1976 Portuguese Legislative Election
25 April 1976 · The Carnation Revolution · 263 seats, 132 for a majority
Socialist Party finished first with 107 of 263 seats on 34.9% of the vote. Turnout 83.5%.
Prime Minister before
Vasco de Almeida e Costa (interim)
Independent
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Socialist Party
107 of 263 seats
Turnout
83.5%
The result
| Share of the Assembly of the Republic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party | — | 107 | -3 | 1 912 921 | 34.9% | — | |
| Democratic People's Party | — | 73 | -2 | 1 335 381 | 24.4% | — | |
| Democratic and Social Centre | — | 42 | +8 | 876 007 | 16.0% | — | |
| Portuguese Communist Party | — | 40 | +2 | 788 830 | 14.4% | — | |
| Popular Democratic Union | — | 1 | +1 | 91 690 | 1.7% | — | |
| People's Socialist Front | — | 0 | 0 | 42 162 | 0.8% | — | |
| Reorganizing Movement of the Party of the Proletariat | — | 0 | — | 36 200 | 0.7% | — | |
| Movement of Socialist Left | — | 0 | 0 | 31 332 | 0.6% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Party | — | 0 | — | 29 874 | 0.5% | — | |
| People's Monarchist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 28 320 | 0.5% | — | |
| Internationalist Communist League | — | 0 | 0 | 16 269 | 0.3% | — | |
| Communist Party of Portugal | — | 0 | — | 15 830 | 0.3% | — | |
| Worker–Peasant Alliance | — | 0 | — | 15 778 | 0.3% | — | |
| Workers' Revolutionary Party | — | 0 | — | 5171 | 0.1% | — |