11th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

11th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
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Overview
Legislative body	Assembly of the Republic
Meeting place	Palace of Saint Benedict
Term	15 October 2009 (2009-10-15) – 31 March 2011 (2011-03-31)
Election	27 September 2009
Government	XVIII Constitutional Government
Website	parlamento.pt
Deputies
Members	230
President	Jaime Gama (PS)
First Vice-President	José Vera Jardim (PS)
Second Vice-President	Guilherme Silva (PPD/PSD)
Third Vice-President	Teresa Caeiro (CDS–PP)
Fourth Vice-President	Luís Fazenda (BE)

The 11th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XI Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 15 October 2009 to 31 March 2011. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2009 legislative election, held on 27 September 2009.

After the Fourth Stability and Growth Program, presented by the Socialist Party Government, failed to achieve a majority in Parliament, Prime Minister José Sócrates resigned and President Aníbal Cavaco Silva dissolved the Assembly of the Republic, calling a snap election in June 2011.[1]

Election

The 12th Portuguese legislative election was held on 27 September 2009. In the election, the Socialist Party (PS) remained the largest party but lost its majority.[2]

Party		Assembly of the Republic
		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	PS	2,077,238	36.56	97	–24
	PPD/PSD	1,653,665	29.11	81	+6
	CDS–PP	592,778	10.43	21	+9
	BE	557,306	9.81	16	+8
	CDU	446,279	7.86	15	+1
	Others/blanks/invalids	353,992	6.23	0	±0
Total		5,681,258	100.00	230	±0

Composition (2009–2011)

Party		Parliamentary group leader	Elected
			Seats	%
	PS	Francisco Assis (Guarda)	97	42.2
	PPD/PSD	José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (Porto) (2009–2010) Miguel Macedo (Braga) (2010–2011)	81	35.2
	CDS–PP	Pedro Mota Soares (Lisbon)	21	9.1
	BE	José Manuel Pureza (Coimbra)	16	7.0
	PCP	Bernardino Soares [pt] (Lisbon)	13	5.7
	PEV	Heloísa Apolónia (Setúbal)	2	0.9
Total			230	100.0

Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic

To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Then incumbent President of the Assembly Jaime Gama, since 2005, ran for a second term and was easily re-elected:[3]

Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic
Ballot →		15 October 2009
Required majority →		116 out of 230
	Jaime Gama (PS)	204 / 230	Y
	Blank ballots	24 / 230
	Invalid ballots	0 / 230
	Absentees	2 / 230
Sources: [3]

References

1. Guerra, Rita Brandão (1 April 2011). "Chumbo do PEC e demissão de Sócrates penalizaram mais Passos Coelho". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
2. Official Results — National Election Commission
3. "Jaime Gama reeleito presidente da Assembleia da República". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2024.