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Elections in Portugal

What do we know about elections in Portugal?

Latest result: Socialist Party won 120 of 230 seats in 2022.

  • Latest result:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats at the latest election in our data?

As of , the latest result in our data is the 2022 legislative election: Socialist Party won 120 of 230 seats. This page lists 26 elections, past and coming.

Socialist Party, 120 of 230 seats

116 of 230 seats make a majority

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Latest result

Portugal 2022 legislative electionFinal result

Socialist Party won 120 of 230 seats.

116 of 230 make a majority
  • Socialist Party120
  • Social Democratic Party72
  • Chega12
  • Liberal Initiative8
  • Portuguese Communist Party6
  • Left Bloc5
  • Others7
Largest party's seats
120 of 230
Its share of the vote
42.5%
Turnout
51.5%

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What does the latest result show?

  1. The balance

    Socialist Party won a majority of the seats.

    Socialist Party won 120 of 230 seats. A majority needs 116.

  2. The change

    The largest seat gain went to Socialist Party.

    Socialist Party gained 12 seats compared with 2019. Left Bloc lost 14 seats.

  3. Participation

    Turnout reached 51.5%.

    That is up 2.9 points on 2019.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Socialist Party42.5% of votes52.2% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party28.4% of votes31.3% of seats
  • Chega7.4% of votes5.2% of seats
  • Liberal Initiative5.0% of votes3.5% of seats
  • Portuguese Communist Party4.4% of votes2.6% of seats
  • Left Bloc4.5% of votes2.2% of seats
  • CDS – People's Party1.6% of votes1.3% of seats
  • People's Monarchist Party0.5% of votes0.9% of seats
  • Party for Animals and Nature1.6% of votes0.4% of seats
  • Livre1.3% of votes0.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Socialist Party led Social Democratic Party by 14.1 points of the vote.

How many people voted in Portugal?

Elections in the turnout line
Turnout at national parliament elections, share of registered voters who cast a ballot
Turnout at national parliament elections, share of registered voters who cast a ballot, last five elections

Which past elections do we list for Portugal?

The latest result we hold for Portugal comes from ParlGov, which reaches June 2023: a later election is not in our data yet.

Election and largest party%SeatsTurnout %
2022 legislative electionSocialist Party42.5120 of 23051.5
2019 legislative electionSocialist Party38.2108 of 23048.6
2015 legislative electionSocial Democratic Party39.8107 of 23055.8
2011 legislative electionSocial Democratic Party40.3108 of 23058.0
2009 legislative electionSocialist Party37.797 of 23059.7
2005 legislative electionSocialist Party46.4121 of 23064.3
2002 legislative electionSocial Democratic Party41.0105 of 23061.5
1999 legislative electionSocialist Party45.0115 of 23061.1
1995 legislative electionSocialist Party44.6112 of 23066.3
1991 legislative electionSocial Democratic Party51.6135 of 23067.8
1987 legislative electionSocial Democratic Party51.3148 of 25071.6
1985 legislative electionSocial Democratic Party30.688 of 25074.2
Earlier elections
Election and largest party%SeatsTurnout %
1983 legislative electionSocialist Party37.1101 of 25077.8
1980 legislative electionSocial Democratic Party82 of 25083.9
1979 legislative electionSocial Democratic Party75 of 25082.9
1976 legislative electionSocialist Party36.6107 of 26383.5
1975 legislative electionSocialist Party40.7116 of 25091.7

How did Portugal vote in European Parliament elections?

Election and largest party%Turnout %
2024 European Parliament electionPartido Socialista32.8
2019 European Parliament electionSocialist Party35.930.7
2014 European Parliament electionSocialist Party34.033.7
2009 European Parliament electionSocial Democratic Party34.036.8
2004 European Parliament electionSocialist Party46.438.6
1999 European Parliament electionSocialist Party44.539.9
1994 European Parliament electionSocialist Party36.035.5
1989 European Parliament electionSocial Democratic Party33.851.1
1987 European Parliament electionSocial Democratic Party38.472.4

Which parties have results in our data?

Every party
  • Socialist Party42.5% 2022
  • Social Democratic Party28.4% 2022
  • Chega7.4% 2022
  • Liberal Initiative5.0% 2022
  • Left Bloc4.5% 2022
  • Portuguese Communist Party4.4% 2022
  • CDS – People's Party1.6% 2022
  • Party for Animals and Nature1.6% 2022
  • Livre1.3% 2022
  • People's Monarchist Party0.5% 2022
  • Unitary Democratic Coalition6.7% 2019
  • Alliance0.8% 2019

Each party's share of the vote at its latest election in our data, and the year of that election.

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