10th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

July 2019 25em 10th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic Flag of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.svg Assembly of the Republic Palace of Saint Benedict 20 February 2005 XVII Constitutional Government 2005 3 10 yes 2009 10 14 yes 9th Legislature 11th Legislature parlamento.pt Deputies Composition of the Portuguese Republic Assembly 2005.png 230 President Jaime Gama (PS) First Vice-President Manuel Alegre (PS) Second Vice-President Guilherme Silva (PPD/PSD) Third Vice-President António Filipe (PCP) Fourth Vice-President Telmo Correia (CDS–PP) (2005–2007)Nuno Melo (CDS–PP) (2007–2009)Teresa Caeiro (CDS–PP) (2009) First Secretary Second Secretary Third Secretary Fourth Secretary The 10th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (pt X Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 10 March 2005 to 14 October 2009. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2005 legislative election, held on 20 February 2005. The 10th legislature was the longest in current Portuguese democracy, lasting 4 years and 218 days.https://www.parlamento.pt/Parlamento/Paginas/dias-democracia-art4.aspx As legislaturas da Assembleia da República pt Assembly of the Republic Lisbon 24 March 2025 Election The 11th Portuguese legislative election was held on 20 February 2005. In the election, the Socialist Party (PS) won its first absolute majority.Official Results — National Election Commission Party Assembly of the Republic Votes % Seats +/−PS 2,588,312 45.03 121 +25PPD/PSD 1,653,425 28.77 75 –30 CDU 433,369 7.54 14 +2CDS–PP 416,415 7.25 12 –2 BE 364,971 6.35 8 +5 Other/blank/invalid 291,179 5.07 0 ±0 Total 5,747,834 100.00 230 ±0 Composition (2005–2009) Party Parliamentary group leaderElectedDissolution Seats %Seats % Socialist Party (Portugal) PSAlberto Martins (Porto)12152.612152.6 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) PPD/PSDLuís Marques Guedes (Porto) (2005–2007)Pedro Santana Lopes (Lisbon) (2007–2008)Paulo Rangel (Porto) (2008–2009)António Montalvão Machado (Porto) (2009)7532.67532.6 Portuguese Communist Party PCPBernardino Soares (Lisbon)125.2114.8 CDS – People's Party CDS–PPNuno Melo (Braga) (2005–2007)Telmo Correia (2007)Diogo Feio (Porto) (2007–2009)125.2114.8 Left Bloc (Portugal) BELuís Fazenda (Lisbon)83.583.5PEVHeloísa Apolónia (Setúbal)20.920.9 IndependentLuísa Mesquita (Santarém)José Paulo de Carvalho (Porto)00.020.9  Total230100.0230100.0 Changes Luísa Mesquita, Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) → Independent: Expelled from the PCP after the party's central committee removed their confidence in her due to a refusal to leave her seat at the request of the party.Deputada Luísa Mesquita expulsa do PCP , Público, 27 November 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2020. José Paulo Carvalho, CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) → Independent: Left CDS–PP citing lack of strategy and loss of values and ideas from the party.Deputado sai do CDS-PP, mas fica na Assembleia da República como não inscrito , Público, 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2020. Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Jaime Gama, from the Socialist Party, was easily elected:Jaime Gama é o novo presidente da Assembleia da República https://tvi.iol.pt/noticias/portugal/europa/jaime-gama-e-o-novo-presidente-da-assembleia-da-republica 2025-01-19 TVI Notícias pt Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic Ballot → 16 March 2005 Required majority → 116 out of 230 Jaime Gama (PS) 197 230 Socialist Party (Portugal) 125px 15 Blank ballots 32 230 lightgray 125px Invalid ballots 0 230 gray 125px Absentees 1 230 black 125px Sources:ELEIÇÕES DOS PRESIDENTES DA ASSEMBLEIA DA REPÚBLICA (1976-2024) https://participacao.parlamento.pt/app-eleicao-par/data/X.php 2025-01-19 participacao.parlamento.pt pt References Category:2005 establishments in Portugal Category:Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) Category:2009 disestablishments in Portugal