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Portugal 2022 legislative election

What was the result of the 2022 legislative election in Portugal?

Socialist Party won 120 of 230 seats with 42.5% of the vote. 51.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Socialist Party won 120 of 230 seats with 42.5% of the vote; 51.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.9 points on 2019.

  • Socialist Party 120 +12 seats 42.5% +4.3 points
  • Social Democratic Party 72 −7 seats 28.4% −0.8 points
  • Chega 12 +11 seats 7.4% +6.0 points
  • Liberal Initiative 8 +7 seats 5.0% +3.7 points
  • Left Bloc 5 −14 seats 4.5% −5.5 points
  • Portuguese Communist Party 6 4.4%
  • Party for Animals and Nature 1 −3 seats 1.6% −1.9 points
  • Livre 1 0 seats 1.3% +0.2 points
  • CDS – People's Party 3 −2 seats 1.6% −2.8 points
  • People's Monarchist Party 2 0.5%
  • 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 2019 legislative election, party by party.

116 of 230 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.5%

    Share of the vote won by Socialist Party

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

  2. +12 seats

    Seats gained by Socialist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2019. Left Bloc lost 14 seats.

  3. 51.5%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.9 points on 2019.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Socialist Party120+1242.5+4.32,302,601
Social Democratic Party72−728.4−0.81,539,415
Chega12+117.4+6.0399,659
Liberal Initiative8+75.0+3.7273,687
Left Bloc5−144.5−5.5244,603
Portuguese Communist Partywith Ecology Party -- Greens64.4238,920
Party for Animals and Nature1−31.6−1.988,152
Livre101.3+0.271,232
CDS – People's Party3−21.6−2.850,636
People's Monarchist Party20.528,330
Largest party without seats00.423,233

± is the change against the Portugal 2019 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Socialist Party 2,302,601
  • Social Democratic Party 1,539,415
  • Chega 399,659
  • Liberal Initiative 273,687
  • Left Bloc 244,603
  • Portuguese Communist Party 238,920
  • Party for Animals and Nature 88,152
  • Livre 71,232
  • CDS – People's Party 50,636
  • People's Monarchist Party 28,330
  • Largest party without seats 23,233

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?

51.5% of the 10,813,246 registered voters cast a ballot (5,564,539 ballots), 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.

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