14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic explained

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14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
Body:Assembly of the Republic
Meeting Place:Palace of Saint Benedict
Election:6 October 2019
Government:XXII Constitutional Government
Before:13th Legislature
After:15th Legislature
Chamber1:Deputies
Chamber1 Image:Composition of the Portuguese Republic Assembly 2020.svg
Membership1:230
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:First Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader2:Edite Estrela (PS)
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Second Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader3:Fernando Negrão (PPD/PSD)
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Third Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader4:José Manuel Pureza (BE)
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Fourth Vice-President
Chamber1 Leader5:António Filipe (PCP)
Chamber1 Leader6 Type:First Secretary
Chamber1 Leader6:Maria da Luz Rosinha (PS)
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Second Secretary
Chamber2 Leader1:Duarte Pacheco (PPD/PSD)
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Third Secretary
Chamber2 Leader2:Nelson Peralta (BE)
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Fourth Secretary
Chamber2 Leader3:Ana Mesquita (PCP)

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.

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

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]

PartyAssembly of the Republic
Votes%Seats+/−
PS1,903,687 36.35 108 +22
PPD/PSD1,454,283 27.77 79 –10
BE498,549 9.52 19 ±0
CDU332,018 6.34 12 –5
CDS–PP221,094 4.22 5 –13
PAN173,931 3.32 4 +3
Chega67,502 1.29 1 +1
IL67,443 1.29 1 +1
Livre56,940 1.09 1 +1
Others/blanks/invalids462,037 8.82 0 ±0
Total5,237,484 100.00 230 ±0

Composition (2019–2022)

PartyParliamentary group leaderElectedDissolution
Seats%Seats%
Ana Catarina Mendes (Setúbal)10847.010847.0
Adão e Silva (Bragança)7934.47934.4
Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon)198.2198.2
João Oliveira (Évora)104.4104.4
(Braga)52.252.2
Inês Sousa Real (Lisbon)41.731.3
PEVJosé Luís Ferreira (Setúbal)20.920.9
ChegaAndré Ventura (Lisbon)10.410.4
ILJoão Cotrim de Figueiredo (Lisbon)10.410.4
Joacine Katar Moreira (Lisbon)10.400.0
IndependentJoacine Katar Moreira (Lisbon)
Cristina Rodrigues (Setúbal)
00.020.8
 Total230100.0230100.0

Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic

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
Required majority →116 out of 230
Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)
Blank ballots
Invalid ballots
Absentees
Sources:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 91/2021, de 5 de dezembro. PR - Presidência da República - Diário da República n.º 234-B/2021, Série I de 5 de Dezembro de 2021. 6 December 2021.
  2. http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/2019ar_mapa_oficial_resultados.pdf Official Results — National Election Commission
  3. Web site: 25 October 2019 . Ferro Rodrigues reeleito com 178 votos a favor e 44 em branco . 28 March 2024 . Público . pt.