Portuguese legislative election, 1980

Portuguese legislative election, 1980

← 1979 5 October 1980 1983 →
250 seats to the Portuguese Assembly 125 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Francisco Sá Carneiro Mário Soares Party AD FRS Leader since 29 April 1979 19 April 1973 Leader's seat Lisbon Lisbon Last election 128 seats, 45.3% 74 seats, 27.3%1 Seats won 134 74 Seat change 6 0 Popular vote 2,868,076 1,673,279 Percentage 47.6% 27.8% Swing 2.3% 0.5%
The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
Prime Minister before election Francisco Sá Carneiro PSD Elected Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro PSD

Portugal

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Francisco Sá Carneiro
PSD

Francisco Sá Carneiro
PSD

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Politics and government of
Portugal

The Portuguese legislative election of 1980 took place on 5 October. In January 1980, the Democratic Alliance, which had won the previous election, on 2 December 1979, entered office with Francisco Sá Carneiro leading the government. However, this election was an extraordinary election, and so, in 1980, another election was held.

The major parties involved and the respective leaders:

The leader of the Democratic Alliance, Francisco Sá Carneiro, member of the Social Democratic Party was nominated Prime-Minister.

¹ Republican and Socialist Front results are compared to the combined totals of the Socialist Party in the 1979 election.