List of political parties in Portugal

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This article lists political parties in Portugal. The Portuguese political scene has been dominated by the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party since the 1974 Carnation Revolution although there are several important minor parties (discussed below).

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As of 2024, the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic are the Democratic Alliance (80 MPs), Socialist Party (78 MPs), the Chega party (50 MPs), the Liberal Initiative (8 MPs), the Left Bloc (5 MPs), the Unitary Democratic Coalition (4 MPs), the FREE party (4 MPs), and the People-Animals-Nature party (1 MP). Several other parties are represented in the legislatures of the autonomous regions, the Legislative Assembly of the Azores and the Legislative Assembly of Madeira.

General overview

Political posters in 1975. Portugal, politiek, straatbeelden etc leuzen van politieke partijen op straat , Bestanddeelnr 927-7487.jpg
Political posters in 1975.

This list presents all the existing parties recognized by the Portuguese Constitutional Court. [1]

National political parties

Parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic and/or the European Parliament

Party Main ideology Position Leader MPs MEPs Ref.
PPD/PSD Partido Social Democrata Logo.svg Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrata
Liberal conservatism Centre-right Luís Montenegro
78 / 230
6 / 21
[2] [3] [4]
PS PS Logo (Text version).png Socialist Party
Partido Socialista
Social democracy Centre-left Pedro Nuno Santos
78 / 230
9 / 21
[2] [5] [6]
CH Logo Chega!.png ENOUGH
Chega
Right-wing populism Right-wing
to far-right
André Ventura
50 / 230
0 / 21
[7] [8] [9]
[10]
IL Iniciativa Liberal Icon.png Liberal Initiative
Iniciativa Liberal
Classical liberalism Centre-right
to right-wing
Rui Rocha
8 / 230
0 / 21
[11] [12]
[13]
B.E. LeftBloc.svg Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda
Left-wing populism Left-wing
to far-left
Mariana Mortágua
5 / 230
2 / 21
[14] [15]
[16]
PCP Portuguese Communist Party logo.svg Portuguese Communist Party
Partido Comunista Português
Marxism–Leninism Left-wing
to far-left
Paulo Raimundo
4 / 230
2 / 21
[17] [18]
L Partido LIVRE logo.png FREE
LIVRE
Green politics Centre-left
to left-wing
Rui Tavares
Teresa Mota
4 / 230
0 / 21
[19] [20]
CDS–PP CDS - People's Party logo.svg CDS – People's Party
CDS – Partido Popular
Conservatism Centre-right
to right-wing
Nuno Melo
2 / 230
1 / 21
[21] [22]
[23]
PAN People Animals Nature
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza
Environmentalism Centre-left [lower-alpha 1] Inês Sousa Real
1 / 230
0 / 21
[25] [26]
[27]

Parties without representation in the Assembly of the Republic or the European Parliament

Party Main ideology Position Leader Ref.
PEV Ecologist Party "The Greens"
Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes"
Eco-socialism Left-wing Collective leadership [5] [28]
ADN AlternativaDN OutroLogo.png National Democratic Alternative
Alternativa Democrática Nacional
Traditional conservatism Far-right Bruno Fialho [29] [30]
RIR Reagir Incluir Reciclar logo.png React, Include, Recycle
Reagir, Incluir, Reciclar
Universalism Syncretic Márcia Henriques [31] [32] [33] [34]
JPP Logo Juntos pelo Povo.png Together for the People
Juntos Pelo Povo
Regionalism Centre Lina Pereira [35]
ND Nova Direita circle logo.png New Right
Nova Direita
National conservatism Right-wing Ossanda Liber [36]
PCTP/MRPP PCTP-MRPP logo.png Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses
Anti-revisionism Far-left Maria Cidália Guerreiro
VP Logo Volt Europa.svg Volt Portugal
Volt Portugal
Pro-Europeanism Centre to
centre-left
Ana Carvalho
Duarte Costa
[37]
E Ergue-te logo.png Rise Up!
Ergue-te!
Portuguese nationalism Far-right José Pinto Coelho [38] [39] [40] [41]
MPT Partido da Terra.png Earth Party
Partido da Terra
Green conservatism Centre-right Pedro Soares Pimenta [42] [43]
A Logo da Alianca.svg Alliance
Aliança
Personalism Centre-right Jorge Nuno Sá [44]
PTP Partido Trabalhista Portugues.png Portuguese Labour Party
Partido Trabalhista Português
Democratic socialism Centre-left Amândio Madaleno [35]
NC Logotipo nos cidadaos.png We, the Citizens!
Nós, Cidadãos!
Liberalism Centre-right Joaquim Rocha Afonso [45] [46]
PPM Simbolo do PPM.png People's Monarchist Party
Partido Popular Monárquico
Monarchism Right-wing Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira [47] [48] [49] [50]
MAS Socialist Alternative Movement
Movimento Alternativa Socialista
Trotskyism Left-wing Disputed [lower-alpha 2] [52]
PURP United Party of Retirees and Pensioners
Partido Unido dos Reformados e Pensionistas
Pensioners' rights Centre Fernando Loureiro [53] [54]


Extinct parties

This list presents the parties and coalitions of the current Third Republic that were once recognized by the Portuguese Constitutional Court but ceased to exist. It is organized by political spectrum and alphabetical order (in Portuguese).

Far-left

Left-wing to far-left

Left-wing

Centre-left

Centre

Centre-right

Right-wing

Far-right

Historical parties

This list includes the defunct political parties that never reached the Third Republic, in chronological order.

Constitutional Monarchy (1834–1910)

First Republic (1910–1926)

Ditadura Nacional (1926–1933)

Estado Novo (1933–1974)

Although the Estado Novo was a dictatorship, with the National Union being legally the only party, the opposition was sometimes allowed to compete in (sham) elections; other parties were constituted underground or in exile.

See also

Notes

  1. Some sources state that People Animals Nature (PAN) is neither on the left nor the right. [24]
  2. The leadership of MAS is currently under a legal dispute between Renata Cambra and Gil Garcia. [51]

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