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| 11th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic | |
| Body: | Assembly of the Republic |
| Meeting Place: | Palace of Saint Benedict |
| Election: | 27 September 2009 |
| Government: | XVIII Constitutional Government |
| Before: | 10th Legislature |
| After: | 12th Legislature |
| Chamber1: | Deputies |
| Chamber1 Image: | Composition of the Portuguese Republic Assembly 2009.png |
| Membership1: | 230 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | President |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Jaime Gama (PS) |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | First Vice-President |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | José Vera Jardim (PS) |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Second Vice-President |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Guilherme Silva (PPD/PSD) |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Third Vice-President |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | Teresa Caeiro (CDS–PP) |
| Chamber1 Leader5 Type: | Fourth Vice-President |
| Chamber1 Leader5: | Luís Fazenda (BE) |
| Chamber1 Leader6 Type: | First Secretary |
| Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Second Secretary |
| Chamber2 Leader2 Type: | Third Secretary |
| Chamber2 Leader3 Type: | Fourth Secretary |
The 11th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (pt|XI Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 15 October 2009 to 31 March 2011. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2009 legislative election, held on 27 September 2009.
After the Fourth Stability and Growth Program, presented by the Socialist Party Government, failed to achieve a majority in Parliament, Prime Minister José Sócrates resigned and President Aníbal Cavaco Silva dissolved the Assembly of the Republic, calling a snap election in June 2011.[1]
The 12th Portuguese legislative election was held on 27 September 2009. In the election, the Socialist Party (PS) remained the largest party but lost its majority.[2]
| Party | Assembly of the Republic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/− | |||
| PS | 2,077,238 | 36.56 | 97 | –24 | ||
| PPD/PSD | 1,653,665 | 29.11 | 81 | +6 | ||
| CDS–PP | 592,778 | 10.43 | 21 | +9 | ||
| BE | 557,306 | 9.81 | 16 | +8 | ||
| CDU | 446,279 | 7.86 | 15 | +1 | ||
| Others/blanks/invalids | 353,992 | 6.23 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Total | 5,681,258 | 100.00 | 230 | ±0 | ||
| Party | Parliamentary group leader | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | % | ||||
| Francisco Assis (Guarda) | 97 | 42.2 | |||
| José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (Porto) (2009–2010) Miguel Macedo (Braga) (2010–2011) | 81 | 35.2 | |||
| Pedro Mota Soares (Lisbon) | 21 | 9.1 | |||
| José Manuel Pureza (Coimbra) | 16 | 7.0 | |||
| (Lisbon) | 13 | 5.7 | |||
| PEV | Heloísa Apolónia (Setúbal) | 2 | 0.9 | ||
| Total | 230 | 100.0 | |||
To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Then incumbent President of the Assembly Jaime Gama, since 2005, ran for a second term and was easily re-elected:[3]
| Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic | ||||
| Ballot → | 15 October 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Required majority → | 116 out of 230 | |||
| Jaime Gama (PS) | ||||
| Blank ballots | ||||
| Invalid ballots | ||||
| Absentees | ||||
| Sources: | ||||