549 | 9.52 | 19 | ±0 | |
| CDU | 332,018 | 6.34 | 12 | –5 | |
| CDS–PP | 221,094 | 4.22 | 5 | –13 | |
| PAN | 173,931 | 3.32 | 4 | +3 | |
| Chega | 67,502 | 1.29 | 1 | +1 | |
| IL | 67,443 | 1.29 | 1 | +1 | |
| Livre | 56,940 | 1.09 | 1 | +1 | |
| Others/blanks/invalids | 462,037 | 8.82 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 5,237,484 | 100.00 | 230 | ±0 | |
Composition (2019–2022) edit
| Party | Parliamentary group leader | Elected | Dissolution | |||
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| Seats | % | Seats | % | |||
| PS | Ana Catarina Mendes | 108 | 47.0 | 108 | 47.0 | |
| PPD/PSD | Adão e Silva | 79 | 34.4 | 79 | 34.4 | |
| BE | Pedro Filipe Soares | 19 | 8.2 | 19 | 8.2 | |
| PCP | João Oliveira | 10 | 4.4 | 10 | 4.4 | |
| CDS–PP | Telmo Correia | 5 | 2.2 | 5 | 2.2 | |
| PAN | Inês Sousa Real | 4 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.3 | |
| PEV | José Luís Ferreira | 2 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 | |
| Chega | André Ventura | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| IL | João Cotrim de Figueiredo | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Livre | Joacine Katar Moreira | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Independent | Joacine Katar Moreira Cristina Rodrigues |
0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Total | 230 | 100.0 | 230 | 100.0 | ||
Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic edit
To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Then incumbent President of the Assembly Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, since 2015, ran for a second term and was easily re-elected:[3]
| Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic | |||
| Ballot → | 25 October 2019 | ||
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| Required majority → | 116 out of 230 | ||
| Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS) | 178 / 230
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| Blank ballots | 44 / 230
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| Invalid ballots | 8 / 230
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| Absentees | 0 / 230
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| Sources: [3] | |||
References edit
- ^ "Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 91/2021, de 5 de dezembro" (PDF). PR - Presidência da República - Diário da República n.º 234-B/2021, Série I de 5 de Dezembro de 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Official Results — National Election Commission
- ^ a b "Ferro Rodrigues reeleito com 178 votos a favor e 44 em branco". Público (in Portuguese). 25 October 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2024.