1983 Portuguese Legislative Election
25 April 1983 · The Carnation Revolution · 250 seats, 126 for a majority
Socialist Party finished first with 101 of 250 seats on 36.1% of the vote. Turnout 77.8%.
Prime Minister before
Francisco Pinto Balsemão
PSD
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Socialist Party
101 of 250 seats
Turnout
77.8%
The result
| Share of the Assembly of the Republic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party | — | 101 | +8 | 2 061 309 | 36.1% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 75 | — | 1 554 804 | 27.2% | — | |
| United People Alliance | — | 44 | +1 | 1 031 609 | 18.1% | — | |
| Democratic and Social Centre | — | 30 | — | 716 705 | 12.6% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Party | — | 0 | 0 | 39 180 | 0.7% | — | |
| People's Monarchist Party | — | 0 | — | 27 635 | 0.5% | — | |
| Popular Democratic Union | — | 0 | -1 | 27 260 | 0.5% | — | |
| Popular Democratic Union–Revolutionary Socialist Party | — | 0 | — | 25 222 | 0.4% | — | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 20 995 | 0.4% | — | |
| Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | — | 0 | -1 | 19 657 | 0.3% | — | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | — | 0 | -1 | 13 327 | 0.2% | — | |
| Socialist Workers League | — | 0 | — | 11 500 | 0.2% | — | |
| Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization | — | 0 | 0 | 6113 | 0.1% | — | |
| Democratic Party of the Atlantic | — | 0 | 0 | 5523 | 0.1% | — | |
| Communist Party (Reconstructed) | — | 0 | — | 86 | 0.0% | — |