5 October 1980 1983 → 128 seats, 45.3% 74 seats, 27.3% 6 0 Start date October 5, 1980 | 29 April 1979 19 April 1973 134 74 2,868,076 1,673,279 | |
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The Portuguese legislative election of 1980 took place on 5 October. In January 1980, the Democratic Alliance, which had won the previous election, on 2 December 1979, entered office with Francisco Sá Carneiro leading the government. However, this election was an extraordinary election, and so, in 1980, another election was held.
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Parties
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
1 Republican and Socialist Front results are compared to the combined totals of the Socialist Party in the 1979 election.
References
Portuguese legislative election, 1980 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA