1979 Portuguese legislative election

none 1979 Portuguese legislative election Portugal parliamentary no 1976 Portuguese legislative election 1976 1980 Portuguese legislative election 1980 1st Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic 1st Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic All 250 seats in the Assembly of the Republic 126 7,249,346 10.4% 6,007,453 (82.9%) 0.6 pp 2 December 1979 Francisco Sá Carneiro.jpg 170 110 150 0 25 Francisco Sá Carneiro PSD AD 2A52BE 2 July 1978Sá Carneiro Lisbon 115 seats, 40.9%Democratic Alliance 1976 110† 128 18* 2,719,208 45.3% 4.4 pp Mário Soares 1975b (cropped).jpg 110 110 150 0 0 Mário Soares Socialist Party (Portugal) 19 April 1973 Lisbon 107 seats, 34.9% 105† 74 31* 1,642,136 27.3% 7.6 pp Alvaro Cunhal 1980 (cropped).jpg 110 110 150 0 0 FF0000 Álvaro Cunhal PCP APU 14 April 1978 Lisbon 40 seats, 14.4% 34† 47 13* 1,129,322 18.8% 4.4 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, 1.7% 1† 1 0 130,842 2.2% 0.5 pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Maria de Lurdes Pintasilgo Independent (politician) Francisco Sá Carneiro Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 230px Vote winner strength by district 272px Results by constituency. * Indicates seat change, so this is a nominal figure. † Notional 1976 results with the new seat distribution. The 1979 Portuguese legislative election took place on 2 December. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic, 13 seats less than those elected in 1976. The special electionhttps://www.parlamento.pt/sites/EN/Parliament/Paginas/PreviousElectionResults.aspx Previous election results Assembly of the Republic 10 August 2026 pt was called by President António Ramalho Eanes in the summer of 1979 after three years of great instability, from Prime Minister Mário Soares' government collapsing in August 1978 to a succession of two ineffective Presidential appointed governments. Until the election, Eanes nominated Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, the first and still only woman to lead a government in Portugal, as prime minister. In the election, the right-wing parties, the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic and Social Center and the People's Monarchist Party, united in the Democratic Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Democrática or AD) under the leadership of Sá Carneiro, scored a historic victory, receiving 45 percent of the votes and an absolute majority in seats, the first right-wing and absolute majority win after the 1974 Carnation Revolution. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/03/archives/democratic-alliance-scores-victory-over-socialists-in-portugals.html Democratic Alliance Scores Victory Over Socialists in Portugal's Voting 2026-05-21 1979-12-03 The New York Times The Socialists lost more than 30 MPs and the Communists, now allied with the Portuguese Democratic Movement in the United People Alliance achieved their highest total ever, with almost 20% of the voting, while the Popular Democratic Union (UDP) held on to its sole seat. Another election would be held a year later, in October 1980, as determined by 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. Turnout dropped slightly to 82.6 percent, but the number of ballots cast surpassed 6 million. Background 1976 Portuguese legislative election#Fall of the government In the previous election, three and a half years earlier, in April 1976, the Socialist Party won and Mário Soares became the Prime Minister of the 1st Constitutional Government after the revolution.https://observador.pt/2016/07/23/mario-soares-a-homenagem-ao-primeiro-ministro-40-anos-depois/ Mário Soares: a homenagem ao primeiro-ministro 40 anos depois Observador 23 July 2016 14 August 2026 pt However, the Government faced deep financial problems, having to ask for a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),https://on.eapn.pt/acontecimento/1o-programa-de-assistencia-economico-financeira-do-fundo-monetario-internacional/ 1º Programa de Assistência Económico-Financeira do FMI a Portugal Observatório Nacional de Luta contra a Pobreza 30 May 2022 pt and in December 1977, Soares lost a vote of confidence in Parliament by 159 votes to 100, as all opposition parties—the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), the Social Democrats (PSD), and the Communists (PCP)—united to vote against him, and thus, the Soares government fell.https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/queda-do-i-governo-constitucional/ Queda do I Governo Constitucional RTP 8 December 1977 14 August 2026 pt Soares would become Prime Minister again in January 1978, in coalition with the Democratic and Social Centre (branded as "putting socialism in the drawer"),Mário Soares e o "socialismo na gaveta" https://www.tsf.pt/politica/interior/mario-soares-e-o-socialismo-na-gaveta-5577214.html TSF Rádio Notícias 10 January 2017 15 August 2026 pthttps://expresso.pt/podcasts/liberdade-para-pensar/2023-03-24-1978-o-ano-do-CDS-do-socialismo-na-gaveta-e-da-Habitacao-2099bfe5 1978: o ano do CDS, do socialismo na gaveta e da Habitação Expresso 24 March 2023 14 August 2026 pt but by July of the same year, CDS would force the end of the government due to disagreements about agrarian reforms, and President Ramalho Eanes dismissed Mário Soares from office.https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/mario-soares-exonerado-por-ramalho-eanes-da-lideranca-do-ii-governo-constitucional_v853600 Mário Soares exonerado por Ramalho Eanes da liderança do II Governo Constitucional RTP 8 September 2015 8 August 2026 pt A couple of failed presidential initiative governments followed.https://expresso.pt/politica/os-erros-e-os-meritos-dos-presidentes-de-eanes-a-cavaco=f627301 Os erros e os méritos dos Presidentes, de Eanes a Cavaco Expresso 24 January 2011 10 August 2026 pt In August, Alfredo Nobre da Costa became prime minister by personal decision of President Eanes,https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/declaracoes-de-alfredo-nobre-da-costa/ Declarações de Alfredo Nobre da Costa RTP 14 August 1978 14 August 2026 pt however, Nobre da Costa's government program was rejected by parliamenthttps://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/governo-de-nobre-da-costa-durou-86-dias_v867953 Governo de Nobre da Costa durou 86 dias RTP 22 October 2015 14 August 2026 pthttps://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/programa-de-governo-de-nobre-da-costa-alvo-de-mocao-de-rejeicao_v853601 Programa de Governo de Nobre da Costa alvo de moção de rejeição RTP 23 October 2015 15 August 2026 pt and two months later, Nobre da Costa was replaced by Carlos Mota Pinto who would govern with extreme difficulties for less than one year, facing strong parliamentary obstruction.https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/razoes-da-demissao-de-mota-pinto_a853789 Razões da demissão de Mota Pinto RTP 8 September 2015 14 August 2026 pt In July 1979, the President finally decided to dissolve Parliament and call for a new election for December of the same year.https://expresso.pt/politica/2021-12-05-Legislativas-Primeira-dissolucao-do-parlamento-aconteceu-apos-crise-orcamental-em-1979-3a4f51f5 Legislativas: Primeira dissolução do parlamento aconteceu após crise orçamental em 1979 Expresso 5 December 2021 14 August 2026 pt Mota Pinto was replaced in the period between the dissolution and the election by Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, the first and still only woman to lead a government in Portuguese history.https://ensina.rtp.pt/artigo/biografia-de-maria-de-lurdes-pintassilgo/ Biografia de Maria de Lurdes Pintassilgo RTP 2004 14 August 2026 pt Leadership changes and challenges Social Democratic Party The PSD suffered a lot of internal divisions after the 1976 election. The party was essential divided between those who wanted the party to pursue a more social democratic path, and those who want a more center-right approach, these aligned with Francisco Sá Carneiro."A guerra interna a Rui Rio e os "inadiáveis" contra Sá Carneiro", Diário de Notícias, 29 November 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2022. Because of these disputes, Sá Carneiro leaves the leadership in November 1977, and is succeeded by António Sousa Franco, who moves the party more to the left." Partido Popular Democrático/ Partido Social-Democrata", José Adelino Maltez, 3 May 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2022. But, internal divisions continue, and in June 1978, a group of 42 PSD MPs release the "Unpostponable Options" manifesto where they attack Sá Carneiro and reaffirm the social democratic path with a candidacy to the Socialist International." Opções Inadiáveis (1978)", José Adelino Maltez, 3 May 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2022. Sá Carneiro returns to the leadership in the July 1978 party congress and one year later, 37 PSD MPs break with him and leave definitely the party, forming the Independent Social Democratic Action (ASDI), which would merge with the PS a few years later." De condicionais a ASDI ", Público, 9 September 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2022. Ballot: 2 July 1978 |- 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 | Francisco Sá Carneiro | align=right | 603 | align=right | 91.9 |- | colspan=2 align=left | Blank/Invalid ballots | align=right | 53 | align=right | 8.1 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | 656 | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Diário de Lisboa |} A few months after the congress that reinstated Sá Carneiro in the party's leadership, negotiations began between the PSD and CDS, and later also with the PPM, to form a coalition in order to contest the following election," Retrospetiva da Aliança Democrática ", RTP, 31 December 1979. Retrieved 23 July 2026. with an agreement to form the Democratic Alliance (AD) being reached in July 1979."O que prometia a AD há 36 anos ", Observador, 27 April 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2022. Electoral system The Assembly of the Republic has 250 members elected to four-year terms. The total number of MPs was reduced to 250 from the previous 263, elected in 1976. 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 1976 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/md_ar1979.html Eleição da Assembleia da República de 2 de Dezembro de 1979 CNE - Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Eleição da Assembleia da República de 2 de Dezembro de 1979 3 December 2020 District Number of MPs Map Lisbonred (–2) 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 Santarémred (–1) and Coimbra 12 Leiria 11 Viseured (–1) 10 Faro 9 Castelo Brancored (–1), Viana do Castelored (–1) and Vila Realred (–1) 6 Azoresred (–1), Bejared (–1), Évorared (–1), Guardared (–1) and Madeirared (–1) 5 Bragançared (–1) and Portalegre 4 Europe and Outside Europe 2 Parties The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the first half of the 1st legislature (1976–1980), as this election was a national by-election, and that also contested the elections: With the 1976 seat distribution Name Ideology Political position Leader 1976 result Seats atdissolutionComposição dos Grupos Parlamentares/Partidos % Seats PS Socialist PartyPartido Socialista Social democracy Centre-left Mário Soares 34.9% 107 263 Socialist Party (Portugal) 102 263 Socialist Party (Portugal) PPD/PSD Social Democratic PartyPartido Social Democrata Liberalconservatism Centre-right Francisco Sá Carneiro 24.4%Democratic Alliance 73 263 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 36 263 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) CDS Democratic and Social CenterCentro Democrático e Social Christian democracy Centre-rightto right-wing Diogo Freitas do Amaral 16.0%Democratic Alliance 42 263 CDS – People's Party 41 263 CDS – People's Party PCP Portuguese Communist PartyPartido Comunista Português Communism Far-left Álvaro Cunhal 14.4%United People Alliance 40 263 #FF0000 40 263 #FF0000 UDP Popular Democratic UnionUnião Democrática Popular MarxismSocialism Left-wing Mário Tomé 1.7% 1 263 Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 1 263 Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) ASDI Independent Social Democratic ActionAcção Social Democrata Independente Democratic SocialismSocial democracy Centre-left António de Sousa FrancoN/A 37 263 #2E3191 Ind. IndependentIndependenteCarmelinda Pereira (left the Socialist Party caucus)Aires Rodrigues (left the Socialist Party caucus)Carlos Galvão de Melo (left the Democratic and Social Center caucus)António Lopes Cardoso (left the Socialist Party caucus)José Justiniano Pinto (left the Socialist Party caucus)Reinaldo Rodrigues (left the Socialist Party caucus)6 263 Independent Seat changes In January 1977, MPs Carmelinda Pereira and Aires Rodrigues were expelled from the Socialist Party caucus." Deputado Carmelinda Pereira ", Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 16 February 2025." Deputado António Aires Rodrigues ", Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 16 February 2025. In March 1977, MP Carlos Galvão de Melo left the Democratic and Social Center caucus." Deputado Carlos Galvão de Melo ", Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 16 February 2025. In November 1977, MPs António Lopes Cardoso, José Justiniano Pinto and Reinaldo Rodrigues left the Socialist Party caucus due to disagreements with the government led by Mário Soares." Deputado Lopes Cardoso PS ", Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 16 February 2025." Deputado José Justiniano Pinto ", Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 16 February 2025." Deputado Reinaldo Rodrigues ", Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 16 February 2025. In July 1979, 37 MPs from the Social Democratic Party, led by António de Sousa Franco and Joaquim Magalhães Mota, left the party and formed a new party, the Independent Social Democratic Action, following a feud with PSD leader Francisco Sá Carneiro, in which was called the "Unpostponable Options" split, regarding the ideological path of the party. 1976 results with the new seat distribution Name Ideology Political position Leader 1976 notional result % Seats PS Socialist PartyPartido Socialista Social democracy Centre-left Mário Soares 34.9% 105 250 Socialist Party (Portugal) PPD/PSD Social Democratic PartyPartido Social Democrata Liberal conservatism Centre-right Francisco Sá Carneiro 24.4% 70 250 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) CDS Democratic and Social CenterCentro Democrático e Social Christian democracy Centre-rightto right-wing Diogo Freitas do Amaral 16.0% 40 250 CDS – People's Party PCP Portuguese Communist PartyPartido Comunista Português Communism Far-left Álvaro Cunhal 14.4% 34 250 #FF0000 UDP Popular Democratic UnionUnião Democrática Popular MarxismSocialism Left-wing Mário Tomé 1.7% 1 250 Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) Campaign period Issues During the campaign, the Democratic Alliance (AD) ran on a platform for a strong and stable government, a revitalized private sector and for an improvement in living conditions.https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/02/archives/portuguese-right-expected-to-triumph-in-vote-today-new-life-for.html?eafs_enabled=false Portuguese Right Expected to Triumph in Vote Today; New Life for Government en The New York Times 23 July 2026 2 December 1979 Sá Carneiro, the Alliance's leader, asserted that he would not accept to form a government if the AD failed to win a majority. The Socialist Party (PS), shaken after its time in unpopular governments marked by austerity and a decline in the population's quality of life, campaigned on the premise of being the center of Portuguese politics and the only party capable of preventing the polarization of society. The new communist alliance, the United People Alliance (APU) ran under the message of defending democracy against the reaction.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/12/04/portugal-facing-political-polarization/7f4c46bb-bb39-4611-8905-750681499dbd/ Portugal Facing Political Polarization en The Washington Post 23 July 2026 4 December 1979 Party slogans Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs AD « A maioria certa » "The right majority" https://ephemerajpp.com/2018/11/01/eleicoes-legislativas-intercalares-de-1979-alianca-democratica/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS INTERCALARES DE 1979 – ALIANÇA DEMOCRÁTICA pt EPHEMERA 12 May 2020 PS « O direito à liberdade » "The right to freedom" https://ephemerajpp.com/2018/06/28/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1979-ps/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1979 – PS pt EPHEMERA 12 May 2020 APU « Para a vitória democrática » "For the democratic victory" https://ephemerajpp.com/2019/08/22/alianca-povo-unido-apu-1979/ ALIANÇA POVO UNIDO (APU) – 1979 / ELEIÇÕES INTERCALARES DE 1979 – APU pt EPHEMERA 12 May 2020 UDP « O voto certo da mudança » "The right vote for change" https://ephemerajpp.com/2020/05/03/udp-1979/ UDP – 1979 pt EPHEMERA 12 May 2020 Results National summary File:AR Eleicoes 1979.svg Democratic AllianceDemocratic Alliance 1976 4 Democratic AllianceAD seats 2554458 — 121 — Social Democratic PartyPSD and CDS 141227 — 7 — Democratic and Social CentrePSD and CDS 23523 — 0 — 2719208 +6.20 128 +13 Socialist Party 1642136 –7.56 74 –33 United People AllianceAPU 1129322 +4.41 47 +7 Popular Democratic Union Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 130842 +0.51 1 0 Christian Democratic Party 72514 +0.73 0 0 Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 53268 +0.23 0 0 Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy 43325 New 0 New Revolutionary Socialist Party 36978 +0.23 0 0 Workers' Party of Socialist Unity 12713 New 0 New Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization 3433 New 0 New 6007453 +1.97 –2.69 42863 120851 –13 7249346 –0.66 Comissão Nacional de Eleições Vote share #ddd 550px 500px AD #2A52BE 42.52 PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 27.33 APU Portuguese Communist Party 18.80 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 2.35 UDP Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 2.18 PDC darkolivegreen 1.21 PCTP/MRPP Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 0.89 UEDS pink 0.72 PSR Left Bloc (Portugal) 0.62 Others #777777 0.66 Blank/Invalid #DDDDDD 2.72 Parliamentary seats #ddd 550px 500px AD #2A52BE 48.40 PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 29.60 APU Portuguese Communist Party 18.80 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 2.80 UDP Popular Democratic Union (Portugal) 0.40 Distribution by constituency Results of the 1979 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 | AD !colspan=2 | PS !colspan=2 | APU !colspan=2 | PSD !colspan=2 | UDP |- | style="text-align:left;" | Azores |colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 30.0 | 2 | 3.1 | - | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|52.0 | 3 | 1.7 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Aveiro | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|56.7 | 9 | 28.4 | 5 | 7.9 | 1 |colspan="2" rowspan="11" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 1.2 | - | 15 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Beja | 19.0 | 1 | 22.0 | 1 | style="background:red; color:white;"|50.7 | 3 | 1.8 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Braga | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|51.9 | 9 | 30.2 | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 1.4 | - | 15 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bragança | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|60.7 | 3 | 22.2 | 1 | 5.8 | - | 1.9 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Castelo Branco | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|49.9 | 4 | 27.8 | 2 | 12.4 | - | 1.9 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Coimbra | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|44.8 | 6 | 35.1 | 5 | 11.2 | 1 | 1.3 | - | 12 |- | style="text-align:left;" | EvoraÉvora | 26.9 | 1 | 16.9 | 1 | style="background:red; color:white;"|48.9 | 3 | 1.7 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Faro | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|34.6 | 4 | 34.0 | 3 | 20.3 | 2 | 3.2 | - | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Guarda | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|60.6 | 4 | 26.3 | 1 | 5.4 | - | 0.9 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Leiria | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|56.2 | 7 | 23.2 | 3 | 10.9 | 1 | 1.5 | - | 11 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lisbon | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|40.0 | 24 | 25.8 | 15 | 26.0 | 16 | 2.8 | 1 | 56 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Madeira | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 17.2 | 1 | 3.1 | - | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|57.8 | 4 | 6.6 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Portalegre | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|32.1 | 2 | 29.8 | 1 | 29.4 | 1 | colspan="2" rowspan="9" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 1.7 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Porto | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|44.5 | 18 | 34.8 | 14 | 14.5 | 6 | 1.9 | - | 38 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santarém | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|41.3 | 6 | 27.3 | 3 | 21.7 | 3 | 2.2 | - | 12 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Setúbal | 22.3 | 4 | 21.4 | 4 | style="background:red; color:white;"|47.0 | 9 | 4.0 | - | 17 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viana do Castelo | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|54.8 | 4 | 24.9 | 2 | 9.8 | - | 0.9 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Vila Real | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|57.7 | 4 | 21.4 | 2 | 6.1 | - | 1.5 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viseu | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|64.1 | 8 | 21.4 | 2 | 5.5 | - | 1.4 | - | 10 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Europe | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|38.3 | 1 | 33.2 | 1 | 13.4 | - | 5.7 | - | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Rest of the World | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|77.3 | 2 | 5.7 | - | 3.1 | - | 0.7 | - | 2 |- |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:#2A52BE; color:white;"|42.5 | 121 | 27.3 | 74 | 18.8 | 47 | 2.4 | 7 | 2.2 | 1 | 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 Notes Sá Carneiro As leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Democratic Alliance 1976 Democratic Alliance results are compared to the combined totals of the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic and Social Centre and the People's Monarchist Party in the 1976 election. Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Democratic Social Center (CDS) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) would contest the 1979 election in a coalition called Democratic Alliance (AD). United People Alliance The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP/CDE) would contest the 1979 election in a coalition called United People Alliance (APU). AD seats Alliance formed by the Social Democratic Party (73 seats), the Democratic and Social Centre (43 seats) and the People's Monarchist Party (5 seats). PSD and CDS Social Democratic Party and Democratic and Social Centre electoral list only in Azores and Madeira. APU Portuguese Communist Party (44 MPs) and Portuguese Democratic Movement (3 MPs) ran in coalition. References External links Comissão Nacional de Eleições Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político Category:1979 elections in Portugal Category:Legislative elections in Portugal Category:December 1979 in Europe