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Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)

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The Assembly of the Republic (Template:Langx, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}), commonly referred to as simply Parliament (Template:Langx), is the unicameral parliament of Portugal. According to the Constitution of Portugal, the parliament "is the representative assembly of all Portuguese citizens". The constitution names the assembly as one of the country's organs of supreme authority.

It meets in São Bento Palace, the historical site of an old Benedictine monastery. The palace has been the seat of the Portuguese parliaments since 1834 (Cortes until 1910, Congress from 1911 to 1926 and National Assembly from 1933 to 1974).

Powers and duties of the AssemblyEdit

The Assembly of the Republic's powers derive from its ability to dismiss a government through a vote of no confidence, to change the country's laws, and to amend the constitution (which requires a majority of two-thirds). In addition to these key powers, the constitution grants to the Assembly extensive legislative powers and substantial control over the budget, the right to authorize the government to raise taxes and grant loans, the power to ratify treaties and other kinds of international agreements, and the duty to approve or reject decisions by the President of the Republic to declare war and make peace. The assembly also appoints many members of important state institutions, such as ten of the thirteen members of the Constitutional Court and seven of the sixteen members of the Council of State.

The constitution requires the assembly to quickly review and approve an incoming government's program. Parliamentary rules allow the assembly to call for committees of inquiry to examine the government's actions. Political opposition represented in the assembly has the power to review the cabinet's actions, even though it is unlikely that the actions can be reversed. Party groups can also call for interpellations that require debates about specific government policies.

StructureEdit

The assembly has 230 MPs. It originally consisted of 250 MPs, but the constitutional reforms of 1989 reduced its number to between 180 and 230. Members are elected by popular vote for legislative terms of four years from the country's twenty-two constituencies. There are eighteen in mainland Portugal corresponding to each district, one each for the autonomous regions of Azores (Portuguese: Açores) and Madeira, and two for Portuguese people living abroad (one covering roughly Europe and one covering the rest of the world). Except for the constituencies for Portuguese living abroad, which are fixed at two representatives each, the number of MPs is determined by the number of voters registered in a constituency, using the D'Hondt method of proportional representation. Constituencies vary greatly in size; from as large as Lisbon, which elects 48 representatives, to as small as Portalegre, which elects just two.

For the 2025 legislative elections, the MPs were distributed by constituencies as follows:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Constituency Number of MPs Map
Lisbon 48 File:Portuguese electoral districts 2024.svg
Porto 40
Braga and Setúbal 19 each
Aveiro 16
Leiria 10
Coimbra, Faro and Santarém 9 each
Viseu 8
Madeira 6
Azores, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real 5 each
Castelo Branco 4
Beja, Bragança, Évora and Guarda 3 each
Portalegre, Europe and Outside Europe 2 each

According to the constitution, members of the assembly represent the entire country, not the constituency from which they are elected. This directive has been reinforced in practice by the strong role of political parties in regard to members of the assembly. Party leadership, for example, determines in which areas candidates are to run for office, thus often weakening members' ties to their constituencies. Moreover, members of the assembly are expected to vote with their party and to work within parliamentary groups based on party membership. Party discipline is strong, and insubordinate members can be coerced through a variety of means.Template:Citation needed A further obstacle to members' independence is that their bills first have to be submitted to the parliamentary groups, and it is these groups' leaders who set the assembly's agenda.

The President of the Assembly of the Republic is the second hierarchical figure in the Portuguese state, after the President of the Portuguese Republic, and is elected by secret vote of the members of parliament. The President of the Assembly is aided by four vice presidents, nominated by the other parties represented in the parliament, and is usually the speaker.Template:Original research inline When they are not present, one of the vice presidents takes the role of speaker. When the President of the Republic is, for any reason, unable to perform the job, the President of the Assembly of the Republic becomes the substitute.

Current compositionEdit

Party Parliamentary group leader Seats %
Template:Party name with colour Hugo Soares 78 33.9
Template:Party name with colour Alexandra Leitão 78 33.9
CHEGA Pedro Pinto 49 21.3
Liberal Initiative Mariana Leitão 8 3.5
Template:Party name with colour Fabian Figueiredo 5 2.2
Template:Party name with colour Paula Santos 4 1.7
Template:Party name with colour Isabel Mendes Lopes 4 1.7
Template:Party name with colour Paulo Núncio 2 0.9
Template:Party name with colour Inês Sousa Real 1 0.4
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1 0.4
 Total 230 100.0

Latest election resultEdit

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Summary of the 18 May 2025 Assembly of the Republic elections results
File:Portugal Parliament 2025.svg
Parties Votes % ±pp swing MPs
2024 2025 ± % ±
style="background-color:Template:Party color;border-bottom-style:hidden;" rowspan="3"| bgcolor=Template:Party color align="center" | AD – PSD/CDS Coalition Template:SmallTemplate:Efn 1,971,602 31.20 Template:Increase3.0 78 88 Template:Increase10 38.26 Template:Increase4.4
bgcolor="Template:Party color" align="center" | PSD/CDS/PPM coalition Template:SmallTemplate:Efn 36,886 0.58 Template:Decrease0.1 2 3 Template:Increase1 1.33 Template:Increase0.4
Total AD – PSD/CDS CoalitionTemplate:Efn 2,008,488 31.78 Template:Increase3.0 80 91 Template:Increase11 39.57 Template:Increase4.8
colspan="2" Template:Party name with colour 1,442,546 22.83 Template:Decrease5.2 78 58 Template:Decrease20 25.22 Template:Decrease8.7
CHEGA 1,438,554 22.76 Template:Increase4.7 50 60 Template:Increase10 26.09 Template:Increase4.4
Liberal Initiative 338,974 5.36 Template:Increase0.3 8 9 Template:Increase1 3.91 Template:Increase0.4
colspan="2" Template:Party name with colour 257,291 4.07 Template:Increase0.8 4 6 Template:Increase2 2.61 Template:Increase0.9
colspan="2" Template:Party name with colour 183,686 2.91 Template:Decrease0.2 4 3 Template:Decrease1 1.30 Template:Decrease0.4
colspan="2" Template:Party name with colour 125,808 1.99 Template:Decrease2.5 5 1 Template:Decrease4 0.43 Template:Decrease1.8
People–Animals–Nature 86,930 1.38 Template:Decrease0.6 1 1 Template:Steady0 0.43 Template:Steady0.0
National Democratic Alternative 81,660 1.29 Template:Decrease0.3 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
colspan="2" Template:Party name with colour 20,900 0.33 Template:Increase0.0 0 1 Template:Increase1 0.43 Template:Increase0.4
React, Include, Recycle 14,021 0.22 Template:Decrease0.2 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
colspan="2" style="width: 10px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" align="center" | Volt Portugal 12,150 0.19 Template:Increase0.0 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
colspan="2" Template:Party name with colour 11,896 0.19 Template:Decrease0.0 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
New Right 10,216 0.16 Template:Decrease0.1 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
Rise Up 9,046 0.14 Template:Increase0.1 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
Liberal Social 7,332 0.12 Template:N/A Template:N/A 0 Template:N/A 0.00 Template:N/A
colspan="2" Template:Party name with colour 5,616 0.09 Template:Increase0.1 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
colspan="2" Template:Party name with colour 3,304 0.05 Template:Increase0.1 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
colspan="2" Template:Party name with colourTemplate:Efn 478 0.01 Template:Decrease0.1 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
Labour 425 0.01 Template:Decrease0.0 0 0 Template:Steady0 0.00 Template:Steady0.0
Total valid 6,059,321 95.88 Template:Increase0.2 230 230 Template:Steady0 100.00 Template:Steady0.0
Blank ballots 87,654 1.39 Template:Steady0.0
Invalid ballots 172,994 2.74 Template:Decrease0.2
Total 6,319,969 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 10,848,816 58.25 Template:Decrease1.6
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições<ref name="Oficiais">Template:Cite news</ref>

Elected Composition of the Assembly of the Republic since 1975Edit

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São Bento Palace, seat of the Assembly of the Republic
Legislatures since 1975
Election No. Parliament Parties represented Term
Government Opposition
Constituent
1975 		File:AR Eleicoes 1975.svg Template:Color box PS (116)
Template:Color box PPD (81)
Template:Color box PCP (30)
Template:Color box CDS (16)
Template:Color box MDP (5)
Template:Color box UDP (1)
Template:Color box ADIM (1) 		1975–1976
1976 1st File:AR Eleicoes 1976.svg Template:Color box PS (107) Template:Color box PPD (73)
Template:Color box CDS (42)
Template:Color box PCP (40)
Template:Color box UDP (1) 		1976–1978
Template:Color box PS (107)
Template:Color box CDS (42) 		Template:Color box PPD/PSD (73)
Template:Color box PCP (40)
Template:Color box UDP (1) 		1978
Presidential appointed governments Template:Color box PS (107)
Template:Color box PPD/PSD (73)
Template:Color box CDS (42)
Template:Color box PCP (40)
Template:Color box UDP (1) 		1978–1979
1979 File:Portugal Parliament 1979.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (80)
Template:Color box CDS (43)
Template:Color box PPM (5) 		Template:Color box PS (74)
Template:Color box PCP (44)
Template:Color box MDP (3)
Template:Color box UDP (1) 		1979–1980
1980 2nd File:Portugal Parliament 1980.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (82)
Template:Color box CDS (46)
Template:Color box PPM (6) 		Template:Color box PS (66)
Template:Color box PCP (39)
Template:Color box UEDS (4)
Template:Color box ASDI (4)
Template:Color box MDP (2)
Template:Color box UDP (1) 		1980–1983
1983 3rd File:AR Eleicoes 1983.svg Template:Color box PS (94)
Template:Color box PPD/PSD (75)
Template:Color box UEDS (4)
Template:Color box ASDI (3) 		Template:Color box PCP (41)
Template:Color box CDS (30)
Template:Color box MDP (3) 		1983–1985
1985 4th File:AR Eleicoes 1985.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (88)
Template:Color box PRD (45)Template:Efn
Template:Color box CDS (22)Template:Efn 		Template:Color box PS (57)
Template:Color box PCP (35)
Template:Color box MDP (3) 		1985–1987
1987 5th File:Portugal Parliament 1987.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (148) Template:Color box PS (60)
Template:Color box PCP (29)
Template:Color box PRD (7)
Template:Color box CDS (4)
Template:Color box PEV (2) 		1987–1991
1991 6th File:Portugal Parliament 1991.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (135) Template:Color box PS (72)
Template:Color box PCP (15)
Template:Color box CDS (5)
Template:Color box PEV (2)
Template:Color box PSN (1) 		1991–1995
1995 7th File:Portugal Parliament 1995.svg Template:Color box PS (112) Template:Color box PPD/PSD (88)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (15)
Template:Color box PCP (13)
Template:Color box PEV (2) 		1995–1999
1999 8th File:Portugal Parliament 1999.svg Template:Color box PS (115) Template:Color box PPD/PSD (81)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (15)
Template:Color box PCP (15)
Template:Color box PEV (2)
Template:Color box BE (2) 		1999–2002
2002 9th File:Portugal Parliament 2002.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (105)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (14) 		Template:Color box PS (96)
Template:Color box PCP (10)
Template:Color box BE (3)
Template:Color box PEV (2) 		2002–2005
2005 10th File:Portugal Parliament 2005.svg Template:Color box PS (121) Template:Color box PPD/PSD (71)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (12)
Template:Color box PCP (12)
Template:Color box BE (8)
Template:Color box PEV (2)
Template:Color box PPM (2)
Template:Color box MPT (2) 		2005–2009
2009 11th File:AR Eleicoes 2009.svg Template:Color box PS (97) Template:Color box PPD/PSD (81)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (21)
Template:Color box BE (16)
Template:Color box PCP (13)
Template:Color box PEV (2) 		2009–2011
2011 12th File:AR Eleicoes 2011.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (108)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (24) 		Template:Color box PS (74)
Template:Color box PCP (14)
Template:Color box BE (8)
Template:Color box PEV (2) 		2011–2015
2015 13th File:AR Eleicoes 2015.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (89)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (18) 		Template:Color box PS (86)
Template:Color box BE (19)
Template:Color box PCP (15)
Template:Color box PEV (2)
Template:Color box PAN (1) 		2015
Template:Color box PS (86)
Template:Color box BE (19)Template:Efn
Template:Color box PCP (15)Template:Efn
Template:Color box PEV (2)Template:Efn 		Template:Color box PPD/PSD (89)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (18)
Template:Color box PAN (1) 		2015–2019
2019 14th File:AR Eleicoes 2019.svg Template:Color box PS (108) Template:Color box PPD/PSD (79)
Template:Color box BE (19)
Template:Color box PCP (10)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (5)
Template:Color box PAN (4)
Template:Color box PEV (2)
Template:Color box CH (1)
Template:Color box IL (1)
Template:Color box L (1) 		2019–2022
2022 15th File:Portugal Parliament 2022.svg Template:Color box PS (120) Template:Color box PPD/PSD (77)
Template:Color box CH (12)
Template:Color box IL (8)
Template:Color box PCP (6)
Template:Color box BE (5)
Template:Color box PAN (1)
Template:Color box L (1) 		2022–2024
2024 16th File:Portugal AdR 2024 Partis.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (78)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (2) 		Template:Color box PS (78)
Template:Color box CH (50)
Template:Color box IL (8)
Template:Color box BE (5)
Template:Color box PCP (4)
Template:Color box L (4)
Template:Color box PAN (1) 		2024–2025
2025 17th File:Portuguese parliament 2025.svg Template:Color box PPD/PSD (89)
Template:Color box CDS–PP (2) 		Template:Color box CH (60)
Template:Color box PS (58)
Template:Color box IL (9)
Template:Color box L (6)
Template:Color box PCP (3)
Template:Color box BE (1)
Template:Color box PAN (1)
Template:Color box JPP (1) 		2025–

Evolution graphicEdit

{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart | height = 400 | width = 850 | yAxisMax = 100 | yAxisMin = 0 | stack = 7 | group 1 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.43 : 5.22 : 21.74 : 26.09 | group 2 = 0.40 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 | group 3 = 0 : 0 : 2.00 : 2.40 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.87 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 | group 4 = 6.40 : 15.97 : 17.20 : 18.40 : 12.00 : 8.80 : 1.60 : 2.17 : 6.52 : 6.52 : 6.09 : 5.22 : 9.13 : 10.43 : 7.83 : 2.17 : 0 : 0.87 : 0.87 | group 5 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.43 : 3.48 : 3.48 : 3.91 | group 6 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.43 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 | group 7 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.87 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 | group 8 = 32.40 : 27.76 : 32.00 : 32.80 : 30.00 : 35.20 : 59.20 : 58.70 : 38.26 : 35.22 : 45.65 : 30.87 : 35.22 : 46.96 : 38.70 : 34.35 : 33.47 : 33.91 : 38.70 | group 9 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 1.60 : 1.20 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 | group 10 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 18.00 : 2.80 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 | group 11 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.43 | group 12 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.43 : 1.74 : 0.43 : 0.43 : 0.43 | group 13 = 46.40 : 40.68 : 29.60 : 26.40 : 37.60 : 22.80 : 24.00 : 31.30 : 48.70 : 50.00 : 41.74 : 52.61 : 42.17 : 32.17 : 37.39 : 46.96 : 52.17 : 33.91 : 25.22 | group 14 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 1.60 : 1.60 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 | group 15 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.43 : 0.43 : 1.74 : 2.61 | group 16 = 12.00 : 15.21 : 17.60 : 15.60 : 16.40 : 14.00 : 11.60 : 6.52 : 5.65 : 6.52 : 4.35 : 5.22 : 5.65 : 6.09 : 6.52 : 4.35 : 2.61 : 1.74 : 1.30 | group 17 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.80 : 0.87 : 0.87 : 0.87 : 0.87 : 0.87 : 0.87 : 0.87 : 0.87 : 0.87 : 0 : 0 : 0 | group 18 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.87 : 1.30 : 3.48 : 6.96 : 3.48 : 8.26 : 8.26 : 2.17 : 2.17 : 0.43 | group 19 = 2.00 : 0 : 1.20 : 0.80 : 1.20 : 1.20 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 | group 20 = 0.40 : 0.38 : 0.40 : 0.40 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 | colors = #202056 : #054a6e : #005fad : #0093dd : #00adef : #000080 : #6a744a : #ffa500 : #2E3191 : #1b6b2d : #00ab84 : teal : #FF66FF : #9c030d : #c2d216 : #FF0000 : #288123 : #8b0000 : #8B0000 : #E2062C | group names = CH : ADIM : PPM : CDS-PP : IL : PSN : MPT : PPD/PSD : ASDI : PRD : JPP : PAN : PS : UEDS : L : PCP : PEV : BE : MDP : UDP | units suffix = % of Seats | x legends = 1975 : 1976 : 1979 : 1980 : 1983 : 1985 : 1987 : 1991 : 1995 : 1999 : 2002 : 2005 : 2009 : 2011 : 2015 : 2019 : 2022 : 2024 : 2025 }}

Presidents of the Assembly of the RepublicEdit

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See alsoEdit

NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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