2005 Portuguese legislative election

none 2005 Portuguese legislative election Portugal parliamentary no 2002 Portuguese legislative election 2002 2009 Portuguese legislative election 2009 All 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic 116 8,944,508 0.5% 5,747,834 (64.3%) 2.8 pp 20 February 2005 Opinion polling for the 2005 Portuguese legislative election José Socrates cropped from Dmitry Medvedev in Portugal 20 November 2010-2 (cropped).png 180 110 150 3 32 José Sócrates Socialist Party (Portugal) 26 September 2004 Castelo Branco 96 seats, 37.8% 121 25 2,588,312 45.0% 7.2 pp Pedro Santana Lopes 01.jpg 110 110 150 0 0 Pedro Santana Lopes Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 1 July 2004 Lisbon 105 seats, 40.2% 75 30 1,653,425 28.8% 11.4 pp Jerónimo de Sousa 2007b (cropped).jpg 110 110 150 0 0 FF0000 Jerónimo de Sousa PCP CDU 27 November 2004 Lisbon 12 seats, 6.9% 14 2 433,369 7.5% 0.6 pp Paulo Portas 2002 (square).JPEG 215 110 150 12 50 Paulo Portas CDS – People's Party 22 March 1998 Aveiro 14 seats, 8.7% 12 2 416,415 7.2% 1.5 pp Deputados do Bloco de Esquerda (16) (4026598621).jpg 130 110 150 0 10 Francisco Louçã Left Bloc (Portugal) 24 March 1999 Lisbon 3 seats, 2.8% 8 5 364,971 6.4% 3.6 pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Pedro Santana Lopes Social Democratic Party (Portugal) José Sócrates Socialist Party (Portugal) 230px Vote winner strength by district 272px Results by constituency outgoing members elected members The 2005 Portuguese legislative election took place on 20 February. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. The election was called following President Jorge Sampaio's decision, on 30 November 2004, to dissolve the Parliament as an answer to the political instability caused by the government led by Pedro Santana Lopes (PSD) in coalition with the CDS–PP. Headed by José Sócrates, the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) won the election by a landslide, winning in 19 of the 22 electoral constituencies, including in districts such as Viseu and Bragança that historically voted for the right. The Socialist Party conquered its first absolute majority, receiving 45 percent of the electorate vote and 52 percent of the seats in the Parliament, making this the Socialists' largest ever victory in terms of vote percentage and seat count as of 2022. The centre-right parties, mainly the Social Democrats, were punished for their performance in government, and lost more than 11 percentage points they had garnered in the previous election. On the left, the Left Bloc achieved its best result ever and made the biggest climb, gaining 5 MPs, while the CDU (Communists and the Greens) gained 2 MPs and reversed their downward trend of the last elections. Voter turnout was the highest since 1995, as 64.3 percent of the electorate cast a ballot. Background In the aftermath of the 2002 legislative election, PSD and CDS–PP formed a coalition government, the first coalition between both parties in nearly 20 years."2002: O regresso da coligação de Direita ao poder", SIC Notícias, 1 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2023. During this period, several events dominated the coalition's term in office: The weak economic situation of the country; Portugal becoming a major ally of the United States in the War in Iraq, which split public opinion and also put the government at odds with president Sampaio;2021-09-10 Os temas que marcaram a passagem de Jorge Sampaio por Belém https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/os-temas-que-marcaram-a-passagem-de-jorge-sampaio-por-belem_es1060892 2026-08-25 RTP pt"Cimeira nas Lajes", RTP, 16 March 2003. Retrieved 8 December 2023. New developments in the Moderna corruption case, allegedly involving minister Paulo Portas;2003-04-25 Facturas associam Paulo Portas ao caso Moderna https://www.publico.pt/2003/04/25/politica/noticia/facturas-associam-paulo-portas-ao-caso-moderna-852719 2026-09-14 Público pt-PT And the Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal, during 2003, in which several high-profile names, from celebrities to Socialist members very close to party's leadership, then chaired by Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, were arrested.2023-10-27 2003: Portugal em choque com o caso Casa Pia https://expresso.pt/podcasts/liberdade-para-pensar/2023-10-27-2003-Portugal-em-choque-com-o-caso-Casa-Pia-aa2f05e1 2026-03-06 Expresso pt-PT After more than two years in office, Prime Minister José Manuel Durão Barroso announced, in June 2004, that he was resigning from office in order to become President of the European Commission."Durão Barroso apresenta demissão para ser presidente da Comissão Europeia ", RTP, 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2023. Pedro Santana Lopes succeeded Durão Barroso as Prime Minister. Fall of the government 2002 Portuguese legislative election#Fall of the government Deep disagreements and disputes within the Social Democratic Party, coupled with poor administration, began to derail the government led by Pedro Santana Lopes, the successor of Durão Barroso as prime minister."As "trapalhadas" de Santana em 2004 (que Rio apoiou e Marcelo arrasou) ", Observador, 21 December 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2022. One of them broke in October 2004, the so-called "Caso Marcelo", regarding former PSD leader Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's TVI punditry show, which ended abruptly with him accusing TVI's management of pressuring him not to be too critical of the then PSD/CDS–PP government in his television commentaries,"Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa abandona TVI após conversa com Paes do Amaral", Público, 6 October 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2026."Patrão da TVI queria Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa mais moderado nas críticas ", Público, 7 October 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2026. being considered as an attack on freedom of the press."Saída de Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa da TVI", RTP Arquivos, 8 October 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2026. Problems at the start of the 2004 school year, due to issues related to teacher allocation, also hampered the government."Educação - Problemas no concurso de professores marcaram a agenda", RTP, 15 December 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2026. Another major dispute was the resignation of Youth and Sports Minister, Henrique Chaves, which was a close ally of Santana, and precipitated the fall of the government, as Chaves accused Santana of not being "loyal and truthful"."Henrique Chaves demite-se do Governo por falta de «lealdade e de verdade» de Santana", Jornal de Negócios, 28 November 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022. Following this, President Jorge Sampaio had "enough" of crises and accused the government of "contradictions and lack of coordination that contributed to its discredit"."Jorge Sampaio anuncia a dissolução do Parlamento ", RTP, 8 September 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2022. Therefore, Sampaio used his power of dissolution of Parliament and called a snap election, the only time till date such extreme power was used by a president in Portuguese democracy."Jorge Sampaio vai dissolver Assembleia da República ", Público, 30 November 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022."A bomba atómica de Sampaio", Correio da Manhã, 10 September 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022. A new election was called, by the President, for February 2005."Jorge Sampaio assinou hoje decreto de dissolução do Parlamento ", Público, 22 December 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022. Leadership changes and challenges Social Democratic Party Following the resignation of José Manuel Durão Barroso as Prime Minister and PSD leader, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) initiated the process to elect a new leader."Durão Barroso demite-se oficialmente", Jornal de Notícias, 5 July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2023. Pedro Santana Lopes, by then Mayor of Lisbon, was the sole candidate for the leadership"Santana Lopes considera legítima eleição pelo Conselho Nacional do PSD ", Público, 30 June 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2023. and his name was overwhelmingly confirmed in a National Party Council meeting on 1 July 2004."Santana Lopes indigitado pelo PSD para primeiro-ministro", Público, 11 July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2023. The results were the following: Ballot: 1 July 2004 |- 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 | Pedro Santana Lopes | align=right | 98 | align=right | 97.0 |- | colspan=2 align=left | Against | align=right | 3 | align=right | 3.0 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | 101 | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Results |} Two weeks later, on 17 July 2004, Santana Lopes was sworn in as Prime Minister."Um Governo de amigos, políticos e estreantes ", Público, 17 July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2023. Socialist Party 2004 Portuguese Socialist Party leadership election On early July 2004, PS leader Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues resigned from the leadership against President Jorge Sampaio decision to nominate Pedro Santana Lopes as Prime Minister, following the resignation of Durão Barroso, rather than calling a snap legislative election."Ferro Rodrigues demite-se da liderança do PS ", Público, 9 July 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2021. New elections to select a new leader were called for 25 and 26 September 2004. Former environment minister José Sócrates, Manuel Alegre and the son of former President Mário Soares, João Soares, contested the leadership ballot."DEBATER AS IDEIAS ESCOLHER OS PROTAGONISTAS", Acção Socialista, 29 July 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2021. José Sócrates was elected by a landslide"Sócrates eleito Secretário Geral do PS", RTP, 26 September 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2021. and the results were the following: Ballot: 25 and 26 September 2004 |- 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 | José Sócrates | align=right | 28,984 | align=right | 79.5 |- |bgcolor=Socialist Party (Portugal)| | align=left | Manuel Alegre | align=right | 5,693 | align=right | 15.6 |- |bgcolor=Socialist Party (Portugal)| | align=left | João Soares | align=right | 1,505 | align=right | 4.1 |- | colspan=2 align=left | Blank/Invalid ballots | align=right | 271 | align=right | 0.7 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | 36,453 | align=right | 48.20 |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Results2005-10-12 Sócrates vence em toda a linha https://as.ps.pt/pdf/2004/AS1229.pdf 2026-03-04 Acção Socialista 4 |} Portuguese Communist Party In the fall of 2004, PCP leader Carlos Carvalhas decided to step down from the party's leadership after 12 years in the post."Carlos Carvalhas abandona liderança do PCP", Público, 5 October 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2021. Jerónimo de Sousa was selected as candidate for the leadership and was elected in the party's congress during the weekend of 27 and 28 November 2004."PCP: Jerónimo de Sousa eleito secretário-geral", Público, 28 November 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2021. The results were the following: Ballot: 27 November 2004 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- |bgcolor=#f00| | align=left | Jerónimo de Sousa | align=right | 164 | align=right | 93.7 |- | colspan=2 align=left | Against | align=right | 1 | align=right | 0.6 |- | colspan=2 align=left | Abstention | align=right | 10 | align=right | 5.7 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | 175 | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Results |} Electoral system thumb|Official logo of the election. The Assembly of the Republic has 230 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 116 (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 2002 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/md_ar2005.pdf Mapa Oficial n.º 5-A/2004 CNE - Comissão Nacional de Eleições - DR I Série-A, nº 301, 27 de Dezembro de 2004 2 December 2020 District Number of MPs Map Lisbon 48 Portuguese legislative election - Blank map.svg 220 0.64 0.21 180 140% 18 0.62 0.09 180 140% 6 0.64 0.33 180 140% 38 0.85 0.23 180 140% 5 0.98 0.22 190 140% 4 0.58 0.50 180 140% 15 0.77 0.50 180 140% 9 0.97 0.50 180 140% 4 0.62 0.69 180 140% 10 0.89 0.77 180 140% 5 0.48 0.85 180 140% 10 0.59 0.97 180 140% 10 0.25 0.652 300 140% 48 0.85 0.999 180 140% 2 0.48 0.737 300 140% 3 0.29 0.732 300 140% 17 0.48 0.887 300 140% 3 0.41 0.870 350 140% 8 0.03 0.60 350 140% 6 0.03 0.75 350 140% 5 0.11 0.85 350 140% 2 0.07 0.89 350 140% 2 Porto 38 Braga 18 Setúbal 17 Aveiro 15 Leiria, Santarém and Coimbra 10 Viseu 9 Faro 8 Madeiragreen (+1) and Viana do Castelo 6 Azores, Castelo Branco and Vila Real 5 Bragança and Guarda 4 Beja and Évora 3 Portalegrered (–1), Europe and Outside Europe 2 Parties Having been in a governing coalition for the past 3 years, the possibility of a PSD/CDS–PP coalition was debated, but it generated many divisions within the Social Democrats (PSD) and the idea was abandoned."AD pré-eleitoral divide direcção do PSD", Público, 3 December 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2026. Despite this, the PSD signed an agreement with the Earth Party (MPT) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), in which it would accept the inclusion of some members of these parties on the PSD's electoral lists."PSD estabelece "plataformas" com MPT e PPM", RTP, 24 December 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2026. The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the 9th legislature (2002–2005) and that also partook in the election: Name Ideology Political position Leader 2002 result % Seats PPD/PSD Social Democratic PartyPartido Social DemocrataConservatismClassical liberalism Centre-right Pedro Santana Lopes 40.2% 105 230 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) PS Socialist PartyPartido Socialista Social democracyThird Way Centre-left to Centre José Sócrates 37.8% 96 230 Socialist Party (Portugal) CDS–PP CDS – People's PartyCentro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular Christian democracyConservatism Centre-rightto right-wing Paulo Portas 8.7% 14 230 CDS – People's Party PCP Portuguese Communist PartyPartido Comunista Português CommunismMarxism–Leninism Far-left Jerónimo de Sousa6.9%Unitary Democratic Coalition 10 230 #FF0000 PEV Ecologist Party "The Greens"Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" Eco-socialismGreen politicsLeft-wing Heloísa Apolónia 2 230 Ecologist Party "The Greens" BE Left BlocBloco de Esquerda Democratic socialismAnti-capitalism Left-wing Francisco Louçã 2.7% 3 230 Left Bloc (Portugal) Campaign period Issues The campaign started officially on 6 February and the major topics were the problematic state of the country's finances, unemployment, abortion and even José Sócrates' alleged homosexuality.Santos Costa Filipe 2 February 2005 Santana nega ter feito insinuações Santana denies having made insinuations https://www.dn.pt/arquivo/2005/interior/santana-nega-ter-feito-insinuacoes-608079.html pt Diário de Notícias 8 June 2016 4 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160804181713/http://www.dn.pt/arquivo/2005/interior/santana-nega-ter-feito-insinuacoes-608079.html dead Paixão Paulo 23 September 2009 Temas que marcaram a campanha das legislativas de 2005 Themes that marked the 2005 election campaign https://expresso.sapo.pt/dossies/dossiest_actualidade/dossie_eleicoes_2009/temas-que-marcaram-a-campanha-das-legislativas-de-2005=f537185 pt Expresso 8 June 2016 The Socialist Party (PS) campaign focused more on Sócrates' leadership attributes rather than in real policies,21 February 2005 Socialist Builds Big Lead in Portugal Election, Voter Surveys Show https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/21/world/europe/socialist-builds-big-lead-in-portugal-election-voter-surveys.html en The New York Times 26 July 2026 refusing to announce tax cuts but, however, promising to create thousands of new jobs.10 January 2005 Sócrates promete recuperar 150 mil empregos https://www.tsf.pt/arquivo/artigo/socrates-promete-recuperar-150-mil-empregos/770341 pt TSF 26 July 2026 13 January 2005 José Sócrates recusa descer impostos e repor benefícios fiscais https://www.publico.pt/2005/01/13/politica/noticia/jose-socrates-recusa-descer-impostos-e-repor-beneficios-fiscais-1213035 pt Público 26 July 2026 On the other hand, the PSD campaign was marked by internal divisions and the weak leadership image conveyed by Pedro Santana Lopes as Prime Minister. The campaign was also noticeable, during its last few days, for the forced absence of Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) leader Jerónimo de Sousa due to losing his voice,17 February 2005 Falta de voz continua a marcar campanha da CDU https://www.publico.pt/2005/02/17/politica/noticia/falta-de-voz-continua-a-marcar-campanha-da-cdu-1216065 pt Público 26 July 2026 and the suspension of some campaign events, mostly by right-wing parties, following the death of Sister Lúcia.13 February 2005 PSD e CDS-PP suspendem campanha após anúncio da morte da irmã Lúcia https://www.publico.pt/2005/02/13/politica/noticia/psd-e-cdspp-suspendem-campanha-apos-anuncio-da-morte-da-irma-lucia-1215646 pt Público 26 July 2026 Party slogans Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs PSD « Por amor a Portugal. » "For love of Portugal" https://ephemerajpp.com/2015/08/01/eleicoes-legislativas-de-2005-psd/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 2005 – PSD pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 PS « Voltar a acreditar em Portugal » "Believing in Portugal again" https://tvi24.iol.pt/psd/eleicoes/ps-recusa-proposta-de-debate-entre-jose-socrates-e-santana-lopes TVI PS recusa proposta de debate entre José Sócrates e Santana Lopes pt 11 May 2020 CDS–PP « O voto útil para Portugal » "The useful vote for Portugal" https://ephemerajpp.com/2017/03/26/eleicoes-legislativas-de-2005-cds/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 2005 – CDS pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 CDU « Agora é consigo » "Now it's up to you" https://www.pcp.pt/ar/legislativas05/documentos.htm Documents pt PCP 11 May 2020 BE « Faz toda a diferença » "It makes all the difference" https://ephemerajpp.com/2016/09/12/eleicoes-legislativas-de-2005-be/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 2005 – BE pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 Candidates' debates 2005 Portuguese legislative election debates Date Organisers Moderator(s)    black #D0FFD0  P  Present   black #ffffdd  A  Absent invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee  PSDSantana PSSócrates CDS–PPPortas CDUJerónimo BELouçã Refs 18 Jan SIC Notícias NNNPP 18 January 2005 https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/televisoes-apostam-nos-debates-politicos Televisões apostam nos debates políticos pt Correio da Manhã 11 May 2020 20 Jan SIC Notícias NNPNP 21 January 2005 https://www.publico.pt/2005/01/21/politica/noticia/portas-e-louca-travaram-debate-aceso-a-proposito-do-aborto-e-da-banca-1213682 Portas e Louçã travaram debate aceso a propósito do aborto e da banca pt Público 11 May 2020 25 Jan SIC Notícias NNPPN 3 Feb RTP2, SIC,Antena 1,TSF Maria Flor PedrosoRodrigo Guedes de CarvalhoJosé Gomes FerreiraRicardo CostaPPNNN 3 February 2005 https://www.dn.pt/arquivo/2005/debate-inovador-ao-estilo-americano-608233.html Debate inovador ao estilo americano pt Diário de Notícias 11 May 2020 11 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200811094218/https://www.dn.pt/arquivo/2005/debate-inovador-ao-estilo-americano-608233.html dead 15 Feb RTP1 Judite de SousaJosé Alberto CarvalhoPPPPP 2005 http://www.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p18468 DEBATE: LEGISLATIVAS 2005 pt RTP1 11 May 2020 Candidate viewed as "most convincing" in each debateDateOrganisersPolling firm/Link PSD PS CDS–PP CDU BE Notes 3 Feb RTP2, SIC, Antena 1, TSF Aximage 20.2 50.4 29.6% Tie Opinion polling Opinion polling for the 2005 Portuguese legislative election Opinion polling for the 2005 Portuguese legislative election.chart Opinion polling for the 2005 Portuguese legislative election.tab Voter turnout The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas. Turnout Time 12:00 16:00 19:00 2002 2005 ± 2002 2005 ± 2002 2005 ± Total 18.00% 21.93% 3.93 pp 45.88% 50.94% 5.06 pp 61.48% 64.26% 2.78 pp Sources20 February 2005 https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/2193-por-cento-dos-eleitores-votaram-ate-ao-meio-dia_n6164 21,93 por cento dos eleitores votaram até ao meio-dia pt RTP 8 June 202317 March 2002 https://www.publico.pt/2002/03/17/politica/noticia/votaram-18-por-cento-dos-eleitores-ate-ao-meiodia-74898 Votaram 18 por cento dos eleitores até ao meio-dia pt Público 8 June 202320 February 2005 https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/00-mais-de-metade-dos-eleitores-ja-tinha-votado_n6172 00, mais de metade dos eleitores já tinha votado pt RTP 8 June 202317 March 2002 https://www.publico.pt/2002/03/17/politica/noticia/afluencia-as-urnas-ultrapassa-45-por-cento-as-16h00-75167 Afluência às urnas ultrapassa 45 por cento às 16h00 pt Público 8 June 2023 Results National summary File:Portugal Parliament 2005.svg Socialist Party 2588312 +7.23 121 +25 Social Democratic PartyPPD/PSD 1653425 –11.44 75 –30 Unitary Democratic CoalitionCDU 433369 +0.60 14 +2 CDS – People's Party 416415 –1.48 12 –2 Left Bloc 364971 +3.61 8 +5 Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 48186 +0.18 0 0 New Democracy Party 40358 New 0 New Humanist Party 17056 +0.09 0 0 National Renovator Party 9374 +0.07 0 0 Workers' Party of Socialist Unity 5535 +0.02 0 0 Democratic Party of the Atlantic 1618 New 0 New 5747671 –0.97 103537 +0.79 65515 +0.18 0 8944508 +2.79 Comissão Nacional de Eleições Vote share #ddd 550px 500px PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 45.03 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 28.77 CDU Portuguese Communist Party 7.54 CDS-PP CDS – People's Party 7.24 BE Left Bloc (Portugal) 6.35 PCTP/MRPP Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 0.84 PND New Democracy Party (Portugal) 0.70 Others #777777 0.59 Blank/Invalid #DDDDDD 2.94 Parliamentary seats #ddd 550px 500px PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 52.61 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 32.61 CDU Portuguese Communist Party 6.09 CDS-PP CDS – People's Party 5.22 BE Left Bloc (Portugal) 3.48 Distribution by constituency Results of the 2005 election of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic by constituency yes |- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Constituency!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|TotalS |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 | PS !colspan=2 | PSD !colspan=2 | CDU !colspan=2 | CDS-PP !colspan=2 | BE |- |align="left"| Azores | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|53.1 | 3 | 34.4 | 2 | 1.7 | - | 4.0 | - | 2.9 | - | 5 |- |align="left"| Aveiro | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|41.1 | 8 | 35.7 | 6 | 3.5 | - | 9.8 | 1 | 5.1 | - | 15 |- |align="left"| Beja | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|51.0 | 2 | 12.3 | - | 24.1 | 1 | 2.9 | - | 4.7 | - | 3 |- |align="left"| Braga | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|45.4 | 9 | 32.9 | 7 | 4.8 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 | 4.6 | - | 18 |- |align="left"| Bragança | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|42.1 | 2 | 39.0 | 2 | 2.0 | - | 9.7 | - | 2.5 | - | 4 |- |align="left"| Castelo Branco | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|56.0 | 4 | 26.7 | 1 | 3.8 | - | 5.3 | - | 3.7 | - | 5 |- |align="left"| Coimbra | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|45.4 | 6 | 31.9 | 4 | 5.5 | - | 5.5 | - | 6.3 | - | 10 |- |align="left"| EvoraÉvora | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|49.7 | 2 | 16.7 | - | 20.9 | 1 | 3.7 | - | 4.6 | - | 3 |- |align="left"| Faro | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|49.3 | 6 | 24.6 | 2 | 6.9 | - | 5.8 | - | 7.7 | - | 8 |- |align="left"| Guarda | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|46.8 | 2 | 34.7 | 2 | 2.9 | - | 7.0 | - | 3.4 | - | 4 |- |align="left"| Leiria | 35.6 | 4 | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|39.8 | 5 | 4.6 | - | 8.9 | 1 | 5.5 | - | 10 |- |align="left"| Lisbon | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|44.1 | 23 | 23.7 | 12 | 9.8 | 5 | 8.2 | 4 | 8.8 | 4 | 48 |- |align="left"| Madeira | 35.0 | 3 | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|45.2 | 3 | 3.6 | - | 6.6 | - | 3.8 | - | 6 |- |align="left"| Portalegre | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|54.9 | 2 | 20.2 | - | 12.1 | - | 4.2 | - | 4.6 | - | 2 |- |align="left"| Porto | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|48.5 | 20 | 27.8 | 12 | 5.4 | 2 | 6.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 38 |- |align="left"| Santarém | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|46.1 | 6 | 26.4 | 3 | 8.6 | 1 | 6.9 | - | 6.5 | - | 10 |- |align="left"| Setúbal | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|43.6 | 8 | 16.1 | 3 | 20.0 | 3 | 5.1 | 1 | 10.3 | 2 | 17 |- |align="left"| Viana do Castelo | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|42.0 | 3 | 33.5 | 2 | 3.8 | - | 11.4 | 1 | 4.5 | - | 6 |- |align="left"| Vila Real | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|43.8 | 3 | 40.2 | 2 | 2.6 | - | 6.8 | - | 2.4 | - | 5 |- |align="left"| Viseu | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|40.4 | 4 | 40.2 | 4 | 2.2 | - | 8.6 | 1 | 3.3 | - | 9 |- |style="text-align:left;" |Europe | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|54.3 | 1 | 27.2 | 1 | 4.2 | - | 3.4 | - | 2.3 | - | 2 |- |style="text-align:left;" |Outside Europe | 26.3 | - | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|57.7 | 2 | 1.0 | - | 3.5 | - | 0.7 | - | 2 |- |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" |align="left"| Total | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|45.0 | 121 | 28.8 | 75 | 7.5 | 14 | 7.2 | 12 | 6.4 | 8 | 230 |- | colspan=12 align=left | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} Maps Graphics See also Politics of Portugal List of political parties in Portugal Elections in Portugal Further reading Freire André Marina Costa Lobo May 2006 The Portuguese 2005 legislative election: Return to the left West European Politics 29 3 581–588 10.1080/01402380600620742 154260314 Notes Unitary Democratic Coalition The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) contested the 2002 election in a coalition called Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) and won a combined 6.9% of the vote and elected 12 MPs to parliament. PPD/PSD From the Social Democratic electoral lists were elected two MPs from the People's Monarchist Party and other two MPs from Earth Party. CDU Portuguese Communist Party (12 MPs) and "The Greens" (2 MPs). References External links Preliminary results of the 2005 election Angus Reid Consultants - Election Tracker Category:2005 elections in Portugal 2005 Category:February 2005 in Portugal