Politics in Portugal operates as a unitary multi-party semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Portugal is the head of government,and the President of Portugal is the non-executive head of state with several significant political powers they exercise often. Executive power is exercised by the Government,whose leader is the prime minister. Legislative power is primarily vested in the Assembly of the Republic,although the government is also able to legislate on certain matters. The Judiciary of Portugal is independent of the executive and the legislature. The President exerts a sort of "moderating power",not easily classified into any of the traditional three branches of government.
The 2002 Portuguese legislative election took place on 17 March. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
The 1991 Portuguese legislative election took place on 6 October. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. There was a reduction of 20 seats compared with previous elections,due to the 1989 Constitutional revision.
The 1979 Portuguese legislative election took place on 2 December. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic,13 seats less than those elected in 1976.
The 1980 Portuguese legislative election took place on 5 October. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
The 2009 Portuguese legislative election was held on 27 September,to renew all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. The Socialist Party,led by incumbent Prime Minister JoséSócrates,won the largest number of seats,but didn't repeat the overall majority they gained in 2005.
The Azores Regional Election (1976) was an election held on 27 June 1976 for the first Legislative Assembly of the Portuguese Autonomous Region of the Azores.
Ana Catarina Veiga dos Santos Mendonça Mendes is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic since 1995 and,from 2019,led the party in Parliament. In March 2022,she was appointed Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the XXIII Constitutional Government,a position she held until after the March 2024 national election.
Marta Freitas is a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal,being first elected in October 2019 as a representative of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) for the constituency of Madeira.
Maria Begonha is a Portuguese politician,a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),and a former member of the Assembly of the Republic. She served as secretary-general of Socialist Youth from 2018 to 2020.
Susana Amador is a Portuguese jurist and politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she briefly became a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic in 2005. She was elected to the Assembly again in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 and 2022. Between 2005 and 2015 she was a member of the Lisbon Metropolitan Council and mayor of Odivelas,a municipality in the Lisbon area. In 2019 she served as the Secretary of State for Education.
Rosário Gambôa is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 2019,representing Porto. Prior to that,she was president of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP),a tertiary-level institute with 15,000 students.
Cristina Mendes da Silva is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 2019,representing Porto.
Sofia Andrade is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she became a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic,representing Porto,in 2021,following the resignation of one of the incumbents,and was re-elected in the January 2022 election.
Eurídice Pereira is a Portuguese politician who was trained in sociology. As a member of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS),she was first elected as a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic in 2009,representing Setúbal,and has been re-elected in every national election since then,including the most recent in January 2022. She has also held many other administrative and political positions.
Maria da Luz Gameiro Beja Ferreira Rosinha is a Portuguese politician. As a member of the Socialist Party (PS) she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic between 1995 and 1998 and from 2015 to the present. She has also been a member of the national secretariat of the PS and mayor of the municipality of her birthplace,Vila Franca de Xira.
Lisbon is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic,the national legislature of Portugal. The constituency was established in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy. It is conterminous with the district of Lisbon. The constituency currently elects 48 of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 legislative election it had 1,915,287 registered electors.
Faro is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic,the national legislature of Portugal. The constituency was established in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy. It is conterminous with the district of Faro. The constituency currently elects nine of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 legislative election it had 381,108 registered electors.
Viseu is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic,the national legislature of Portugal. The constituency was established in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy. It is conterminous with the district of Viseu. The constituency currently elects eight of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 legislative election it had 340,342 registered electors.
Madeira is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic,the national legislature of Portugal. The constituency was established as Funchal in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy. It was renamed Madeira in 1979 after Portugal's Atlantic islands were granted autonomy. It is conterminous with the autonomous region of Madeira. The constituency currently elects six of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 legislative election it had 254,784 registered electors.
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