1987 Portuguese legislative election

none 1987 Portuguese legislative election Portugal parliamentary no 1985 Portuguese legislative election 1985 1991 Portuguese legislative election 1991 All 250 seats in the Assembly of the Republic 126 7,930,668 1.4% 5,676,358 (71.6%) 2.6 pp 19 July 1987 Cavaco Silva 1988.png 135 110 150 5 13 Aníbal Cavaco Silva Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 2 June 1985 Lisbon 88 seats, 29.9% 148 60 2,850,784 50.2% 20.3 pp Informal Meeting of EU Finance Ministers (26486792252) (cropped).jpg 115 110 150 0 2 Vítor Constâncio Socialist Party (Portugal) 29 June 1986 Lisbon 57 seats, 20.8% 60 3 1,262,506 22.2% 1.4 pp Alvaro Cunhal 1980 (cropped).jpg 110 110 150 0 0 Álvaro Cunhal Portuguese Communist Party Unitary Democratic Coalition 30 September 1987 Lisbon 38 seats, 15.5% 31 7 689,137 12.1% 3.4 pp Ramalho Eanes (1983-09-14) (cropped).png 185 110 150 0 40 Ramalho Eanes Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal) 19 October 1986 Lisbon 45 seats, 17.9% 7 38 278,561 4.9% 13.0 pp Adriano Moreira 1962-04-26 (cropped).png 175 110 150 15 30 Adriano Moreira CDS 0093DD 13 April 1986 Lisbon 22 seats, 10.0% 4 18 251,987 4.4% 5.6 pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Aníbal Cavaco Silva Social Democratic Party (Portugal) Aníbal Cavaco Silva Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 230px Vote winner strength by district 272px Results by constituency outgoing members elected members The 1987 Portuguese legislative election took place on 19 July. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic. In the previous election, in 1985, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) received the most votes and managed to form a minority government, remaining in power thanks to the confidence and supply of the Democratic and Social Center (CDS) and the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), but after a motion of no confidence presented by left-wing parties was approved, the government fell and a new election was called. The PSD was reelected in a landslide, winning a majority government with just over 50 percent of the votes and 148 of the 250 seats, a majority of 46. Not only was this the most seats that a Portuguese party had ever won in a free election, but it was the first time since the Carnation Revolution that a single party won an absolute majority. Although the PSD was leading in voting intentions going into the election, the size of its victory far exceeded the party's most optimistic expectations."Eleições 87 – Parte III", RTP Arquivos, 19 July 1987. Retrieved 21 May 2026. The PSD won every district with the exception of Setúbal, Évora and Beja, which voted for the CDU. The Socialist Party (PS) gained a few seats and got a slightly higher share of the vote, 22 percent compared with the almost 21 percent in 1985, but the scale of the PSD victory made the party lose most of its influence. Like in 1979, 1980 and 1985, the PS failed to win a single district. The left-wing Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) lost some ground, minus seven MPs and a drop to 12 percent, while the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), now led by former President António Ramalho Eanes, lost all of its influence, mainly due to its responsibility in the fall of the PSD minority government. The right-wing Democratic and Social Center (CDS) lost almost half of its vote share, due to the effect of tactical voting for the also right-wing Social Democratic Party. European elections were held on the same day. Background Despite being able to form a minority government after the 1985 election, Cavaco's term was quite tense, with many conflicts between the government and the opposition in Parliament, and notwithstanding the approval of two state budgets, several of the policy reforms proposed by the government were rejected.https://www.publico.pt/2010/09/11/jornal/governo-minoritario--do-psd-17-meses--de-guerrilha-20176519 Governo minoritário do PSD: 17 meses de guerrilha Público 11 September 2010 8 August 2026 pt"A "década de betão" do cavaquismo", RTP, 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2026. Just a few weeks after Cavaco took office, Portugal officially became a member state of the European Economic Community,https://expresso.pt/economia/2023-04-13-1986-A-ver-Portugal--finalmente--na-CEE-5b25725c 1986: A ver Portugal (finalmente) na CEE Expresso 16 April 2023 8 August 2026 pt spurring a major transformation of the country's economy.Crescimento, Expansão e Mundialização https://www.infopedia.pt/artigos/$crescimento-expansao-e-mundializacao 15 August 2026 Infópedia Porto Editora pt Fall of the government 1985 Portuguese legislative election#Fall of the government In the first months of 1987, a trip of a Portuguese parliamentary delegation to the Soviet Union, which also passed by Estonia, a territory that wasn't recognized by Portugal as under Soviet control, created a diplomatic issue that was used by the Opposition to bring down Cavaco Silva's minority 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 Jornal i 30 August 2018 23 October 2022 pt In April, Parliament approved, by 134 votes to 108, a motion of no confidence proposed by PRD, 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 23 October 2022 pt President Mário Soares rejected the opposition's proposal for an alternative PS-PRD-CDU government, deciding instead to dissolve Parliament and call a snap election.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 23 October 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 Leadership changes and challenges Democratic and Social Center The 1985 general election results were quite disappointing for CDS, and then party leader Francisco Lucas Pires resigned from the leadership."Histórica CDS-PP", CDS-PP. Retrieved 6 June 2022. Adriano Moreira, supported by the more conservative wings, and João Morais Leitão, supported by the more "centrist" wings of the party, were the two candidates running for the leadership in the April 1986 congress."Do CDS ao CDS-PP: o Partido do Centro Democrático Social e o seu papel na política portuguesa", Richard A. H. Robinson, 1996. Retrieved 7 June 2022. Adriano Moreira was elected new party leader by an 82-vote difference."Adriano Moreira completa hoje 90 anos", TSF, 6 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022. The results were the following: Ballot: 13 April 1986 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- |bgcolor=CDS – People's Party| | align=left | Adriano Moreira | align=right | 533 | align=right | 54.2 |- |bgcolor=CDS – People's Party| | align=left | João Morais Leitão | align=right | 451 | align=right | 45.8 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right |984 | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Results |} Socialist Party For the 1985 general election, the PS nominated António Almeida Santos as prime ministerial candidate, while an interim leadership, headed by António Macedo, ran the party, but the Socialists achieved their worst result ever, just 20.8 percent."Quando o candidato do PS não foi o líder", Diario de Notícias, 3 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2022. A few months later, the PS supported candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Mário Soares, was narrowly elected to that post by a 51 to 49 percent margin against Diogo Freitas do Amaral, the candidate supported by CDS and PSD."1986, o ano de "Soares é fixe"", TSF, 7 January 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2022. After that victory, the party called a congress to elect a new leader for late June 1986. There were two candidates on the ballot, Vítor Constâncio and Jaime Gama."20 Anos Acção Socialista 1978-1998", Socialist Party, 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2023. Vítor Constâncio was elected as new party leader."Vítor Constâncio (n.1943)", Centro Documentação 25 de Abril. Retrieved 6 June 2022. Ballot: 29 June 1986 |- 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 | Vítor Constâncio | align=center | | align=right | 79 |- |bgcolor=Socialist Party (Portugal)| | align=left | Jaime Gama | align=right | | align=right | 21 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Acção Socialista1986-07-03 http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=04385.013 Congresso foi a consagração da motivação militante Acção Socialista 2 |} Democratic Renewal Party The Democratic Renewal Party surprised with their excellent result in the 1985 election, winning almost 18 percent of the votes."PRD é a surpresa das legislativas de 1985 ", RTP, 8 September 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022. António Ramalho Eanes, the main figure and inspiration for PRD, left the post of President of the Republic in March 1986, and, a few months later, in October of the same year, was unanimously elected as the new leader of the PRD, succeeding Hermínio Martinho."Convenção do PRD – Parte I", RTP, 21 October 1986. Retrieved 1 September 2025."Perfil. Os 90 anos de Ramalho Eanes", Observador, 25 January 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025."Partido Renovador Democrático (1985) - Jose Adelino Maltez", maltez.info. Retrieved 1 September 2025. Ballot: 19 October 1986 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- |bgcolor=Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)| | align=left | António Ramalho Eanes | colspan="2" align=right | Voice vote |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | | 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 1985 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/md_ar1987.html Eleição da Assembleia da República de 19 de Julho de 1987 CNE - Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Eleição da Assembleia da República de 19 de Julho de 1987 3 December 2020 District Number of MPs Map Lisbon 56 Portuguese legislative election - Blank map.svg 220 0.64 0.21 180 140% 17 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% 4 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 39 Bragagreen (+1) and Setúbal 17 Aveiro 15 Santarém 12 Leiria and Coimbra 11 Viseu 10 Faro 9 Castelo Branco, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real 6 Azores, Beja, Guarda and Madeira 5 Bragança and Évorared (–1) 4 Portalegre 3 Europe and Outside Europe 2 Parties The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the 4th legislature (1985–1987) and that also partook in the election: Name Ideology Political position Leader 1985 result Seats atdissolution % Seats PPD/PSD Social Democratic PartyPartido Social DemocrataLiberal conservatismClassical liberalism Centre-right Aníbal Cavaco Silva 29.9% 88 250 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 87 250 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) PS Socialist PartyPartido Socialista Social democracy Centre-left Vítor Constâncio 20.8% 57 250 Socialist Party (Portugal) 56 250 Socialist Party (Portugal) PRD Democratic Renewal PartyPartido Renovador Democrático CentrismThird Way Centre António Ramalho Eanes 17.9% 45 250 Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal) 45 250 Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal) PCP Portuguese Communist PartyPartido Comunista Português CommunismMarxism–Leninism Far-left Álvaro Cunhal15.5%United People Alliance 35 250 #FF0000 34 250 #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 CDS Democratic and Social CentreCentro Democrático e Social Christian democracyConservatism Centre-rightto right-wing Adriano Moreira 10.0% 22 250 CDS – People's Party 22 250 CDS – People's Party Ind. IndependentIndependenteGonçalo Ribeiro Telles (left the Socialist Party caucus)Deputado Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=3199 26 January 2025 www.parlamento.pt pt-PTMaria Amélia Santos (left the Portuguese Communist Party caucus)Deputado Maria Santos https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=1627 26 January 2025 www.parlamento.pt pt-PTRui Oliveira e Costa (left the Social Democratic Party caucus)Deputado Rui Oliveira e Costa https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=3159 26 January 2025 www.parlamento.pt pt-PT3 250 Independent Seat changes On 16 November 1985, MP Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, elected in the Socialist Party list for Porto, left the party and became an Independent, following the agreement he made with the party in order to be elected.Almeida Santos apresenta listas e defende revisão da Constituição http://casacomum.org/cc/visualizador?pasta=06845.195.30316#!7 13 August 1985 26 January 2025 www.casacomum.org pt-PT Also on 16 November 1985, MP Maria Amélia Santos, elected in the United People Alliance list for Lisbon, became an Independent representing the Ecologist Party "The Greens".https://observador.pt/especiais/os-verdes-o-partido-melancia-ganhou-mais-influencia-no-poder/ Os Verdes. O "partido melancia" ganhou mais influência no poder Observador 4 January 2017 26 January 2025 pt On 24 June 1986, MP Rui Oliveira e Costa, elected in the Social Democratic Party list for Lisbon, became an Independent after leaving the PSD caucus following disagreements with the party's leadership regarding policy and the 1986 presidential election.https://www.publico.pt/2021/11/09/sociedade/noticia/morreu-rui-oliveira-costa-1984336 Morreu Rui Oliveira e Costa, politólogo e adepto fervoroso do Sporting Público 9 November 2021 26 January 2025 pt Campaign period Issues The campaign was dominated by the need for stability, the country had 16 governments since 1974, a booming economy and falling inflation.https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/21/world/man-in-the-news-anibal-cavaco-silva-the-runaway-winner-in-portugal.html en MAN IN THE NEWS: ANIBAL CAVACO SILVA; The Runaway Winner in Portugal The New York Times 25 July 2026 21 July 1987https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/18/world/social-democrats-lead-in-portugal.html en SOCIAL DEMOCRATS LEAD IN PORTUGAL The New York Times 25 July 2026 18 July 1987 The Social Democratic Party (PSD), under the leadership of Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, campaigned on the strong economy and the need for a stable government to enact reforms, warning of "hard times" if no stability was reached. The Socialist Party (PS) ran under the motto that only they could stop the "reactionary" Social Democrats, as party leader Vítor Constâncio put it, while the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD) accused Cavaco Silva of being arrogant. On the left-wing, the campaign was also marked by the dissolution of the United People Alliance (APU), following internal tensions with the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP) in 1986, and the formation of a new coalition, the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU).https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/retrospetiva-dos-acontecimentos-nacionais-em-1986/ pt Retrospetiva dos acontecimentos nacionais em 1986 RTP 25 July 2026 2 January 1987https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/cdu-prepara-24a-corrida-eleitoral-nacional-30-anos-apos-fundacao_n999154 pt CDU prepara 24.ª corrida eleitoral nacional 30 anos após fundação RTP 25 July 2026 3 May 2017 Party slogans Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs PSD « Portugal não pode parar » "Portugal cannot stop" https://ephemerajpp.com/2015/04/27/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1987-psd/ pt ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1987 – PSD EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 PS « A alternativa » "The alternative" 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 CDU « CDU, É melhor para Portugal » "CDU, It's better for Portugal" https://ephemerajpp.com/2012/06/11/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1987-cdu-autocolantes/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1987 – CDU – AUTOCOLANTES pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 PRD « Agora Portugal » "Now Portugal" https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/campanha-eleitoral-do-prd-11/ Campanha eleitoral do PRD pt RTP 11 May 2020 CDS « Vote prá maioria » "Vote for the majority" https://ephemerajpp.com/2018/11/02/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1987-cds/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1987 – CDS pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 Candidates' debates No debates between the main parties were held as the PSD leader and Prime Minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, refused to take part in any debate.4 September 2009 https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/o-que-mudam-os-debates-na-tv O que mudam os debates na TV pt Correio da Manhã 11 May 2020 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 1985 and 1987 for reference. #EAFFEA Exit poll 1px solid #AAAAAA Polling firm/Link Date Released 35px|link=Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSDPS 30px|link=Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)|PRD31px|link=Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU25px|link=CDS – People's Party|CDS O Others Lead 1987 legislative election 19 Jul 1987 50.275% Verdana 148 22.275% Verdana 60 4.975% Verdana 7 12.175% Verdana 31 4.475% Verdana 4 6.275% Verdana 0 28.0 RTP1 19 Jul 1987 48–50 21–23 5–7 12.5–14.5 3–5 – 27 Antena1 19 Jul 1987 45–47 24–25 – – – – 21–22 Rádio Comercial 19 Jul 1987 50.1 21.9 5.7 12.1 4.0 6.2 28.2 Euroexpansão 17 Jul 1987 41–44 22–25 11–14 13–15 4–6 – 19EuroexpansãoPS internal, leaked by O Jornal.PS tem sondagem animadora O Jornal 2 1987-06-1212 Jun 19873728––––9O Semanário12 Jun 198739–4121–23––––18IEP1987-04-29 PSD longe da maioria absoluta O Jornal 829 Apr 198738.521.711.512.35.610.616.8UnknownInternal pollster for the Presidency of the Republic, leaked by O Jornal.1987-04-16 "Guerra" de sondagens com números contraditórios O Jornal 1116 Apr 198737–3927–29812–137–10UnknownInternal for a political party, leaked by O Jornal.16 Apr 198738288148410UnknownPoll to be published, leaked by O Jornal.16 Apr 198741–44227158–19–22 Euroexpansão 14 Mar 1987 41.3 27.2 11.1 8.8 7.5 4.1 14.1 Euroexpansão Feb 1987 41.7 28.8 11.5 8.6 5.5 3.9 12.9 Euroexpansão Jun 1986 41.0 ? ? ? ? ? ? Tempo 9 Oct 1986 35.6 24.8 9.2 9.8 – 10.8 1985 local elections 15 Dec 1985 34.0 27.4 4.7 19.4 9.7 4.8 6.6 1985 legislative election 6 Oct 1985 29.975% Verdana 88 20.875% Verdana 57 17.975% Verdana 45 15.575% Verdana 38 10.075% Verdana 22 5.975% Verdana 0 9.1 Results National summary File:Portugal Parliament 1987.svg Social Democratic Party 2850784 +20.35 148 +60 Socialist Party 1262506 +1.47 60 +3 Unitary Democratic CoalitionCDUAPU 689137 –3.35 31 –7 Democratic Renewal Party 278561 –13.01 7 –38 Democratic and Social Centre 251987 –5.52 4 –18 Popular Democratic Union 50717 –0.38 0 0 Revolutionary Socialist Party 32977 –0.03 0 0 Portuguese Democratic Movement 32607 – 0 – Christian Democratic Party 31667 –0.16 0 0 People's Monarchist Party 23218 New 0 New Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 20800 +0.03 0 0 Communist Party (Reconstructed) 18544 +0.11 0 0 Workers' Party of Socialist Unity 9185 –0.17 0 0 5676358 +0.33 0 50135 +0.04 73533 –0.37 7930668 –2.59 Comissão Nacional de Eleições Vote share #ddd 550px 500px PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 50.22 PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 22.24 CDU Portuguese Communist Party 12.14 PRD Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal) 4.91 CDS Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party 4.44 UDP Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 0.89 PSR Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal) 0.58 MDP darkred 0.57 PDC darkolivegreen 0.56 Others #777777 1.27 Blank/Invalid #DDDDDD 2.18 Parliamentary seats #ddd 550px 500px PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 59.20 PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 24.00 CDU Portuguese Communist Party 12.40 PRD Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal) 2.80 CDS Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party 1.60 Distribution by constituency Results of the 1987 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 | CDU !colspan=2 | PRD !colspan=2 | CDS |- | style="text-align:left;" | Azores | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|66.7 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 2.3 | - | 3.0 | - | 3.3 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Aveiro | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|60.4 | 11 | 22.9 | 4 | 4.4 | - | 2.7 | - | 5.3 | - | 15 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Beja | 24.5 | 1 | 20.3 | 1 | style="background:red; color:white;"|38.7 | 3 | 5.7 | - | 2.0 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Braga | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|53.4 | 10 | 25.9 | 5 | 6.1 | 1 | 3.3 | - | 5.9 | 1 | 17 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bragança | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|60.8 | 3 | 19.2 | 1 | 3.2 | - | 1.3 | - | 7.6 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Castelo Branco | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|52.1 | 4 | 22.4 | 2 | 7.1 | - | 6.0 | - | 4.7 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Coimbra | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|50.0 | 6 | 28.7 | 4 | 7.2 | 1 | 3.5 | - | 4.5 | - | 11 |- | style="text-align:left;" | EvoraÉvora | 32.1 | 2 | 15.4 | - | style="background:red; color:white;"|36.2 | 2 | 7.7 | - | 2.1 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Faro | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|46.7 | 5 | 24.9 | 3 | 10.9 | 1 | 6.3 | - | 3.1 | - | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Guarda | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|60.0 | 4 | 21.8 | 1 | 3.3 | - | 2.0 | - | 6.6 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Leiria | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|60.8 | 9 | 18.7 | 2 | 5.9 | - | 3.0 | - | 6.0 | - | 11 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lisbon | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|45.8 | 28 | 21.2 | 12 | 16.5 | 10 | 6.9 | 4 | 3.7 | 2 | 56 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Madeira | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|65.5 | 4 | 16.2 | 1 | 1.9 | - | 3.3 | - | 5.2 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Portalegre | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|37.4 | 1 | 25.1 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 6.3 | - | 3.1 | - | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Porto | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|50.9 | 22 | 26.7 | 11 | 9.4 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 39 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santarém | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|47.9 | 7 | 21.7 | 3 | 12.6 | 1 | 7.3 | 1 | 3.6 | - | 12 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Setúbal | 32.6 | 6 | 17.6 | 3 | style="background:red; color:white;"|32.7 | 7 | 8.7 | 1 | 1.9 | - | 17 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viana do Castelo | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|54.5 | 5 | 20.3 | 1 | 6.3 | - | 4.8 | - | 7.7 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Vila Real | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|62.5 | 5 | 20.3 | 1 | 4.1 | - | 1.4 | - | 5.0 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viseu | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|64.1 | 8 | 17.9 | 2 | 2.9 | - | 1.7 | - | 7.0 | - | 10 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Europe | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|37.0 | 1 | 28.4 | 1 | 15.9 | - | 4.9 | - | 6.6 | - | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Outside Europe | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|63.2 | 2 | 7.3 | - | 1.4 | - | 1.7 | - | 19.9 | - | 2 |- |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|50.2 | 148 | 22.2 | 60 | 12.1 | 31 | 4.9 | 7 | 4.4 | 4 | 250 |- | colspan=12 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} Maps See also Politics of Portugal List of political parties in Portugal Elections in Portugal Further reading David B. Goldey, "The Portuguese elections of 1987 and 1991 and the presidential election of 1991." Electoral Studies 11.2 (1992): 171–176. Notes United People Alliance The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP/CDE) contested the 1985 election in a coalition called United People Alliance (APU) and won a combined 15.5% of the vote and elected 39 MPs to parliament. APU In 1985, as United People Alliance. CDU Portuguese Communist Party (29 MPs) and "The Greens" (2 MPs) ran in coalition. References External links Comissão Nacional de Eleições Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político Category:Legislative elections in Portugal Legislative Portugal