13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

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13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
12th Legislature 14th Legislature
Overview
Legislative bodyAssembly of the Republic
Meeting placePalace of Saint Benedict
Term23 October 2015 (2015-10-23) – 24 October 2019 (2019-10-24)
Election4 October 2015
GovernmentXX Constitutional Government (2015)
XXI Constitutional Government (2015–2019)
Websiteparlamento.pt
Deputies
Members230
PresidentEduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)
First Vice-PresidentJosé Matos Correia (PPD/PSD)
Second Vice-PresidentJorge Lacão (PS)
Third Vice-PresidentJosé Manuel Pureza (BE)
Fourth Vice-PresidentTeresa Caeiro (CDS–PP)
First SecretaryDuarte Pacheco (PPD/PSD)
Second SecretaryIdália Serrão (PS)
Third SecretaryMoisés Ferreira (BE)
Fourth SecretaryAbel Baptista (CDS–PP)

The 13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XIII Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 23 October 2015 to 24 October 2019. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2015 legislative election, held on 4 October 2015.

Election

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The 14th Portuguese legislative election was held on 4 October 2015. In the election, the Portugal Ahead coalition (PàF), composed by the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) and the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) remained as the largest party, but fell short of a majority.[1] The Socialist Party (PS), the Left Bloc (BE), the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) managed to form a minority government led by PS with the support of BE, PCP and PEV.

Party Assembly of the Republic
Votes % Seats +/−
PàF 2,085,465 38.56 107 –25
PS 1,747,730 32.32 86 +12
BE 550,945 10.19 19 +11
CDU 445,901 8.25 17 +1
PAN 75,170 1.39 1 +1
Others/blanks/invalids 502,881 9.29 0 ±0
Total 5,408,092 100.00 230 ±0

Composition (2015–2019)

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Party Parliamentary group leader Elected Dissolution
Seats % Seats %
PPD/PSD Luís Montenegro (Aveiro) (2015–2017)
Hugo Soares (Braga) (2017–2018)
Fernando Negrão (Setúbal) (2018–2019)
89 38.7 89 38.7
PS Carlos César (Azores) 86 37.4 85 37.0
BE Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon) 19 8.2 19 8.2
CDS–PP Nuno Magalhães (Setúbal) 18 7.8 18 7.8
PCP João Oliveira (Évora) 15 6.5 15 6.5
PEV Heloísa Apolónia (Setúbal) 2 0.9 2 0.9
PAN André Silva (Lisbon) 1 0.4 1 0.4
Independent Paulo Trigo Pereira [pt] (Setúbal) 0 0.0 1 0.4
 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. The Socialist Party (PS), backed by the Left Bloc (BE) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), proposed Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues as their candidate, while the Social Democratic Party (PSD) proposed Fernando Negrão, who was backed by the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP). Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues was elected:[2]

Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic
Ballot → 23 October 2015
Required majority → 116 out of 230
Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)
120 / 230
checkY
Fernando Negrão (PPD/PSD)
108 / 230
☒N
Blank ballots
2 / 230
Invalid ballots
0 / 230
Absentees
0 / 230
Sources: [2]

References

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  1. ^ Official Results — National Election Commission
  2. ^ a b Rodrigues, Maria Lopes, Sofia (23 October 2015). "Ferro eleito no Parlamento abre conflito institucional com Cavaco". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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