2005 Portuguese Legislative Election
20 February 2005 · Cavaco and the two-party years · 230 seats, 116 for a majority
Socialist Party finished first with 121 of 230 seats on 45.0% of the vote. Turnout 64.3%.
Prime Minister before
Pedro Santana Lopes
PSD
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Socialist Party
121 of 230 seats
Turnout
64.3%
The result
Socialist Party
45.0% of votes · +7 seats
121
seats
Social Democratic Party
28.8% of votes · -11 seats
75
seats
Unitary Democratic Coalition
7.5% of votes · +1 seats
14
seats
CDS – People's Party
7.2% of votes · -1 seats
12
seats
Left Bloc
6.3% of votes · +4 seats
8
seats
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
0.8% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
New Democracy Party
0.7% of votes
0
seats
Humanist Party
0.3% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
National Renovator Party
0.2% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity
0.1% of votes · 0 seats
0
seats
Democratic Party of the Atlantic
0.0% of votes
0
seats