14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

The 14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XIV Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) was a meeting of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal. It convened on 25 October 2019, with its membership determined by the results of the 2019 Portuguese legislative election held the previous 6 October.

14th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
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Overview
Legislative body	Assembly of the Republic
Meeting place	Palace of Saint Benedict
Term	25 October 2019 (2019-10-25) – 28 March 2022 (2022-03-28)
Election	6 October 2019
Government	XXII Constitutional Government
Website	parlamento.pt
Deputies
Members	230
President	Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)
First Vice-President	Edite Estrela (PS)
Second Vice-President	Fernando Negrão (PPD/PSD)
Third Vice-President	José Manuel Pureza (BE)
Fourth Vice-President	António Filipe (PCP)
First Secretary	Maria da Luz Rosinha (PS)
Second Secretary	Duarte Pacheco (PPD/PSD)
Third Secretary	Nelson Peralta (BE)
Fourth Secretary	Ana Mesquita (PCP)

On 5 December 2021, the President of the Republic decreed its dissolution and called for a snap election on 30 January 2022,^[1] following the budget rejection by the Assembly in October 2021.^[2] The Legislature ended on 28 March 2022.

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.^[3]

Party		Assembly of the Republic
		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		5,237,484	100.00	230	±0

Composition (2019–2022)

Party		Parliamentary leader	Elected		Dissolution
			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
	Non-attached	Joacine Katar Moreira (Lisbon) Cristina Rodrigues (Setúbal)	0	0.0	2	0.8
Total			230	100.0	230	100.0

Changes

• Joacine Katar Moreira, LIVRE (L) → Non-attached: Left LIVRE after the party leadership withdrew their confidence in her, due to deep disagreements between both sides.^[4]

• Cristina Rodrigues, People Animals Nature (PAN) → Non-attached: Left PAN following deep disagreements with the party's leadership.^[5]

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:^[6]

Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic
Ballot →		25 October 2019
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (PS)	178 / 230	Y
	Blank ballots	44 / 230
	Invalid ballots	8 / 230
	Absentees	0 / 230
Sources: [6]