8th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
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| Legislative body | Assembly of the Republic | ||||
| Meeting place | Palace of Saint Benedict | ||||
| Term | 25 October 1999 – 4 April 2002 | ||||
| Election | 10 October 1999 | ||||
| Government | XIV Constitutional Government | ||||
| Website | parlamento | ||||
| Deputies | |||||
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| Members | 230 | ||||
| President | António de Almeida Santos (PS) | ||||
| First Vice-President | Manuel Alegre (PS) | ||||
| Second Vice-President | João Bosco Mota Amaral (PPD/PSD) | ||||
| Third Vice-President | João Amaral (PCP) | ||||
| Fourth Vice-President | Narana Coissoró (CDS–PP) | ||||
The 8th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: VIII Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) ran from 25 October 1999 to 4 April 2002. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 1999 legislative election, held on 10 October 1999.
Election
[edit]The 9th Portuguese legislative election was held on 10 October 1999. In the election, the Socialist Party (PS) won, being one seat short of a majority.[1]
| Party | Assembly of the Republic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/− | ||
| PS | 2,385,922 | 44.06 | 115 | +3 | |
| PPD/PSD | 1,750,158 | 32.32 | 81 | –7 | |
| CDU | 487,058 | 8.99 | 17 | +2 | |
| CDS–PP | 451,643 | 8.34 | 15 | ±0 | |
| BE | 132,333 | 2.44 | 2 | +2 | |
| Other/blank/invalid | 208,036 | 3.86 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 5,415,102 | 100.00 | 230 | ±0 | |
Composition (1999–2002)
[edit]| Party | Parliamentary group leader | Elected | Dissolution | |||
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| Seats | % | Seats | % | |||
| PS | Francisco Assis (Porto) | 115 | 50.0 | 115 | 50.0 | |
| PPD/PSD | António d'Orey Capucho (Setúbal) (1999–2001) Manuela Ferreira Leite (Lisboa) (2001–2002) |
81 | 35.2 | 81 | 35.2 | |
| PCP | Octávio Teixeira (Setúbal) (1999–2001) Bernardino Soares (Lisbon) (2001–2002) |
15 | 6.5 | 15 | 6.5 | |
| CDS–PP | Paulo Portas (Aveiro) (1999–2001) Basílio Horta (Viseu) (2001–2002) |
15 | 6.5 | 14 | 6.1 | |
| PEV | Isabel Castro (Lisbon) | 2 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 | |
| BE | Luís Fazenda (Lisbon) | 2 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 | |
| Independent | Daniel Campelo (Viana do Castelo) | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Total | 230 | 100.0 | 230 | 100.0 | ||
Changes
[edit]- Daniel Campelo, CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) → Independent: Left the CDS–PP parliamentary group in the aftermath of his support to António Guterres government's State budgets, which created a rift between him and the party.[2][3]
Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic
[edit]To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Incumbent President António de Almeida Santos, from the Socialist Party, was easily re-elected:
| Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic | |||
| Ballot → | 27 October 1999 | ||
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| Required majority → | 116 out of 230 | ||
| António de Almeida Santos (PS) | 187 / 230
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| Blank ballots | 34 / 230
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| Invalid ballots | 0 / 230
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| Absentees | 9 / 230
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| Sources:[4] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Official Results — National Election Commission
- ^ "Deputado Daniel Campelo". www.parlamento.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Os orçamentos do PS e Daniel Campelo", RTP, 8 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "ELEIÇÕES DOS PRESIDENTES DA ASSEMBLEIA DA REPÚBLICA (1976-2024)". participacao.parlamento.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2025.