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The Revolutionary Socialist Party (in , now the leader of the Leftwing Bloc. The Party had never achieved parliamentary representation before the merger in the Leftwing Bloc, although it may be considered the 3rd or 4th biggest left-wing Party in the country. In 1979, the Party ran to a Legislative Election for the first time, achieving 0.6% of the voting. In the next year, another Legislative Election was carried out and the Party achieved 1.0% of the votes. In 1983, the Party ran to the Legislative Election in coalition with the People's Democratic Union (Portuguese: União Democrática Popular or UDP) in some constituencies, receiving 0.4% in those constituencies and 0.2% in the others. In 1985, after some splits, the Party gains a new life, mainly due to its Anti-militaristic and Anti-racist campaigns and in That Year's Election , the PSR got 0.6% of the voting. In 1987, the Party runs to the first European Election held in Portugal, achieving 0.5% and in that same year ran to the Legislative Election , achieving 0.6%. Also in 1987, the Party started the publishing of the ''Combate'' (Struggle) newspaper. In the election to the European Parliament of 1989, the PSR got 0.8% and in the Legislative Election Of 1991 got 1.12%, the best voting in the Party's history. It ran for the last time to an election inn 1995, achieving 0.6%. In 1998, the Party merged along with the People's Democratic Union , the Politics 21 and the Revolutionary Front Of Left , creating the Leftwing Bloc . In 2005, in the last congress in the Party's history, it ceased to be a party, being now a political association, due to the good results of the Leftwing Bloc existence. |
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