Portuguese Constituent Assembly election, 1975
Portuguese Constituent Assembly election, 1975
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The Portuguese Constituent Assembly election, 1975 was carried out in Portugal on 25 April 1975, exactly one year after the Carnation Revolution and was the first free election in fifty years, the first in the new democratic regime created after the revolution which made the turnout the highest ever.
The main aim of the election was the election of a Constituent Assembly, in order to write a new Constitution to replace the Estado Novo regime's authoritarian Constitution of 1933 and so, the elected parliament had a single year mandate and no government was based on the parliament support, the country continued to be governed by a military-civilian provisional administration.
The election was, perhaps surprisingly, won by the Socialist Party. The Social Democratic Party was the second most voted party, defending a project that it would soon abandon, the social-democracy becoming the major right-wing party in the country a few years after. The parliament had a large majority of parties defending socialist or "democratic socialist" ideas and the Constitution, approved one year after, reflected such influence. The Portuguese Communist Party achieved a surprisingly low voting, considering the overwhelming support in the south of the country and the radical turn to the left of the revolutionary process after the failed fascist coup, one month before.
Parties
The major parties involved and the respective leaders:
Opinion Polling
National summary of votes and seats
Summary of the 25 April 1975 Constituent Assembly elections results
| Parties |
Votes |
% |
MPs |
MPs %/
votes % |
| 1975 |
% |
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Socialist |
2,162,972 | 37.87 | 116 | 46.40 | 1.23 |
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Social Democratic |
1,507,282 | 26.39 | 81 | 32.40 | 1.23 |
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Portuguese Communist Party |
711,935 | 12.46 | 30 | 12.00 | 0.96 |
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Democratic and Social Centre |
434,879 | 7.61 | 16 | 6.40 | 0.84 |
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Portuguese Democratic Movement |
236,318 | 4.14 | 5 | 2.00 | 0.48 |
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People's Socialist Front |
66,307 | 1.16 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
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Movement of Socialist Left |
58,248 | 1.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
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People's Democratic Union |
44,877 | 0.79 | 1 | 0.40 | 0.51 |
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Communist Electoral Front (Marxist–Leninist) |
33,185 | 0.58 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
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People's Monarchist Party |
32,526 | 0.57 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
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Popular Unity Party |
13,138 | 0.23 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
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Internationalist Communist League |
10,835 | 0.19 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
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Independent Democratic Association of Macau[A] |
1,622 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.40 | 13.33 |
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Democratic Centre of Macau[A] |
1,030 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Total valid |
5,315,064 |
93.05 |
250 |
100.00 |
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| Invalid ballots |
396,675 | 6.95 | |
| Total (turnout 91.66%) |
5,711,829 |
100.00 |
| A Independent Democratic Association of Macau and Democratic Centre of Macau electoral list only in Macau. |
| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |
| Vote share |
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| PS |
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37.87% |
| PSD |
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26.39% |
| PCP |
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12.46% |
| CDS |
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7.61% |
| MDP/CDE |
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4.14% |
| FSP |
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1.16% |
| MES |
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1.02% |
| UDP |
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0.79% |
| Others/Invalides |
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8.56% |
References
External links
See also
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