List of political parties in Portugal

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List of political parties in Portugal

This article lists political parties in Portugal. The Portuguese political scene has been dominated by the Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party since the 1974 Carnation Revolution although there are several important minor parties (discussed below).

As of 2024, the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic are the Democratic Alliance (80 MPs), Socialist Party (78 MPs), the Chega party (49 MPs), the Liberal Initiative (8 MPs), the Left Bloc (5 MPs), the Unitary Democratic Coalition (4 MPs), the FREE party (4 MPs), and the People-Animals-Nature party (1 MP). Several other parties are represented in the legislatures of the autonomous regions, the Legislative Assembly of the Azores and the Legislative Assembly of Madeira.


National political parties

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Parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic and/or the European Parliament

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Party Ideology Position European Party European Group Leader MPs MEPs Ref.
PPD/PSD Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrata
Centre-right EPP EPP Luís Montenegro
78 / 230
6 / 21
[1][2][3]
PS Socialist Party
Partido Socialista
Centre-left PES S&D Pedro Nuno Santos
78 / 230
8 / 21
[1][4][5]
CH Enough
Chega
Right-wing
to far-right
Patriots.eu PfE André Ventura
49 / 230
2 / 21
[6][7][8]
[9]
IL Liberal Initiative
Iniciativa Liberal
Centre-right
to right-wing
ALDE RE Rui Rocha
8 / 230
2 / 21
[10][11]
[12]
B.E. Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda
Left-wing
to far-left
ELA

NTP

GUE-NGL Mariana Mortágua
5 / 230
1 / 21
[13][14]
[15]
PCP Portuguese Communist Party
Partido Comunista Português
Left-wing
to far-left
None GUE-NGL Paulo Raimundo
4 / 230
1 / 21
[16][17]
L FREE
LIVRE
Centre-left
to left-wing
EGP Not in European Parliament Rui Tavares
4 / 230
0 / 21
[18][19]
CDS–PP CDS – People's Party
CDS – Partido Popular
Centre-right
to right-wing
EPP EPP Nuno Melo
2 / 230
1 / 21
[20][21]
[22]
PAN People Animals Nature
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza
Centre-left[a] APEU

EGP

Not in European Parliament, previously G/EFA Inês Sousa Real
1 / 230
0 / 21
[24][25]
[26]
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Parties without representation in the Assembly of the Republic or the European Parliament

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Party Ideology Position European Party European Group Leader Ref.
PEV
PCP-PEV.svg
Ecologist Party "The Greens"
Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes"
Left-wing EGP Not in European Parliament, previously G/EFA Collective leadership [4][27]
ADN National Democratic Alternative
Alternativa Democrática Nacional
Far-right ECPM (candidate) Not in European Parliament Bruno Fialho [28][29]
RIR React, Include, Recycle
Reagir, Incluir, Reciclar
Syncretic None Not in European Parliament Márcia Henriques [30][31][32][33]
JPP Together for the People
Juntos Pelo Povo
Centre EDP Not in European Parliament Lina Pereira [34]
ND New Right
Nova Direita
Right-wing None Not in European Parliament Ossanda Liber [35]
PCTP/MRPP Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses
Far-left None Not in European Parliament Maria Cidália Guerreiro
VP Volt Portugal
Volt Portugal
Centre to
centre-left
Volt Not in European Parliament Ana Carvalho
Duarte Costa
[36]
E Rise Up!
Ergue-te!
Far-right None Not in European Parliament Rui Fonseca e Castro [37][38][39][40]
MPT Earth Party
Partido da Terra
Centre-right None Not in European Parliament, previously RE Pedro Soares Pimenta [41][42]
A Alliance
Aliança
Centre-right None Not in European Parliament Jorge Nuno Sá [43]
PTP Portuguese Labour Party
Partido Trabalhista Português
Left-wing None Not in European Parliament Amândio Madaleno [34]
NC We, the Citizens!
Nós, Cidadãos!
Centre-right None Not in European Parliament Joaquim Rocha Afonso [44][45]
PPM People's Monarchist Party
Partido Popular Monárquico
Right-wing ECPM Not in European Parliament Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira [46][47][48][49]
MAS
Cartaz MAS Coimbra 24 de novembro de 2015.JPG
Socialist Alternative Movement
Movimento Alternativa Socialista
Far-left None Not in European Parliament Gil Garcia [50]
A)T (A)TUA
(A)TUA
Syncretic None Not in European Parliament Rui Lima [51][52][53]
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General overview

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Political posters in 1975.
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Livre campaign poster for the 2015 legislative election.
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Left Bloc campaign poster for the 2015 legislative election.
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Liberal Initiative campaign poster for the 2019 legislative election.
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PCTP/MRPP campaign poster in 2014.

This list presents all the existing parties recognized by the Portuguese Constitutional Court.[54]

Extinct parties

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This list presents the parties and coalitions of the current Third Republic that were once recognized by the Portuguese Constitutional Court but ceased to exist. It is organized by political spectrum and alphabetical order (in Portuguese).

Far-left

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Logo of Communist Electoral Front (Marxist-Leninist), FEC(ML).
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Logo of Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization, OCMLP.

Left-wing to far-left

Left-wing

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Logo of Politics XXI, PXXI.

Centre-left

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Logo of Democratic Renewal Party, PRD.

Centre

Centre-right

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Logo of Party of the Christian Democracy, PDC.
  • Democratic Alliance - AD (Aliança Democrática)
  • Association for the Defense of the Interests of Macau - ADIM (Associação para a Defesa dos Interesses de Macau)
  • Portuguese Party of the Regions - PPR (Partido Português das Regiões)

Right-wing

Far-right

Historical parties

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This list includes the defunct political parties that never reached the Third Republic, in chronological order.

Constitutional Monarchy (1834–1910)

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Logo of Portuguese Socialist Party, PSP.

First Republic (1910–1926)

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Logo of Monarchist Cause, CM.

Ditadura Nacional (1926–1933)

Estado Novo (1933–1974)

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Logo of National Union, UN.

Although the Estado Novo was a dictatorship, with the National Union being legally the only party, the opposition was sometimes allowed to compete in (sham) elections; other parties were constituted underground or in exile.

See also

Notes

  1. Some sources state that People Animals Nature (PAN) is neither on the left nor the right.[23]

References

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