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14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

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14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
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Overview
Legislative bodyAssembly of the Republic
Meeting placePalace of Saint Benedict
Term25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) – 4 December 2021 (2021-12-04)
Election6 October 2019
GovernmentXXII Constitutional Government
Websiteparlamento.pt
Deputies
Members230
PresidentEduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)
First Vice-PresidentEdite Estrela (PS)
Second Vice-PresidentFernando Negrão (PPD/PSD)
Third Vice-PresidentJosé Manuel Pureza (BE)
Fourth Vice-PresidentAntónio Filipe (PCP)
First SecretaryMaria da Luz Rosinha (PS)
Second SecretaryDuarte Pacheco (PPD/PSD)
Third SecretaryNelson Peralta (BE)
Fourth SecretaryAna Mesquita (PCP)

The 14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XIV Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 25 October 2019 to 4 December 2021. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2019 legislative election, held on 6 October 2019.

The Legislature ended on 4 December 2021, when the President of the Republic announced its dissolution and called for a snap election on 30 January 2022.[1]

Election

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The 15th Portuguese legislative election was held on 6 October 2019. In the election, the Socialist Party (PS) became the largest party in the Assembly of the Republic but fell short of a majority.[2]

Party Assembly of the Republic
Votes % Seats +/−
PS 1,903,687 36.35 108 +22
PPD/PSD 1,454,283 27.77 79 –10
BE 498,549 9.52 19 ±0
CDU 332,018 6.34 12 –5
CDS–PP 221,094 4.22 5 –13
PAN 173,931 3.32 4 +3
Chega 67,502 1.29 1 +1
IL 67,443 1.29 1 +1
Livre 56,940 1.09 1 +1
Others/blanks/invalids 462,037 8.82 0 ±0
Total 5,237,484 100.00 230 ±0

Composition (2019–2022)

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Party Parliamentary group leader Elected Dissolution
Seats % Seats %
PS Ana Catarina Mendes (Setúbal) 108 47.0 108 47.0
PPD/PSD Rui Rio (Porto) (2019–2020)
Adão Silva [pt] (Bragança) (2020–2022) 		79 34.4 79 34.4
BE Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon) 19 8.2 19 8.2
PCP João Oliveira (Évora) 10 4.4 10 4.4
CDS–PP Cecília Meireles (Porto) (2019–2020)
Telmo Correia [pt] (Braga) (2020–2022) 		5 2.2 5 2.2
PAN Inês Sousa Real (Lisbon) (2019–2021)
Bebiana Cunha [pt] (Porto) (2021–2022) 		4 1.7 3 1.3
PEV José Luís Ferreira [pt] (Setúbal) 2 0.9 2 0.9
Chega André Ventura (Lisbon) 1 0.4 1 0.4
IL João Cotrim de Figueiredo (Lisbon) 1 0.4 1 0.4
Livre Joacine Katar Moreira (Lisbon) 1 0.4 0 0.0
Independent Joacine Katar Moreira (Lisbon)
Cristina Rodrigues (Setúbal) 		0 0.0 2 0.8
 Total 230 100.0 230 100.0

Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic

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To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Then incumbent President of the Assembly Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, since 2015, ran for a second term and was easily re-elected:[3]

Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic
Ballot → 25 October 2019
Required majority → 116 out of 230
Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)
178 / 230
 checkY
Blank ballots
44 / 230
Invalid ballots
8 / 230
Absentees
0 / 230
Sources: [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 91/2021, de 5 de dezembro" (PDF). PR - Presidência da República - Diário da República n.º 234-B/2021, Série I de 5 de Dezembro de 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ Official Results — National Election Commission
  3. ^ a b "Ferro Rodrigues reeleito com 178 votos a favor e 44 em branco". Público (in Portuguese). 25 October 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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