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
| Share of the Assembly of the Republic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party | — | 121 | +7 | 2 588 312 | 45.0% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 75 | -11 | 1 653 425 | 28.8% | — | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | — | 14 | +1 | 433 369 | 7.5% | — | |
| CDS – People's Party | — | 12 | -1 | 416 415 | 7.2% | — | |
| Left Bloc | — | 8 | +4 | 364 971 | 6.3% | — | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 48 186 | 0.8% | — | |
| New Democracy Party | — | 0 | — | 40 358 | 0.7% | — | |
| Humanist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 17 056 | 0.3% | — | |
| National Renovator Party | — | 0 | 0 | 9374 | 0.2% | — | |
| Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | — | 0 | 0 | 5535 | 0.1% | — | |
| Democratic Party of the Atlantic | — | 0 | — | 1618 | 0.0% | — |