Portuguese legislative election, 1985

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The Portuguese legislative election of 1985 was a national parliamentary vote that led to the rise of Aníbal Cavaco Silva’s Social Democratic Party and marked the beginning of a long period of center-right governance in Portugal.

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instanceOf legislative election
parliamentary election
campaignCharacteristic focus on economic modernization and stability
constitutionalFramework Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976)
country Portugal
date 1985-10-06
electoralAlliancePresent APU (Portuguese Communist Party – The Greens)
electoralBody Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
electoralDistricts multi-member constituencies
electoralLaw Portuguese Constitution of 1976 and subsequent electoral legislation
headOfStateDuringElection António Ramalho Eanes
historicalSignificance beginning of a long period of center-right governance in Portugal
ideologicalShift center-right
leadingFigureOfWinner Aníbal Cavaco Silva
legislatureNumber 5
legislatureTerm 5th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
location Portugal
mainCompetitor Democratic and Social Center (Portugal)
Portuguese Communist Party
Portuguese Communist Party – Ecologist Party "The Greens" coalition
Socialist Party (Portugal)
mainIssue European integration
economic policy
unemployment
mainWinner Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
nextElection Portuguese legislative election, 1987
numberOfSeatsContested 250
parliamentaryChamber Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
partOf Third Portuguese Republic
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Socialist Party (Portugal)
previousElection Portuguese legislative election, 1983
primeMinisterAfterElection Aníbal Cavaco Silva
primeMinisterBeforeElection Mário Soares
resultedIn Cavaco Silva I Constitutional Government of Portugal
end of Socialist Party-led government formed in 1983
strengthening of Social Democratic Party leadership in Portugal
timePeriodContext post-Carnation Revolution democratic consolidation
tookPlaceAfter collapse of the PS–PSD coalition government (1983–1985)
typeOfGovernmentFormed minority government
voterTurnout approximately 75%
votingSystem D'Hondt method
linked to: d’Hondt method

proportional representation
year 1985

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Aníbal Cavaco Silva participatedIn Portuguese legislative election, 1985
Portuguese legislative election, 1985 previousElection Portuguese legislative election, 1983
linked to: Portuguese legislative election, 1985