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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 which, although it is a somewhat ceremonial figure, [1] has some significant political powers they exercise often. [2]
Chega's André Ventura said that the results showed that the "two-party system in Portugal is finished." [128] His party was congratulated by representatives of European right-wing populist parties for its performance. [129] Montenegro reiterated that he would not come to a political agreement with Chega. [130]
The Assembly of the Republic has 230 members elected to four-year terms. The number of seats to be elected by each district depends on the district magnitude. [1] 226 seats are allocated proportionally by the number of registered voters in the 18 Districts in Mainland Portugal, plus Azores and Madeira, and 4 fixed seats are allocated for overseas voters, 2 seats for voters in Europe and ...
Portugal's new centre-right minority government has suffered its first setback in parliament as the far-right Chega party teamed up with the Socialists to end toll payments on eight motorways ...
A key catalytic event in the process toward revolution was the publication, in 1973, of General António de Spínola's book, Portugal and the Future, which criticized the conduct of the war and offered a far-ranging program for Portugal's recovery. [1] The general's work sent shock waves through the political establishment in Lisbon. [1]
The Democratic Alliance (AD), composed by Social Democratic Party (PSD), CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), led by PSD leader Luís Montenegro, won by a very narrow margin the 2024 legislative election with almost 29 percent of the votes and 80 seats in the 230 seat Assembly of the Republic.
In the run up to the next Portuguese legislative election, various organisations will carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Portugal. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls are from the 2024 Portuguese legislative election, held on 10 March, to the present day.
Constitutional Governments of Portugal [6] Gov [7] Start [7] End [7] Prime minister [7] Parties in Government Notes and main political events I: 1976-07-23 1978-01-23 Mário Soares: PS: 1976 election (34.9%), minority government, motion of no confidence: II: 1978-01-23 1978-08-29 PS + CDS: Coalition government, President Ramalho Eanes dismisses ...