# 14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

The 14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XIV Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 25 October 2019 to 4 December 2021. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2019 legislative election, held on 6 October 2019.
The Legislature ended on 4 December 2021, when the President of the Republic announced its dissolution and called for a snap election on 30 January 2022, following the budget rejection by the Assembly in October 2021.

## Election

The 15th Portuguese legislative election was held on 6 October 2019. In the election, the Socialist Party (PS) became the largest party in the Assembly of the Republic but fell short of a majority.
| Party | Party | Assembly of the Republic | Assembly of the Republic | Assembly of the Republic | Assembly of the Republic |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/− |
| | PS | 1,903,687 | 36.35 | 108 | +22 |
| | PPD/PSD | 1,454,283 | 27.77 | 79 | –10 |
| | BE | 498,549 | 9.52 | 19 | ±0 |
| | CDU | 332,018 | 6.34 | 12 | –5 |
| | CDS–PP | 221,094 | 4.22 | 5 | –13 |
| | PAN | 173,931 | 3.32 | 4 | +3 |
| | Chega | 67,502 | 1.29 | 1 | +1 |
| | IL | 67,443 | 1.29 | 1 | +1 |
| | Livre | 56,940 | 1.09 | 1 | +1 |
| | Other/blank/invalid | 462,037 | 8.82 | 0 | ±0 |
| Total | Total | 5,237,484 | 100.00 | 230 | ±0 |

## Composition (2019–2022)

| Party | Party | Parliamentary group leader | Elected | Elected | Dissolution | Dissolution |
| Party | Party | Parliamentary group leader | Seats | % | Seats | % |
| | PS | Ana Catarina Mendes (Setúbal) | 108 | 47.0 | 108 | 47.0 |
| | PPD/PSD | Rui Rio (Porto) (2019–2020) Adão Silva [pt] (Bragança) (2020–2022) | 79 | 34.4 | 79 | 34.4 |
| | BE | Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon) | 19 | 8.2 | 19 | 8.2 |
| | PCP | João Oliveira (Évora) | 10 | 4.4 | 10 | 4.4 |
| | CDS–PP | Cecília Meireles (Porto) (2019–2020) Telmo Correia [pt] (Braga) (2020–2022) | 5 | 2.2 | 5 | 2.2 |
| | PAN | Inês Sousa Real (Lisbon) (2019–2021) Bebiana Cunha [pt] (Porto) (2021–2022) | 4 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.3 |
| | PEV | José Luís Ferreira [pt] (Setúbal) | 2 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 |
| | Chega | André Ventura (Lisbon) | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| | IL | João Cotrim de Figueiredo (Lisbon) | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| | Livre | Joacine Katar Moreira (Lisbon) | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Joacine Katar Moreira (Lisbon) Cristina Rodrigues (Setúbal) | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Total | Total | Total | 230 | 100.0 | 230 | 100.0 |

### Changes

* Joacine Katar Moreira, Livre (L) → Independent: Left Livre after the party leadership withdrew their confidence in her, due to deep disagreements between both sides.
* Cristina Rodrigues, People Animals Nature (PAN) → Independent: Left PAN following deep disagreements with the party's leadership.

## Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic

To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Then incumbent President of the Assembly Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, since 2015, ran for a second term and was easily re-elected:
Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 25 October 2019 | 25 October 2019 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 116 out of 230 | 116 out of 230 |
| | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS) | 178 / 230 | Y |
| | Blank ballots | 44 / 230 | 44 / 230 |
| | Invalid ballots | 8 / 230 | 8 / 230 |
| | Absentees | 0 / 230 | 0 / 230 |
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