# People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)

The People's Monarchist Party (Portuguese: Partido Popular Monárquico, pronounced) is a political party in Portugal. It was founded in 1974 by various groups opposing the Estado Novo, in the context of the Carnation Revolution.
The party seeks the restoration of the Portuguese monarchy. The People's Monarchist Party is a member of the International Monarchist Conference and the European Christian Political Movement.

## History

The party is known for its dispute with Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, with party leader, Nuno da Câmara Pereira, supporting a rival claimant, Pedro José, Duke of Loulé.
The party had, until 2009, two representatives in the Assembly of the Republic, elected on the lists of the Social Democratic Party, following an agreement with the latter party's leader, Pedro Santana Lopes. In 2009, under the leadership of Câmara Pereira, the party decided to run in the elections of that year on its own, gaining no seats.
The party had not been elected on its own since the dissolution of the Democratic Alliance, of which it was a part, and seldom reached 0.5% of votes.

## Leaders

* Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, 1974–1988
* Augusto Ferreira do Amaral, 1988–1990
* Nuno Cardoso da Silva, 1990–1993
* Fernando de Sá Monteiro, 1993–1997
* Miguel Ataíde, 1997–2005
* Nuno da Câmara Pereira, 2005–2010
* Paulo Estêvão, 2010–2017
* Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira, 2017–present

## Notable members

* Henrique Barrilaro Ruas
* Francisco Rolão Preto
* Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles
* António Sousa Lara

## Election results
### Assembly of the Republic

| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
| 1975 | Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles | 32,526 | 0.6 (#10) | 0 / 250 | | No seats |
| 1976 | Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles | 28,320 | 0.5 (#10) | 0 / 263 | 0 | No seats |
| 1979 | Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles | Democratic Alliance | Democratic Alliance | 5 / 250 | 5 | Coalition |
| 1980 | Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles | Democratic Alliance | Democratic Alliance | 6 / 250 | 1 | Coalition |
| 1983 | Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles | 27,635 | 0.5 (#6) | 0 / 250 | 6 | No seats |
| 1985 | Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles | with PS | with PS | 1 / 250 | 1 | Opposition |
| 1987 | Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles | 23,218 | 0.4 (#10) | 0 / 250 | 1 | No seats |
| 1991 | Nuno Cardoso da Silva | 25,216 | 0.4 (#9) | 0 / 230 | 0 | No seats |
| 1995 | Fernando de Sá Monteiro | Ecology & Future | Ecology & Future | 0 / 230 | 0 | No seats |
| 1999 | Miguel Ataíde | 16,522 | 0.3 (#8) | 0 / 230 | 0 | No seats |
| 2002 | Miguel Ataíde | 12,398 | 0.2 (#8) | 0 / 230 | 0 | No seats |
| 2005 | Nuno da Câmara Pereira [pt] | with PSD | with PSD | 2 / 230 | 2 | Opposition |
| 2009 | Nuno da Câmara Pereira [pt] | 15,262 | 0.3 (#10) | 0 / 230 | 2 | No seats |
| 2011 | Paulo Estêvão [pt] | 14,687 | 0.3 (#12) | 0 / 230 | 0 | No seats |
| 2015 | Paulo Estêvão [pt] | 14,916 | 0.3 (#14) | 0 / 230 | 0 | No seats |
| 2019 | Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira | 8,389 | 0.2 (#19) | 0 / 230 | 0 | No seats |
| 2022 | Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira | 260 | 0.0 (#23) | 0 / 230 | 0 | No seats |
| 2024 | Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira | Democratic Alliance | Democratic Alliance | 0 / 230 | 0 | No seats |

### European Parliament

| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
| 1987 | Miguel Esteves Cardoso | 155,990 | 2.77 (#6) | 0 / 24 | New | – |
| 1989 | Miguel Esteves Cardoso | 56,900 | 2.03 (#5) | 0 / 24 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | Paula Marinho | 8,300 | 0.27 (#11) | 0 / 25 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | Unclear | 16,182 | 0.45 (#7) | 0 / 25 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira | 15,454 | 0.45 (#7) | 0 / 24 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | Frederico Duarte Carvalho | 14,414 | 0.40 (#11) | 0 / 22 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | Nuno Correia da Silva | 17,185 | 0.45 (#11) | 0 / 21 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | André Ventura | Basta! | Basta! | 0 / 21 | 0 | – |
| 2024 | Sebastião Bugalho | Democratic Alliance | Democratic Alliance | 0 / 21 | 0 | – |

### Regional Assemblies
#### Azorean Regional Parliament

| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Government |
| 1984 | | 41 | 0.0 (#8) | 0 / 47 | | No seats |
| 1988 | | 162 | 0.2 (#9) | 0 / 47 | 0 | No seats |
| 1992 | | AD – Azores | AD – Azores | 0 / 47 | 0 | No seats |
| 2000 | | Democratic Convergence | Democratic Convergence | 0 / 47 | | No seats |
| 2004 | | 293 | 0.3 (#6) | 0 / 47 | 0 | No seats |
| 2008 | Paulo Estêvão [pt] | 423 | 0.5 (#8) | 1 / 47 | 1 | Opposition |
| 2012 | Paulo Estêvão [pt] | 86 | 0.1 (#12) | 1 / 47 | 0 | Opposition |
| 2016 | Paulo Estêvão [pt] | 866 | 0.9 (#7) | 1 / 47 | 0 | Opposition |
| 2020 | Paulo Estêvão [pt] | 2,415 | 2.3 (#6) | 2 / 47 | 1 | Coalition |
| 2024 | Paulo Estêvão [pt] | PSD/CDS/PPM | PSD/CDS/PPM | 1 / 47 | 1 | Coalition |