1980 Portuguese legislative election

none Portugal parliamentary 1979 Portuguese legislative election 1979 1983 Portuguese legislative election 1983 1st Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic 2nd Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic All 250 seats in the Assembly of the Republic 126 7,179,023 1.0% 6,026,395 (83.9%) 1.0 pp 5 October 1980 Francisco Sá Carneiro.jpg 170 110 150 0 25 Francisco Sá Carneiro Social Democratic Party (Portugal) AD Democratic Alliance (Portugal) 2 July 1978Sá Carneiro Lisbon 128 seats, 45.3% 134 6 2,868,076 47.6% 2.3 pp Mário Soares 1975b (cropped).jpg 110 110 150 0 0 Mário Soares Socialist Party (Portugal) Republican and Socialist Front Republican and Socialist Front 19 April 1973Mário Soares Lisbon 74 seats, 28.1%PS1979 74 0 1,673,279 27.8% 0.3 pp Alvaro Cunhal 1980 (cropped).jpg 110 110 150 0 0 Álvaro Cunhal Portuguese Communist Party United People Alliance 14 April 1978 Lisbon 47 seats, 18.8% 41 6 1,009,505 16.8% 2.0 pp 1º dia, XII Convenção do Bloco, Porto 2021 (51195616857).jpg 420 110 150 3 166 Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) Mário Tomé UDP 1979 Lisbon 1 seat, 2.2% 1 0 83,204 1.4% 0.8 pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Francisco Sá Carneiro Social Democratic Party (Portugal) Francisco Sá Carneiro Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 230px Vote winner strength by districtPSD ran alone in the Azores and Madeira.PS ran alone in the Azores, Madeira, Europe and Rest of the World. 272px Results by constituency The 1980 Portuguese legislative election took place on 5 October. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic. Following the victory of the Democratic Alliance (AD) in the previous election, on 2 December 1979, Francisco Sá Carneiro was sworn in as Prime Minister in January 1980. However, since this was a special electionhttps://www.parlamento.pt/sites/EN/Parliament/Paginas/PreviousElectionResults.aspx Previous election results Assembly of the Republic 10 August 2026 pt and due to the decree that approved the Constitution, which stipulated that the first legislature had a fixed date of completion on 14 October 1980,"Decreto de Aprovação da Constituição, de 10 de abril", Diário da República, 10 April 1976. Retrieved 14 February 2026. another election had to be held. The Democratic Alliance (AD) was again the winner and increased its majority from 10 months before, in December 1979. The AD won almost 48 percent of the votes and gathered 134 seats, an increase of six seats."Vitória de Sá Carneiro nas eleições de 1980 ", RTP, 8 September 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2022. The Socialist Party (PS), now leading a broad coalition called Republican and Socialist Front (FRS), got basically the same vote share and seats the PS alone obtained in 1979. The Communist led alliance, United People Alliance (APU) lost some ground, gathering almost 17 percent of the votes, 2 percentage points lower than 10 months earlier. The Popular Democratic Union (UDP) was again able to hold its sole seat, while the far-right neo-salazarist PDC–MIRN/PDP–FN coalition, failed to make any breakthrough. https://www.publico.pt/2017/08/10/culturaipsilon/noticia/o-passado-de-uma-ilusao-1781626 O passado de uma ilusão 2026-08-10 2018-08-10 Público Turnout was one of the highest ever, almost 84 percent, and in terms of ballots cast, the more than 6 million votes cast was a record in Portuguese elections for 44 years after being surpassed in the 2024 legislative election. Background After taking office as prime minister in early 1980, marking the first peaceful transfer of power after the revolution, https://50anos25abril.pt/historia/as-armas-ou-as-urnas/a-primeira-alternancia-democratica-e-as-eleicoes-de-1980/ A primeira alternância democrática e as eleições de 1980 2026-08-10 Comissão Comemorativa 50 Anos 25 Abril and with only a few months left to govern before a new election, Francisco Sá Carneiro's AD government initiated a series of policies, such as dismantling the post-revolution agrarian reforms by giving back illegally occupied lands to their legitimate owners and distribute plots of land to farmers, https://24noticias.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/uma-revolucao-alentejana-feita-de-vitorias-e-magoas Uma revolução alentejana feita de vitórias e mágoas 2026-08-10 2017-07-20 Sapo, expansive economic policies to stimulate private investment, price controls and increase in social benefits, while on the other hand, a strong control of the media. https://www.infopedia.pt/artigos/$instabilidade-governativa Instabilidade Governativa 2026-08-10 Infopédia Porto Editora The process of Portugal's accession to the European Economic Community was also relaunched after being frozen due to the political instability of the two years prior. https://www.publico.pt/2020/06/23/opiniao/noticia/35-anos-adesao-espanha-portugal-cee-1921448 Nos 35 anos da adesão de Espanha e Portugal à CEE 2026-08-10 2020-06-23 Público The short government term would also be marked by the terrible relationship between President Ramalho Eanes and the prime minister. https://observador.pt/especiais/a-relacao-tempestuosa-entre-eanes-e-sa-carneiro/ A relação tempestuosa entre Eanes e Sá Carneiro 2026-08-10 2018-10-28 Observador On the opposition side, and in order to respond to the success of the AD, the Socialist Party (PS) decided to form a left-wing coalition called the Republican and Socialist Front (FRS), which also included the Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy (UEDS) and the Independent Social Democratic Action (ASDI). https://www.cne.pt/partido/frente-republicana-e-socialista Frente Republicana e Socialista 2026-08-10 2020-06-23 Comissão Nacional de Eleições 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 1979 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/md_ar1980.html Eleição da Assembleia da República de 5 de Outubro de 1980 CNE - Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Eleição da Assembleia da República de 5 de Outubro de 1980 3 December 2020 District Number of MPs Map Lisbon 56 Portuguese legislative election - Blank map.svg 220 0.64 0.21 180 140% 15 0.62 0.09 180 140% 6 0.64 0.33 180 140% 38 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% 12 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% 4 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 Porto 38 Setúbal 17 Aveiro and Braga 15 Santarém and Coimbra 12 Leiria 11 Viseu 10 Faro 9 Castelo Branco, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real 6 Azores, Beja, Évora, Guarda and Madeira 5 Bragança and Portalegre 4 Europe and Outside Europe 2 Parties The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the second half of the 1st legislature (1976–1980), as the 1979 election was a national by-election, and that also contested the elections: Name Ideology Political position Leader 1979 resultComposição dos Grupos Parlamentares/Partidos Seats atdissolution % Seats PPD/PSD Social Democratic PartyPartido Social Democrata Liberal conservatismCentre-right Francisco Sá Carneiro45.3%Democratic Alliance 80 250 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 75 250 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) CDS Democratic and Social CenterCentro Democrático e Social Christian democracy Centre-rightto right-wing Diogo Freitas do Amaral 43 250 CDS – People's Party 43 250 CDS – People's Party PPM People's Monarchist PartyPartido Popular Monárquico MonarchismGreen conservatism Right-wing Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles 5 250 People's Monarchist Party (Portugal) 5 250 People's Monarchist Party (Portugal) PS Socialist PartyPartido Socialista Social democracy Centre-left Mário Soares 27.3%FRS 74 250 Socialist Party (Portugal) 74 250 Socialist Party (Portugal) PCP Portuguese Communist PartyPartido Comunista Português CommunismMarxism–Leninism Far-left Álvaro Cunhal18.8%United People Alliance 44 250 #FF0000 44 250 #FF0000 MDP/CDE Portuguese Democratic MovementMovimento Democrático Português Left-wing nationalismDemocratic socialism Left-wing José Manuel Tengarrinha 3 250 Democratic Electoral Commission 3 250 Democratic Electoral Commission UDP Popular Democratic UnionUnião Democrática Popular MarxismSocialism Left-wing Mário Tomé 2.2% 1 250 Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 1 250 Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) MR The ReformersOs ReformadoresFrancisco Sousa Tavares (left the Social Democratic Party caucus)José Medeiros Ferreira (left the Social Democratic Party caucus)Armando Adão Silva (left the Social Democratic Party caucus)Nuno Maria Matos (left the Social Democratic Party caucus)Pelágio Madureira (left the Social Democratic Party caucus)5 250 #f25b6b Seat changes In January 1980, MPs Francisco Sousa Tavares, José Medeiros Ferreira, Armando Adão Silva, Nuno Maria Matos and Pelágio Madureira, elected in the Democratic Alliance lists, left the Social Democratic Party caucus and formed their own parliamentary group, the Reformers, following the agreement made with AD in order for them to be elected.Reformadores (dissidentes do PS) - Jose Adelino Maltez http://maltez.info/respublica/portugalpolitico/grupospoliticos/reformadores.htm 16 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20240414052702/http://maltez.info/respublica/portugalpolitico/grupospoliticos/reformadores.htm 14 April 2024 live www.maltez.info pt-PT Campaign period Issues The campaign was dominated by deep political and personal divisions. The Socialist Party (PS)-led coalition, the Republican and Socialist Front (FRS), campaigned against Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro mostly on personal issues, criticizing his marital situation of living with another woman, Snu Abecassis, while still remaining married to his first wife,https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/10/04/festive-campaigns-in-portugal-belie-virulent-rivalries/548a3233-6c0a-4cf6-aaf5-98477bae3f2e/ Festive Campaigns In Portugal Belie Virulent Rivalries en The Washington Post 19 July 2026 3 October 1980 in addition to the accusation that Sá Carneiro owed money to the banks, an issue also raised by the Communists.https://observador.pt/2025/04/23/legislativas-cavaco-lembra-que-em-1980-ataques-ao-primeiro-ministro-tiveram-efeitos-contrarios-aos-pretendidos-c-audio-atualizada/ Legislativas. Cavaco lembra que em 1980 ataques ao primeiro-ministro "tiveram efeitos contrários" aos pretendidos pt Observador 19 July 2026 23 April 2025 The Democratic Alliance (AD) campaign responded with the accusation that Soares' father was a defrocked priest. The clash between Sá Carneiro and President Ramalho Eanes was also center stage during the campaign, with the AD blaming the political stalemate on the President, in addition to the Alliance wanting to modify the constitution by a simple majority, via referendum, a move that was rejected by Eanes.https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/05/archives/portugals-political-wars-aim-potshots-at-stability.html Portugal's Political Wars Aim Potshots at Stability en The New York Times 19 July 2026 5 October 1980 Party slogans Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs AD « Garantir o progresso. » "Ensure progress." https://www.repository.utl.pt/bitstream/10400.5/4386/3/Anexo%203.pdf Comunicação Política em eleições legislativas em Portugal: uma análise a partir dos cartazes eleitorais (1975-2009) pt Francisco Teixeira 12 May 2020 FRS « Um governo para todos. A sua segurança. » "A government for all. Your safety." https://ephemerajpp.com/2017/06/04/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1980-frente-republicana-e-socialista/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1980 – FRENTE REPUBLICANA E SOCIALISTA (PS + ASDI + UEDS) pt EPHEMERA 12 May 2020 APU « Vota APU, para a vitória de Abril » "Vote APU, for the victory of April" https://ephemerajpp.com/2019/08/18/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1980-apu/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1980 – APU pt EPHEMERA 12 May 2020 UDP « Abril de novo pela força do povo » "April again by the strength of the people" https://ephemerajpp.com/2020/05/03/udp-1980/ UDP – 1980 pt EPHEMERA 12 May 2020 Opinion polling Polling firm/Link Date Released 35px|link=Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 1979)|AD 30px|link=Republican and Socialist Front|FRS 34px|link=United People Alliance|APU 32px|link=Popular Democratic Union (Portugal)|UDP O Others Lead 1980 legislative election 5 Oct 1980 47.675% Verdana 134 27.875% Verdana 74 16.875% Verdana 41 1.475% Verdana 1 6.475% Verdana 0 19.8 AntroposAntropos2 Sep 1980 52.0 32.4 13.8 1.8 19.6 Norma/Expresso 12 Jul 1980 43.1 22.5 8.9 1.5 24.0 20.6 AntroposAntropos Jul 1980 49.4 34.9 11.9 3.8 14.5 1979 local elections 16 Dec 1979 47.2 27.7 20.5 1.3 3.3 19.5 1979 legislative election 2 Dec 1979 45.375% Verdana 128 27.375% Verdana 74 18.875% Verdana 47 2.275% Verdana 1 6.475% Verdana 0 17.5 Results National summary File:AR Eleicoes 1980.svg Democratic Alliance 4 Democratic AllianceAD 2706667 +2.39 126 +5 Social Democratic PartyPSD 147644 +0.10 8 +1 Democratic and Social CentrePSD 13765 –0.16 0 0 2868076 +3.44 134 +6 Republican and Socialist FrontPS1979 3 Republican and Socialist FrontFRS1 1606198 — 71 — Socialist PartyPS 67081 — 3 — 1673279 +0.36 74 0 United People AllianceAPU 1009505 –2.05 41 –6 Popular Democratic Union Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 83204 –0.80 1 0 Workers' Party of Socialist Unity 83095 +1.17 0 0 Revolutionary Socialist 60496 +0.38 0 0 Labour Party 39408 New 0 New Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 35409 –0.30 0 0 PDC–MIRN/PDP–FN 23819 –0.81 0 0 Democratic Party of the Atlantic 8529 New 0 New Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization 3913 +0.00 0 0 34522 103140 +0.45 –0.30 –0.14 6026395 7179023 0 +1.07 Comissão Nacional de Eleições Vote share #ddd 550px 500px AD #2A52BE 44.91 FRS Republican and Socialist Front 26.65 APU Portuguese Communist Party 16.75 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 2.45 UDP Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 1.38 POUS #E53333 1.38 PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 1.11 PSR Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal) 1.00 AOC pink 0.65 PCTP/MRPP Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat 0.59 Others #777777 0.83 Blank/Invalid #DDDDDD 2.28 Parliamentary seats #ddd 550px 500px AD #2A52BE 50.40 FRS Republican and Socialist Front 28.40 APU Portuguese Communist Party 16.40 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 3.20 PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 1.20 UDP Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 0.40 Distribution by constituency Results of the 1980 election of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republicby constituency yes |- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Constituency!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|TotalS |- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan=2 | AD !colspan=2 | FRS !colspan=2 | APU !colspan=2 | PSD !colspan=2 | PS !colspan=2 | UDP |- | style="text-align:left;" | Azores |colspan="4" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 3.1 | - | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|57.0 | 4 | 27.3 | 1 | 1.3 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Aveiro | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|58.8 | 10 | 27.1 | 4 | 6.8 | 1 |colspan="4" rowspan="11" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| |colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 15 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Beja | 22.4 | 1 | 21.1 | 1 | style="background:United People Alliance; color:white;"|47.1 | 3 | 1.3 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Braga | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|54.9 | 9 | 29.3 | 5 | 8.4 | 1 | 0.9 | - | 15 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bragança | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|65.3 | 3 | 21.3 | 1 | 4.8 | - | 1.0 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Castelo Branco | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|51.0 | 4 | 30.3 | 2 | 10.5 | - | 0.7 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Coimbra | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|46.1 | 6 | 35.9 | 5 | 9.9 | 1 | 0.8 | - | 12 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Evora Évora | 29.2 | 1 | 18.7 | 1 | style="background:United People Alliance; color:white;"|45.7 | 3 | 0.9 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Faro | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|37.2 | 4 | 34.7 | 4 | 16.7 | 1 | 1.9 | - | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Guarda | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|60.6 | 4 | 26.3 | 1 | 5.0 | - | 0.7 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Leiria | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|59.8 | 7 | 22.7 | 3 | 9.7 | 1 | 1.0 | - | 11 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lisbon | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|41.6 | 25 | 28.1 | 17 | 23.1 | 13 | 1.7 | 1 | 56 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Madeira | colspan="4" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 2.9 | - | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|63.6 | 4 | 16.5 | 1 | 4.5 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Portalegre | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|33.4 | 2 | 32.4 | 1 | 26.1 | 1 | colspan="2" rowspan="9" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" rowspan="7" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 0.7 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Porto | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|46.6 | 19 | 34.3 | 14 | 11.9 | 5 | 1.4 | - | 38 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santarém | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|42.1 | 6 | 30.4 | 4 | 19.0 | 2 | 1.2 | - | 12 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Setúbal | 24.1 | 4 | 23.5 | 4 | style="background:United People Alliance; color:white;"|44.0 | 9 | 2.8 | - | 17 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viana do Castelo | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|59.2 | 5 | 22.8 | 1 | 10.0 | - | 0.7 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Vila Real | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|62.1 | 5 | 22.8 | 1 | 5.1 | - | 0.8 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viseu | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|66.8 | 8 | 20.9 | 2 | 5.0 | - | 0.6 | - | 10 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Europe | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|49.6 | 1 | colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 15.2 | - | 25.4 | 1 | 1.4 | - | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Outside Europe | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|85.5 | 2 | 2.6 | - | 4.0 | - | 0.4 | - | 2 |- |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|44.9 | 126 | 26.7 | 71 | 16.8 | 41 | 2.5 | 8 | 1.1 | 3 | 1.4 | 1 | 250 |- | colspan=14 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} Maps Aftermath Death of Francisco Sá Carneiro 1980 Camarate air crash Just two months after winning the 1980 election, and while campaigning for the Democratic Alliance's candidate for the December 1980 Presidential election, Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro and his Defense minister Adelino Amaro da Costa, along with their spouses Snu Abecassis and Maria Vaz Pires, respectively, plus the plane's pilot, died in tragic air crash when the small aircraft they were on board crashed and burned in Camarate, Loures, shortly after taking off from Lisbon Airport.https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/sa-carneiro-morre-em-acidente-de-aviacao_v853556 Sá Carneiro morre em acidente de aviação RTP 8 October 2022 8 September 2015 pt This tragic air crash sparked a series of conspirancy theories, mainly because of Portugal's involvement in the Iran–Iraq War and the supply of weapons to both Iraq and Iran.https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/atentado-de-camarate-familiar-de-vitima-acusa-republicanos-dos-eua_v1254263 Atentado de Camarate. Familiar de vítima acusa republicanos dos EUA RTP 8 October 2022 25 August 2020 pt Several investigations surrounding the crash were conducted and the official cause of the crash is still a matter of intense debate.https://jornaleconomico.pt/noticias/atentado-ou-acidente-quarenta-anos-depois-de-camarate-misterio-continua-por-resolver-672039 Atentado ou acidente? Quarenta anos depois de Camarate, mistério continua por resolver Jornal Económico 8 October 2022 4 December 2020 pt Diogo Freitas do Amaral was appointed as interim Prime Minister until the election of Francisco Pinto Balsemão as PSD leader and subsequent nomination as Prime Minister.https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/tomada-de-posse-do-vii-governo-constitucional/ Tomada de posse do VII Governo Constitucional RTP 8 October 2022 9 January 1981 pt Fall of the government Balsemão's governments were very unstable due to lack of leadership and deep disagreements between the three parties that composed the Democratic Alliance (AD). In the 1982 local elections, the AD was able to gather 42 percent of the votes, against the 31 percent of the PS and 20.5 percent of APU, but suffered loses and many within the coalition, mainly Diogo Freitas do Amaral, labeled the results as a disaster.https://expresso.pt/presidenciais2016/2016-01-16-Um-Parlamento-dissolvido-contra-a-maioria-dos-deputados Um Parlamento dissolvido contra a maioria dos deputados Expresso 8 December 2023 16 January 2016 pt With this background, Pinto Balsemão resigned as Prime Minister and the PSD proposed an alternative name for Prime Minister to President António Ramalho Eanes. However, President Eanes refused to swear in a new AD government and dissolved Parliament by calling an election for 25 April 1983.https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/presidente-da-republica-dissolve-assembleia-da-republica-em-1983_v853599 Presidente da República dissolve Assembleia da República, em 1983 RTP 8 December 2023 8 September 2015 pt See also Politics of Portugal List of political parties in Portugal Elections in Portugal Notes Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Democratic Social Center (CDS) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) contested the 1979 election in a coalition called Democratic Alliance (AD) and won a combined 45.3% of the vote and elected 128 MP's to parliament. United People Alliance The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP/CDE) contested the 1979 election in a coalition called United People Alliance (APU) and won a combined 18.8% of the vote and elected 47 MPs to parliament. FRS The Socialist Party (PS), Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy (UEDS) and the Independent Social-Democratic Action (ASDI) would contest the 1980 election in a coalition called Republican and Socialist Front (FRS). Sá Carneiro As leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Mário Soares As leader of the Socialist Party (PS). AD Alliance formed by the Social Democratic Party (74 seats), the Democratic and Social Centre (46 seats) and the People's Monarchist Party (6 seats). PSD Social Democratic Party and Democratic and Social Centre electoral list only in Azores and Madeira. FRS1 Alliance formed by the Socialist Party (63 seats), the Leftwing Union for the Socialist Democracy (4 seats) and the Independent Social-Democratic Action (4 seats). PS Socialist Party electoral list only in Azores and Madeira. APU Portuguese Communist Party (39 MPs) and Portuguese Democratic Movement (2 MPs) ran in coalition. PS1979 Republican and Socialist Front results are compared to the combined totals of the Socialist Party and the Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy in the 1979 election. Antropos Results presented here exclude undecideds (15.1%) and doesn't answer (8.2%). With their inclusion results are: AD: 37.9%; FRS: 26.8%; APU: 9.1%; Others/Invalid: 2.9%. Antropos2 Results presented here exclude undecideds (17.6%) and doesn't answer (16.4%). With their inclusion results are: AD: 34.4%; FRS: 21.4%; APU: 9.1%; Others/Invalid: 1.2%. References External links Comissão Nacional de Eleições Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político Category:Legislative elections in Portugal Legislative election Portuguese legislative election