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Portugal 1995 legislative election

What was the result of the 1995 legislative election in Portugal?

Socialist Party won 112 of 230 seats with 44.6% of the vote. 66.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Portugal
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Socialist Party won 112 of 230 seats with 44.6% of the vote; 66.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.5 points on 1991.

  • Socialist Party 112 +40 seats 44.6% +14.9 points
  • Social Democratic Party 88 −47 seats 34.8% −16.8 points
  • CDS – People's Party 15 +10 seats 9.2% +4.7 points
  • Unitary Democratic Coalition 0 0 seats 8.7% −0.2 points
  • Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 0 0.7%
  • Portuguese Communist Party 13 −2 seats
  • Ecology Party -- Greens 2 0 seats
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Portugal 1991 legislative election, party by party.

116 of 230 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 44.6%

    Share of the vote won by Socialist Party

    Socialist Party won 112 of 230 seats. A majority needs 116.

  2. +40 seats

    Seats gained by Socialist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1991. Social Democratic Party lost 47 seats.

  3. 66.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.5 points on 1991.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Socialist Party112+4044.6+14.92,583,755
Social Democratic Party88−4734.8−16.82,014,589
CDS – People's Party15+109.2+4.7534,470
Unitary Democratic Coalitionwith Democratic Intervention008.7−0.2506,157
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party00.741,137
Portuguese Communist Party13−2
Ecology Party -- Greens20

± is the change against the Portugal 1991 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Socialist Party 2,583,755
  • Social Democratic Party 2,014,589
  • CDS – People's Party 534,470
  • Unitary Democratic Coalition 506,157
  • Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 41,137
  • Portuguese Communist Party
  • Ecology Party -- Greens

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

66.3% of the 8,906,608 registered voters cast a ballot (5,904,854 ballots), down 1.5 points on 1991. 5,791,761 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1975.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Socialist Party44.6% of votes48.7% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party34.8% of votes38.3% of seats
  • CDS – People's Party9.2% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Unitary Democratic Coalition8.7% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Socialist Party led Social Democratic Party by 9.8 points of the vote.

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