# 13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

The 13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XIII Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 23 October 2015 to 24 October 2019. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2015 legislative election, held on 4 October 2015.

## Election

The 14th Portuguese legislative election was held on 4 October 2015. In the election, the Portugal Ahead coalition (PàF), composed by the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) and the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP), remained as the largest party, but fell short of a majority. The Socialist Party (PS), the Left Bloc (BE), the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) managed to form a minority government led by PS with the support of BE, PCP and PEV.
| Party | Party | Assembly of the Republic | Assembly of the Republic | Assembly of the Republic | Assembly of the Republic |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/− |
| | PàF | 2,085,465 | 38.56 | 107 | –25 |
| | PS | 1,747,730 | 32.32 | 86 | +12 |
| | BE | 550,945 | 10.19 | 19 | +11 |
| | CDU | 445,901 | 8.25 | 17 | +1 |
| | PAN | 75,170 | 1.39 | 1 | +1 |
| | Other/blank/invalid | 502,881 | 9.29 | 0 | ±0 |
| Total | Total | 5,408,092 | 100.00 | 230 | ±0 |

## Composition (2015–2019)

| Party | Party | Parliamentary group leader | Elected | Elected | Dissolution | Dissolution |
| Party | Party | Parliamentary group leader | Seats | % | Seats | % |
| | PPD/PSD | Luís Montenegro (Aveiro) (2015–2017) Hugo Soares (Braga) (2017–2018) Fernando Negrão (Setúbal) (2018–2019) | 89 | 38.7 | 89 | 38.7 |
| | PS | Carlos César (Azores) | 86 | 37.4 | 85 | 37.0 |
| | BE | Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon) | 19 | 8.2 | 19 | 8.2 |
| | CDS–PP | Nuno Magalhães (Setúbal) | 18 | 7.8 | 18 | 7.8 |
| | PCP | João Oliveira (Évora) | 15 | 6.5 | 15 | 6.5 |
| | PEV | Heloísa Apolónia (Setúbal) | 2 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 |
| | PAN | André Silva (Lisbon) | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | Paulo Trigo Pereira [pt] (Setúbal) | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Total | Total | Total | 230 | 100.0 | 230 | 100.0 |

### Changes

* Paulo Trigo Pereira, Socialist Party (PS) → Independent: Left the Socialists' parliamentary group citing policy differences between him and the caucus leadership.

## Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic

To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. The Socialist Party (PS), backed by the Left Bloc (BE) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), proposed Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues as their candidate, while the Social Democratic Party (PSD) proposed Fernando Negrão, who was backed by the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP). Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues was elected:
Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 23 October 2015 | 23 October 2015 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 116 out of 230 | 116 out of 230 |
| | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS) | 120 / 230 | Y |
| | Fernando Negrão (PPD/PSD) | 108 / 230 | N |
| | Blank ballots | 2 / 230 | 2 / 230 |
| | Invalid ballots | 0 / 230 | 0 / 230 |
| | Absentees | 0 / 230 | 0 / 230 |
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