1995 Portuguese Legislative Election
1 October 1995 · Cavaco and the two-party years · 230 seats, 116 for a majority
Socialist Party finished first with 112 of 230 seats on 43.8% of the vote. Turnout 66.3%.
Prime Minister before
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
PSD
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Socialist Party
112 of 230 seats
Turnout
66.3%
The result
| Share of the Assembly of the Republic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party | — | 112 | +15 | 2 583 755 | 43.8% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 88 | -16 | 2 014 589 | 34.1% | — | |
| CDS – People's Party | — | 15 | +5 | 534 470 | 9.1% | — | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | — | 15 | 0 | 506 157 | 8.6% | — | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 41 137 | 0.7% | — | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 37 638 | 0.6% | — | |
| Popular Democratic Union | — | 0 | 0 | 33 876 | 0.6% | — | |
| National Solidarity Party | — | 0 | -1 | 12 613 | 0.2% | — | |
| Party of the Folk | — | 0 | — | 8279 | 0.1% | — | |
| Earth Party | — | 0 | — | 8235 | 0.1% | — | |
| Ecology and Future Coalition (PPM–MPT) | — | 0 | 0 | 5932 | 0.1% | — | |
| Unity Movement for Workers | — | 0 | — | 2544 | 0.0% | — | |
| Democratic Party of the Atlantic | — | 0 | 0 | 2536 | 0.0% | — |