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The Portuguese legislative election of 1980 took place on October 5 .
In January of 1980, the Democratic Alliance , which had won the Previous Election , in December 2 of 1979, entered office with Francisco Sá Carneiro leading the government. However, this election was an extraordinaire election, and so, in 1980, another election was held.

The major parties involved and the respective leaders:


The leader of the Democratic Alliance, Francisco Sá Carneiro, member of the Social Democratic Party was nominated Prime-Minister.


NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS


(Azores and Madeira are not shown)]]

  • Registered Voters: 7,179,023

  • Turnout: 83.94%


Notes:

  • '' AD was composed by the ''' CDS ''' (Conservative) (46 MPs), the ''' PSD ''' (Conservative) (82 MPs) and the ''' PPM ''' (Monarchist) (6 MPs).''

  • '' FRS was composed by the ''' PS ''' (Social Democratic) (66 MPs), the ''' UEDS ''' (Socialist) (4 MPs) and the ''' ASDI ''' (Social Democratic) (4 MPs).

  • '' APU was composed by the ''' PCP ''' (Communist) (39 MPs) and the ''' MDP/CDE ''' (Socialist) (2 MPs).''

  • ''Although the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Social Center and the Socialist Party were united in the coalitions, they appear in the scorecard because they ran separated in the constituences of Azores and Madeira .''

  • ''A generic red rose was used in the Labour Party (PT) symbol.''


(source: Portuguese Electoral Comission )


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