13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

The 13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XIII Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) was a meeting of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal. It convened on 23 October 2015, with its membership determined by the results of the 2015 Portuguese legislative election held the previous 4 October. The Legislature ran its full term of 4 years, and ended on 24 October 2019.

13th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
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Overview
Legislative body	Assembly of the Republic
Meeting place	Palace of Saint Benedict
Term	23 October 2015 (2015-10-23) – 24 October 2019 (2019-10-24)
Election	4 October 2015
Government	XX Constitutional Government (2015) XXI Constitutional Government (2015–2019)
Website	parlamento.pt
Deputies
Members	230
President	Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)
First Vice-President	José Matos Correia (PPD/PSD)
Second Vice-President	Jorge Lacão (PS)
Third Vice-President	José Manuel Pureza (BE)
Fourth Vice-President	Teresa Caeiro (CDS–PP)
First Secretary	Duarte Pacheco (PPD/PSD)
Second Secretary	Idália Serrão (PS)
Third Secretary	Moisés Ferreira (BE)
Fourth Secretary	Abel Baptista (CDS–PP) (2015–2016) António Carlos Monteiro (CDS–PP) (2016–2019)

Election

The 14th Portuguese legislative election was held on 4 October 2015. In the election, the Portugal Ahead coalition (PàF), composed by the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) and the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP), remained as the largest party, but fell short of a majority.^[1] The Socialist Party (PS), the Left Bloc (BE), the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) managed to form a minority government led by PS with the support of BE, PCP and PEV.

Party		Assembly of the Republic
		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PàF	2,085,465	38.56	107	–25
	PS	1,747,730	32.32	86	+12
	BE	550,945	10.19	19	+11
	CDU	445,901	8.25	17	+1
	PAN	75,170	1.39	1	+1
	Other/blank/invalid	502,881	9.29	0	±0
Total		5,408,092	100.00	230	±0

Composition (2015–2019)

Party		Parliamentary leader	Elected		Dissolution
			Seats	%	Seats	%
	PPD/PSD	Luís Montenegro (Aveiro) (2015–2017) Hugo Soares (Braga) (2017–2018) Fernando Negrão (Setúbal) (2018–2019)	89	38.7	89	38.7
	PS	Carlos César (Azores)	86	37.4	85	37.0
	BE	Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon)	19	8.2	19	8.2
	CDS–PP	Nuno Magalhães (Setúbal)	18	7.8	18	7.8
	PCP	João Oliveira (Évora)	15	6.5	15	6.5
	PEV	Heloísa Apolónia (Setúbal)	2	0.9	2	0.9
	PAN	André Silva (Lisbon)	1	0.4	1	0.4
	Non-attached	Paulo Trigo Pereira [pt] (Setúbal)	0	0.0	1	0.4
Total			230	100.0	230	100.0

Changes

• Paulo Trigo Pereira, Socialist Party (PS) → Non-attached: Left the Socialists' parliamentary group citing policy differences between him and the caucus leadership.^[2]

Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic

To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. The Socialist Party (PS), backed by the Left Bloc (BE) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), proposed Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues as their candidate, while the Social Democratic Party (PSD) proposed Fernando Negrão, who was backed by the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP). Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues was elected:^[3]

Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic
Ballot →		23 October 2015
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)	120 / 230	Y
	Fernando Negrão (PPD/PSD)	108 / 230	N
	Blank ballots	2 / 230
	Invalid ballots	0 / 230
	Absentees	0 / 230
Sources: [3]