1999 Portuguese legislative election

none 1999 Portuguese legislative election Portugal parliamentary no 1995 Portuguese legislative election 1995 2002 Portuguese legislative election 2002 All 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic 116 8,864,604 0.5% 5,415,150 (61.1%) 5.2 pp 10 October 1999 Guterres EP 2000 (cropped).jpg 130 110 150 0 10 António Guterres Socialist Party (Portugal) 23 February 1992 Castelo Branco 112 seats, 43.8% 115 3 2,385,922 44.1% 0.3 pp Jose Manuel Barroso, EU-kommissionens ordforande, under ett mote i Folketinget 2006-05-19 (1).jpg 130 110 150 20 0 José Durão Barroso Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 2 May 1999 Lisbon 88 seats, 34.1% 81 7 1,750,158 32.3% 1.8 pp EP President meets with the Secretary General of the Portuguese Communist Party (cropped).jpg 130 110 150 5 10 FF0000 Carlos Carvalhas PCP CDU 5 December 1992 Lisbon 15 seats, 8.6% 17 2 487,058 9.0% 0.4 pp Paulo Portas 2002 (square).JPEG 215 110 150 12 50 Paulo Portas CDS – People's Party 22 March 1998 Aveiro 15 seats, 9.0% 15 0 451,643 8.3% 0.7 pp Deputados do Bloco de Esquerda (16) (4026598621).jpg 130 110 150 0 10 Francisco Louçã Left Bloc (Portugal) 24 March 1999 Lisbon Did not contest 2 2 132,333 2.4% New party Prime Minister Prime Minister after election António Guterres Socialist Party (Portugal) António Guterres Socialist Party (Portugal) 230px Vote winner strength by district 272px Results by constituency outgoing members elected members The 1999 Portuguese legislative election took place on 10 October. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. Incumbent Prime Minister António Guterres ran for a second term, but despite opinion poll predictions, the election results were labeled as a disappointment for Guterres' Socialists, as the party failed to win a historical absolute majority by just one MP and barely improved their 1995 score, just 0.3 percentage points."A noite que mudou a vida de Guterres ", Expresso, 16 October 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2020. The disappointing PS score would create instability in Guterres' second government in the years to follow."Os orçamentos do PS e Daniel Campelo ", RTP, 8 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2020. The Social Democratic Party was still away from the preferences of the majority of the Portuguese people, after the ten years cycle under the lead of Cavaco Silva that had terminated four years before, and lost 7 MPs, compared with 1995, and gathered 32 percent of the votes. The Democratic Unity Coalition managed to recover, gaining two seats and defying predictions of its irreversible decline after the collapse of the Socialist Bloc in the early 1990s. The CDS–People's Party was able to hold on to its 15 MPs after tensions with the PSD earlier that year. For the first time, the Left Bloc, formed after the merger of several minor left-wing parties, gained representation in parliament by electing two MPs. The turnout rate was low, being the lowest until it was surpassed in 2009 and all subsequent elections. Overall, voter turnout was only 61 percent of voters, one of the lowest ever recorded. Background Guterres' first government became the first minority government in Portuguese democracy to complete a 4-year term,"Apenas um governo minoritário cumpriu o mandato até ao fim", Sábado, 8 October 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2025. marked by the country's growing economy and stature, following the Expo 1998 and the support for the East-Timor cause."World: Europe Portugal goes to the polls", BBC News, 10 October 1999. Retrieved 6 September 2020. Furthermore, during this term, the Socialists' center-right opposition faced deep divisions,"PSD. O dia em que Marcelo desistiu de ser primeiro-ministro", Jornal i, 26 March 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2020. but despite this background, Guterres' government also suffered some setbacks, such as the 1998 abortionhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/portugal-s-abortion-vote-fiasco-1168615.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/portugal-s-abortion-vote-fiasco-1168615.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Portugal's abortion vote fiasco The Independent Elizabeth Nash 29 June 1998 20 May 2026 and regionalisation referendums, the latter one seen as the major defeat."Socialistas foram os responsáveis pela derrota da regionalização", Público, 7 March 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2026. Leadership changes and challenges Social Democratic Party After leading his party to two successive defeats, in the 1995 election and in the 1996 Presidential election, then PSD leader Fernando Nogueira resigned."Demissão de Fernando Nogueira da liderança do PSD", RTP, 16 January 1996. Retrieved 6 June 2022. A party congress to elect a new leader was called for late March 1996. For that leadership ballot, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced his candidacy, just a few days after saying a phrase that would become famous in Portuguese politics, "Not even if Christ descends to earth, will I run.""Nem que Cristo desça à terra", NewsMuseum. Retrieved 6 June 2022. Marcelo faced Pedro Santana Lopes, which repeated his failed bid of 1995. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was easily elected as PSD leader."Exclusivo Aconteceu em 1996 - Marcelo eleito presidente do PSD", Diário de Notícias, 31 March 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022. The results were the following: Ballot: 30 March 1996 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- |bgcolor=orange| | align=left | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | align=right | 603 | align=right | 66.4 |- |bgcolor=orange| | align=left | Pedro Santana Lopes | align=right | 305 | align=right | 33.6 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | 908 | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Results |} By late 1998, PSD leader Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's plan to create an electoral alliance with the CDS – People's Party was splitting his party, but nonetheless, the alliance was approved in a party congress in February 1999, under the name "Democratic Alternative" (AD)."A angústia do voto secreto ", Publico, 19 February 1999. Retrieved 6 June 2022."Manuel Dias Loureiro – I Parte", RTP, 8 April 1999. Retrieved 15 June 2026. However, at the same a time, a scandal allegedly involving CDS–PP leader Paulo Portas, the "Moderna case", in which alleged corrupt dealings and mismanagement occurred at Moderna University,"Facturas associam Paulo Portas ao caso Moderna", Publico, 25 April 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2022. was creating a bad mood between PSD and CDS–PP, and especially between the two party leaders, with Marcelo not publicly supporting Portas."PSD. O dia em que Marcelo desistiu de ser primeiro-ministro", Jornal i, 26 March 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022."Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. O político que falhou mas chegou a Presidente ", RTP, 8 January 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2026. In reaction, by late March, Paulo Portas revealed private conversations with Marcelo on an interview to SIC, that precipitated the end of the AD alliance project."Marcelo. O show do comentador acaba em Belém? ", Observador, 11 October 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2022. Feeling betrayed and seeing that the alliance was unfeasible, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa resigned from the PSD leadership. A snap party congress was called for early May, and, as the sole candidate, José Manuel Durão Barroso was unanimously elected as the new PSD leader: Ballot: 1 May 1999 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px"|Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px"|% |- |bgcolor=orange| | align=left | José Manuel Durão Barroso | align=right | | align=right | 100.0 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: Results |} CDS – People's Party Then CDS leader, Manuel Monteiro, resigned from the leadership after the party's poor results in the 1997 local elections."Monteiro demitiu-se do PP há cinco anos mas continua à espreita", Publico, 23 September 2001. Retrieved 6 June 2022. Paulo Portas, which had a tense relationship with Monteiro, announced his candidacy but faced the candidate of the "Monteiro wing", Maria José Nogueira Pinto. The congress was very tense, with strong accusations between both candidates, but in the end Paulo Portas was elected as new party leader:"XVI Congresso do PP", RTP, 22 March 1998. Retrieved 6 June 2022. Ballot: 22 March 1998 |- 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 | Paulo Portas | align=center | WIN | align=right | |- |bgcolor=CDS – People's Party| | align=left | Maria José Nogueira Pinto | align=right | | align=right | |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | align=right | | align=center | |- | colspan="4" align=left|Source: |} 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 1995 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/md_ar1999.html Eleição da Assembleia da República de 10 de Outubro de 1999 CNE - Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Eleição da Assembleia da República de 10 de Outubro de 1999 3 December 2020 District Number of MPs Map Lisbonred (–1) 49 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% 37 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% 49 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% 3 0.41 0.870 350 140% 8 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 37 Bragagreen (+1) 17 Setúbal 17 Aveirogreen (+1) 15 Leiria, Santarém and Coimbra 10 Viseu 9 Faro 8 Viana do Castelo 6 Azores, Castelo Branco, Madeira and Vila Real 5 Bragança, Évora and Guarda 4 Bejared (–1) and Portalegre 3 Europe and Outside Europe 2 Parties The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the 7th legislature (1995–1999) and that also partook in the election: Name Ideology Political position Leader 1995 result % Seats PS Socialist PartyPartido SocialistaSocial democracyThird Way Centre-left to Centre António Guterres 43.8% 112 230 Socialist Party (Portugal) PPD/PSD Social Democratic PartyPartido Social DemocrataLiberal conservatismClassical liberalism Centre-right José Manuel Durão Barroso 34.1% 88 230 Social Democratic Party (Portugal) CDS–PP CDS – People's PartyCentro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular Christian democracyConservatism Centre-rightto right-wing Paulo Portas 9.1% 15 230 CDS – People's Party PCP Portuguese Communist PartyPartido Comunista Português CommunismMarxism–Leninism Far-left Carlos Carvalhas8.6%Unitary Democratic Coalition 13 230 #FF0000 PEV Ecologist Party "The Greens"Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" Eco-socialismGreen politics Left-wing Isabel Castro 2 230 Ecologist Party "The Greens" Campaign period Issues The campaign was dominated by the country's good economic situation, with António Guterres, Prime Minister and PS leader, campaigning intensely to win a majority, amidst pre-election polls predicting a comfortable PS majority,https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/11/world/portugal-socialists-fall-short-of-majority.html Portugal Socialists Fall Short of Majority en The New York Times 26 July 2026 11 October 1999 while the internal divisions that affected the center-right Social Democrats (PSD) at the beginning of the year also became evident during the campaign period.https://www.publico.pt/1999/08/07/jornal/psd-uma-bancada-irreconhecivel-122007 PSD: Uma bancada irreconhecível pt Público 26 July 2026 7 August 1999 The last few days of the campaign were overshadowed by the death of fado singer Amália Rodrigues, with campaign events being cancelled."Há 20 anos, morte de Amália parou os partidos", TVI, 4 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2026. Party slogans Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs PS « Portugal em boas mãos » "Portugal in good hands" https://ephemerajpp.com/2017/10/15/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1999-evora-ps/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1999 – EVORA – PS pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 PSD « Vamos cumprir » "We will deliver" https://ephemerajpp.com/2015/08/01/materiais-de-propaganda-politica-23-psd-10-eleicoes-legislativas-1999-durao-barroso/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1999 – PSD – DURÃO BARROSO pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 CDS–PP « Alternativa'99 » "Alternative'99" https://ephemerajpp.com/2017/03/29/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1999-cds-pp/ ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1999 – CDS-PP pt EPHEMERA 11 May 2020 CDU « Para que não fique tudo na mesma » "So that everything will not stay the same" https://www.pcp.pt/ar/ar1999/mupi-vota.html PCP Legislativas 1999 pt PCP 11 May 2020 BE « É tempo de ser exigente » "It's time to be demanding" https://www.bloco.org/documentos/comiss%C3%A3o-pol%C3%ADtica/item/3125-programa-legislativas-1999.html Programa Legislativas 1999 pt BE 11 May 2020 Candidates' debates 1999 Portuguese legislative election debates Date Organisers Moderator(s)    black #D0FFD0  P  Present   black #ffffdd  A  Absent invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee  PSGuterres PSDBarroso CDUCarvalhas CDS–PPPortas Refs 16 Sep SIC José Alberto CarvalhoPPNN 9 September 2015 https://expresso.pt/politica/2015-09-09-Como-Guterres-mudou-os-debates-para-sempre-e-as-arrobas-chegaram-ao-estrelato Como Guterres mudou os debates para sempre e as arrobas chegaram ao estrelato pt Expresso 11 May 2020 17 Sep SIC José Alberto CarvalhoNNPP 19 Sep SIC José Alberto CarvalhoNPNP 20 Sep SIC José Alberto CarvalhoPNPN 21 Sep SIC José Alberto CarvalhoPNNP 22 Sep SIC José Alberto CarvalhoNPPN 23 Sep RTP1 Judite de SousaPPPP 8 September 1999 https://www.publico.pt/1999/09/08/jornal/operacao-legislativas-no-ar-123330 Operação Legislativas no ar pt Público 11 May 2020 Candidate viewed as "most convincing" in each debateDateOrganisersPolling firm/Link PS PSD CDU CDS–PP Notes 16 Sep SIC SIC 57 25 18% Neither 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 1995 and 1999 for reference. Note, until 2000, the publication of opinion polls in the last week of the campaign was forbidden.5 February 2000 https://www.publico.pt/2000/02/05/jornal/sondagens-ate-as-urnas-139622 Sondagens até às urnas pt Público 16 August 2026 #EAFFEA Exit poll 1px solid #AAAAAA Polling firm/Link Date Released35px|link=Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS33px|link=Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD25px|link=CDS – People's Party|CDS–PP31px|link=Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU25px|link=Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE O Others Lead 1999 legislative election 10 Oct 1999 44.175% Verdana 115 32.375% Verdana 81 8.375% Verdana 15 9.075% Verdana 17 2.475% Verdana 2 3.975% Verdana 0 11.8 UCP 10 Oct 1999 46.0 30.3 7.5 8.5 2.5 5.2 15.7 Seeds 10 Oct 1999 46.3 31.5 8.0 9.8 2.8 1.6 14.8 Intercampus 10 Oct 1999 46.3 28.6 8.3 9.5 3.2 4.1 17.7 Euroexpansão 2 Oct 1999 50 32 8 6 2 2 18 Seeds 1 Oct 1999 47 32 7 8 1 5 15 Metris 1 Oct 1999 48 31 7 7 1 6 17 UCP 1 Oct 1999 47.2 30.0 7.2 7.9 2.8 4.9 17.2 Marktest 30 Sep 1999 46.2 30.7 4.2 10.6 2.8 5.5 15.5 Aximage 30 Sep 1999 49 33 6 7 1 4 16 Euroexpansão 25 Sep 1999 50.0 33.8 16.2 16.2 SIC/Visão 23 Sep 1999 46.8 31.8 21.4 15.0 Euroexpansão 18 Sep 1999 49.0 35.4 15.6 13.5 Independente 17 Sep 1999 45.0 34.2 20.8 10.8 UCP 14 Sep 1999 56.4 30.1 13.5 26.3 UCP 29 Jul 1999 52.0 31.6 6.2 6.9 1.9 1.4 20.4 1999 EP elections 13 Jun 1999 43.1 31.1 8.2 10.3 1.8 5.5 12.0 UCP 19 Mar 1999 55.3 32.6AD 9.3 2.0 0.8 22.7 UCP Sep 1998 45.3 36.1 5.2 6.9 6.5 9.2 1997 local elections 14 Dec 1997 41.2 35.2 6.3 12.0 5.3 6.0 UCP 21 Mar 1997 40 33 6.5 8 12.5 7 UCP Dec 1996 47 29 24 18Euroexpansão1995-11-25 Sondagem: Guterres ameaça popularidade de Soares Expresso 425 Nov 199548.028.89.84.8 8.619.2Euroexpansão1995-10-28 Sondagem: PS e PP sobem após eleições Expresso 528 Oct 199545.726.313.05.5 8.119.4 1995 legislative election 1 Oct 1995 43.875% Verdana 112 34.175% Verdana 88 9.175% Verdana 15 8.675% Verdana 15 4.475% Verdana 0 9.7 Results National summary File:Portugal Parliament 1999.svg Socialist Party 2385922 +0.30 115 +3 Social Democratic Party 1750158 –1.80 81 –7 Unitary Democratic CoalitionCDU 487058 +0.42 17 +2 CDS – People's Party 451643 –0.71 15 0 Left Bloc 132333 +1.23 2 +2 Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 40006 +0.04 0 0 Earth Party 19938 +0.23 0 0 People's Monarchist Party 16522 +0.21 0 0 National Solidarity Party 11488 –0.00 0 0 Humanist Party 7346 New 0 New Workers' Party of Socialist Unity 4104 +0.04 0 0 Democratic Party of the AtlanticPDA 438 –0.03 0 0 5415150 –0.08 56964 +0.27 51230 –0.19 0 8864604 –5.21 Comissão Nacional de Eleições Vote share #ddd 550px 500px PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 44.06 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 32.32 CDU Portuguese Communist Party 8.99 CDS-PP CDS – People's Party 8.34 BE Left Bloc (Portugal) 2.44 PCTP/MRPP Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat 0.74 Others #777777 1.12 Blank/Invalid #DDDDDD 2.00 Parliamentary seats #ddd 550px 500px PS Socialist Party (Portugal) 50.00 PSD Social Democratic Party (Portugal) 35.22 CDU Portuguese Communist Party 7.39 CDS-PP CDS – People's Party 6.52 BE Left Bloc (Portugal) 0.87 Distribution by constituency Results of the 1999 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 | PS !colspan=2 | PSD !colspan=2 | CDU !colspan=2 | CDS–PP !colspan=2 | BE |- | style="text-align:left;" | Azores | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|53.3 | 3 | 35.8 | 2 | 1.7 | - | 5.6 | - | 1.1 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Aveiro | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|40.2 | 7 | 38.3 | 6 | 3.5 | - | 13.6 | 2 | 1.3 | - | 15 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Beja | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|46.7 | 2 | 14.5 | - | 28.3 | 1 | 3.9 | - | 1.6 | - | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Braga | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|44.3 | 8 | 36.7 | 7 | 5.4 | 1 | 8.9 | 1 | 1.2 | - | 17 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bragança | 39.7 | 2 | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|45.1 | 2 | 2.6 | - | 8.7 | - | 0.8 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Castelo Branco | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|51.6 | 3 | 32.0 | 2 | 5.3 | - | 6.3 | - | 1.2 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Coimbra | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|47.2 | 6 | 35.2 | 4 | 6.1 | - | 6.0 | - | 2.0 | - | 10 |- | style="text-align:left;" | EvoraÉvora | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|45.7 | 2 | 18.7 | 1 | 24.6 | 1 | 5.1 | - | 1.5 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Faro | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|48.4 | 5 | 29.5 | 3 | 8.3 | - | 7.3 | - | 2.3 | - | 8 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Guarda | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|43.4 | 2 | 39.2 | 2 | 3.2 | - | 9.8 | - | 1.1 | - | 4 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Leiria | 36.8 | 4 | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|42.6 | 5 | 5.3 | - | 9.9 | 1 | 1.7 | - | 10 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lisbon | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|42.7 | 23 | 27.3 | 14 | 12.3 | 6 | 8.5 | 4 | 4.9 | 2 | 49 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Madeira | 35.1 | 2 | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|46.2 | 3 | 2.8 | - | 10.9 | - | 1.2 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Portalegre | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|51.2 | 2 | 22.5 | 1 | 15.0 | - | 5.9 | - | 1.2 | - | 3 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Porto | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|48.0 | 19 | 32.7 | 13 | 6.2 | 2 | 7.5 | 3 | 2.3 | - | 37 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santarém | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|45.5 | 5 | 30.2 | 3 | 10.1 | 1 | 8.1 | 1 | 2.0 | - | 10 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Setúbal | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|43.7 | 8 | 18.0 | 3 | 24.8 | 5 | 5.6 | 1 | 3.5 | - | 17 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viana do Castelo | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|40.2 | 3 | 35.8 | 2 | 5.0 | - | 14.0 | 1 | 1.2 | - | 6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Vila Real | 40.8 | 2 | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|45.5 | 3 | 2.4 | - | 6.8 | - | 0.8 | - | 5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Viseu | 38.1 | 4 | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|44.3 | 4 | 2.2 | - | 10.5 | 1 | 1.2 | - | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Europe | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|55.4 | 2 | 24.7 | - | 5.3 | - | 3.2 | - | 0.6 | - | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Outside Europe | 39.8 | 1 | style="background:Social Democratic Party (Portugal); color:white;"|49.5 | 1 | 1.7 | - | 3.5 | - | 0.4 | - | 2 |- |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:Socialist Party (Portugal); color:white;"|44.1 | 115 | 32.3 | 81 | 9.0 | 17 | 8.3 | 15 | 2.4 | 2 | 230 |- | colspan=12 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} Maps Aftermath Guterres second government was haunted by its failure in winning an absolute majority in the 1999 election. The tie between the Government and the opposition created a series of problems to Guterres as all opposition parties, PSD, CDU, CDS–PP and BE, refused to negotiate with the Government. Despite this, in the 2000 budget vote, CDS–PP decided to abstain and the budget passed:"CDS-PP viabiliza Orçamento do Estado", RTP, 16 February 2000. Retrieved 26 April 2024. 2000 State BudgetAntónio Guterres (PS) Ballot → 15 March 2000 Required majority → Simple Yes • PS (115) 115 230 green 125px No • PSD (81) • PCP (15) • PEV (2) • BE (2) 100 230 red 125px Abstentions • CDS–PP (15) 15 230 gray 125px Absentees 0 230 black 125pxResult →Approved 15 SourcesProposta de Lei 16/VIII/1 - Orçamento do Estado para 2000 https://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=6230 Assembleia da República 8 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20230209015503/https://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=6230 9 February 2023 Portuguese 15 March 2000 2000-03-15 - Votação final global - Contra: PSD, PCP, PEV, BE; Abstenção: CDS-PP; A Favor: PSGarrido Helena Imposto sucessório acaba em 2001 https://www.publico.pt/2000/02/15/jornal/imposto-sucessorio-acaba-em-2001-140037 8 February 2024 Público 15 February 2000 https://archive.today/20240208065225/https://www.publico.pt/2000/02/15/jornal/imposto-sucessorio-acaba-em-2001-140037 8 February 2024 Portuguese Na sexta-feira, dia da votação, lá estará o PP a viabilizar na generalidade as contas do Estado deste ano On Friday, the day of the (first) vote, PP will be there to help approve the State Budget for this year However, after the 2000 budget, CDS–PP was no longer willing to support Guterres and, the solution found was a controversial one: With a sole CDS–PP MP, Daniel Campelo, Guterres secured the approval of his two following annual State Budgets in exchange for the government financing a cheese factory in Campelo's hometown of Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo district, as well as other supports for the same region."Os orçamentos do PS e Daniel Campelo", RTP, 8 September 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2024."O voto do queijo limiano", Público, 3 November 2000. Retrieved 19 April 2026. Campelo was ultimately suspended from CDS–PP, and from November 2000 onwards, sat as an Independent."Deputado Daniel Campelo", Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 26 January 2025."Campelo vai ser suspenso do PP ", Público, 9 May 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2025. 2001 State BudgetAntónio Guterres (PS) Ballot → 29 November 2000 Required majority → Simple Yes • PS (115) 115 230 green 125px No • PSD (81) • PCP (15) • CDS–PP (14) • PEV (2) • BE (2) 114 230 red 125px Abstentions • Ind. Daniel Campelo (1) 1 230 gray 125px Absentees 0 230 black 125pxResult → Approved 15 SourcesProposta de Lei 48/VIII/2 - Orçamento do Estado para 2001 https://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=5868 Assembleia da República 8 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20230207013605/https://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=5868 7 February 2023 Portuguese 29 November 2000 2000-11-29 - Votação final global - Contra: PSD, PCP, CDS-PP, PEV, BE; Abstenção: Daniel Campelo (Indep); A Favor: PS 2002 State BudgetAntónio Guterres (PS) Ballot → 30 November 2001 Required majority → Simple Yes • PS (115) 115 230 green 125px No • PSD (81) • PCP (15) • CDS–PP (14) • PEV (2) • BE (2) 114 230 red 125px Abstentions • Ind. Daniel Campelo (1) 1 230 gray 125px Absentees 0 230 black 125pxResult → Approved 15 SourcesProposta de Lei 105/VIII/3 - Orçamento do Estado para 2002 https://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=18754 Assembleia da República 8 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20220630231101/https://www.parlamento.pt/ActividadeParlamentar/Paginas/DetalheIniciativa.aspx?BID=18754 30 June 2022 Portuguese 30 November 2001 2001-11-30 - Votação final global - Contra: PSD, PCP, CDS-PP, PEV, BE; Abstenção: Daniel Campelo (Indep); A Favor: PS Fall of the government Besides his fragile majority to approve major legislation, Guterres also suffered with a lot of instability within his own cabinet, with two reshuffles in just four months during 2001. The Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse generated public anger against the government, which eroded even more Guterres' popularity."Quando Jorge Coelho contrariou Guterres e pediu a demissão: "A culpa não pode morrer solteira"", Observador, 17 October 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2023. Furthermore, by mid-2001, the economy was showing strong signs of slowdown, in a time when Portugal was about to enter into the Euro common currency and was suffering from the global impact of the September 11 attacks." Guterres quer minimizar impacto da crise na economia nacional", Público, 8 October 2001. Retrieved 8 December 2023. All these problems culminated in the December 2001 local elections, where the PS suffered a big defeat and saw major urban centers, mainly Lisbon and Porto, swing dramatically to the right-wing. In response to these results, Guterres announced his resignation as Prime Minister, justifying his decision as a way to avoid a "political swamp"."Guterres deve formalizar hoje pedido de demissão ", Público, 17 December 2001. Retrieved 8 December 2023."António Guterres demite-se para evitar um "pântano político"", RTP, 29 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2026. President Jorge Sampaio dissolved Parliament and called an election for 17 March 2002."Sampaio dissolve Parlamento e marca eleições para 17 de Março", Público, 28 December 2001. Retrieved 7 August 2026. See also Politics of Portugal List of political parties in Portugal Elections in Portugal Notes Unitary Democratic Coalition The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) contested the 1999 election in a coalition called Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) and won a combined 8.6% of the vote and elected 15 MPs to parliament. AD Poll with the proposed Democratic Alternative (AD) between PSD and CDS–PP that ultimately failed and didn't run for the elections. CDU Portuguese Communist Party (15 MPs) and "The Greens" (2 MPs) ran in coalition. PDA Democratic Party of the Atlantic electoral list only in Azores. References External links Preliminary results of the 1999 election Comissão Nacional de Eleições Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político Category:Legislative elections in Portugal Category:1999 elections in Portugal Category:October 1999 in Europe