The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel by militants who were at the time with the Portuguese Socialist Action. The PS is a member of the Socialist International,Progressive Alliance and Party of European Socialists,and has nine members in the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group during the 9th European Parliament. It has been the governing party of Portugal since November 2015,subsequently winning the 2019 and 2022 legislative elections.
The 2009 Portuguese legislative election was held on 27 September,to renew all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. The Socialist Party,led by incumbent Prime Minister JoséSócrates,won the largest number of seats,but didn't repeat the overall majority they gained in 2005.
Rui Miguel Marcelino Tavares Pereira is a Portuguese historian and politician. He has been elected a Member of the Assembly of the Republic in the 2022 legislative election,and has been a member of the Lisbon City Council since 2021.
The 2015 Portuguese legislative election was held on 4 October. All 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic were in contention.
Mariana Rodrigues Mortágua is a Portuguese economist and politician who is the National Coordinator of the Left Bloc,serving since 28 May 2023. In 2013,she was elected to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal,replacing Ana Drago.
Augusto Ernesto dos Santos Silva is a Portuguese sociologist,university professor,and politician who has been the President of the Assembly of the Republic since 2022,in the 15th Legislature. From November 2015 to March 2022,he was the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs,in the XXI and XXII Constitutional Governments led by Prime Minister António Costa.
Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 24 January. The incumbent President,Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,was reelected for a second term.
AndréClaro Amaral Ventura is a Portuguese politician,jurist,university teacher,tax expert and former sports pundit,who is the founder and President of the right-wing populist political party Chega.
Joacine Elysees Katar Tavares Moreira is a Bissau-Guinean-born Portuguese academic,activist and politician.
Teresa de Andrade Leal Coelho is a Portuguese politician who was a member of the Assembly of the Republic between 2011 and 2019.
Romualda Fernandes is a Portuguese jurist and politician,originally from Guinea-Bissau. She was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic as a representative of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) in 2019.
Diana Ferreira is a Portuguese psychologist and politician. A member of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP),she has been a deputy to the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal since September 2014,representing the Porto constituency.
Sandra Cunha was a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic as a member of the Bloco de Esquerda. She resigned in April 2021. Before joining parliament,Cunha was a part-time assistant professor at the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão. As a lesbian,Cunha was among the winners of Portugal's Arco-íris (Rainbow) award in 2018 in the category "Coming Out".
Joana Rodrigues Mortágua is a Portuguese politician. A member of the Left Bloc,she has been a deputy in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic since 2015,representing Setúbal.
Members of Parliament in the 2024 Portuguese legislative election will be elected in a closed list proportional representation system. Each constituency in Portugal elects a certain number of MPs depending on their number of registered voters. This number ranges from a minimum of 2 MPs in Portalegre to 48 in Lisbon. In this page,the names of the head candidates by party and/or coalition for each constituency will be listed. The leader of each party/coalition is displayed in bold.
Lisbon 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 Lisbon. The constituency currently elects 48 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 1,919,958 registered electors.
Porto 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 Porto. The constituency currently elects 40 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 1,589,053 registered electors.
Leiria 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 Leiria. The constituency currently elects ten 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 413,063 registered electors.
Coimbra 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 Coimbra. The constituency currently elects nine 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 374,935 registered electors.
Fabian Filipe Figueiredo is a Portuguese politician and Sociologist from the Left Bloc. He has served for a short period as a member of the Assembly of the Republic,from April to June 2021. He was elected in the 2024 legislative election as a deputy from Lisbon.
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