The Portuguese Communist Party is a communist,Marxist–Leninist political party in Portugal based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself patriotic and internationalist,and it is characterized as being between the left-wing and far-left on the political spectrum.
The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action. The PS is a member of the Socialist International,Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists,and has nine members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the 9th European Parliament. It has been the governing party of Portugal since November 2015,subsequently winning the 2019 and 2022 legislative elections.
Jerónimo Carvalho de Sousa is a Portuguese politician who served as General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party from the 17th Congress of the Party in November 2004 to the party's National Conference in November 2022.
The 2005 Portuguese legislative election took place on 20 February. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
The Unitary Democratic Coalition is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Ecologist Party "The Greens". The coalition also integrates the political movement Democratic Intervention.
The 1999 Portuguese legislative election took place on 10 October. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
The 2002 Portuguese legislative election took place on 17 March. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
The 1976 Portuguese legislative election was held on Sunday 25 April,exactly one year after the previous election,and two years after the Carnation Revolution. With a new Constitution approved,the country's main aim was economic recovery and strengthening its democratic institutions. The election renewed all 263 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
The 2015 Portuguese legislative election was held on 4 October. All 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic were in contention.
The 2019 Portuguese legislative election was held on 6 October 2019. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were contested.
Catarina Soares Martins is a Portuguese politician and actress. She was the national coordinator of the Left Bloc from 11 November 2012 until 28 May 2023,and has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic for the Left Bloc since 2009. She trained as a linguist and is active in theater.
Francisco Rodrigues de Alencar Filho,known as Chico Alencar,is a Brazilian politician,historian,and writer,affiliated with the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL).
Márcio Luiz França Gomes is a Brazilian lawyer and politician,member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB),and former governor and vice governor of São Paulo,elected with Geraldo Alckmin in 2014. França assumed the office as governor on 6 April 2018 after Alckmin resigned to run for President of Brazil in the 2018 election. França ran for re-election in 2018,but lost to João Doria by a narrow margin in the run-off.
Early legislative elections were held on 30 January 2022 in Portugal to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic to the 15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were up for election.
Diana Ferreira is a Portuguese psychologist and politician. A member of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP),she has been a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal since September 2014,representing the Porto constituency.
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Portugal in January 2026. The elections will elect the successor to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,who is barred from running for a third term.
Snap legislative elections were held on 10 March 2024 to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic to the 16th Legislature of Portugal. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were up for election. The elections were called in November 2023 after Prime Minister António Costa's resignation following an investigation around alleged corruption involving the award of contracts for lithium and hydrogen businesses.
João Guilherme Ramos Rosa de Oliveira is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic for the Portuguese Communist Party,from 2007 to 2022. He was always elected by the constituency of the district of Évora,as a member of the Unitary Democratic Coalition lists for that same constituency. He was not re-elected in the 2022 legislative elections,given that the CDU lost the seat it had in the Évora district to the Social Democratic Party,for the first time since 1976.
Manuel Alfredo da Rocha Maia is a Portuguese journalist,politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic,the national legislature of Portugal. A communist,he has represented Porto since September 2023. He had previously been a temporary substitute member of the Assembly from September 2022 to March 2023.
