Braga (Assembly of the Republic constituency)

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Braga
Constituency
for the Assembly of the Republic
Outline map
Location of Braga within Portugal
DistrictBraga
Population854,416 (2022)[1]
Electorate776,543 (2022)
Area2,706 km2 (2022)[2]
Current Constituency
Created1976
Seats
List
  • 19 (2009–present)
  • 18 (2002–2009)
  • 17 (1999–2002)
  • 16 (1991–1999)
  • 17 (1987–1991)
  • 16 (1983–1987)
  • 15 (1976–1983)
Deputies[3]
List

Braga is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. The constituency was established in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy. It is conterminous with the district of Braga. The constituency currently elects 19 of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 legislative election it had 776,543 registered electors.

Electoral system[edit]

Braga currently elects 19 of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system.[4][5] Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[6][7]

Election results[edit]

Summary[edit]

Election Unitary Democrats
CDU / APU / PCP
Left Bloc
BE / UDP
Socialists
PS / FRS
People Animals Nature
PAN
Democratic Renewal
PRD
Social Democrats
PSD / PàF / AD / PPD
Liberals
IL
CDS – People's
CDS–PP / CDS
Chega
CH / PPV/CDC / PPV
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2022 13,018 2.69% 0 18,550 3.83% 0 207,837 42.90% 9 5,910 1.22% 0 172,021 35.50% 8 21,437 4.42% 1 8,216 1.70% 0 28,752 5.93% 1
2019 18,460 4.17% 0 41,357 9.33% 2 169,608 38.27% 8 11,949 2.70% 0 158,758 35.82% 8 3,786 0.85% 0 19,143 4.32% 1 3,192 0.72% 0
2015 24,623 5.38% 1 41,753 9.13% 1 146,418 32.00% 7 3,673 0.80% 0 216,367 47.29% 10 995 0.22% 0
2011 23,731 5.08% 1 20,488 4.38% 0 159,476 34.13% 7 2,710 0.58% 0 194,550 41.63% 9 50,421 10.79% 2 783 0.17% 0
2009 23,075 4.75% 1 38,884 8.01% 1 207,518 42.73% 9 153,178 31.54% 6 48,102 9.90% 2 798 0.16% 0
2005 22,988 4.88% 1 22,179 4.71% 0 218,665 46.45% 9 158,244 33.62% 7 37,618 7.99% 1
2002 19,808 4.43% 0 7,654 1.71% 0 169,672 37.98% 8 201,443 45.09% 9 42,074 9.42% 1
1999 23,828 5.50% 1 5,164 1.19% 0 194,979 44.99% 8 161,616 37.29% 7 38,973 8.99% 1
1995 20,584 4.62% 0 2,216 0.50% 0 194,375 43.66% 8 173,041 38.87% 7 48,430 10.88% 1
1991 19,327 4.62% 0 133,607 31.92% 5 1,686 0.40% 0 227,580 54.38% 10 23,715 5.67% 1
1987 24,648 6.25% 1 2,163 0.55% 0 104,172 26.42% 5 13,412 3.40% 0 215,380 54.62% 10 23,854 6.05% 1
1985 33,769 8.76% 1 2,983 0.77% 0 86,285 22.39% 4 66,468 17.25% 3 130,151 33.77% 6 55,331 14.36% 2
1983 33,336 9.06% 1 1,686 0.46% 0 149,782 40.71% 7 101,826 27.67% 5 69,051 18.77% 3
1980 32,449 8.55% 1 3,346 0.88% 0 113,648 29.95% 5 212,676 56.04% 9
1979 38,051 10.27% 1 5,482 1.48% 0 114,886 31.00% 5 197,250 53.23% 9
1976 14,202 4.38% 0 3,527 1.09% 0 110,586 34.09% 6 97,886 30.17% 5 86,148 26.56% 4

(Figures in italics represent alliances.)

Detailed[edit]

2020s[edit]

2022[edit]

Results of the 2022 legislative election held on 30 January 2022:[8]

Party Votes % Seats
Socialist Party PS 207,837 42.90% 9
Social Democratic Party PSD 172,021 35.50% 8
Chega CH 28,752 5.93% 1
Liberal Initiative IL 21,437 4.42% 1
Left Bloc BE 18,550 3.83% 0
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 13,018 2.69% 0
CDS – People's Party CDS–PP 8,216 1.70% 0
People Animals Nature PAN 5,910 1.22% 0
LIVRE L 3,936 0.81% 0
React, Include, Recycle RIR 1,767 0.36% 0
Socialist Alternative Movement MAS 551 0.11% 0
Ergue-te E 495 0.10% 0
Together for the People JPP 481 0.10% 0
Portuguese Labour Party PTP 460 0.09% 0
Earth Party PT 451 0.09% 0
Volt Portugal Volt 357 0.07% 0
Alliance A 286 0.06% 0
Valid Votes 484,525 100.00% 19
Blank Votes 6,158 1.25%
Rejected Votes – Other 3,846 0.78%
Total Polled 494,529 63.68%
Registered Electors 776,543

The following candidates were elected:[9] Joaquim Barreto (PS); Carlos Cação (PSD); Bruno Coimbra (PSD); José Luís Carneiro (PS); Gabriela Fonseca (PSD); André Coelho Lima (PSD); Palmira Maciel (PS); Firmino Marques (PSD); Pompeu Martins (PS); Elisabete Matos (PS); Filipe Melo (CH); Clara Marques Mendes (PSD); Eduardo Oliveira (PS); Jorge Paulo Oliveira (PSD); Hugo Pires (PS); Anabela Real (PS); Carlos Eduardo Reis (PSD); Rui Rocha (IL); and Luís Soares (PS).

2010s[edit]

2019[edit]

Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 6 October 2019:[10]

Party Votes % Seats
Socialist Party PS 169,608 38.27% 8
Social Democratic Party PSD 158,758 35.82% 8
Left Bloc BE 41,357 9.33% 2
CDS – People's Party CDS–PP 19,143 4.32% 1
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 18,460 4.17% 0
People Animals Nature PAN 11,949 2.70% 0
Liberal Initiative IL 3,786 0.85% 0
React, Include, Recycle RIR 3,336 0.75% 0
Chega CH 3,192 0.72% 0
LIVRE L 3,168 0.71% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 2,333 0.53% 0
Alliance A 2,188 0.49% 0
We, the Citizens! NC 1,018 0.23% 0
Earth Party PT 1,000 0.23% 0
National Renewal Party PNR 857 0.19% 0
Democratic Republican Party PDR 605 0.14% 0
United Party of Retirees and Pensioners PURP 550 0.12% 0
Portuguese Labour Party PTP 523 0.12% 0
Socialist Alternative Movement MAS 508 0.11% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 422 0.10% 0
Together for the People JPP 413 0.09% 0
Valid Votes 443,174 100.00% 19
Blank Votes 14,540 3.12%
Rejected Votes – Other 7,960 1.71%
Total Polled 465,674 59.84%
Registered Electors 778,174

The following candidates were elected:[11] Joaquim Barreto (PS); Maria Begonha (PS); José Maria Cardoso (BE); Telmo Correia (CDS-PP); Sónia Fertuzinhos (PS); Gabriela Fonseca (PSD); Emídio Guerreiro (PSD); André Coelho Lima (PSD); Palmira Maciel (PS); Firmino Marques (PSD); Clara Marques Mendes (PSD); José Mendes (PS); Jorge Paulo Oliveira (PSD); Hugo Pires (PS); Carlos Eduardo Reis (PSD); Nuno Sá (PS); Rui Silva (PSD); Luís Soares (PS); and Alexandra Vieira (BE).

2015[edit]

Results of the 2015 legislative election held on 4 October 2015:[12]

Party Votes % Seats
Portugal Ahead PàF 216,367 47.29% 10
Socialist Party PS 146,418 32.00% 7
Left Bloc BE 41,753 9.13% 1
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 24,623 5.38% 1
Democratic Republican Party PDR 7,509 1.64% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 5,442 1.19% 0
People Animals Nature PAN 3,673 0.80% 0
LIVRE L 2,336 0.51% 0
National Renewal Party PNR 1,834 0.40% 0
ACT! (Portuguese Labour Party
and Socialist Alternative Movement)
AGIR 1,621 0.35% 0
The Earth Party Movement MPT 1,609 0.35% 0
Citizenship and Christian Democracy PPV/CDC 995 0.22% 0
We, the Citizens! NC 974 0.21% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 883 0.19% 0
United Party of Retirees and Pensioners PURP 882 0.19% 0
Together for the People JPP 631 0.14% 0
Valid Votes 457,550 100.00% 19
Blank Votes 10,746 2.27%
Rejected Votes – Other 6,063 1.28%
Total Polled 474,359 60.20%
Registered Electors 787,983

The following candidates were elected:[13] Joaquim Barreto (PS); Manuel Caldeira Cabral (PS); Telmo Correia (PàF); Carla Cruz (CDU); Sónia Fertuzinhos (PS); Emídio Guerreiro (PàF); Laura Monteiro Magalhães (PàF); Clara Marques Mendes (PàF); Fernando Negrão (PàF); Jorge Paulo Oliveira (PàF); Domingos Pereira (PS); Hugo Pires (PS); Joel Sá (PàF); Maria Augusta Santos (PS); Vânia Dias da Silva (PàF); Jorge Moreira da Silva (PàF); Hugo Soares (PàF); Luís Soares (PS); and Pedro Soares (BE).

2011[edit]

Results of the 2011 legislative election held on 5 June 2011:[14]

Party Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party PSD 194,550 41.63% 9
Socialist Party PS 159,476 34.13% 7
CDS – People's Party CDS–PP 50,421 10.79% 2
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 23,731 5.08% 1
Left Bloc BE 20,488 4.38% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 4,264 0.91% 0
Party for Animals and Nature PAN 2,710 0.58% 0
New Democracy Party ND 2,328 0.50% 0
The Earth Party Movement MPT 1,959 0.42% 0
Hope for Portugal Movement MEP 1,630 0.35% 0
Portuguese Labour Party PTP 1,465 0.31% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 1,114 0.24% 0
National Renewal Party PNR 1,094 0.23% 0
Pro-Life Party PPV 783 0.17% 0
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity POUS 693 0.15% 0
Democratic Party of the Atlantic PDA 593 0.13% 0
Valid Votes 467,299 100.00% 19
Blank Votes 12,846 2.65%
Rejected Votes – Other 5,243 1.08%
Total Polled 485,388 62.64%
Registered Electors 774,861

The following candidates were elected:[15] Francisca Almeida (PSD); Altino Bessa (CDS-PP); António Braga (PS); Gabriela Canavilhas (PS); Telmo Correia (CDS-PP); Laurentino Dias (PS); Sónia Fertuzinhos (PS); Emídio Guerreiro (PSD); Miguel Laranjeiro (PS); João Lobo (PSD); Agostinho Lopes (CDU); Miguel Macedo (PSD); Clara Marques Mendes (PSD); Graça Mota (PSD); Fernando Negrão (PSD); Jorge Paulo Oliveira (PSD); Nuno Reis (PSD); Nuno Sá (PS); and António José Seguro (PS).

2000s[edit]

2009[edit]

Results of the 2009 legislative election held on 27 September 2009:[16]

Party Votes % Seats
Socialist Party PS 207,518 42.73% 9
Social Democratic Party PSD 153,178 31.54% 6
CDS – People's Party CDS–PP 48,102 9.90% 2
Left Bloc BE 38,884 8.01% 1
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 23,075 4.75% 1
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 3,825 0.79% 0
New Democracy Party ND 3,819 0.79% 0
Hope for Portugal Movement MEP 1,531 0.32% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 1,518 0.31% 0
The Earth Party Movement and Humanist Party MPT-PH 1,204 0.25% 0
Merit and Society Movement MMS 955 0.20% 0
National Renewal Party PNR 841 0.17% 0
Pro-Life Party PPV 798 0.16% 0
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity POUS 395 0.08% 0
Valid Votes 485,643 100.00% 19
Blank Votes 6,878 1.38%
Rejected Votes – Other 4,820 0.97%
Total Polled 497,341 65.31%
Registered Electors 761,453

The following candidates were elected:[17] Francisca Almeida (PSD); Altino Bessa (CDS-PP); António Braga (PS); Telmo Correia (CDS-PP); Isabel Coutinho (PS); Laurentino Dias (PS); Teresa Fernandes (PSD); Sónia Fertuzinhos (PS); Ricardo Gonçalves (PS); Emídio Guerreiro (PSD); Miguel Laranjeiro (PS); Agostinho Lopes (CDU); Miguel Macedo (PSD); Fernando Moniz (PS); João de Deus Pinheiro (PSD); Nuno Reis (PSD); António José Seguro (PS); Pedro Soares (BE); and Teresa Venda (PS).

2005[edit]

Results of the 2005 legislative election held on 20 February 2005:[18]

Party Votes % Seats
Socialist Party PS 218,665 46.45% 9
Social Democratic Party PSD 158,244 33.62% 7
CDS – People's Party CDS–PP 37,618 7.99% 1
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 22,988 4.88% 1
Left Bloc BE 22,179 4.71% 0
New Democracy Party ND 4,422 0.94% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 3,688 0.78% 0
Humanist Party PH 1,317 0.28% 0
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity POUS 865 0.18% 0
National Renewal Party PNR 720 0.15% 0
Valid Votes 470,706 100.00% 18
Blank Votes 6,631 1.38%
Rejected Votes – Other 3,921 0.81%
Total Polled 481,258 69.76%
Registered Electors 689,897

The following candidates were elected:[19] Patinha Antão (PSD); António Braga (PS); Virgílio Almeida Costa (PSD); Isabel Coutinho (PS); Laurentino Dias (PS); Emídio Guerreiro (PSD); Isabel Jorge (PS); Miguel Laranjeiro (PS); Agostinho Lopes (CDU); Miguel Macedo (PSD); Nuno Melo (CDS-PP); Luís Filipe Menezes (PSD); Fernando Moniz (PS); Fernando Santos Pereira (PSD); Jorge Pereira (PSD); António José Seguro (PS); Vieira da Silva (PS); and Teresa Venda (PS).

2002[edit]

Results of the 2002 legislative election held on 17 March 2002:[20]

Party Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party PSD 201,443 45.09% 9
Socialist Party PS 169,672 37.98% 8
CDS – People's Party CDS–PP 42,074 9.42% 1
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 19,808 4.43% 0
Left Bloc BE 7,654 1.71% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 2,378 0.53% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 1,257 0.28% 0
Humanist Party PH 934 0.21% 0
The Earth Party Movement MPT 819 0.18% 0
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity POUS 722 0.16% 0
Valid Votes 446,761 100.00% 18
Blank Votes 3,160 0.70%
Rejected Votes – Other 3,376 0.74%
Total Polled 453,297 67.30%
Registered Electors 673,510

The following candidates were elected:[21] António Braga (PS); Luís Cirilo (PSD); Virgílio Almeida Costa (PSD); Laurentino Dias (PS); Elisa Ferreira (PS); Sónia Fertuzinhos (PS); Ricardo Gonçalves (PS); Goreti Machado (PSD); Eugénio Marinho (PSD); Nuno Melo (CDS-PP); Fernando Moniz (PS); Tavares Moreira (PSD); Fernando Santos Pereira (PSD); Jorge Pereira (PSD); Rui Miguel Ribeiro (PSD); Vieira da Silva (PS); António Pinheiro Torres (PSD); and Teresa Venda (PS).

1990s[edit]

1999[edit]

Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 10 October 1999:[22]

Party Votes % Seats
Socialist Party PS 194,979 44.99% 8
Social Democratic Party PSD 161,616 37.29% 7
CDS – People's Party CDS–PP 38,973 8.99% 1
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 23,828 5.50% 1
Left Bloc BE 5,164 1.19% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 2,963 0.68% 0
National Solidarity Party PSN 1,750 0.40% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 1,436 0.33% 0
The Earth Party Movement MPT 969 0.22% 0
Humanist Party PH 863 0.20% 0
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity POUS 827 0.19% 0
Valid Votes 433,368 100.00% 17
Blank Votes 3,107 0.71%
Rejected Votes – Other 3,417 0.78%
Total Polled 439,892 67.49%
Registered Electors 651,832

The following candidates were elected:[23] Maria Eduarda Azevedo (PSD); António Braga (PS); Maria do Rosário Carneiro (PS); José Ribeiro e Castro (CDS-PP); Vieira de Castro (PSD); Luís Cirilo (PSD); Virgílio Almeida Costa (PSD); Laurentino Dias (PS); José Manuel Fernandes (PSD); Sónia Fertuzinhos (PS); Agostinho Lopes (CDU); João Lourenço (PS); Miguel Macedo (PSD); Mesquita Machado (PS); Fernando Moniz (PS); Fernando Santos Pereira (PSD); and António Reis (PS).

1995[edit]

Results of the 1995 legislative election held on 1 October 1995:[24][25]

Party Votes % Seats
Socialist Party PS 194,375 43.66% 8
Social Democratic Party PSD 173,041 38.87% 7
CDS – People's Party CDS–PP 48,430 10.88% 1
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 20,584 4.62% 0
Popular Democratic Union UDP 2,216 0.50% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 2,118 0.48% 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party PSR 1,776 0.40% 0
National Solidarity Party PSN 1,525 0.34% 0
People's Party PG 1,141 0.26% 0
Valid Votes 445,206 100.00% 16
Blank Votes 2,340 0.52%
Rejected Votes – Other 5,435 1.20%
Total Polled 452,981 70.72%
Registered Electors 640,514

The following candidates were elected:[26] Filomena Bordalo (PSD); António Braga (PS); Maria do Rosário Carneiro (PS); Alberto Arons de Carvalho (PS); Laurentino Dias (PS); Joel Ferro (PS); Alberto Queiroga Figueiredo (PSD); Martinho Gonçalves (PS); Artur Sousa Lopes (PS); Miguel Macedo (PSD); José Alberto Cardoso Marques (PS); Eurico de Melo (PSD); Luís Marques Mendes (PSD); Manuel Fernandes da Silva Monteiro (CDS-PP); Amândio Oliveira (PSD); and Fernando Santos Pereira (PSD).

1991[edit]

Results of the 1991 legislative election held on 6 October 1991:[27]

Party Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party PSD 227,580 54.38% 10
Socialist Party PS 133,607 31.92% 5
Social Democratic Centre Party CDS 23,715 5.67% 1
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 19,327 4.62% 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party PSR 3,441 0.82% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 3,291 0.79% 0
National Solidarity Party PSN 3,241 0.77% 0
Democratic Renewal Party PRD 1,686 0.40% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 1,329 0.32% 0
Democratic Party of the Atlantic PDA 1,311 0.31% 0
Valid Votes 418,528 100.00% 16
Blank Votes 2,252 0.53%
Rejected Votes – Other 4,084 0.96%
Total Polled 424,864 79.65%
Registered Electors 533,427

The following candidates were elected:[28] António Braga (PS); Nogueira de Brito (CDS); Virgílio Carneiro (PSD); Alberto Arons de Carvalho (PS); Lemos Damião (PSD); Laurentino Dias (PS); Miguel Macedo (PSD); Alberto Martins (PS); Fernando Ribeiro Martins (PS); João Oliveira Martins (PSD); Eurico de Melo (PSD); António Marques Mendes (PSD); Isabel Mota (PSD); Amândio Oliveira (PSD); Carlos Pereira (PSD); and Fernando Ribeiro dos Reis (PSD).

1980s[edit]

1987[edit]

Results of the 1987 legislative election held on 19 July 1987:[29]

Party Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party PSD 215,380 54.62% 10
Socialist Party PS 104,172 26.42% 5
Unitary Democratic Coalition CDU 24,648 6.25% 1
Social Democratic Centre Party CDS 23,854 6.05% 1
Democratic Renewal Party PRD 13,412 3.40% 0
Popular Democratic Union UDP 2,163 0.55% 0
Christian Democratic Party PDC 2,051 0.52% 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party PSR 1,977 0.50% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 1,707 0.43% 0
Communist Party (Reconstructed) PC(R) 1,369 0.35% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 1,360 0.34% 0
Portuguese Democratic Movement MDP 1,171 0.30% 0
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity POUS 1,060 0.27% 0
Valid Votes 394,324 100.00% 17
Blank Votes 3,176 0.79%
Rejected Votes – Other 5,563 1.38%
Total Polled 403,063 77.24%
Registered Electors 521,819

The following candidates were elected:[30] António Barbosa de Azevedo (PSD); Nogueira de Brito (CDS); Virgílio Carneiro (PSD); Alberto Arons de Carvalho (PS); Fernando Conceição (PSD); Elisa Maria Damião (PS); António Lopes (CDU); Miguel Macedo (PSD); Mesquita Machado (PS); António Magalhães (PS); Eurico de Melo (PSD); António Marques Mendes (PSD); Luís Marques Mendes (PSD); Fernando Moniz (PS); Amândio Oliveira (PSD); Cerqueira de Oliveira (PSD); and António Ribeiro (PSD).

1985[edit]

Results of the 1985 legislative election held on 6 October 1985:[31]

Party Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party PSD 130,151 33.77% 6
Socialist Party PS 86,285 22.39% 4
Democratic Renewal Party PRD 66,468 17.25% 3
Social Democratic Centre Party CDS 55,331 14.36% 2
United People Alliance APU 33,769 8.76% 1
Christian Democratic Party PDC 3,583 0.93% 0
Popular Democratic Union UDP 2,983 0.77% 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party PSR 2,723 0.71% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 1,701 0.44% 0
Communist Party (Reconstructed) PC(R) 1,400 0.36% 0
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity POUS 1,009 0.26% 0
Valid Votes 385,403 100.00% 16
Blank Votes 3,082 0.78%
Rejected Votes – Other 8,199 2.07%
Total Polled 396,684 77.59%
Registered Electors 511,237

The following candidates were elected:[32] António Barbosa de Azevedo (PSD); Nogueira de Brito (CDS); Virgílio Carneiro (PSD); Fernando Conceição (PSD); Agostinho Domingues (PS); Joaquim Carneiro de Barros Domingues (PSD); António Fernandes (PRD); António Lopes (APU); António Magalhães (PS); Eurico de Melo (PSD); António Marques Mendes (PSD); Eurico Pires (PRD); Raul Rêgo (PS); Sérgio Machado dos Santos (PRD); Cruz Vilaça (CDS); and António Vitorino (PS).

1983[edit]

Results of the 1983 legislative election held on 25 April 1983:[33]

Party Votes % Seats
Socialist Party PS 149,782 40.71% 7
Social Democratic Party PSD 101,826 27.67% 5
Social Democratic Centre Party CDS 69,051 18.77% 3
United People Alliance APU 33,336 9.06% 1
Christian Democratic Party PDC 3,812 1.04% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 3,432 0.93% 0
Popular Democratic Union UDP 1,686 0.46% 0
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity POUS 1,417 0.39% 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party PSR 1,415 0.38% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 938 0.25% 0
Socialist Workers League LST 779 0.21% 0
Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization OCMLP 482 0.13% 0
Valid Votes 367,956 100.00% 16
Blank Votes 2,444 0.65%
Rejected Votes – Other 7,302 1.93%
Total Polled 377,702 81.69%
Registered Electors 462,356

The following candidates were elected:[34] António Barbosa de Azevedo (PSD); Domingues Azevedo (PS); Nogueira de Brito (CDS); Lemos Damião (PSD); Agostinho Domingues (PS); Basílio Horta (CDS); António Lopes (APU); Mesquita Machado (PS); António Marques Mendes (PSD); Amândio Oliveira (PSD); Armando Oliveira (CDS); Frederico Augusto Oliveira (PS); Jorge Guimarães Quinta (PS); Raul Rêgo (PS); João Maurício Fernandes Salgueiro (PSD); and Gaspar Teixeira (PS).

1980[edit]

Results of the 1980 legislative election held on 5 October 1980:[35]

Party Votes % Seats
Democratic Alliance AD 212,676 56.04% 9
Republican and Socialist Front FRS 113,648 29.95% 5
United People Alliance APU 32,449 8.55% 1
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity POUS 7,212 1.90% 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party PSR 4,360 1.15% 0
Popular Democratic Union UDP 3,346 0.88% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 1,977 0.52% 0
Labour Party PT 1,912 0.50% 0
Christian Democratic Party, Independent Movement
for the National Reconstruction /
Party of the Portuguese Right
and National Front
PDC-
MIRN/
PDP-FN
964 0.25% 0
Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization OCMLP 935 0.25% 0
Valid Votes 379,479 100.00% 15
Blank Votes 1,731 0.45%
Rejected Votes – Other 6,366 1.64%
Total Polled 387,576 89.31%
Registered Electors 433,979

The following candidates were elected:[36] Lemos Damião (AD); Basílio Horta (AD); Carlos Macedo (AD); Mesquita Machado (FRS); Jorge Miranda (FRS); Henrique de Moraes (AD); Armando Oliveira (AD); Carlos Pereira Pinho (AD); Raul Rêgo (FRS); Fernando Roriz (AD); Henrique Barrilaro Ruas (AD); Joaquim Baptista Sá (APU); Parcidio Soares (FRS); Cruz Vilaça (AD); and Salgado Zenha (FRS).

1970s[edit]

1979[edit]

Results of the 1979 legislative election held on 2 December 1979:[37]

Party Votes % Seats
Democratic Alliance AD 197,250 53.23% 9
Socialist Party PS 114,886 31.00% 5
United People Alliance APU 38,051 10.27% 1
Christian Democratic Party PDC 5,867 1.58% 0
Popular Democratic Union UDP 5,482 1.48% 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party PCTP 3,856 1.04% 0
Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy UEDS 2,955 0.80% 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party PSR 2,235 0.60% 0
Valid Votes 370,582 100.00% 15
Blank Votes 1,995 0.52%
Rejected Votes – Other 7,830 2.06%
Total Polled 380,407 91.30%
Registered Electors 416,650

The following candidates were elected:[38] João Pulido de Almeida (AD); Armando Correia (AD); Agostinho Domingues (PS); Basílio Horta (AD); Carlos Macedo (AD); Baptista Machado (AD); Mesquita Machado (PS); Henrique de Moraes (AD); Frederico Augusto Oliveira (PS); Domingos da Silva Pereira (AD); Carlos Pereira Pinho (AD); Raul Rêgo (PS); Fernando Roriz (AD); Joaquim Baptista Sá (APU); and Salgado Zenha (PS).

1976[edit]

Results of the 1976 legislative election held on 25 April 1976:[39]

Party Votes % Seats
Socialist Party PS 110,586 34.09% 6
Democratic People's Party PPD 97,886 30.17% 5
Social Democratic Centre Party CDS 86,148 26.56% 4
Portuguese Communist Party PCP 14,202 4.38% 0
Popular Democratic Union UDP 3,527 1.09% 0
People's Socialist Front FSP 2,945 0.91% 0
People's Monarchist Party PPM 2,658 0.82% 0
Christian Democratic Party PDC 1,722 0.53% 0
Re-Organized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat MRPP 1,589 0.49% 0
Movement of Socialist Left MES 998 0.31% 0
Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist–Leninist) PCP(ML) 930 0.29% 0
Internationalist Communist League LCI 651 0.20% 0
Worker–Peasant Alliance AOC 569 0.18% 0
Valid Votes 324,411 100.00% 15
Rejected Votes 18,133 5.29%
Total Polled 342,544 89.57%
Registered Electors 382,434

The following candidates were elected:[40] João Pulido de Almeida (CDS); Armando Bacelar (PS); Francisco Barroso (PPD); Vasco Valentim Baptista de Carvalho (PPD); José Ribeiro e Castro (CDS); Jorge Coutinho (PS); Basílio Horta (CDS); Mesquita Machado (PS); António Marques Mendes (PPD); Jorge Miranda (PPD); Henrique de Moraes (CDS); Jerónimo da Silva Pereira (PS); Raul Rêgo (PS); Joaquim Oliveira Rodrigues (PS); and Fernando Roriz (PPD).

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