2009 Portuguese Legislative Election
27 September 2009 · Cavaco and the two-party years · 230 seats, 116 for a majority
Socialist Party finished first with 97 of 230 seats on 36.6% of the vote. Turnout 59.7%.
Prime Minister before
José Sócrates
PS
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Socialist Party
97 of 230 seats
Turnout
59.7%
The result
| Share of the Assembly of the Republic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party | — | 97 | -8 | 2 077 238 | 36.6% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 81 | 0 | 1 653 665 | 29.1% | — | |
| CDS – People's Party | — | 21 | +3 | 592 778 | 10.4% | — | |
| Left Bloc | — | 16 | +3 | 557 306 | 9.8% | — | |
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | — | 15 | 0 | 446 279 | 7.9% | — | |
| Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 52 761 | 0.9% | — | |
| Hope for Portugal Movement | — | 0 | — | 25 949 | 0.5% | — | |
| New Democracy Party | — | 0 | 0 | 21 876 | 0.4% | — | |
| Merit and Society Movement | — | 0 | — | 16 924 | 0.3% | — | |
| People's Monarchist Party | — | 0 | — | 15 262 | 0.3% | — | |
| Ecology and Humanism Front (MPT–PH) | — | 0 | 0 | 12 405 | 0.2% | — | |
| National Renovator Party | — | 0 | 0 | 11 503 | 0.2% | — | |
| Portugal Pro-Life Party | — | 0 | — | 8461 | 0.1% | — | |
| Portuguese Labour Party | — | 0 | — | 4974 | 0.1% | — | |
| Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | — | 0 | 0 | 4632 | 0.1% | — | |
| Earth Party | — | 0 | — | 3265 | 0.1% | — |