1985 Portuguese Legislative Election
6 October 1985 · The Carnation Revolution · 250 seats, 126 for a majority
Social Democratic Party finished first with 88 of 250 seats on 29.9% of the vote. Turnout 74.2%.
Prime Minister before
Mário Soares
PS
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Social Democratic Party
88 of 250 seats
Turnout
74.2%
The result
| Share of the Assembly of the Republic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 88 | +3 | 1 732 288 | 29.9% | — | |
| Socialist Party | — | 57 | -15 | 1 204 321 | 20.8% | — | |
| Democratic Renewal Party | — | 45 | — | 1 038 893 | 17.9% | — | |
| United People Alliance | — | 38 | -3 | 898 281 | 15.5% | — | |
| Democratic and Social Centre | — | 22 | -3 | 577 580 | 10.0% | — | |
| Popular Democratic Union | — | 0 | +1 | 73 401 | 1.3% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Party | — | 0 | 0 | 41 831 | 0.7% | — | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 35 238 | 0.6% | — | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 19 943 | 0.3% | — | |
| Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | — | 0 | 0 | 19 085 | 0.3% | — | |
| Communist Party (Reconstructed) | — | 0 | 0 | 12 749 | 0.2% | — |