15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
Overview
Legislative body	Assembly of the Republic
Jurisdiction	Portugal
Meeting place	Palace of Saint Benedict
Term	29 March 2022 – 25 March 2024
Election	30 January 2022
Government	XXIII Constitutional Government
Website	parlamento.pt
Deputies
Members	230
President	Augusto Santos Silva (PS)
First Vice-President	Edite Estrela (PS)
Second Vice-President	Adão Silva (PPD/PSD)
Third Vice-President	Vacant
Fourth Vice-President	Vacant
First Secretary	Maria da Luz Rosinha (PS)
Second Secretary	Duarte Pacheco (PPD/PSD)
Third Secretary	Palmira Maciel (PS)
Fourth Secretary	Lina Lopes (PPD/PSD)

The 15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XV Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) was a meeting of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal. It convened on 29 March 2022, with its membership determined by the results of the 2022 Portuguese legislative election held the previous 30 January.^[1]

On 9 November 2023, the President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced the dissolution of the 15th Legislature, following the resignation of Prime Minister António Costa due to the Operation Influencer corruption investigation, and called for a snap election for 10 March 2024.^[2] The Assembly of the Republic was officially dissolved on 15 January 2024.^[3] The Legislature ended on 25 March 2024.

Election

The 16th Portuguese legislative election was held on 30 January 2022. The Socialist Party (PS) remained as the largest party and achieved a surprise absolute majority.^[4]

For the first time since they had been founded, both CDS – People's Party and Ecologist Party "The Greens" did not earn a single seat.

Party		Assembly of the Republic
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PS	2,302,601	41.38	120	+12
	PPD/PSD^[a]	1,618,381	29.08	77	–2
	Chega	399,659	7.18	12	+11
	IL	273,687	4.92	8	+7
	CDU	238,920	4.29	6	–6
	BE	244,603	4.40	5	–14
	PAN	88,152	1.58	1	–3
	Livre	71,232	1.28	1	±0
	CDS–PP	89,181	1.60	0	–5
	Other/blank/invalid	238,123	4.28	0	±0
Total		5,564,539	100.00	230	±0

Composition (2022–2024)

List of members

Composition

Party		Parliamentary leader	Elected		Dissolution
Party		Parliamentary leader	Seats	%	Seats	%
	PS	Eurico Brilhante Dias (Leiria)	120	52.2	120	52.2
	PPD/PSD	Paulo Mota Pinto (Leiria) (2022) Joaquim Miranda Sarmento (Lisbon) (2022–2024)	77	33.5	75	32.6
	Chega	Pedro Pinto (Faro)	12	5.2	12	5.2
	IL	Rodrigo Saraiva (Lisbon)	8	3.5	8	3.5
	PCP	Paula Santos (Setúbal)	6	2.6	6	2.6
	BE	Pedro Filipe Soares (Lisbon)	5	2.2	5	2.2
	PAN	Inês Sousa Real (Lisbon)	1	0.4	1	0.4
	Livre	Rui Tavares (Lisbon)	1	0.4	1	0.4
	Non-attached	António Maló de Abreu [pt] (Outside Europe)^[5] Rui Cristina (Faro)^[6]	0	0.0	2	0.9
Total			230	100.0	230	100.0

Changes

António Maló de Abreu, Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) → Non-attached: Left the PSD citing deep disagreements with the leadership and that the party elections prospects were bad.^[7]

Rui Cristina, Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) → Non-attached: Also left the party, after the party's leadership put him in an unelectable spot on the lists.^[8]

Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic

Following President of the Assembly Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues' decision of not contesting the 2022 legislative election,^[9] the Socialist Party (PS) nominated Augusto Santos Silva as their candidate for President of the Assembly of the Republic. To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Santos Silva was easily elected:^[10]

Ballot →		29 March 2022
Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Augusto Santos Silva (PS)	156 / 230	Y
	Blank ballots	63 / 230
	Invalid ballots	11 / 230
	Absentees	0 / 230
Sources: CNN Portugal^[10]

Other elections for the bureau of the Assembly of the Republic

Vice Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic

The election of four new Vice Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic were held in the second session of the new Legislature. The candidates for third and fourth Vice Presidents, designated by Chega and the Liberal Initiative, were both rejected in the first ballot.

1st Ballot →		31 March 2022
Election of the Vice Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Edite Estrela (PS)	159 / 230	Y
	Adão Silva (PPD/PSD)	190 / 230	Y
	Diogo Pacheco de Amorim (CH)	35 / 230	N
	João Cotrim de Figueiredo (IL)	108 / 230	N
	Absentees	6 / 230
Sources: Observador^[11]

The Liberal Initiative announced they weren't presenting any other candidate until the end of the legislature, while Chega presented another candidate in the same day, Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro, which was also overwhelmingly rejected.

2nd Ballot →		31 March 2022
Election of the 2nd Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro (CH)	37 / 230	N
	Blank ballots	177 / 230
	Invalid ballots	11 / 230
	Absentees	5 / 230
Sources: Observador^[11]

On 22 September 2022, Chega once again presented another candidate for Vice President of Parliament, Rui Paulo Sousa, with the Social Democratic Party's parliamentary leader, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, recommending the vote of the caucus on Chega's candidate. Despite that, Chega's candidate was once again rejected, failing even to guarantee the votes of both parties.

3rd Ballot →		22 September 2022
Election of the 2nd Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Rui Paulo Sousa (CH)	64 / 230	N
	Blank ballots	137 / 230
	Invalid ballots	12 / 230
	Absentees	17 / 230
Sources: CNN Portugal^[12]

On 16 March 2023, Chega proposed once again a new name for Vice President of Parliament, Jorge Valsassina Galveias, who was also rejected.

4th Ballot →		16 March 2023
Election of the 2nd Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Jorge Valsassina Galveias (CH)	58 / 230	N
	Blank ballots	112 / 230
	Invalid ballots	28 / 230
	Absentees	32 / 230
Sources: Diário de Notícias^[13]

Secretaries of the Assembly of the Republic

1st Ballot →		31 March 2022
Election of the Secretaries of the Assembly of the Republic
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Maria da Luz Rosinha (PS)	178 / 230	Y
	Duarte Pacheco (PPD/PSD)	196 / 230	Y
	Palmira Maciel (PS)	172 / 230	Y
	Lina Lopes (PPD/PSD)	180 / 230	Y
	Absentees	6 / 230
Sources: Assembleia da República^[14]

Deputy Secretaries of the Assembly of the Republic

1st Ballot →		31 March 2022
Election of the Deputy Secretaries of the Assembly of the Republic
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Diogo Leão (PS)	176 / 230	Y
	Helga Correia (PPD/PSD)	178 / 230	Y
	Joana Sá Pereira (PS)	175 / 230	Y
	Tiago Estêvão Martins (PPD/PSD)	160 / 230	Y
	Absentees	6 / 230
Sources: Assembleia da República^[14]

Parliamentary committees

Permanent committees

Committee	Chair		Vice-chairs
Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees	Fernando Negrão	PSD	Cláudia Cruz Santos	PS
Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees	Fernando Negrão	PSD	Pedro Pinto	CH
Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities	Sérgio Sousa Pinto	PS	Olga Silvestre	PSD
Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities	Sérgio Sousa Pinto	PS	Diogo Pacheco de Amorim	CH
National Defence	Marcos Perestrello	PS	António Prôa	PSD
National Defence	Marcos Perestrello	PS	Patrícia Gilvaz	IL
European Affairs	Luís Capoulas Santos	PS	Clara Marques Mendes	PSD
European Affairs	Luís Capoulas Santos	PS	Bernardo Blanco	IL
Budget and Finance	Filipe Neto Brandão	PS	Hugo Carneiro	PSD
Budget and Finance	Filipe Neto Brandão	PS	Rui Afonso	CH
Economy, Public Works, Planning and Housing	Afonso Oliveira	PSD	Pedro Coimbra	PS
Economy, Public Works, Planning and Housing	Afonso Oliveira	PSD	Carlos Guimarães Pinto	IL
Agriculture and Fishing	Pedro do Carmo	PS	Artur Soveral Andrade	PSD
Agriculture and Fishing	Pedro do Carmo	PS	Pedro Frazão	CH
Education and Science	Alexandre Quintanilha	PS	Germana Rocha	PSD
Education and Science	Alexandre Quintanilha	PS	Carla Castro	IL
Health	António Maló de Abreu	PSD	Jorge Seguro Sanches	PS
Health	António Maló de Abreu	PSD	João Dias	PCP
Labour, Social Security and Inclusion	Isabel Meirelles	PSD	Ana Bernardo	PS
Labour, Social Security and Inclusion	Isabel Meirelles	PSD	Diana Ferreira	PCP
Environment and Energy	Tiago Brandão Rodrigues	PS	Hugo Patrício Oliveira	PSD
Environment and Energy	Tiago Brandão Rodrigues	PS	Pedro Filipe Soares	BE
Culture, Communication, Youth and Sports	Luís Graça	PS	Cláudia Bento	PSD
Culture, Communication, Youth and Sports	Luís Graça	PS	Joana Mortágua	BE
Public Administration, Territorial Organization and Local government	Isaura Morais	PSD	João Azevedo	PS
	Isaura Morais	PSD	Bruno Nunes	CH
Transparency and Deputy's statutes	Alexandra Leitão	PS	Rui Cruz	PSD
Transparency and Deputy's statutes	Alexandra Leitão	PS	Rui Paulo Sousa	CH

Parliamentary inquiry committees

Committee	Establishment	Disestablishment	Chair			Vice-chairs
On the political guardianship of the management of TAP	22 February 2023	19 July 2023	António Lacerda Sales		PS	Paulo Rios de Oliveira		PSD
On the political guardianship of the management of TAP	22 February 2023	19 July 2023	António Lacerda Sales		PS	Filipe Melo		CH

Other parliamentary committees

Committee	Establishment	Disestablishment	Chair		Vice-chairs
Of Verification of the Powers of the Elected Deputies	29 March 2022	12 April 2022	Filipe Neto Brandão	PS	Mónica Quintela	PSD
Of Verification of the Powers of the Elected Deputies	29 March 2022	12 April 2022	Filipe Neto Brandão	PS	Bruno Nunes	CH
For the Constitutional Revision	4 January 2023	25 March 2024	José Silvano	PSD	Marta Temido	PS
For the Constitutional Revision	4 January 2023	25 March 2024	José Silvano	PSD	Alma Rivera	PCP

Notes

↑ Sum of the votes of the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) in mainland Portugal and the PPD/PSD.CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) coalitions in Azores and Madeira. The 5 MPs elected in these coalitions are all from the PSD.

References

↑ "Portugal election: Socialists win unexpected majority". BBC News. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
↑ Renascença (9 November 2023). "Marcelo marca eleições para 10 de março - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
↑ "É oficial: Presidente da República decreta a dissolução do Parlamento". SIC Notícias (in European Portuguese). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
↑ "Portugal election: Socialists win unexpected majority". BBC News. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
↑ Lusa (10 January 2024). "Deputado Maló de Abreu deixa PSD e passa a deputado não inscrito". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
↑ "Deputado Rui Cristina deixa PSD: liderança de Montenegro só está preocupada com "ajustes de contas internos"". www.expresso.pt (in European Portuguese). 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
↑ "Maló de Abreu abandona PSD e não prevê um bom resultado para o partido nas eleições". www.rtp.pt (in European Portuguese). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
↑ "Deputado Rui Cristina deixa PSD: liderança de Montenegro só está preocupada com "ajustes de contas internos"". www.rtp.pt (in European Portuguese). 22 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
↑ "Ferro anuncia que não se recandidata a deputado e abandona parlamento". RTP (in Portuguese). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
1 2 "Santos Silva eleito presidente da Assembleia da República com 156 votos". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
1 2 Figueiredo, Inês André; Tavares, Rita. "Cotrim Figueiredo e dois candidatos do Chega chumbados para vice-presidentes da Assembleia da República". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
↑ "Chega falha eleição de 'vice' do parlamento pela terceira vez". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
↑ DN, Redação (16 March 2023). "Parlamento rejeita pela quarta vez candidato do Chega a vice-presidente". Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
1 2 "Arquivo Audiovisual". Assembleia da República. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2026.

[Azores_and_Madeira-5] Sum of the votes of the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) in mainland Portugal and the PPD/PSD.CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) coalitions in Azores and Madeira. The 5 MPs elected in these coalitions are all from the PSD.

[1] "Portugal election: Socialists win unexpected majority". BBC News. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[2] Renascença (9 November 2023). "Marcelo marca eleições para 10 de março - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

[3] "É oficial: Presidente da República decreta a dissolução do Parlamento". SIC Notícias (in European Portuguese). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[:1-4] "Portugal election: Socialists win unexpected majority". BBC News. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[6] Lusa (10 January 2024). "Deputado Maló de Abreu deixa PSD e passa a deputado não inscrito". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[7] "Deputado Rui Cristina deixa PSD: liderança de Montenegro só está preocupada com "ajustes de contas internos"". www.expresso.pt (in European Portuguese). 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[8] "Maló de Abreu abandona PSD e não prevê um bom resultado para o partido nas eleições". www.rtp.pt (in European Portuguese). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[9] "Deputado Rui Cristina deixa PSD: liderança de Montenegro só está preocupada com "ajustes de contas internos"". www.rtp.pt (in European Portuguese). 22 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[10] "Ferro anuncia que não se recandidata a deputado e abandona parlamento". RTP (in Portuguese). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

[Silva-11] 1 2 "Santos Silva eleito presidente da Assembleia da República com 156 votos". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

[:0-12] 1 2 Figueiredo, Inês André; Tavares, Rita. "Cotrim Figueiredo e dois candidatos do Chega chumbados para vice-presidentes da Assembleia da República". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 19 March 2026.

[13] "Chega falha eleição de 'vice' do parlamento pela terceira vez". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 March 2026.

[14] DN, Redação (16 March 2023). "Parlamento rejeita pela quarta vez candidato do Chega a vice-presidente". Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 19 March 2026.

[:2-15] 1 2 "Arquivo Audiovisual". Assembleia da República. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2026.

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