Portugal 2029 legislative election
What do we know about the 2029 legislative election in Portugal?
The law's term puts it in 2029. No day is in our data yet.
Portugal- Date:
- No day in our data
- Term rule
When is the 2029 legislative election in Portugal?
As of , the law's term gives the year of the 2029 legislative election in Portugal: no day in our data yet.
Polling day
No day in our dataWorked out from the length of the term the law sets; no official notice sets the date yet. Source: Term rule.
Three things
- The contest
Legislative election.
- The date
No day is in our data yet.
The law's term gives only the year, 2029.
- The result
No result in our data yet.
When an official source we read publishes the count, this page shows it: the results by party, or the turnout where the count is by candidate.
From the date to the official result
Date listed
Next
Polling day
Later
Published count
Later
Final record
Later
What did the newest result in our data show?
- Socialist Party 120 +12 seats 42.5% +4.3 points
- Social Democratic Party 72 −7 seats 28.4% −0.8 points
- Chega 12 +11 seats 7.4% +6.0 points
- Liberal Initiative 8 +7 seats 5.0% +3.7 points
- Left Bloc 5 −14 seats 4.5% −5.5 points
- Portuguese Communist Party 6 4.4%
- Party for Animals and Nature 1 −3 seats 1.6% −1.9 points
- Livre 1 0 seats 1.3% +0.2 points
- CDS – People's Party 3 −2 seats 1.6% −2.8 points
- People's Monarchist Party 2 0.5%
- Seats won
- Change on the previous election at the right
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the Portugal 2019 legislative election, party by party.
- Socialist Party120
- Social Democratic Party72
- Chega12
- Liberal Initiative8
- Portuguese Communist Party6
- Left Bloc5
- CDS – People's Party3
- People's Monarchist Party2
- Livre1
- Party for Animals and Nature1
51.5% of the 10,813,246 registered voters cast a ballot (5,564,539 ballots), up 2.9 points on 2019.
This result comes from ParlGov, which reaches June 2023. A later election of this kind is not in our data yet.
What is the background?
- The chamber had 230 seats at the newest legislative election with a result in our data, and 116 made a majority.
- 10 parties held seats after the newest legislative election with a result in our data.
- Our data holds the results of 17 legislative elections in Portugal, the first in 1975.
- Turnout at the 17 national parliament elections in our data averaged 68.2%. It was 51.5% in 2022, the latest.
- The law of Portugal sets a term of 4 years between votes of this kind.
- The last vote of this kind we know of was on Sunday 18 May 2025.
How many people usually vote?
Turnout at each election
| Election | Turnout |
|---|---|
| Friday 25 April 1975 | 91.7% |
| Sunday 25 April 1976 | 83.5% |
| Sunday 2 December 1979 | 82.9% |
| Sunday 5 October 1980 | 83.9% |
| Monday 25 April 1983 | 77.8% |
| Sunday 6 October 1985 | 74.2% |
| Sunday 19 July 1987 | 71.6% |
| Sunday 6 October 1991 | 67.8% |
| Sunday 1 October 1995 | 66.3% |
| Sunday 10 October 1999 | 61.1% |
| Sunday 17 March 2002 | 61.5% |
| Sunday 20 February 2005 | 64.3% |
| Sunday 27 September 2009 | 59.7% |
| Sunday 5 June 2011 | 58.0% |
| Sunday 4 October 2015 | 55.8% |
| Sunday 6 October 2019 | 48.6% |
| Sunday 30 January 2022 | 51.5% |
How the date changed
- Term rule gave 2029.
Time and source Data as of