Assembleia da República (Portugal)

Assembleia da República
*Assembly of the Republic*
Basic data
Seat:	Palácio de São Bento , ; Lisbon (district Lapa )
Legislative period :	4 years
MPs:	230
Current legislative period
Last choice:	4th October 2015
Chair:	President of Parliament ; Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues ( PS )
	19th 17th 1 86 89 18th 19th 17th 1 86 89 18th
Distribution of seats:	PSD 89; PS 86; CDS-PP 18; PAN 1; CDU 17th; BE 19;
	Website
	www.parlamento.pt

The Assembleia da República [ ɐsẽ'blɐiɐ dɐ ʁɛ'publikɐ ] ( German Assembly of the Republic ) is the Portuguese parliament . The Portuguese Constitution describes it in Article 147 as “the representative assembly of all Portuguese citizens” and in Article 110 as a constitutional “sovereign body” alongside the President of the Republic , the government and the courts. In Portugal there is a unicameral system .

background

The parliament consists of a chamber with up to 230 members and is located in the Palácio de São Bento in Lisbon . The MPs are elected for four years, with the pure proportional representation (separated by district). The president has the right to dissolve parliament and call new elections. Parliament has the right to express its distrust of the government, to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, and to amend the constitution with a two-thirds majority .

Distribution of seats

Interior view of the house, completed in 1903 by architect Ventura Terra .

Allocation of seats since 1976

The following shows the historical seat distributions of the parties as well as those currently represented in parliament.

Political party	Election 1976	Election 1979	Election 1980	Election 1983	Election 1985	Election 1987	Election 1991	Election 1995	Election 1999	Election 2002	Election 2005	Election 2009	Election 2011
Bloco de Esquerda BE (left block)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	8th	16	8th
Partido Comunista Português PCP (Communist Party of Portugal)	40	(APU)	(APU)	(APU)	(APU)	(CDU)	15th	13	15th	10	12	13	14th
Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes" PEV (Ecological Party "The Greens")	-	-	-	-	-	(CDU)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Partido Socialista PS (Socialist Party)	107	74	(FRS)	101	57	60	72	112	115	96	121	97	74
Partido Social Democrata PPD-PSD (Democratic People's Party - Social Democratic Party)	73 (as "PPD")	7 (as "PSD")	8th	75	88	148	135	88	81	105	75	81	108
Centro Democrático e Social - Partido Popular CDS-PP (Democratic and Social Center - People's Party), before 1993 only "CDS"	42	(AD)	(AD)	30th	22nd	4th	5	15th	15th	14th	12	21st	24
União Democrática Popular UDP	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aliança Democrática AD Alliance of PPD / PSD, CDS and PPM	-	121	126	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aliança Povo Unido APU	-	47	41	44	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frente Republicana e Socialista FRS Alliance of PS, UEDS and ASDI	-	-	71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Partido Renovador Democrático PRD	-	-	-	-	45	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coligação Democrática Unitária CDU	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Partido da Solidariedade Nacional PSN	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seats	263	250	247	250	250	250	230	230	230	230	230	230	230
voter turnout	83.5%	82.9%	83.9%	77.8%	74.2%	71.6%	67.8%	66.3%	61.1%	61.5%	64.3%	59.7%	58.1%

Others

Because of his help in enforcing East Timor's independence from Indonesia , East Timor's President Francisco Guterres awarded the Portuguese Parliament the Ordem de Timor-Leste on August 31, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Parliament Building (Palácio de São Bento) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Assembly of the Republic - 04/25/1976. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembly of the Republic - 02/12/1979. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembly of the Republic - 05/10/1980. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembleia da República - 25/04/1983. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembly of the Republic - 06/10/1985. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembly of the Republic - 07/19/1987. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembly of the Republic - 06/10/1991. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembly of the Republic - 01/10/1995. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembly of the Republic - 10/10/1999. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembleia da República - 03/17/2002. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembly of the Republic - 02/20/2005. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembleia da República - 27/09/2009. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
↑ Assembly of the Republic - 05/06/2011. Retrieved August 17, 2011 .
^ President of East Timor: President of the Republic bestows upon ten individuals and entities the Order of Timor-Leste , Facebook, August 31, 2019, accessed on September 3, 2019.

[1] Assembly of the Republic - 04/25/1976. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[2] Assembly of the Republic - 02/12/1979. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[3] Assembly of the Republic - 05/10/1980. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[4] Assembleia da República - 25/04/1983. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[5] Assembly of the Republic - 06/10/1985. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[6] Assembly of the Republic - 07/19/1987. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[7] Assembly of the Republic - 06/10/1991. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[8] Assembly of the Republic - 01/10/1995. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[9] Assembly of the Republic - 10/10/1999. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[10] Assembleia da República - 03/17/2002. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[11] Assembly of the Republic - 02/20/2005. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[12] Assembleia da República - 27/09/2009. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .

[13] Assembly of the Republic - 05/06/2011. Retrieved August 17, 2011 .

[pres2019-09-01-14] President of East Timor: President of the Republic bestows upon ten individuals and entities the Order of Timor-Leste , Facebook, August 31, 2019, accessed on September 3, 2019.