1980 Portuguese Legislative Election

5 October 1980 · The Carnation Revolution · 250 seats, 126 for a majority

Democratic Alliance finished first with 44 of 250 seats. Turnout 83.9%.

Prime Minister before

Francisco Sá Carneiro

PSD

Prime Minister (continued)

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Largest force

Democratic Alliance

44 of 250 seats

Turnout

83.9%

The result

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Democratic Alliance

+2706667 seats

seats

Social Democratic Party

2.5% of votes · 0 seats

seats

Democratic and Social Centre

0.2% of votes · 0 seats

seats

Republican and Socialist Front

+1606198 seats

seats

Socialist Party

1.1% of votes

seats

United People Alliance

16.8% of votes · -2 seats

seats

Popular Democratic Union

1.4% of votes · -1 seats

seats

Workers' Party of Socialist Unity

1.4% of votes · +1 seats

seats

Revolutionary Socialist

1.0% of votes · 0 seats

seats

Labour Party

0.7% of votes

seats

Portuguese Workers' Communist Party

0.6% of votes · 0 seats

seats

PDC–MIRN/PDP–FN

0.4% of votes · -1 seats

seats


Democratic Alliance	—	44	+2706667	—	—	—
Social Democratic Party	—	8	0	147 644	2.5%	—
Democratic and Social Centre	—	0	0	13 765	0.2%	—
Republican and Socialist Front	—	26	+1606198	—	—	—
Socialist Party	—	3	—	67 081	1.1%	—
United People Alliance	—	41	-2	1 009 505	16.8%	—
Popular Democratic Union	—	1	-1	83 204	1.4%	—
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity	—	0	+1	83 095	1.4%	—
Revolutionary Socialist	—	0	0	60 496	1.0%	—
Labour Party	—	0	—	39 408	0.7%	—
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	—	0	0	35 409	0.6%	—
PDC–MIRN/PDP–FN	—	0	-1	23 819	0.4%	—
Democratic Party of the Atlantic	—	0	—	8529	0.1%	—
Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization	—	0	0	3913	0.1%	—

127 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.