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17th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

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17th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
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Overview
Legislative bodyAssembly of the Republic
JurisdictionPortugal
Meeting placePalace of Saint Benedict
Term3 June 2025 –
Election18 May 2025
GovernmentXXV Constitutional Government
Websiteparlamento.pt
Deputies
Members230
PresidentJosé Pedro Aguiar-Branco, PPD/PSD
First Vice-PresidentTeresa Morais, PPD/PSD
Second Vice-PresidentDiogo Pacheco de Amorim, CH
Third Vice-PresidentMarcos Perestrello, PS
Fourth Vice-PresidentRodrigo Saraiva, IL
First SecretaryFrancisco Figueira, PPD/PSD
Second SecretaryGabriel Mithá Ribeiro, CH
Third SecretaryJoana Ferreira Lima, PS
Fourth SecretaryGermana Rocha, PPD/PSD

The 17th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XVII Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) is the current meeting of the Assembly of the Republic. It first convened on 3 June 2025,[1] with its membership being determined by the results of the 2025 Portuguese legislative election held the previous 18 May.

Election

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The 18th Portuguese legislative election was held on 18 May 2025. The Democratic Alliance (AD) was re-elected with a stronger mandate, albeit without a majority.[2] For the first time in democracy, PS fell to third place, while Chega became the second largest party in the Assembly.[3][4]

Party Assembly of the Republic
Votes % Seats +/−
AD[a] 2,008,488 31.78 91 +11
Chega 1,438,554 22.76 60 +10
PS 1,442,546 22.83 58 –20
IL 338,974 5.36 9 +1
Livre 257,291 4.07 6 +2
CDU 183,686 2.91 3 –1
BE 125,808 1.99 1 –4
PAN 86,930 1.38 1 ±0
JPP 20,900 0.33 1 +1
Other/blank/invalid 416,792 6.59 0 ±0
Total 6,319,969 100.00 230 ±0

Composition (2025–present)

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List of members

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Current composition

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Party Parliamentary leader Elected
Seats %
PPD/PSD Hugo Soares (Braga) 89 38.7
Chega Pedro Pinto (Faro) 60 26.1
PS Pedro Delgado Alves (Coimbra) (2025)
Eurico Brilhante Dias (Leiria) (since 2025) 		58 25.2
IL Mariana Leitão (Lisbon) 9 3.9
Livre Isabel Mendes Lopes (Lisbon) 6 2.6
PCP Paula Santos (Setúbal) 3 1.3
CDS–PP Paulo Núncio (Lisbon) 2 0.9
BE Mariana Mortágua (Lisbon) 1 0.4
PAN Inês Sousa Real (Lisbon) 1 0.4
JPP Filipe Sousa (Madeira) 1 0.4
 Total 230 100.0

Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic

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The election of a new President of the Assembly of the Republic was held in the first session of the new Legislature, on 3 June 2025. Incumbent President José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) was the sole candidate and was re-elected by a landslide.[5]

Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic
1st Ballot → 3 June 2025
Required majority → 116 out of 230
José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (PPD/PSD)
202 / 230
 checkY
Blank ballots
25 / 230
Invalid ballots
3 / 230
Absentees
0 / 230
Sources: [5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sum of votes between the PSD/CDS–PP lists in mainland Portugal and Madeira with the PSD/CDS–PP/PPM list in the Azores. The 3 MPs elected in the Azores coalition are all from PPD/PSD.

References

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  1. ^ Pinto, Salomé (20 May 2025). "Próximos passos até à tomada de posse do Governo. Veja as datas". Eco (in Portuguese). Lisbon. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Legislativas. AD vence eleições e pede que oposição deixe governar". RTP (in Portuguese). 19 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Deputados da emigração divididos entre Chega e AD, PS não elegeu: Ventura confirmado como líder do maior partido da oposição". Expresso. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Mapa Oficial n.º 2-A/2025, de 31 de maio" (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Diário da República. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Aguiar-Branco reeleito presidente da Assembleia da República". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
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