1987 Portuguese Legislative Election
19 July 1987 · Cavaco and the two-party years · 250 seats, 126 for a majority
Social Democratic Party finished first with 148 of 250 seats on 50.2% of the vote. Turnout 71.6%.
Prime Minister before
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
PSD
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Social Democratic Party
148 of 250 seats
Turnout
71.6%
The result
| Share of the Assembly of the Republic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | — | 148 | +20 | 2 850 784 | 50.2% | — | |
| Socialist Party | — | 60 | +1 | 1 262 506 | 22.2% | — | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | — | 31 | -3 | 689 137 | 12.1% | — | |
| Democratic Renewal Party | — | 7 | -13 | 278 561 | 4.9% | — | |
| Democratic and Social Centre | — | 4 | -6 | 251 987 | 4.4% | — | |
| Popular Democratic Union | — | 0 | 0 | 50 717 | 0.9% | — | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 32 977 | 0.6% | — | |
| Portuguese Democratic Movement | — | 0 | — | 32 607 | 0.6% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Party | — | 0 | 0 | 31 667 | 0.6% | — | |
| People's Monarchist Party | — | 0 | — | 23 218 | 0.4% | — | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 20 800 | 0.4% | — | |
| Communist Party (Reconstructed) | — | 0 | 0 | 18 544 | 0.3% | — | |
| Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | — | 0 | 0 | 9185 | 0.2% | — |