Portuguese legislative election, 1985

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
Portugal

This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
Portugal

The Portuguese legislative election of 1985 took place on October 6. In June of the same year, the former Prime-Minister, Mário Soares, had resigned from the job due to the lack of parliamentary support, the government was composed by a coalition of the two major parties, the center-right Social Democratic and the center-left Socialist, in what was called the Central Bloc, however this was an unstable balance of forces and several members of each party opposed such alliance. The new leader of the Social Democratic Party, Cavaco Silva, elected in May, was among those that never supported such alliance, and short after being elected leader of the party made the coalition fall in July.

A new election was called by the President and the Social Democrats won with a short majority and Cavaco became the Prime-Minister. Meanwhile, a new party had been founded by supporters of the President Ramalho Eanes, the Democratic Renovator Party, led by Hermínio Martinho that surprisingly gained 45 MPs in the election and became the parliamentary support of the Cavaco's government until 1987, when it removed its support, making Cavaco fall. The Communists and the Socialists lost votes and MPs and the left would only return to the government ten years later, in 1995.

The major parties involved and the respective leaders:

Aníbal Cavaco Silva, leader of the Social Democratic Party, was nominated Prime Minister for the first time.

[edit] National summary of votes and seats

The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
Enlarge
The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
Portuguese legislative election, 1985 October 6
Logo Party Votes % Change Seats
PSD
 1,732,288 29.9% - 88
PS 1,204,321 20.8% - 57
PRD 1,038,893 17.9% - 45
APU 898,281 15.5% - 38
CDS 577,580 10.0% - 22
UDP 73,401 1.3% - 0
PDC 41,831 0.7% - 0
PSR 35,238 0.6% - 0
PCTP/MRPP 19,943 0.3% - 0
POUS 19,085 0.6% - 0
PC(R) 12,749 0.2% - 0
- Blank Ballots 48,709 00.8% - -
- Invalid Ballots 96,610 01.7% - -
- - 5,798,929 - - 250
  • Registered Voters: 7,818,981
  • Turnout: 74.16%

Notes:

  • APU was composed by the PCP (Communist) (35 MPs) and the MDP/CDE (Socialist) (3 MPs).

(source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)

[edit] References

[edit] See also

Elections in Portugal
Presidential elections
1976 | 1980 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006
Legislative elections
1975 | 1976 | 1979 | 1980 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2002 | 2005
Local elections
1976 | 1979 | 1982 | 1985 | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005
Regional Legislative elections
1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004
European Parliament elections
1987 | 1989 | 1994 | 1999 | 2004
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../p/o/r/Portuguese_legislative_election%2C_1985.html"
In other languages