Portugal held a Snap legislative election on 10 March 2024 to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic to the 16th Legislature of Portugal. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were up for election.
The last elections were held in 2022 and were won with an outright majority by the PS socialists for their third time however they have been mired in scandal up to and including anti-corruption raids on the Prime Minister's own home.
Portugal uses a D'Hondt method of PR, based on 20 districts with each district allocated a number of seats based on it's population size. 4 of the seats represent overseas territories of Azores, Madeira etc
The election saw the right Democratic Alliance (PSD) (equivalent to UK's Tories) claim a narrow victory over the left Socialists (PS) (equivalent to UK's Labour). The far-right party Chega! (CH) (more extreme than UK's BNP/NF) saw large gains nearly tripling its vote share and winning 48 seats in Parliament. It marked the best result for the party since its foundation in 2019.
(Plus 4 overseas MPs making 230 in total)
A total of 20 seprate parties stood, many in 'common ground' coalitions (for example the winning Democratic Alliance consisted of three parties working with each other. Quite common in PR-type elections throughout europe).
The future looks highly unstable for Portugal as the election produced no clear winner and Chega! taking such a large shre in third place are being shunned by both the main parties, meaning every decision is going to require an immense amount of compromise between left & right. In all probability the Portuguese will be heading back to the polls before the year is out.
Portugal uses a D'Hondt method of PR, based on 20 districts with each district allocated a number of seats based on it's population size. 4 of the seats represent overseas territories of Azores, Madeira etc
The election saw the right Democratic Alliance (PSD) (equivalent to UK's Tories) claim a narrow victory over the left Socialists (PS) (equivalent to UK's Labour). The far-right party Chega! (CH) (more extreme than UK's BNP/NF) saw large gains nearly tripling its vote share and winning 48 seats in Parliament. It marked the best result for the party since its foundation in 2019.
(Plus 4 overseas MPs making 230 in total)
A total of 20 seprate parties stood, many in 'common ground' coalitions (for example the winning Democratic Alliance consisted of three parties working with each other. Quite common in PR-type elections throughout europe).
The future looks highly unstable for Portugal as the election produced no clear winner and Chega! taking such a large shre in third place are being shunned by both the main parties, meaning every decision is going to require an immense amount of compromise between left & right. In all probability the Portuguese will be heading back to the polls before the year is out.
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