# 15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

The 15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XV Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 28 March 2022 to 15 January 2024. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2022 Portuguese legislative election held on 30 January.
On 9 November 2023, the President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced the dissolution of the 15th Legislature, following the resignation of Prime Minister António Costa due to the Operation Influencer corruption investigation, and called for a snap election for 10 March 2024. The Assembly of the Republic was officially dissolved on 15 January 2024.

## Election

The 16th Portuguese legislative election was held on 30 January 2022. The Socialist Party (PS) remained as the largest party and achieved a surprise absolute majority.
| Party | Party | Assembly of the Republic | Assembly of the Republic | Assembly of the Republic | Assembly of the Republic |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/− |
| | PS | 2,302,601 | 41.38 | 120 | +12 |
| | PPD/PSD | 1,618,381 | 29.08 | 77 | –2 |
| | Chega | 399,659 | 7.18 | 12 | +11 |
| | IL | 273,687 | 4.92 | 8 | +7 |
| | CDU | 238,920 | 4.29 | 6 | –6 |
| | BE | 244,603 | 4.40 | 5 | –14 |
| | PAN | 88,152 | 1.58 | 1 | –3 |
| | Livre | 71,232 | 1.28 | 1 | ±0 |
| | CDS–PP | 89,181 | 1.60 | 0 | –5 |
| | Other/blank/invalid | 238,123 | 4.28 | 0 | ±0 |
| Total | Total | 5,564,539 | 100.00 | 230 | ±0 |

## Composition (2022–2024)
### Composition

| Party | Party | Parliamentary group leader | Elected | Elected | Dissolution | Dissolution |
| Party | Party | Parliamentary group leader | Seats | % | Seats | % |
| | PS | Eurico Brilhante Dias (Leiria) | 120 | 52.2 | 120 | 52.2 |
| | PPD/PSD | Paulo Mota Pinto [pt] (Leiria) (2022) Joaquim Miranda Sarmento (Lisbon) (2022–2024) | 77 | 33.5 | 75 | 32.6 |
| | Chega | Pedro Pinto (Faro) | 12 | 5.2 | 12 | 5.2 |
| | IL | Rodrigo Saraiva (Lisbon) | 8 | 3.5 | 8 | 3.5 |
| | PCP | Paula Santos (Setúbal) | 6 | 2.6 | 6 | 2.6 |
| | BE | Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon) | 5 | 2.2 | 5 | 2.2 |
| | PAN | Inês Sousa Real (Lisbon) | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| | Livre | Rui Tavares (Lisbon) | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| | Independent | António Maló de Abreu [pt] (Outside Europe) Rui Cristina (Faro) | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Total | Total | Total | 230 | 100.0 | 230 | 100.0 |

#### Changes

* António Maló de Abreu, Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) → Independent: Left the PSD citing deep disagreements with the leadership and that the party elections prospects were bad.
* Rui Cristina, Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) → Independent: Also left the party, after the party's leadership put him in an unelectable spot on the lists.

## Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic

Following President of the Assembly Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues' decision of not contesting the 2022 legislative election, the Socialist Party (PS) nominated Augusto Santos Silva as their candidate for President of the Assembly of the Republic. To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Santos Silva was easily elected:
Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 29 March 2022 | 29 March 2022 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 116 out of 230 | 116 out of 230 |
| | Augusto Santos Silva (PS) | 156 / 230 | Y |
| | Blank ballots | 63 / 230 | 63 / 230 |
| | Invalid ballots | 11 / 230 | 11 / 230 |
| | Absentees | 0 / 230 | 0 / 230 |
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