14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
Overview
Legislative body	Assembly of the Republic
Meeting place	Palace of Saint Benedict
Term	25 October 2019 – 4 December 2021
Election	6 October 2019
Government	XXII Constitutional Government
Website	parlamento.pt
Deputies
Members	230
President	Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)
First Vice-President	Edite Estrela (PS)
Second Vice-President	Fernando Negrão (PPD/PSD)
Third Vice-President	José Manuel Pureza (BE)
Fourth Vice-President	António Filipe (PCP)
First Secretary	Maria da Luz Rosinha (PS)
Second Secretary	Duarte Pacheco (PPD/PSD)
Third Secretary	Nelson Peralta (BE)
Fourth Secretary	Ana 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

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
Party		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)

Party		Parliamentary group leader	Elected		Dissolution
Party		Parliamentary group leader	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

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]

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

References

^ "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.
^ Official Results — National Election Commission
^ ^a ^b "Ferro Rodrigues reeleito com 178 votos a favor e 44 em branco". Público (in Portuguese). 25 October 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

[PR-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

[Silva-3] "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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