1985 Portuguese legislative election

none 1985 Portuguese legislative election Portugal parliamentary no 1983 Portuguese legislative election 1983 1987 Portuguese legislative election 1987 All 250 seats in the Assembly of the Republic 126 7,818,981 6.6% 5,798,929 (74.2%) 3.6 pp 6 October 1985 Cavaco Silva 1988.png 135 110 150 5 13 Aníbal Cavaco Silva Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 2 June 1985 Lisbon 75 seats, 27.2% 88 13 1,732,288 29.9% 2.7 pp Almeida Santos (cropped).png 130 110 150 0 0 Almeida Santos Socialist Party (Portugal) 13 July 1985(designated candidate) Porto 101 seats, 36.1% 57 44 1,204,321 20.8% 15.3 pp 85px 008000 Hermínio Martinho PRD 10 July 1985 Santarém Did not contest 45 45 1,038,893 17.9% New party Alvaro Cunhal 1980 (cropped).jpg 110 110 150 0 0 FF0000 Álvaro Cunhal PCP APU 14 April 1978 Lisbon 44 seats, 18.1% 38 6 898,281 15.5% 2.6 pp Francisco Lucas Pires 1989.jpg 120 110 150 0 5 Francisco Lucas Pires CDS 0093DD 20 February 1983 Lisbon 30 seats, 12.6% 22 8 577,580 10.0% 2.6 pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Mário Soares Socialist Party (Portugal) Aníbal Cavaco Silva Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 230px Vote winner strength by district 272px Results by constituency outgoing members elected members The 1985 Portuguese legislative election took place on 6 October. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic. The election was called after the resignation, in June 1985, of Socialist Party (PS) Prime Minister Mário Soares, following the withdrawal of the center-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) from the Central Bloc government. Soares didn't contest the election, deciding to run for the January 1986 Presidential elections instead. On election day, the Social Democrats came in first place with nearly 30% of the votes and Cavaco became Prime Minister, while the Socialists achieved their worst result ever, less than 21% of the votes and 57 seats."Noite Eleitoral. PS registou o seu pior resultado de sempre nas legislativas de 2025?", Polígrafo, 18 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2026. The election was the first of three consecutive election victories for the Social Democratic Party. The Communists also lost votes and MPs, and the left would only return to the government ten years later, in 1995. CDS as well had a drop in support, following their rejection of a PSD/CDS joint list for the election. The election results were also prominent because a new party had been formed by supporters of the then-incumbent President Ramalho Eanes, the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD). The party's results were a surprise, gaining more than one million votes and electing 45 MPs, becoming the parliamentary support of Cavaco's government until 1987, when it withdrew its support, causing the government to fall. Compared with the previous election, voter turnout fell, with just over 74% of voters casting a ballot. Background Following the 1983 election, the Socialist Party (PS) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) formed a coalition, the Central Bloc government, which implemented a severe bailout package to rescue the country's economy and public finances.https://www.infopedia.pt/artigos/$bloco-central Bloco Central Infopédia Porto Editora 8 August 2026 pt Government fall 1983 Portuguese legislative election#Fall of the government Two years after being formed, the Central Bloc government (PS+PSD) became very unpopular, with deep divisions forming both between the two coalition parties and within them, as growing poverty, budget cuts and unemployment, due to the International Monetary Fund bailout policies, were leading to massive protests.https://www.publico.pt/2011/04/07/jornal/a-crise-economica-que-levou-portugal-a-provar-pela-primeira-vez-a-receita-do-fmi-21786788 A crise económica que levou Portugal a provar pela primeira vez a receita do FMI Público 8 December 2023 7 April 2011 pt After February 1985, internal problems within the PSD, coupled with unexpected events, led to a leadership dispute that culminated in the election of a new leader, resulting in the party's withdrawal from the government and Soares' resignation as prime minister.https://www.dn.pt/arquivo/diario-de-noticias/a-intencao-de-mario-soares-em-demitir-se--11008660.html A intenção de Mário Soares em demitir-se Diário de Notícias 8 August 2026 14 June 2019 pthttps://expresso.pt/presidenciais2016/2016-01-12-Uma-dissolucao-do-Parlamento-por-razoes-de-longo-prazo 19 de Maio de 1985: O líder inesperado Expresso 8 December 2023 12 January 2016 pt President Eanes dissolved the Assembly and called a new election for 6 October.https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/1985/07/15801/00010002.pdf Diário da República Suplemento Diário da República 4 July 2026 12 July 1985 pt Leadership changes and challenges Social Democratic Party By 1985, deep divisions were consuming the PSD regarding their role in the Central Bloc government with the PS"1985 o ano que lançou Cavaco, por Ferreira Fernandes", Diario de Notícias, 9 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2022. and the party's strategy for the 1986 presidential election.https://www.publico.pt/2016/06/07/politica/noticia/ja-nao-se-fazem-acordos-como-antigamente-1734293 Bloco Central: já não se fazem acordos como antigamente Público 7 June 2016 26 August 2026 pt Then deputy prime minister and PSD leader Carlos Mota Pinto, resigned from both the government and the party's leadership, and a snap party congress was called."Bloco Central junta PS e PSD", Diario de Notícias, 7 January 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2022. But, Mota Pinto, who was expected to run for the leadership in the snap congress, died suddenly just 10 days before the start of the congress in Figueira da Foz."Mota Pinto, o aliado de Soares que militava no PPD", Público, 15 January 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2022. João Salgueiro, the candidate from "Mota Pinto's wing" was expected to win easily, but former finance minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva surprised the party by announcing a late candidacy, in what is now known as the "testing of Cavaco's new Citroën"."19 de Maio de 1985: O líder inesperado ", Expresso, 17 May 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2022. Cavaco Silva had the support of the wings against the Central Bloc, also proposing the party's support for Diogo Freitas do Amaral in the 1986 presidential election,https://observador.pt/especiais/30-anos-de-cavaco-silva-o-homem-e-as-circunstancias-de-uma-lideranca-quase-inesperada/ Ascensão no PSD. O homem e as circunstâncias de uma liderança (quase) inesperada Observador 16 May 2015 26 August 2026 pt and against all odds he defeated Salgueiro by 57 votes."Cavaco Silva e as Eleições Legislativas de 1985: uma Introdução", Alexandre António da Costa Luís, 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2022. The results were the following: Ballot: 19 May 1985 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- |bgcolor=Social Democratic Party (Portugal)| | align=left | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | align=right | 422 | align=right | 53.6 |- |bgcolor=Social Democratic Party (Portugal)| | align=left | João Salgueiro | align=right | 365 | align=right | 46.4 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | 787 | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Results"Aníbal Cavaco Silva, o PSD e a Evolução da Democracia Portuguesa: o XI Governo Constitucional (1987-1991)", Nuno Marques Freire, UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR Faculdade de Ciências Socias e Humanas, October 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2022. |} Socialist Party After the fall of the Central Bloc government, Mário Soares was acclaimed as the PS candidate for the 1986 Presidential election, and shortly thereafter, António Almeida Santos was selected as the party's candidate for Prime Minister in the 1985 legislative election, defeating a last minute candidacy from Jaime Gama."Reunião da Comissão Nacional do PS", RTP, 13 July 1985. Retrieved 27 May 2026."Quando o candidato do PS não foi o líder", Diario de Notícias, 3 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2022. Ballot: 13 July 1985 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- |bgcolor=Socialist Party (Portugal)| | align=left | António Almeida Santos | align=right | 30 | align=right | 61.2 |- |bgcolor=Socialist Party (Portugal)| | align=left | Jaime Gama | align=right | 14 | align=right | 28.6 |- | colspan="2" align=left | Abstention | align=right | 5 | align=right | 10.2 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | 49 | align=right | 100.0 |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: |} Electoral system The Assembly of the Republic has 250 members elected to four-year terms. Governments do not require absolute majority support of the Assembly to hold office, as even if the number of opposers of government is larger than that of the supporters, the number of opposers still needs to be equal or greater than 126 (absolute majority) for both the Government's Programme to be rejected or for a motion of no confidence to be approved. http://www.en.parlamento.pt/Legislation/CRP/Constitution7th.pdf Constitution of the Portuguese Republic 2019-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222446/http://www.en.parlamento.pt/Legislation/CRP/Constitution7th.pdf 2016-03-03 dead The number of seats assigned to each district depends on the district magnitude.http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php Effective threshold in electoral systems Trinity College, Dublin 2015-10-21 The use of the d'Hondt method makes for a higher effective threshold than certain other allocation methods such as the Hare quota or Sainte-Laguë method, which are more generous to small parties.Gallaher, Michael (1992). "Comparing Proportional Representation Electoral Systems: Quotas, Thresholds, Paradoxes and Majorities" For these elections, and compared with the 1983 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/md_ar1985.html Eleição da Assembleia da República de 6 de Outubro de 1985 CNE - Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Eleição da Assembleia da República de 6 de Outubro de 1985 3 December 2020 District Number of MPs Map Lisbon 56 Portuguese legislative election - Blank map.svg 220 0.64 0.21 180 140% 16 0.62 0.09 180 140% 6 0.64 0.33 180 140% 39 0.85 0.23 180 140% 6 0.98 0.22 190 140% 4 0.58 0.50 180 140% 15 0.74 0.50 180 140% 10 0.97 0.50 180 140% 5 0.62 0.69 180 140% 11 0.89 0.77 180 140% 6 0.48 0.85 180 140% 11 0.59 0.97 180 140% 12 0.25 0.652 300 140% 56 0.85 0.999 180 140% 3 0.48 0.737 300 140% 5 0.29 0.732 300 140% 17 0.48 0.887 300 140% 5 0.41 0.870 350 140% 9 0.03 0.60 350 140% 5 0.03 0.75 350 140% 5 0.11 0.85 350 140% 2 0.07 0.89 350 140% 2 Portogreen (+1) 39 Setúbal 17 Braga 16 Aveiro 15 Santarém 12 Leiria and Coimbra 11 Viseu 10 Faro 9 Castelo Branco, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real 6 Azores, Beja, Évora, Guarda and Madeira 5 Bragança 4 Portalegrered (–1) 3 Europe and Outside Europe 2 Parties Before the election, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) considered running in a joint coalition for the elections, with the PSD "offering" 25 safe seats to CDS on the lists, but this proposal was rejected by CDS and the two parties decided to contest the election separately.Almeida São José https://www.publico.pt/2019/11/02/politica/opiniao/fusao-psd-cds-1892067 Para quando a fusão do PSD e do CDS? Público 22 June 2025 2 November 2019 pt The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the 3rd legislature (1983–1985) and that also partook in the election: Name Ideology Political position Leader 1983 resultComposição dos Grupos Parlamentares/Partidos % Seats PS Socialist PartyPartido Socialista Social democracy Centre-left Almeida Santos 36.1% 94 250 Socialist Party (Portugal) UEDS Left-wing Union for the Socialist DemocracyUnião da Esquerda para a Democracia Socialista Democratic SocialismWorkers' self-management Left-wing António Lopes Cardoso 4 250 Red ASDI Independent Social-Democratic ActionAcção Social Democrata Independente Democratic SocialismSocial democracy Centre-left António de Sousa Franco 3 250 #2E3191 PPD/PSD Social Democratic PartyPartido Social Democrata Liberal conservatism Centre-right Aníbal Cavaco Silva 27.2% 75 250 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) PCP Portuguese Communist PartyPartido Comunista Português CommunismMarxism–Leninism Far-left Álvaro Cunhal18.1%United People Alliance 41 250 #FF0000 MDP/CDE Portuguese Democratic MovementMovimento Democrático Português Left-wing nationalismDemocratic socialism Left-wing José Manuel Tengarrinha 3 250 Democratic Electoral Commission CDS Democratic and Social CentreCentro Democrático e Social Christian democracy Centre-rightto right-wing Francisco Lucas Pires 12.6% 30 250 CDS – People's Party Campaign period Issues Following two years of strong austerity and political instability, voter apathy was a concern during the campaign.https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/07/world/social-democrats-win-in-portugal.html SOCIAL DEMOCRATS WIN IN PORTUGAL en The New York Times 25 July 2026 7 October 1985 The Socialist Party (PS), under a new leader, Almeida Santos, blamed the instability on the PSD and sought a majority of its own, with banners asking voters "43% for the PS",https://expresso.pt/politica/2016-01-19-Almeida-Santos.-O-principe-dos-bastidores Almeida Santos. O príncipe dos bastidores pt Expresso 25 July 2026 19 January 2016 but the party was damaged by high unemployment and the IMF bailout measures. On the other hand, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), also under a new leader, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, personalized its campaign around the leader, portraying Cavaco as a strong and stable figure. The campaign was also marked by the "eruption" of the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), which ran under a populist message, aligned with the popular incumbent President António Ramalho Eanes, and although it was officially led by Hermínio Martinho, the main figure of the party's campaign was first lady Manuela Ramalho Eanes, who campaigned on behalf of her husband."PRD", Diario de Notícias, 30 May 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2023."Actualidade Política – Parte II", RTP, 3 October 1985. Retrieved 4 July 2026. Party slogans Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs PS « O que prometo, faço. Vamos a isto. » "What I promise, I do. Let's do this." https://ephemerajpp.com/2020/03/19/ps-eleicoes-legislativas-de-1985-almeida-santos/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1985 – PS pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 PSD « Retomar a esperança » "Resuming hope" https://ephemerajpp.com/2015/08/02/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1985-psd// ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1985 – PSD pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 APU « Vitória da APU para salvar o país » "Victory for APU to save the country" https://ephemerajpp.com/2018/08/03/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1985-apu/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1985 – APU pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 CDS « Confiança, razão, força para Portugal » "Trust, reason, strength for Portugal" https://ephemerajpp.com/2020/03/24/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1985-cds-2/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1985 – CDS pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 PRD « Mais Portugal » "More Portugal" https://www.slideserve.com/keiki/evolu-o-da-comunica-o-pol-tica-e-eleitoral-em-portugal-os-outdoors-partid-rios-de-1975-a-2005 pt Evolução da Comunicação Política e Eleitoral em Portugal 11 May 2020 Candidates' debates 1985 Portuguese legislative election debates Date Organisers Moderator(s)    black #D0FFD0  P  Present   black #ffffdd  A  Absent invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee  PSSantos PSDCavaco APUCunhal CDSPires Refs 3 Sep RTP1 Mário CrespoPADebate1PP 1985 http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06845.195.30334#!5 Líderes partidários em confronto na TV pt Fundação Mário Soares 11 May 2020https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/actualidade-politica-parte-i-6/ Actualidade Política pt RTP 9 Feb 2026 5 Sep RTP1 Mário CrespoNADebate2PP 1985 http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06845.195.30335#!4 Álvaro Cunhal/Lucas Pires esta noite na RTP pt Fundação Mário Soares 11 May 20201985 https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/actualidade-politica-parte-i-3/ Actualidade Política pt RTP 9 Feb 2026 10 Sep RTP1 Mário CrespoPPNP 1985 http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06879.196.30339 Eleições ganham-se na TV? pt Fundação Mário Soares 11 May 20201985 https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/actualidade-politica-parte-i-4/ Actualidade Política pt RTP 9 Feb 2026 12 Sep RTP1 Mário CrespoPPPN 1985 https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/actualidade-politica-parte-i-5/ Actualidade Política pt RTP 9 Feb 2026 Candidate viewed as "most convincing" in each debateDateOrganisersPolling firm/Link PS PSD APU CDS Notes 3 Sep RTP1 Expresso 36 23 25 16% Neither Opinion polling Exit poll Opinion poll The following table shows the opinion polls of voting intention of the Portuguese voters before the election. Included is also the result of the Portuguese general elections in 1983 and 1985 for reference. #EAFFEA Exit poll / Forecast 1px solid #AAAAAA Polling firm/Link Date Released PS 29px|link=Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD 34px|link=United People Alliance|APU 25px|link=CDS – People's Party|CDS 30px|link=Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)|PRD O Others Lead 1985 legislative election 6 Oct 1985 20.875% Verdana 57 29.975% Verdana 88 15.575% Verdana 38 10.075% Verdana 22 17.975% Verdana 45 5.975% Verdana 0 9.1 RTP1 6 Oct 1985 75% Verdana (22:50) 22.0–26.9 26.8–29.7 15.0–18.1 9.3–10.8 14.5–16.5 – 2.84.8 RTP1 6 Oct 1985 75% Verdana (21:10) 23.8–26.9 28.0–29.8 17.3–18.1 9.8–10.7 11.1–14.9 – 2.96.0 Rádio Comercial 6 Oct 1985 19–22 29–31 14–16 8–16 18–22 – 9–10 Expresso 4 Oct 1985 28–32 27–31 15–17 9–12 8–11 – 1 Norma 29 Apr 1985 24.7 16.4 18.4 17.1 8.4 15.0 6.3 Norma Mar 1985 21.1 18.4 20.0 19.2 5.5 15.8 1.1 Marktest Feb 1985 15.0 21.3 15.0 17.1 28.6 3.0 7.3 Norma 25 Feb 1985 20.7 21.6 17.8 17.6 10.0 12.3 0.9 Norma 21 Jan 1985 21.3 22.9 20.3 16.2 19.3 1.6 Marktest Dec 1984 18.6 23.0 14.3 16.2 25.4 2.5 2.4 Norma Dec 1984 23.5 25.2 23.4 13.2 14.7 1.7 Marktest Nov 1984 19.8 24.0 15.5 14.9 23.3 2.5 0.7 Norma Nov 1984 20.7 22.7 22.4 17.5 16.7 0.3 Marktest Oct 1984 20.6 23.4 15.8 13.4 25.0 1.8 4.0 Norma 15 Oct 1984 23.9 24.8 23.1 14.7 13.5 0.9 Marktest Sep 1984 18.8 22.6 15.2 15.7 26.6 1.1 4.0 Marktest Aug 1984 19.2 22.8 13.8 15.6 26.9 1.7 4.1 Marktest Jul 1984 17.9 20.6 16.9 13.4 29.0 2.2 7.7 Norma Jul 1984 21.5 23.6 20.3 15.4 19.2 2.1 Marktest Jun 1984 19.8 16.7 16.6 16.9 27.5 2.5 7.7 Norma Jun 1984 24.2 21.5 22.1 17.0 15.2 2.1 Marktest May 1984 25.4 19.8 13.9 14.6 24.6 1.7 0.8 Marktest Apr 1984 28.7 19.5 15.2 10.8 17.7 8.1 9.2 Norma Apr 1984 21.9 26.0 21.4 15.7 15.0 4.1 Marktest Mar 1984 22.6 16.6 14.1 12.7 15.0 19.0 6.0 Marktest Feb 1984 18.3 15.9 12.4 10.3 20.8 22.3 2.5 Marktest Jan 1984 19.9 15.4 12.5 7.3 22.7 22.2 2.8 Norma Jan 1984 31.8 22.8 21.2 13.3 10.9 9.0 1983 legislative election 25 Apr 1983 36.175% Verdana 101 27.275% Verdana 75 18.175% Verdana 44 12.675% Verdana 30 6.075% Verdana 08.9 Results National summary File:AR Eleicoes 1985.svg Social Democratic Party 1732288 +2.63 88 +13 Socialist Party 1204321 –15.34 57 –44 Democratic Renewal Party 1038893 New 45 New United People AllianceAPU 898281 –2.58 38 –6 Democratic and Social Centre 577580 –2.60 22 –8 Popular Democratic Union 73401 +0.79 0 0 Christian Democratic Party 41831 +0.03 0 0 Revolutionary Socialist Party 35238 +0.38 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 19943 –0.03 0 0 Workers' Party of Socialist Unity 19085 –0.01 0 0 Communist Party (Reconstructed) 12749 +0.22 0 0 5798929 +0.06 0 48709 +0.10 96610 –0.16 7818981 –3.63 Comissão Nacional de Eleições Vote share #ddd 550px 500px PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 29.87 PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 20.77 PRD Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal) 17.92 APU Portuguese Communist Party 15.49 CDS Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party 9.96 UDP Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 1.27 PDC darkolivegreen 0.72 PSR Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal) 0.61 Others #777777 0.89 Blank/Invalid #DDDDDD 2.51 Parliamentary seats #ddd 550px 500px PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 35.20 PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 22.80 PRD Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal) 18.00 APU Portuguese Communist Party 15.20 CDS Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party 8.80 Distribution by constituency Results of the 1985 election of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republicby constituency yes |- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Constituency!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|TotalS |- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan=2 | PSD !colspan=2 | PS !colspan=2 | PRD !colspan=2 | APU !colspan=2 | CDS |- | style="text-align:left;" | Azores | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|48.3 | 3 | 20.1 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 4.4 | - | 6.5 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Aveiro | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|38.4 | 6 | 23.0 | 4 | 13.4 | 2 | 6.5 | 1 | 13.5 | 2 | 15 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Beja | 13.7 | 1 | 20.1 | 1 | 11.6 | - | style="background:red; color:white;"|44.9 | 3 | 2.2 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Braga | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|32.8 | 6 | 21.8 | 4 | 16.8 | 3 | 8.5 | 1 | 14.0 | 2 | 16 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bragança | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|39.2 | 2 | 22.7 | 1 | 6.9 | - | 5.3 | - | 17.1 | 1 | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Castelo Branco | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|31.2 | 3 | 18.5 | 1 | 24.4 | 2 | 8.9 | - | 9.6 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Coimbra | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|29.5 | 4 | 28.5 | 3 | 16.9 | 2 | 10.1 | 1 | 8.6 | 1 | 11 |- | style="text-align:left;" | EvoraÉvora | 19.1 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | style="background:red; color:white;"|41.2 | 2 | 3.3 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Faro | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|28.4 | 3 | 22.3 | 2 | 20.5 | 2 | 15.4 | 2 | 6.1 | - | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Guarda | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|33.6 | 2 | 23.3 | 2 | 10.9 | - | 5.2 | - | 19.5 | 1 | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Leiria | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|38.6 | 5 | 19.6 | 2 | 15.3 | 2 | 7.9 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 11 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lisbon | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|25.6 | 15 | 19.8 | 12 | 21.3 | 13 | 20.1 | 12 | 8.1 | 4 | 56 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Madeira | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|56.8 | 4 | 13.2 | 1 | 9.7 | - | 3.2 | - | 7.8 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Portalegre | 20.9 | 1 | 23.7 | 1 | 18.9 | - | style="background:red; color:white;"|25.2 | 1 | 4.9 | - | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Porto | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|29.3 | 12 | 23.6 | 10 | 20.5 | 8 | 12.1 | 5 | 9.8 | 4 | 39 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santarém | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|27.8 | 4 | 18.6 | 2 | 23.8 | 3 | 16.4 | 2 | 7.7 | 1 | 12 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Setúbal | 15.4 | 3 | 16.5 | 3 | 20.4 | 4 | style="background:red; color:white;"|38.2 | 7 | 3.8 | - | 17 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viana do Castelo | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|33.5 | 3 | 18.4 | 1 | 16.2 | 1 | 8.2 | - | 16.6 | 1 | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Vila Real | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|42.2 | 3 | 23.0 | 2 | 8.6 | - | 5.9 | - | 12.5 | 1 | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viseu | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|37.7 | 5 | 20.0 | 2 | 10.9 | 1 | 5.0 | - | 19.9 | 2 | 10 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Europe | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|24.3 | 1 | 24.2 | 1 | 7.1 | - | 18.8 | - | 17.3 | - | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Outside Europe | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|40.5 | 1 | 7.8 | - | 3.3 | - | 2.6 | - | 37.9 | 1 | 2 |- |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|29.9 | 88 | 20.8 | 57 | 17.9 | 45 | 15.5 | 38 | 10.0 | 22 | 250 |- | colspan=12 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} Maps Aftermath Fall of the government In early 1987, a trip of a Portuguese parliamentary delegation to the Soviet Union created a diplomatic issue as the delegation also traveled to Estonia, a territory that wasn't recognized by the Portuguese State as a Soviet controlled territory. Because of this incident, opposition parties accused Cavaco Silva of disallowing Parliament, and shortly afterwards, the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD) proposed a motion of no confidence against the government.https://ionline.sapo.pt/artigo/624225/1987-da-mocao-de-censura-a-primeira-maioria-de-cavaco-?seccao=Portugal_i 1987. Da moção de censura à primeira maioria de Cavaco Ionline Jornal i 30 August 2018 30 May 2022 pt At first, the Socialists (PS) weren't supportive of the PRD's motion, but last-minute negotiations led the PS to also support the motion. On 3 April 1987, the motion was approved by a 134 to 108 vote and the government fell:https://jornaleconomico.pt/noticias/a-unica-mocao-de-censura-e-as-duas-mocoes-de-rejeicao-que-derrubaram-governos-413566 A única moção de censura e as duas moções de rejeição que derrubaram governos Jornal Económico 20 February 2019 30 May 2022 pt Motion of no confidenceAníbal Cavaco Silva (PSD) Ballot → 3 April 1987 Required majority → 126 out of 250 No • PSD (86) • CDS (21) • Ind. Rui Oliveira e Costa (1) 108 250 red 125px Yes • PS (55) • PRD (43) • PCP (34) • MDP/CDE (1) • Ind. Maria Santos (1) 134 250 green 125px Abstentions • Ind. Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles (1) 1 250 gray 125px Absentees • PRD (2) • PSD (1) • PS (1) • PCP (1) • CDS (1) • MDP/CDE (1) 7 250 black 125pxResult → Approved 15 Sources 10 November 2015 https://www.parlamento.pt/ArquivoDocumentacao/Documents/Folha_Mocoes.pdf MOÇÕES / CENSURA - CONFIANÇA - REJEIÇÃO DO PROGRAMA pt Assembly of the Republic Lisbon 30 May 2022 https://debates.parlamento.pt/catalogo/r3/dar/01/04/02/065/1987-04-04/2608?pgs=2608&org=PLC Debates Parlamentares pt Assembly of the Republic Lisbon 30 May 2022 Mário Soares was on an official trip to Brazil when he was informed of the outcome of the motion, which displeased the President, returning to Lisbon to meet with the parties seated in the Assembly. The PS, PRD and PCP proposed an alternative government to the PSD minority, but Soares rejected this and called a snap general election for 19 July 1987, which resulted in a landslide PSD majority government.https://ionline.sapo.pt/artigo/417318/crise-soares-dissolveu-em-1987-cavaco-nao-o-pode-fazer-em-2015?seccao=Portugal_i Crise. Soares dissolveu em 1987. Cavaco não o pode fazer em 2015 Jornal i 16 October 2015 30 May 2022 pthttps://expresso.pt/presidenciais2016/2016-01-12-Uma-dissolucao-do-Parlamento-por-razoes-de-longo-prazo Uma dissolução do Parlamento por razões de longo prazo Expresso 12 January 2016 26 July 2026 pt See also Politics of Portugal List of political parties in Portugal Elections in Portugal Sources 1985 http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06845.195.30336 Eurico de Melo parte loiça nos estúdios de televisão pt Fundação Mário Soares 11 May 2020 Notes Debate1 Aníbal Cavaco Silva, PSD leader, refused to participate in the debate. Debate2 Aníbal Cavaco Silva, PSD leader, refused to participate in the debate, being replaced by Eurico de Melo, however, the latter was forbidden from participating.Fundação Mário Soares 1985 United People Alliance The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP/CDE) contested the 1983 election in a coalition called United People Alliance (APU) and won a combined 18.1% of the vote and elected 44 MPs to parliament. APU Portuguese Communist Party (35 MPs) and Portuguese Democratic Movement (3 MPs) ran in coalition. References External links Comissão Nacional de Eleições Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político Category:Legislative elections in Portugal Legislative Portugal