# Leiria (Assembly of the Republic constituency)

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 2024 legislative election it had 412,184 registered electors.

## Electoral system

Leiria currently elects ten of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.

## Election results
### Summary

| Election | Unitary Democrats CDU / APU / PCP | Unitary Democrats CDU / APU / PCP | Unitary Democrats CDU / APU / PCP | Left Bloc BE / UDP | Left Bloc BE / UDP | Left Bloc BE / UDP | Socialists PS / FRS | Socialists PS / FRS | Socialists PS / FRS | People Animals Nature PAN | People Animals Nature PAN | People Animals Nature PAN | Democratic Renewal PRD | Democratic Renewal PRD | Democratic Renewal PRD | Social Democrats PSD / PàF / AD / PPD | Social Democrats PSD / PàF / AD / PPD | Social Democrats PSD / PàF / AD / PPD | Liberals IL | Liberals IL | Liberals IL | CDS – People's CDS–PP / CDS | CDS – People's CDS–PP / CDS | CDS – People's CDS–PP / CDS | Chega CH / PPV/CDC / PPV | Chega CH / PPV/CDC / PPV | Chega CH / PPV/CDC / PPV |
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats |
| 2024 | 6,625 | 2.50% | 0 | 11,748 | 4.43% | 0 | 61,561 | 23.23% | 3 | 4,655 | 1.76% | 0 | | | | 96,231 | 36.32% | 5 | 15,498 | 5.85% | 0 | | | | 53,820 | 20.31% | 2 |
| 2022 | 7,340 | 3.20% | 0 | 10,709 | 4.67% | 0 | 84,253 | 36.74% | 5 | 3,090 | 1.35% | 0 | | | | 81,827 | 35.68% | 4 | 12,400 | 5.41% | 0 | 4,834 | 2.11% | 0 | 18,918 | 8.25% | 1 |
| 2019 | 9,434 | 4.58% | 0 | 20,572 | 9.99% | 1 | 68,067 | 33.04% | 4 | 6,313 | 3.06% | 0 | | | | 73,311 | 35.59% | 5 | 2,023 | 0.98% | 0 | 11,616 | 5.64% | 0 | 3,259 | 1.58% | 0 |
| 2015 | 12,070 | 5.35% | 0 | 22,946 | 10.17% | 1 | 58,878 | 26.10% | 3 | 2,884 | 1.28% | 0 | | | | 114,829 | 50.89% | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2011 | 12,351 | 5.23% | 0 | 13,351 | 5.65% | 0 | 51,518 | 21.81% | 3 | 3,029 | 1.28% | 0 | | | | 116,941 | 49.50% | 6 | | | | 31,821 | 13.47% | 1 | 551 | 0.23% | 0 |
| 2009 | 12,643 | 5.35% | 0 | 23,418 | 9.92% | 1 | 74,294 | 31.47% | 4 | | | | | | | 86,195 | 36.51% | 4 | | | | 30,980 | 13.12% | 1 | 632 | 0.27% | 0 |
| 2005 | 11,423 | 4.75% | 0 | 13,788 | 5.74% | 0 | 88,623 | 36.89% | 4 | | | | | | | 99,244 | 41.31% | 5 | | | | 22,043 | 9.17% | 1 | | | |
| 2002 | 9,801 | 4.20% | 0 | 5,289 | 2.27% | 0 | 70,339 | 30.15% | 3 | | | | | | | 121,140 | 51.93% | 6 | | | | 23,460 | 10.06% | 1 | | | |
| 1999 | 12,357 | 5.42% | 0 | 3,848 | 1.69% | 0 | 85,593 | 37.57% | 4 | | | | | | | 99,192 | 43.54% | 5 | | | | 23,099 | 10.14% | 1 | | | |
| 1995 | 11,087 | 4.64% | 0 | 1,126 | 0.47% | 0 | 89,771 | 37.54% | 4 | | | | | | | 105,969 | 44.32% | 5 | | | | 27,863 | 11.65% | 1 | | | |
| 1991 | 10,742 | 4.58% | 0 | | | | 55,442 | 23.65% | 3 | | | | 1,478 | 0.63% | 0 | 147,279 | 62.82% | 7 | | | | 11,527 | 4.92% | 0 | | | |
| 1987 | 14,312 | 6.07% | 0 | 1,297 | 0.55% | 0 | 45,277 | 19.21% | 2 | | | | 7,308 | 3.10% | 0 | 146,879 | 62.32% | 9 | | | | 14,608 | 6.20% | 0 | | | |
| 1985 | 19,038 | 8.14% | 1 | 2,225 | 0.95% | 0 | 47,181 | 20.16% | 2 | | | | 36,830 | 15.74% | 2 | 93,193 | 39.82% | 5 | | | | 29,332 | 12.53% | 1 | | | |
| 1983 | 22,572 | 9.77% | 1 | 1,590 | 0.69% | 0 | 78,041 | 33.77% | 4 | | | | | | | 84,862 | 36.72% | 4 | | | | 38,556 | 16.68% | 2 | | | |
| 1980 | 24,460 | 9.96% | 1 | 2,618 | 1.07% | 0 | 57,117 | 23.26% | 3 | | | | | | | 150,353 | 61.24% | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1979 | 27,561 | 11.19% | 1 | 3,789 | 1.54% | 0 | 58,955 | 23.93% | 3 | | | | | | | 142,731 | 57.93% | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1976 | 16,226 | 7.75% | 1 | 2,136 | 1.02% | 0 | 69,236 | 33.07% | 4 | | | | | | | 69,457 | 33.18% | 4 | | | | 43,213 | 20.64% | 2 | | | |
(Figures in italics represent alliances.)

### Detailed
#### 2020s
##### 2024

Results of the 2024 legislative election held on 10 March 2024:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Democratic Alliance | AD | 96,231 | 36.32% | 5 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 61,561 | 23.23% | 3 |
| | Chega | CH | 53,820 | 20.31% | 2 |
| | Liberal Initiative | IL | 15,498 | 5.85% | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 11,748 | 4.43% | 0 |
| | LIVRE | L | 7,212 | 2.72% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 6,625 | 2.50% | 0 |
| | People Animals Nature | PAN | 4,655 | 1.76% | 0 |
| | National Democratic Alternative | ADN | 4,555 | 1.72% | 0 |
| | React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 1,136 | 0.43% | 0 |
| | New Right | ND | 739 | 0.28% | 0 |
| | Volt Portugal | Volt | 553 | 0.21% | 0 |
| | Ergue-te | E | 340 | 0.13% | 0 |
| | Alternative 21 (Earth Party and Alliance) | PT-A | 305 | 0.12% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 264,978 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 5,094 | 1.86% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 3,507 | 1.28% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 273,579 | 66.37% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 412,184 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Ana Sofia Antunes (PS); Sofia Carreira (AD); Ricardo Carvalho (AD); Walter Chicharro (PS); Eurico Brilhante Dias (PS); Telmo Faria (AD); Luís Paulo Fernandes (CH); Hugo Patrício Oliveira (AD); Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro (CH); and João Antunes Santos (AD).

##### 2022

Results of the 2022 legislative election held on 30 January 2022:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 84,253 | 36.74% | 5 |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 81,827 | 35.68% | 4 |
| | Chega | CH | 18,918 | 8.25% | 1 |
| | Liberal Initiative | IL | 12,400 | 5.41% | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 10,709 | 4.67% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 7,340 | 3.20% | 0 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 4,834 | 2.11% | 0 |
| | People Animals Nature | PAN | 3,090 | 1.35% | 0 |
| | LIVRE | L | 2,469 | 1.08% | 0 |
| | React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 1,199 | 0.52% | 0 |
| | National Democratic Alternative | ADN | 783 | 0.34% | 0 |
| | We, the Citizens! | NC | 376 | 0.16% | 0 |
| | Earth Party | PT | 355 | 0.15% | 0 |
| | Socialist Alternative Movement | MAS | 265 | 0.12% | 0 |
| | Volt Portugal | Volt | 209 | 0.09% | 0 |
| | Ergue-te | E | 173 | 0.08% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Labour Party | PTP | 137 | 0.06% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 229,337 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 3,801 | 1.61% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 2,690 | 1.14% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 235,828 | 57.09% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 413,063 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Catarina Sarmento e Castro (PS); Eurico Brilhante Dias (PS); Salvador Formiga (PS); João Marques (PSD); Hugo Patrício Oliveira (PSD); Paulo Mota Pinto (PSD); Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro (CH); António Sales (PS); Olga Silvestre (PSD); and Sara Velez (PS).

#### 2010s
##### 2019

Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 6 October 2019:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 73,311 | 35.59% | 5 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 68,067 | 33.04% | 4 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 20,572 | 9.99% | 1 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 11,616 | 5.64% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 9,434 | 4.58% | 0 |
| | People Animals Nature | PAN | 6,313 | 3.06% | 0 |
| | Chega | CH | 3,259 | 1.58% | 0 |
| | Alliance | A | 2,118 | 1.03% | 0 |
| | Liberal Initiative | IL | 2,023 | 0.98% | 0 |
| | LIVRE | L | 2,017 | 0.98% | 0 |
| | React, Include, Recycle | RIR | 1,615 | 0.78% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 1,595 | 0.77% | 0 |
| | Earth Party | PT | 636 | 0.31% | 0 |
| | National Renewal Party | PNR | 610 | 0.30% | 0 |
| | We, the Citizens! | NC | 574 | 0.28% | 0 |
| | Democratic Republican Party | PDR | 537 | 0.26% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 477 | 0.23% | 0 |
| | United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | PURP | 477 | 0.23% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Labour Party | PTP | 373 | 0.18% | 0 |
| | Together for the People | JPP | 213 | 0.10% | 0 |
| | Socialist Alternative Movement | MAS | 164 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 206,001 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 8,000 | 3.65% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 4,995 | 2.28% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 218,996 | 53.82% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 406,906 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Raul Miguel de Castro (PS); Margarida Balseiro Lopes (PSD); João Marques (PSD); Hugo Patrício Oliveira (PSD); Elza Pais (PS); João Paulo Pedrosa (PS); Pedro Roque (PSD); António Sales (PS); Olga Silvestre (PSD); and Ricardo Vicente (BE).

##### 2015

Results of the 2015 legislative election held on 4 October 2015:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Portugal Ahead | PàF | 114,829 | 50.89% | 6 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 58,878 | 26.10% | 3 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 22,946 | 10.17% | 1 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 12,070 | 5.35% | 0 |
| | Democratic Republican Party | PDR | 4,046 | 1.79% | 0 |
| | People Animals Nature | PAN | 2,884 | 1.28% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 2,493 | 1.10% | 0 |
| | LIVRE | L | 1,780 | 0.79% | 0 |
| | The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 1,186 | 0.53% | 0 |
| | National Renewal Party | PNR | 1,079 | 0.48% | 0 |
| | ACT! (Portuguese Labour Party and Socialist Alternative Movement) | AGIR | 914 | 0.41% | 0 |
| | We, the Citizens! | NC | 831 | 0.37% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 706 | 0.31% | 0 |
| | United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | PURP | 616 | 0.27% | 0 |
| | Together for the People | JPP | 369 | 0.16% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 225,627 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 6,883 | 2.90% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 4,679 | 1.97% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 237,189 | 56.14% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 422,474 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Assunção Cristas (PàF); Feliciano Barreiras Duarte (PàF); Margarida Balseiro Lopes (PàF); Margarida Marques (PS); José Miguel Medeiros (PS); Teresa Morais (PàF); Pedro Pimpão (PàF); António Sales (PS); José António Silva (PàF); and Heitor de Sousa (BE).

##### 2011

Results of the 2011 legislative election held on 5 June 2011:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 116,941 | 49.50% | 6 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 51,518 | 21.81% | 3 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 31,821 | 13.47% | 1 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 13,351 | 5.65% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 12,351 | 5.23% | 0 |
| | Party for Animals and Nature | PAN | 3,029 | 1.28% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 2,502 | 1.06% | 0 |
| | Hope for Portugal Movement | MEP | 1,084 | 0.46% | 0 |
| | The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 977 | 0.41% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Labour Party | PTP | 633 | 0.27% | 0 |
| | National Renewal Party | PNR | 595 | 0.25% | 0 |
| | Pro-Life Party | PPV | 551 | 0.23% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 453 | 0.19% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 445 | 0.19% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 236,251 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 8,597 | 3.46% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 3,906 | 1.57% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 248,754 | 58.55% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 424,870 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Assunção Cristas (CDS-PP); Feliciano Barreiras Duarte (PSD); Basílio Horta (PS); Odete João (PS); Fernando Marqués (PSD); Teresa Morais (PSD); João Paulo Pedrosa (PS); Maria Conceição Pereira (PSD); Pedro Pimpão (PSD); and Paulo Batista Santos (PSD).

#### 2000s
##### 2009

Results of the 2009 legislative election held on 27 September 2009:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 86,195 | 36.51% | 4 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 74,294 | 31.47% | 4 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 30,980 | 13.12% | 1 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 23,418 | 9.92% | 1 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 12,643 | 5.35% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 1,941 | 0.82% | 0 |
| | Hope for Portugal Movement | MEP | 1,194 | 0.51% | 0 |
| | Merit and Society Movement | MMS | 908 | 0.38% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 893 | 0.38% | 0 |
| | New Democracy Party | ND | 749 | 0.32% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 667 | 0.28% | 0 |
| | The Earth Party Movement and Humanist Party | MPT-PH | 636 | 0.27% | 0 |
| | Pro-Life Party | PPV | 632 | 0.27% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Labour Party | PTP | 516 | 0.22% | 0 |
| | National Renewal Party | PNR | 437 | 0.19% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 236,103 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 6,970 | 2.82% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 3,757 | 1.52% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 246,830 | 58.60% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 421,183 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Luís Amado (PS); Assunção Cristas (CDS-PP); Odete João (PS); Fernando Marqués (PSD); José Miguel Medeiros (PS); Teresa Morais (PSD); João Paulo Pedrosa (PS); Maria Conceição Pereira (PSD); Paulo Batista Santos (PSD); and Heitor de Sousa (BE).

##### 2005

Results of the 2005 legislative election held on 20 February 2005:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 99,244 | 41.31% | 5 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 88,623 | 36.89% | 4 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 22,043 | 9.17% | 1 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 13,788 | 5.74% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 11,423 | 4.75% | 0 |
| | New Democracy Party | ND | 1,867 | 0.78% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 1,485 | 0.62% | 0 |
| | Humanist Party | PH | 747 | 0.31% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 574 | 0.24% | 0 |
| | National Renewal Party | PNR | 465 | 0.19% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 240,259 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 5,807 | 2.33% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 3,118 | 1.25% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 249,184 | 64.86% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 384,186 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Luís Pais Antunes (PSD); Teresa Caeiro (CDS=PP); Osvaldo de Castro (PS); Alberto Costa (PS); Mário Santos David (PSD); Feliciano Barreiras Duarte (PSD); Odete João (PS); José Miguel Medeiros (PS); Maria Ofélia Moleiro (PSD); and Carlos Poço (PSD).

##### 2002

Results of the 2002 legislative election held on 17 March 2002:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 121,140 | 51.93% | 6 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 70,339 | 30.15% | 3 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 23,460 | 10.06% | 1 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 9,801 | 4.20% | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 5,289 | 2.27% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 997 | 0.43% | 0 |
| | The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 664 | 0.28% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 656 | 0.28% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 516 | 0.22% | 0 |
| | Humanist Party | PH | 415 | 0.18% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 233,277 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 2,982 | 1.25% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 2,380 | 1.00% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 238,639 | 62.81% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 379,949 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Ferreira do Amaral (PSD); Maria Celeste Cardona (CDS-PP); Graça Proença de Carvalho (PSD); Osvaldo de Castro (PS); António Costa (PS); Feliciano Barreiras Duarte (PSD); José Miguel Medeiros (PS); Maria Ofélia Moleiro (PSD); Paulo Batista Santos (PSD); and José António Silva (PSD).

#### 1990s
##### 1999

Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 10 October 1999:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 99,192 | 43.54% | 5 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 85,593 | 37.57% | 4 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 23,099 | 10.14% | 1 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 12,357 | 5.42% | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | BE | 3,848 | 1.69% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 1,724 | 0.76% | 0 |
| | The Earth Party Movement | MPT | 896 | 0.39% | 0 |
| | National Solidarity Party | PSN | 618 | 0.27% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 469 | 0.21% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 227,796 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 2,834 | 1.22% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 2,233 | 0.96% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 232,863 | 61.82% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 376,706 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Ferreira do Amaral (PSD); Carlos Ascenso André (PS); Maria Celeste Cardona (CDS-PP); Osvaldo de Castro (PS); Fernando Costa (PSD); Feliciano Barreiras Duarte (PSD); Maria Ofélia Moleiro (PSD); Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS); José António Silva (PSD); and Isabel Vigia (PS).

##### 1995

Results of the 1995 legislative election held on 1 October 1995:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 105,969 | 44.32% | 5 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 89,771 | 37.54% | 4 |
| | CDS – People's Party | CDS–PP | 27,863 | 11.65% | 1 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 11,087 | 4.64% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 1,451 | 0.61% | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 1,186 | 0.50% | 0 |
| | Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 1,126 | 0.47% | 0 |
| | Unity Movement for Workers | MUT | 651 | 0.27% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 239,104 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 2,465 | 1.01% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 2,959 | 1.21% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 244,528 | 65.34% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 374,257 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Osvaldo de Castro (PS); Gonçalo Ribeiro da Costa (CDS=PP); Maria Luisa Ferreira (PSD); Nunes Liberato (PSD); Laborinho Lúcio (PSD); Silva Marques (PSD); Henrique Neto (PS); Arnaldo Homem Rebelo (PS); João Poças Santos (PSD); and Rui Vieira (PS).

##### 1991

Results of the 1991 legislative election held on 6 October 1991:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 147,279 | 62.82% | 7 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 55,442 | 23.65% | 3 |
| | Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 11,527 | 4.92% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 10,742 | 4.58% | 0 |
| | National Solidarity Party | PSN | 3,467 | 1.48% | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 1,841 | 0.79% | 0 |
| | Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 1,478 | 0.63% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 1,217 | 0.52% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 877 | 0.37% | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of the Atlantic | PDA | 578 | 0.25% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 234,448 | 100.00% | 10 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 2,362 | 0.98% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 3,895 | 1.62% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 240,705 | 67.11% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 358,670 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Arlindo de Carvalho (PSD); Belarmino Correia (PSD); Fernando Costa (PSD); Vítor Crespo (PSD); Elisa Damião (PS); Júlio Henriques (PS); Laborinho Lúcio (PSD); Silva Marques (PSD); João Poças Santos (PSD); and Rui Vieira (PS).

#### 1980s
##### 1987

Results of the 1987 legislative election held on 19 July 1987:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 146,879 | 62.32% | 9 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 45,277 | 19.21% | 2 |
| | Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 14,608 | 6.20% | 0 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | CDU | 14,312 | 6.07% | 0 |
| | Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 7,308 | 3.10% | 0 |
| | Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 1,297 | 0.55% | 0 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 1,057 | 0.45% | 0 |
| | Communist Party (Reconstructed) | PC(R) | 979 | 0.42% | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 961 | 0.41% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 959 | 0.41% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Democratic Movement | MDP | 841 | 0.36% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 656 | 0.28% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 560 | 0.24% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 235,694 | 100.00% | 11 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 2,317 | 0.96% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 3,701 | 1.53% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 241,712 | 72.23% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 334,650 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Belarmino Correia (PSD); Torres Couto (PS); Vítor Crespo (PSD); Maria Luisa Ferreira (PSD); Reinaldo Gomes (PSD); Silva Marques (PSD); Licínio Moreira (PSD); Lalanda Ribeiro (PSD); João Poças Santos (PSD); Ercília Ribeiro da Silva (PSD); and Rui Vieira (PS).

##### 1985

Results of the 1985 legislative election held on 6 October 1985:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 93,193 | 39.82% | 5 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 47,181 | 20.16% | 2 |
| | Democratic Renewal Party | PRD | 36,830 | 15.74% | 2 |
| | Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 29,332 | 12.53% | 1 |
| | United People Alliance | APU | 19,038 | 8.14% | 1 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 3,145 | 1.34% | 0 |
| | Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 2,225 | 0.95% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 1,079 | 0.46% | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 1,038 | 0.44% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 502 | 0.21% | 0 |
| | Communist Party (Reconstructed) | PC(R) | 460 | 0.20% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 234,023 | 100.00% | 11 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 2,279 | 0.94% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 5,090 | 2.11% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 241,392 | 73.22% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 329,661 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Belarmino Correia (PSD); Miguel Anacoreta Correia (CDS); Reinaldo Gomes (PSD); António Marques (PRD); Silva Marques (PSD); Carlos Melancia (PS); Licínio Moreira (PSD); Mário Raposo (PSD); Joaquim Gomes dos Santos (APU); José Alberto Seabra (PRD); and Rui Vieira (PS).

##### 1983

Results of the 1983 legislative election held on 25 April 1983:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Social Democratic Party | PSD | 84,862 | 36.72% | 4 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 78,041 | 33.77% | 4 |
| | Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 38,556 | 16.68% | 2 |
| | United People Alliance | APU | 22,572 | 9.77% | 1 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 1,881 | 0.81% | 0 |
| | Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 1,590 | 0.69% | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 1,011 | 0.44% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 877 | 0.38% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 741 | 0.32% | 0 |
| | Socialist Workers League | LST | 724 | 0.31% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization | OCMLP | 271 | 0.12% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 231,126 | 100.00% | 11 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,816 | 0.76% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 5,427 | 2.28% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 238,369 | 77.33% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 308,231 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Miguel Anacoreta Correia (CDS); Fernando Costa (PSD); Vítor Crespo (PSD); João Eliseu (PS); Leonel Fadigas (PS); Francisco Menezes Falcão (CDS); Reinaldo Gomes (PSD); Almerindo Marques (PS); Silva Marques (PSD); Hermínio Oliveira (PS); and Joaquim Gomes dos Santos (APU).

##### 1980

Results of the 1980 legislative election held on 5 October 1980:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Democratic Alliance | AD | 150,353 | 61.24% | 7 |
| | Republican and Socialist Front | FRS | 57,117 | 23.26% | 3 |
| | United People Alliance | APU | 24,460 | 9.96% | 1 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 4,895 | 1.99% | 0 |
| | Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 2,618 | 1.07% | 0 |
| | Labour Party | PT | 1,720 | 0.70% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 1,351 | 0.55% | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 1,221 | 0.50% | 0 |
| | Christian Democratic Party, Independent Movement for the National Reconstruction / Party of the Portuguese Right and National Front | PDC- MIRN/ PDP- FN | 909 | 0.37% | 0 |
| | Democratic Party of the Atlantic | PDA | 880 | 0.36% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 245,524 | 100.00% | 11 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,392 | 0.55% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 4,360 | 1.74% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 251,276 | 83.77% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 299,972 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Alfredo Barroso (FRS); Fernando Costa (AD); Vítor Crespo (AD); Cardoso e Cunha (AD); Francisco de Oliveira Dias (AD); Francisco Menezes Falcão (AD); Reinaldo Gomes (AD); António Maldonado Gonelha (FRS); Silva Marques (AD); Guilherme Santos (FRS); and Joaquim Gomes dos Santos (APU).

#### 1970s
##### 1979

Results of the 1979 legislative election held on 2 December 1979:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Democratic Alliance | AD | 142,731 | 57.93% | 7 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 58,955 | 23.93% | 3 |
| | United People Alliance | APU | 27,561 | 11.19% | 1 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 4,674 | 1.90% | 0 |
| | Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 3,789 | 1.54% | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party | PCTP | 2,641 | 1.07% | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Socialist Unity | POUS | 2,621 | 1.06% | 0 |
| | Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy | UEDS | 1,760 | 0.71% | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | PSR | 1,663 | 0.67% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 246,395 | 100.00% | 11 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,968 | 0.77% | |
| Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | Rejected votes – other | 5,750 | 2.26% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 254,113 | 86.56% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 293,564 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Luís Coimbra (AD); Fernando Costa (AD); Vítor Crespo (AD); Cardoso e Cunha (AD); Francisco de Oliveira Dias (AD); Reinaldo Gomes (AD); António Maldonado Gonelha (PS); Rui Manuel Lemos (AD); Rui Mateus (PS); Guilherme Santos (PS); and Joaquim Gomes dos Santos (APU).

##### 1976

Results of the 1976 legislative election held on 25 April 1976:
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Democratic People's Party | PPD | 69,457 | 33.18% | 4 |
| | Socialist Party | PS | 69,236 | 33.07% | 4 |
| | Social Democratic Centre Party | CDS | 43,213 | 20.64% | 2 |
| | Portuguese Communist Party | PCP | 16,226 | 7.75% | 1 |
| | Popular Democratic Union | UDP | 2,136 | 1.02% | 0 |
| | People's Socialist Front | FSP | 2,094 | 1.00% | 0 |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PPM | 1,633 | 0.78% | 0 |
| | Christian Democratic Party | PDC | 1,448 | 0.69% | 0 |
| | Re-Organized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat | MRPP | 1,169 | 0.56% | 0 |
| | Movement of Socialist Left | MES | 1,009 | 0.48% | 0 |
| | Internationalist Communist League | LCI | 814 | 0.39% | 0 |
| | Worker–Peasant Alliance | AOC | 514 | 0.25% | 0 |
| | Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist–Leninist) | PCP(ML) | 399 | 0.19% | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 209,348 | 100.00% | 11 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 13,404 | 6.02% | |
| Total polled | Total polled | Total polled | 222,752 | 80.25% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 277,582 | | |
The following candidates were elected: Fernando Costa (PPD); Rodolfo Crespo (PS); Francisco de Oliveira Dias (CDS); Vasco da Gama Fernandes (PS); João Manuel Ferreira (PPD); José Júnior (PPD); Telmo Neto (PS); Rui Pena (CDS); Walter Rosa (PS); Joaquim Gomes dos Santos (PCP); and Gonçalves Sapinho (PPD).