Politics of Portugal

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Politics of Portugal

Aníbal Cavaco Silva - President of the Republic
José Sócrates, current Prime Minister of Portugal

Government of Portugal


Political parties in Portugal

PS - Socialist Party
PSD - Social Democratic Party.
CDU- Unitarian Democratic Coalition - Portuguese Communist Party plus Ecologist Party "The Greens".
BE- Left Bloc - People's Democratic Union (União Democrática Popular, UDP), Revolutionary Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Revolucionário, PSR), and Politics XXI (Política XXI, PXXI).
CDS-PP - Popular Party

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Elections - 22 January 2006 - Portuguese Presidential election results

Aníbal Cavaco Silva - PPD/PSD, CDS/PP 2,773,431 (50.54%)
Manuel Alegre - Independent, 1,138,297 (20.74%)
Mário Soares - PS - 785,355 (14.31%)
Jerónimo de Sousa - PCP, PEV - 474,083 (8.64%)
Francisco Louçã - BE - 292,198 (5.32%)
António Garcia Pereira - PCTP/MRPP - 23,983 (0.44%)
Invalid Ballots (Blank Ballots Included) - 102,785
Total (turnout 61.53%) 5,590,132
Registered Voters: 9,085,339

20 February 2005 Portuguese Assembly of the Republic election results

PS- Socialist Party - 2,588,312 (45.0% +7.2%) 121 Seats
PSD - Social Democratic Party - 1,653,425 (28.8% -11.4%) 75 Seats
CDU - Unitarian Democratic Coalition (Portuguese Communist Party + Ecologist Party "The Greens") -433,369 (7.6% +0.6%) 14 Seats
CDS/PP - Popular Party - 416,415 (7.3% -1.5%) 12 Seats
BE - Left Bloc - 364,971 (6.4% +3.7%) 8 Seats

Blank Ballots 103,537 (1.8%)
Invalid Ballots - 65,515 (1.1%)
Total (Turnout 64,26 %) 5,747,834 - 230 Seats
Registered Voters: 8,944,508