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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1995 Portuguese legislative election
| country = Portugal
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1991 Portuguese legislative election
| previous_year = 1991
| next_election = 1999 Portuguese legislative election
| next_year = 1999
| seats_for_election = 230 seats to the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Portuguese Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 116
| registered = 8,906,608 <small>{{increase}}5.3%</small>
| turnout = 5,904,854 (66.3%)<br/>{{decrease}}1.5 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| election_date = 1 October 1995
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =António Guterres.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 114|cHeight = 170|oTop = 10|oLeft = 0}}
| leader1 = [[António Guterres]]
| party1 = Socialist Party (Portugal)
| leader_since1 = 23 February 1992
| leaders_seat1 = [[Castelo Branco District|Castelo Branco]]<ref>[http://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=628 Assembleia da República - Deputados e Grupos Parlamentares]</ref>
| last_election1 = 72 seats, 29.1%
| seats1 = '''112'''
| seat_change1 = {{Increase}} 40
| popular_vote1 = '''2,583,755'''
| percentage1 = '''43.8%'''
| swing1 = {{Increase}} 14.7 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Picture of Fernando Nogueira.jpg|bSize = 140|cWidth = 114|cHeight = 170|oTop = 5|oLeft = 10}}
| leader2 = [[Fernando Nogueira]]
| party2 = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
| leader_since2 = 19 February 1995
| leaders_seat2 = [[Porto District|Porto]]<ref>[http://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=333 Assembleia da República - Deputados e Grupos Parlamentares]</ref>
| last_election2 = 135 seats, 50.6%
| seats2 = 88
| seat_change2 = {{Decrease}} 47
| popular_vote2 = 2,014,589
| percentage2 = 34.1%
| swing2 = {{Decrease}} 16.5 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Carlos Carvalhas no XIX Congresso do PCP (cropped).png|bSize = 200|cWidth = 114|cHeight = 170|oTop = 0|oLeft = 43}}
| colour5 = FF0000
| leader5 = [[Carlos Carvalhas]]
| party5 = [[Portuguese Communist Party|PCP]]
| alliance5 = [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| leader_since5 = {{nowrap|5 December 1992}}
| leaders_seat5 = [[Lisbon District|Lisbon]]<ref>[http://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=210 Assembleia da República - Deputados e Grupos Parlamentares]</ref>
| last_election5 = 17 seats, 8.8%
| seats5 = 15
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote5 = 506,157
| percentage5 = 8.6%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 0.2 [[Percentage point|pp]]
| image4 = <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}; font-size:30px;"> '''CDS '''</span></div>
| leader4 = [[Manuel Monteiro]]
| party4 = CDS – People's Party
| leader_since4 = 22 March 1992
| leaders_seat4 = [[Braga District|Braga]]<ref>[https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=1039 Assembleia da República - Deputados e Grupos Parlamentares]</ref>
| last_election4 = 5 seats, 4.4%
| seats4 = 15
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 10
| popular_vote4 = 534,470
| percentage4 = 9.1%
| swing4 = {{increase}} 4.7 [[Percentage point|pp]]

<!-- Map -->| title = [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]]
| before_party = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
| after_election = [[António Guterres]]
| after_party = Socialist Party (Portugal)
| map = {{Switcher
| [[File:1995 Portuguese legislative election - Results.svg|230px]]
| Vote winner strength by district 
| [[File:Eleições Legislativas Portuguesas de 1995.svg|295px]]
| Results by constituency
}}

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The '''1995 Portuguese legislative election''' took place on 1 October. The election renewed all 230 members of the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Assembly of the Republic]].

The incumbent Prime Minister, [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]], decided not to run for a fourth consecutive term<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/cavaco-silva-nao-se-recandidata-ao-psd/ "Cavaco Silva não se recandidata ao PSD"], ''RTP Arquivo'', 23 January 1995. Retrieved 6 September 2020.</ref> and the Social Democratic Party, choose Fernando Nogueira, one of Cavaco Silva's deputies, as leader and candidate for Prime Minister in a highly contested and bitter party congress in February 1995.<ref>[https://www.tsf.pt/politica/big-show-psd-drama-comedia-suspense---ha-de-tudo-em-37-anos-de-congressos-9122718.html ""Big Show PSD": Drama, comédia, suspense - há de tudo em 37 anos de congressos , ''TSF'', 16 February 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2020.]</ref> But, the PSD was weakened by the end of the 10-year cycle of governments led by [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva|Cavaco Silva]], amid scandals and the 1994 25 April bridge riots that shocked the country.<ref>[https://www.dn.pt/poder/bloqueio-da-ponte-o-principio-do-fim-do-cavaquismo-foi-ha-25-anos-11035094.html "Bloqueio da ponte. O princípio do fim do cavaquismo foi há 25 anos"], ''Diário de Notícias'', 22 July 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2020.</ref> During the campaign, Cavaco Silva toyed with the idea of running for the [[1996 Portuguese presidential election|1996 Presidential elections]], which he ultimately did.<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/conferencia-de-imprensa-de-cavaco-silva-20/ "Conferência de imprensa de Cavaco Silva"], ''RTP Arquivo'', 7 February 1995. Retrieved 6 September 2020.</ref>

The PS easily won the elections with 44% of the votes, against the 34% of the PSD, achieving their first general election victory since 1983 and after a decade in opposition, but missed the absolute majority by 4 MPs. [[António Guterres]], elected as PS leader three years before, became Prime Minister. The Social Democratic Party suffered a heavy defeat, losing almost 50 seats and 17% of the votes. This election marked the growing bi-polarization of the Portuguese political map. The two minor parties, the People's Party and the Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) achieved only 15 MPs each, and for the first time ever the CDU failed to win a single district.

Although turnout, in percentage point, was lower than the previous election in 1991, almost 6 million voters cast a ballot on election day, the highest figure since 1980. [[Voter turnout]] stood at 66.3%, the lowest until then.

==Background==
===Leadership changes and challenges===
The four main parties all changed their leaders during the 1991–1995 legislature.

====PS 1992 leadership election====
The [[1991 Portuguese legislative election|1991 general election]] Socialist defeat, and the scale of it, surprised the party, with [[António Guterres]] actually saying he "was in shock".<ref>[https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/525919/10-momentos-que-marcaram-a-vida-do-novo-secretario-geral-da-onu "10 momentos que marcaram a vida do novo secretário-geral da ONU"], ''Jornal Sol'', 7 October 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> Then PS leader, [[Jorge Sampaio]], faced a lot of criticisms about his strategy but, announced he was running for reelection as party leader. He would face [[António Guterres]] and [[Álvaro Beleza]].<ref>[https://observador.pt/2015/10/05/o-ano-em-que-o-muito-jovem-alvaro-beleza-quis-liderar-o-ps/ "O ano em que (o muito jovem) Álvaro Beleza quis liderar o PS"], ''Observador'', 5 October 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> A party leadership congress was called for February 1992, but, during the days prior to the start of the congress, Sampaio withdrew from the race and Guterres was easily elected as party leader:<ref name=":PS">[https://www.jn.pt/nacional/perdeu-ps-para-guterres-e-beleza-ficou-com-votos-do-lider-no-congresso-14107076.html "Perdeu PS para Guterres e Beleza ficou com votos do líder no congresso"], ''Jornal de Notícias'', 10 September 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> The results were the following:
{{election table|title=Ballot: 21 February 1992}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width:  60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|
| align=left | [[António Guterres]]
| align=center |
| align=right | 88.0
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|
| align=left | [[Álvaro Beleza]]
| align=right | 
| align=right | 12.0
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|
| align=left | [[Jorge Sampaio]]
| colspan="2" align=center | withdrew
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |   '''Turnout'''
| align=right |
| align=center | 
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source:<ref name=":PS"/>
|}

====CDS–PP 1992 leadership election====
Then CDS leader, [[Diogo Freitas do Amaral]], resigned from the leadership following the party's poor results in the 1991 general elections.<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/demissao-de-freitas-do-amaral/ "Demissão de Freitas do Amaral"], ''RTP'', 7 October 1991. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> A party congress to elect a new leader was called for late March 1992 and 3 candidates were on the ballot: [[Manuel Monteiro]], [[Basílio Horta]], the party's candidate for the [[1991 Portuguese presidential election|1991 Presidential election]] and António Lobo Xavier.<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/x-congresso-do-cds-2/ "X Congresso do CDS"], ''RTP'', 21 March 1992. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> Manuel Monteiro was easily elected as leader:<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/manuel-monteiro-eleito-lider-do-cds/ "Manuel Monteiro eleito líder do CDS"], ''RTP'', 22 March 1992. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref>
{{election table|title=Ballot: 21 March 1992}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width:  60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|
| align=left | [[Manuel Monteiro]]
| align=center | '''WIN'''
| align=right | 
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|
| align=left | [[Basílio Horta]]
| align=right |
| align=right | 
|-
|bgcolor={{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|
| align=left | [[António Lobo Xavier]]
| align=right | 
| align=right | 
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |   '''Turnout'''
| align=right |
| align=center | 
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: 
|}

====PCP 1992 leadership election====
The historic [[Portuguese Communist Party]] leader, [[Álvaro Cunhal]], announced he would step down from the leadership of the party in late 1992.<ref>[https://www.dn.pt/arquivo/2005/a-despedida-de-um-lider-que-nunca-deixou-de-o-ser-602742.html "A despedida de um líder que nunca deixou de o ser"], ''Diário de Notícias'', 14 June 2005. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> [[Carlos Carvalhas]], the party's deputy leader was chosen as Cunhal's successor and was unanimously elected, but Cunhal remained a powerful figure within the party as a new body, the National Council, was created and Cunhal would lead it.<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/entrevista-a-carlos-carvalhas/ "Entrevista a Carlos Carvalhas"], ''RTP'', 6 December 1991. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref>
{{election table|title=Ballot: 5 December 1992}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width:  60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=red|
| align=left | [[Carlos Carvalhas]]
| align=center | 
| align=right | 100.0
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |   '''Turnout'''
| align=right |
| align=center | 
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source: 
|}

====PSD 1995 leadership election====
After serving almost 10 years as [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]], there were doubts if [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva|Cavaco Silva]] would run for another term, thus, creating a big "tabu" in Portuguese politics.<ref>[https://expresso.pt/dossies/diario/o-grande-tabu-quebrou-se-ha-20-anos=f911155 "O grande tabu quebrou-se há 20 anos "], ''Expresso'', 16 February 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> Cavaco promised a decision during the spring of 1995, but in January 1995, he announced he would not run for another term as Prime Minister and PSD leader.<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/cavaco-silva-nao-se-recandidata-ao-psd-2/ "Cavaco Silva não se recandidata ao PSD"], ''RTP'', 23 January 1995. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> This led the PSD to call a congress to elect a new leader. The congress become iconic for how tense and stormy it was, with strong accusations between several party members.<ref>[https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/os-segredos-e-os-nomes-de-uma-noite-de-tempestade-no-coliseu "OS SEGREDOS E OS NOMES DE UMA NOITE DE TEMPESTADE NO COLISEU"], ''Correio da Manhã'', 3 October 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> Three candidates announced a run for the leadership: [[Fernando Nogueira]], former defense minister, [[José Manuel Durão Barroso]], foreign affairs minister, and [[Pedro Santana Lopes]], former culture secretary.<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/candidatos-do-psd-em-acoes-de-campanha/ "Candidatos do PSD em ações de campanha"], ''RTP'', 16 February 1995. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref> Santana Lopes withdrew before the ballot, and Fernando Nogueira narrowly defeated Durão Barroso by just 33 votes. The results were the following:
{{election table|title=Ballot: 19 February 1995}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! align="center" colspan=2 style="width:  60px"|Candidate
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|Votes
! align="center" style="width:  50px"|%
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[Fernando Nogueira]]
| align=right | 532
| align=right | 51.6
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[José Manuel Durão Barroso]]
| align=right | 499
| align=right | 48.4
|-
|bgcolor=orange|
| align=left | [[Pedro Santana Lopes]]
| colspan="2" align=center| withdrew
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" |   '''Turnout'''
| align=right | '''1,031'''
| align=center | 
|-
| colspan="4" align=left|Source:<ref>[https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/xvii-congresso-do-psd/ "XVII Congresso do PSD"], ''RTP'', 19 February 1995. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.publico.pt/2012/03/23/jornal/os-congressos-quentes-do-psd-no-poder-24238345 "Os congressos quentes do PSD no poder "], ''Público'', 23 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.</ref>
|}

== Electoral system ==
The [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Assembly of the Republic]] has 230 members elected to four-year terms. Governments do not require absolute majority support of the Assembly to hold office, as even if the number of opposers of government is larger than that of the supporters, the number of opposers still needs to be equal or greater than 116 (absolute majority) for both the Government's Programme to be rejected or for a [[motion of no confidence]] to be approved.<ref>{{cite web|url        = http://www.en.parlamento.pt/Legislation/CRP/Constitution7th.pdf|title        = Constitution of the Portuguese Republic|access-date        = 2019-12-29|archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222446/http://www.en.parlamento.pt/Legislation/CRP/Constitution7th.pdf|archive-date        = 2016-03-03|url-status        = dead}}</ref>

The number of seats assigned to each district depends on the [[district magnitude]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php |title=Effective threshold in electoral systems |publisher=Trinity College, Dublin |accessdate=2015-10-21}}</ref> The use of the [[d'Hondt method]] makes for a higher effective threshold than certain other allocation methods such as the [[Largest remainder method|Hare quota]] or [[Sainte-Laguë method]], which are more generous to small parties.<ref>Gallaher, Michael (1992). "[https://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/BJPS1992.pdf Comparing Proportional Representation Electoral Systems: Quotas, Thresholds, Paradoxes and Majorities]"</ref>

For these elections, and compared with the 1991 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:<ref name="CNE">{{cite web|url=http://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/md_ar1995.html|title=Eleição da Assembleia da República de 1 de Outubro de 1995|publisher=CNE - Comissão Nacional de Eleições - Eleição da Assembleia da República de 1 de Outubro de 1995|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District !! Number of MPs !! Map
|-
| [[Lisbon District|Lisbon]] || style="text-align:center;"|50
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="13"| {{Image label begin|image=Portuguese legislative election - Blank map.svg|width=220}}
{{Image label small|x=0.64|y=0.21|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''16'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.62|y=0.09|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''6'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.64|y=0.33|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''37'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.85|y=0.23|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''5'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.98|y=0.22|scale=190|text={{font|size=140%|text='''4'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.58|y=0.50|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''14'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.77|y=0.50|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''9'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.97|y=0.50|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''4'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.62|y=0.69|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''10'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.89|y=0.77|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''5'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.48|y=0.85|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''10'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.59|y=0.97|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''10'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.25|y=0.652|scale=300|text={{font|size=140%|text='''50'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.85|y=0.999|scale=180|text={{font|size=140%|text='''3'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.48|y=0.737|scale=300|text={{font|size=140%|text='''4'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.29|y=0.732|scale=300|text={{font|size=140%|text='''17'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.48|y=0.887|scale=300|text={{font|size=140%|text='''4'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.41|y=0.870|scale=350|text={{font|size=140%|text='''8'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.03|y=0.60|scale=350|text={{font|size=140%|text='''5'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.03|y=0.75|scale=350|text={{font|size=140%|text='''5'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.11|y=0.85|scale=350|text={{font|size=140%|text='''2'''}}}}
{{Image label small|x=0.07|y=0.89|scale=350|text={{font|size=140%|text='''2'''}}}}
{{Image label end}}
|-
| [[Porto District|Porto]] || style="text-align:center;"| 37
|-
| [[Setúbal District|Setúbal]]<sup>{{font color|green|(+1)}}</sup>||style="text-align:center;"| 17
|-
| [[Braga District|Braga]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 16
|-
| [[Aveiro District|Aveiro]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 14
|-
| [[Leiria District|Leiria]], [[Santarém District|Santarém]] and [[Coimbra District|Coimbra]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 10
|-
| [[Viseu District|Viseu]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 9
|-
| [[Faro District|Faro]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 8
|-
| [[Viana do Castelo District|Viana do Castelo]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 6
|-
| [[Azores]], [[Castelo Branco District|Castelo Branco]], [[Madeira]] and [[Vila Real District|Vila Real]]<sup>{{font color|red|(–1)}}</sup> ||style="text-align:center;"| 5
|-
| [[Beja District|Beja]], [[Bragança District|Bragança]], [[Évora District|Évora]] and [[Guarda District|Guarda]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 4
|-
| [[Portalegre District|Portalegre]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 3
|-
| Europe and Outside Europe ||style="text-align:center;"| 2
|}

==Parties==
The table below lists the parties represented in the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Assembly of the Republic]] during the 6th legislature (1991–1995) and that also partook in the election:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Name
! rowspan="2"| Ideology
! rowspan="2"| Political position
! rowspan="2"| Leader
! colspan="2"| 1991 result
|-
! %
! Seats
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
| style="text-align:center;"| '''PPD/PSD'''
| [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Social Democratic Party]]<br />{{small|Partido Social Democrata}}
|{{Nowrap|[[Liberal conservatism]]<br/>[[Classical liberalism]]}}
| [[Centre-right]]
| [[Fernando Nogueira]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 50.6%
| {{Composition bar|135|230|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
| style="text-align:center;"| '''PS'''
| [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]]<br />{{small|Partido Socialista}}
|{{Nowrap|[[Social democracy]]<br/>[[Third Way]]}}
| [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| [[António Guterres]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 29.1%
| {{Composition bar|72|230|{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}}}
|-
| style="background:#f00;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| '''PCP'''
| [[Portuguese Communist Party]]<br />{{small|Partido Comunista Português}}
| [[Communism]]<br />[[Marxism–Leninism]]
| [[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
| [[Carlos Carvalhas]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 8.8%<br/>{{efn|name=Unitary Democratic Coalition}}
| {{Composition bar|15|230|hex=#FF0000}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Ecologist Party "The Greens"}};"|
| style="text-align:center;"| '''PEV'''
| [[Ecologist Party "The Greens"]]<br />{{small|Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes"}}
| [[Eco-socialism]]<br />[[Green Politics|Green politics]]
| [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
| Isabel Castro
| {{Composition bar|2|230|{{party color|Ecologist Party "The Greens"}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
| style="text-align:center;"| '''CDS-PP'''
| [[CDS – People's Party]]<br />{{Nowrap|{{small|Centro Democrático e Social – Partido Popular}}}}
| [[Christian democracy]]<br />[[National conservatism]]
| {{Nowrap|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]<br />to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]}}
| [[Manuel Monteiro]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.4%
| {{Composition bar|5|230|{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}}}
|-
| style="background:#000080;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| '''PSN'''
| [[National Solidarity Party (Portugal)|National Solidarity Party]]<br />{{Nowrap|{{small|Partido da Solidariedade Nacional}}}}
| [[Humanism]]<br />Pensioners' rights
| {{Nowrap|[[Centre (politics)|Centre]]}}
| Carlos Bastos
| style="text-align:center;"| 1.7%
| {{Composition bar|1|230|{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}}}
|-
|}

==Campaign period==
===Party slogans===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%; text-align:left;"
|-
! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"| Party or alliance
! Original slogan
! English translation
! Refs
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}"|
| [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
| « Mais e melhor para Portugal »
| "More and better for Portugal"
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://ephemerajpp.com/2018/09/17/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1995-psd//|title=ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1995 – PSD|language=pt|work=EPHEMERA |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}"|
| [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
| « A nova maioria »
| "The new majority."
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://ephemerajpp.com/2015/12/19/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1995-ps/|title=ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1995 – PS|language=pt|work=EPHEMERA |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}}"|
| [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
| « Vamos dar a volta a isto »
| "Let's turn this around"
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://ephemerajpp.com/2019/08/05/pcp-1995/ |title=PCP – 1995|language=pt |work=EPHEMERA |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}"|
| [[CDS – People's Party|CDS–PP]]
| « Vamos dar lugar a Portugal »
| "Let's make way for Portugal"
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://ephemerajpp.com/2017/03/29/eleicoes-legislativas-de-1995-cds-pp/|title=ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS DE 1995 – CDS-PP|language=pt |work=EPHEMERA |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref>
|}

===Candidates' debates===
The 1995 debates, between PSD leader [[Fernando Nogueira]] and PS leader [[António Guterres]], were the first general election debates since the [[1985 Portuguese legislative election|1985 elections]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="20"| 1995 Portuguese legislative election debates
|-
! rowspan="3"| Date
! rowspan="3"| Organisers
! rowspan="3"| Moderator(s)   
! colspan="18"| {{small|&nbsp;&nbsp;}} {{Colors|black|#D0FFD0|&nbsp;P&nbsp;}} {{small|Present &nbsp;}} {{Colors|black|#ffffdd|&nbsp;A&nbsp;}} {{small|Absent invitee}} {{Colors|black|#FFD0D0|&nbsp;N&nbsp;}} {{small|Non-invitee&nbsp;}}
|-
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]<br/>{{small|Nogueira}}
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]<br/>{{small|Guterres}}
! rowspan="2"|  Refs
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
|-
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| 6 Sep
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| [[RTP1]]
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| [[José Eduardo Moniz]]<br/>[[Maria Elisa Domingues]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0;"|'''P'''
| style="background:#D0FFD0;"|'''P'''
| <ref name="debates">{{cite news |date=4 September 2009 |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/o-que-mudam-os-debates-na-tv|title=O que mudam os debates na TV|language=pt |work=Correio da Manhã |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| 13 Sep
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| [[Sociedade Independente de Comunicação|SIC]]
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| [[Miguel Sousa Tavares]]<br/>[[Margarida Marante]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0;"|'''P'''
| style="background:#D0FFD0;"|'''P'''
| <ref name="debates"/>
|}

==Opinion polling==
{{See also|Exit poll|Opinion poll}}
The following table shows the opinion polls of voting intention of the Portuguese voters before the election. Those parties that are listed were represented in parliament (1991-1995). Included is also the result of the Portuguese general elections in 1991 and 1995 for reference.

Note, until 2000, the publication of opinion polls in the last week of the campaign was forbidden.

{{legend2|#FFEAEA|Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}<br/>{{legend2|#EAFFEA|Exit poll|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%; line-height:16px;"
|- style="height:42px; background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width:165px;" rowspan="2"| Date Released
! style="width:195px;" rowspan="2"| Polling Firm
! [[File:PSD (1987-1996).png|52px|link=Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
! [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
! [[File:Logo of the Unitary Democratic Coalition.svg|40px|link=Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
! [[File:CDS-PP (1991-2009).png|30px|link=CDS – People's Party|CDS–PP]]
! style="width:60px;" rowspan="2"| Others
! style="width:25px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
|-
! style="background:#FF9900; width:60px;"|
! style="background:#FF66FF; width:60px;"|
! style="background:red; width:60px;"|
! style="background:#0093DD; width:60px;"|
|-
| colspan="9" style="background:#A0A0A0"|
|- style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| align="center" | '''1 Oct 1995'''
| align="center" | '''Leg. Election'''
| align="center" | 34.1<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=88}}
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''43.8'''<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=112}}
| align="center" | 8.6<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=15}}
| align="center" | 9.1<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=15}}
| align="center" | 4.4<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | '''9.7'''
|-
| colspan="9" style="background:#A0A0A0"|
|- style="background:#EAFFEA"|
| align="center" | 1 Oct 1995
| align="center" | [https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/eleicoes-legislativas-1995-parte-ii/ RTP/Euroteste]
| align="center" | 35.0–39.0<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=93}}
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''40.0–45.0'''<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=107}}
| align="center" | 7.0–9.0<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=16}}
| align="center" | 7.0–9.0<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=14}}
| align="center" | &mdash;
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 5.5
|- style="background:#EAFFEA"|
| align="center" | 1 Oct 1995
| align="center" | [https://books.google.com/books?id=HT0VAAAAQBAJ&dq=sondagens+legislativas+1995&pg=PT138 SIC/Metris]
| align="center" | 34.5
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''42.2'''
| align="center" | 9.0
| align="center" | 9.2
| align="center" | 5.1
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 7.7
|- style="background:#EAFFEA"|
| align="center" | 1 Oct 1995
| align="center" | [https://books.google.com/books?id=HT0VAAAAQBAJ&dq=sondagens+legislativas+1995&pg=PT138 TVI/Universidade Católica]
| align="center" | 35.5
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''41.0'''
| align="center" | 8.0
| align="center" | 10.0
| align="center" | 5.5
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 5.5
|- style="background:#FFEAEA;"
| align="center" | 29 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [https://elpais.com/diario/1995/09/29/internacional/812329205_850215.html Norma]
| align="center" style="background:#FFD18D"| '''40.3'''
| align="center" | 35.2
| align="center" | 9.7
| align="center" | 9.3
| align="center" | 5.5
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 5.1
|-
| align="center" | 23 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/4798115_049d4d0e9b.jpg Metris]
| align="center" | 32.0
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''42.0'''
| align="center" | 10.0
| align="center" | 8.0
| align="center" | 8.0
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 10.0
|-
| align="center" | 23 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/4798115_049d4d0e9b.jpg Euroteste]
| align="center" | 35.0
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''39.0'''
| align="center" | 9.0
| align="center" | 10.0
| align="center" | 7.0
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 4.0
|-
| align="center" | 23 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/4798115_049d4d0e9b.jpg Euroexpansão]
| align="center" | 32.7
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''44.5'''
| align="center" | 11.5
| align="center" | 6.9
| align="center" | 4.4
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 11.8
|-
| align="center" | 23 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/4798115_049d4d0e9b.jpg Universidade Católica]
| align="center" | 35.0
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''40.0'''
| align="center" | 9.0
| align="center" | 10.0
| align="center" | 6.0
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 5.0
|-
| align="center" | 22 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/4798115_049d4d0e9b.jpg IPSOS]
| align="center" | 35.0
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''41.0'''
| align="center" | 9.0
| align="center" | 9.0
| align="center" | 6.0
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 6.0
|-
| align="center" | 21 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/4798115_049d4d0e9b.jpg Marktest]
| align="center" | 33.0
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''42.0'''
| align="center" | 10.0
| align="center" | 9.0
| align="center" | 6.0
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 9.0
|-
| align="center" | 16 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/4798115_049d4d0e9b.jpg Compta]
| align="center" | 39.0
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''40.0'''
| align="center" | 12.0
| align="center" | 8.0
| align="center" | 1.0
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 1.0
|-
| align="center" | 16 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lCDuEB53iwcJ:https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/10943/1/Disserta%25C3%25A7%25C3%25A3o%2520Aluna%2520Joana%2520Freire%2520249617.pdf+&cd=10&hl=pt-PT&ct=clnk&gl=pt&client=firefox-b-d Euroexpansão]
| align="center" | 33.7
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''41.8'''
| align="center" | 8.8
| align="center" | 9.1
| align="center" | 6.6
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 8.1
|-
| align="center" | 9 Sep 1995
| align="center" | [https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lCDuEB53iwcJ:https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/10943/1/Disserta%25C3%25A7%25C3%25A3o%2520Aluna%2520Joana%2520Freire%2520249617.pdf+&cd=10&hl=pt-PT&ct=clnk&gl=pt&client=firefox-b-d Euroexpansão]
| align="center" | 31.8
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''41.5'''
| align="center" | 11.5
| align="center" | 8.7
| align="center" | 6.5
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 9.7
|-
| align="center" | 28 Jul 1995
| align="center" | [https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/jogo-aberto-26/ Compta RH]
| align="center" | 35.8
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''43.6'''
| align="center" | 11.7
| align="center" | 7.0
| align="center" | 1.8
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 7.8
|-
| align="center" | 14 Jul 1995
| align="center" | [https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/jogo-aberto-23/ Compta RH]
| align="center" | 36.8
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''44.4'''
| align="center" | 9.9
| align="center" | 6.5
| align="center" | 2.4
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 7.6
|-
| align="center" | 30 Jun 1995
| align="center" | [https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/jogo-aberto-19/ Compta RH]
| align="center" | 34.8
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''45.4'''
| align="center" | 8.6
| align="center" | 8.1
| align="center" | 3.1
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 10.6
|-
| align="center" | 9 Jun 1995
| align="center" | [https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/jogo-aberto-18/ Compta RH]
| align="center" | 31.2
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''45.6'''
| align="center" | 9.7
| align="center" | 8.6
| align="center" | 4.9
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 14.4
|-
| align="center" | 1 May 1995
| align="center" | [https://run.unl.pt/bitstream/10362/2401/1/TSIG0039.pdf Euroteste]
| align="center" | 40.5
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''42.5'''
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| align="center" | 17.0
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 2.0
|- style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| '''12 Jun 1994'''
| '''[[1994 European Parliament election in Portugal|EP Elections]]'''
| align="center" | 34.4
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''34.9'''
| align="center" | 11.2
| align="center" | 12.5
| align="center" | 7.0
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | '''0.5'''
|- style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| '''12 Dec 1993'''
| '''[[1993 Portuguese local elections|Local Elections]]'''
| align="center" | 33.7
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''40.2'''
| align="center" | 12.8
| align="center" | 8.4
| align="center" | 4.9
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | '''6.5'''
|-
| align="center" | 24 Sep 1993
| align="center" | [https://observador.pt/2015/11/07/o-independente-a-derrota-espetacular/ Euroteste]
| align="center" style="background:#FFD18D"| '''44.5'''
| align="center" | 34.8
| align="center" | 10.0
| align="center" | 8.7
| align="center" | 2.0
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 9.7
|-
| align="center" | 29 May 1993
| align="center" | [https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/cavaco-silva-de-visita-a-foz-coa/ Euroexpansão]
| align="center" | 33.8
| align="center" style="background:#FFCBFF"| '''34.6'''
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| align="center" | 31.6
| style="background:#FF66FF; color:white" | 0.8
|-
| align="center" | 29 May 1993
| align="center" | [https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/cavaco-silva-de-visita-a-foz-coa/ Euroteste]
| align="center" style="background:#FFD18D"| '''45.5'''
| align="center" | 34.3
| {{N/A}}
| {{N/A}}
| align="center" | 20.2
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | 11.2
|-
| colspan="9" style="background:#A0A0A0"|
|- style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| align="center" | '''6 Oct 1991'''
| align="center" | '''[[1991 Portuguese legislative election|Leg. Election]]'''
| align="center" style="background:#FFD18D"| '''50.6'''<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=135}}
| align="center" | 29.1<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=72}}
| align="center" | 8.8<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=17}}
| align="center" | 4.4<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=5}}
| align="center" | 7.1<br/>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
| style="background:#FF9900; color:white" | '''21.5'''
|-
| colspan="9" style="background:#A0A0A0"|
|}

==National summary of votes and seats==
{{election table|title=Summary of the 1 October 1995 [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Assembly of the Republic]] [[Elections in Portugal|elections results]]}}
|- 
| colspan=11| [[File:Portugal Parliament 1995.svg|center]]
|-  
! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|[[Member of Parliament|MPs]]
! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |MPs %/<br />votes %
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center|[[1991 Portuguese legislative election|1991]]
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align=center|1995
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Socialist Party (Portugal)|shortname=Socialist}}
|2,583,755||43.76||{{Increase}}14.7||72||'''112'''||{{Increase}}40||48.70||{{Increase}}17.4||1.11
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|shortname=Social Democratic}}
|2,014,589||34.12||{{Decrease}}16.5||135||'''88'''||{{Decrease}}47||38.26||{{Decrease}}20.4||1.12
|-
| {{Party name with colour|CDS – People's Party|shortname=People's}}{{efn|name=CDS}}
|534,470||9.05||{{Increase}}4.7||5||'''15'''||{{Increase}}10||6.52||{{Increase}}4.3||0.72
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unity Coalition|shortname=Democratic Unity Coalition}}{{efn|name=CDU}}
|506,157||8.57||{{Decrease}}0.2||17||'''15'''||{{Decrease}}2||6.52||{{Decrease}}0.9||0.76
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat|shortname=Portuguese Workers' Communist}}
|41,137||0.70||{{Decrease}}0.2||0||'''0'''||{{steady}}0||0.00||{{steady}}0.0||0.0
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal)|colour=red|shortname=Revolutionary Socialist}}
|37,638||0.64||{{Decrease}}0.5||0||'''0'''||{{steady}}0||0.00||{{steady}}0.0||0.0
|-
|style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#E2062C align="center" | 
|align=left|[[People's Democratic Union (Portugal)|People's Democratic Union]]
|33,876||0.57||{{Increase}}0.5||0||'''0'''||{{steady}}0||0.00||{{steady}}0.0||0.0
|-
|style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#000080 align="center" | 
|align=left|[[National Solidarity Party (Portugal)|National Solidarity]]
|12,613||0.21||{{Decrease}}1.5||1||'''0'''||{{Decrease}}1||0.00||{{Decrease}}0.4||0.0
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Party of the Folk (Portugal)|colour=yellow|shortname=Party of the Folk}} 
|8,279||0.14||{{N/A}}||{{N/A}}||'''0'''||{{N/A}}||0.00||{{N/A}}||0.0
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Earth Party}}
|8,235||0.14||{{N/A}}||{{N/A}}||'''0'''||{{N/A}}||0.00||{{N/A}}||0.0
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Earth Party}} / {{Party shortname linked|People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)}}
|5,932||0.10||{{N/A}}||{{N/A}}||'''0'''||{{N/A}}||0.00||{{N/A}}||0.0
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Workers Party of Socialist Unity|colour=red|shortname=Unity Movement for Workers}}
|2,544||0.04||{{N/A}}||{{N/A}}||'''0'''||{{N/A}}||0.00||{{N/A}}||0.0
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Party of the Atlantic}}
|2,536||0.04||{{Decrease}}0.2||0||'''0'''||{{steady}}0||0.00||{{steady}}0.0||0.0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''Total valid''' 
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''5,791,761'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''98.08'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''{{Increase}}0.0'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''230'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''230'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''{{steady}}0'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''100.00'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''{{steady}}0.0'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''—'''
|-
|colspan=2|Blank ballots
|45,793||0.78||{{Decrease}}0.0||colspan=6 rowspan=4|
|-
|colspan=2|Invalid ballots
|67,300||1.14||{{Increase}}0.0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''Total''' 
|width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''5,904,854'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''100.00'''
|width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout
||8,906,608||66.30||{{decrease}}1.5
|-
| colspan=11 align=left | Source: [https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_ar_1995.pdf Comissão Nacional de Eleições]
|}
{{bar box
|title=Vote share
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=550px
|barwidth=500px
|bars=
{{bar percent|PS|{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|43.76}}
{{bar percent|PSD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|34.12}}
{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|9.05}}
{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Portuguese Communist Party}}|8.57}}
{{bar percent|PCTP/MRPP|{{party color|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat}}|0.70}}
{{bar percent|PSR|red|0.64}}
{{bar percent|UDP|#E2062C|0.57}}
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|0.67}}
{{bar percent|Blank/Invalid|#DDDDDD|1.92}}
}}
{{bar box
|title=Parliamentary seats
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=550px
|barwidth=500px
|bars=
{{bar percent|PS|{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}|48.70}}
{{bar percent|PSD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}|38.26}}
{{bar percent|CDS-PP|{{party color|CDS – People's Party}}|6.52}}
{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Portuguese Communist Party}}|6.52}}
}}
{{clear}}

===Distribution by constituency===
{{election table|title=Results of the 1995 election of the Portuguese [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Assembly of the<br />Republic]] by constituency|sortable=yes}}
|- class="unsortable"
!rowspan=2|Constituency!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S
!rowspan=2|Total<br />S
|- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan=2 | [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
!colspan=2 | [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
!colspan=2 | [[Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party|CDS–PP]]
!colspan=2 | [[Democratic Unity Coalition|CDU]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Azores]]
| 37.6
| '''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|47.8
| '''3'''
| 9.4
| -
| 1.8
| -
| '''5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Aveiro District|Aveiro]]
| 40.2
| '''6'''
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|41.2
| '''6'''
| 12.6
| '''2'''
| 2.7
| -
| '''14'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Beja District|Beja]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|45.8
| '''2'''
| 15.7
| '''1'''
| 3.6
| -
| 29.2
| '''1'''
| '''4'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Braga District|Braga]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|42.9
| '''8'''
| 38.2
| '''7'''
| 10.7
| '''1'''
| 4.5
| -
| '''16'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Bragança District|Bragança]]
| 40.3
| '''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|44.8
| '''2'''
| 9.4
| -
| 1.9
| -
| '''4'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Castelo Branco District|Castelo Branco]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|53.2
| '''3'''
| 32.1
| '''2'''
| 7.2
| -
| 5.3
| -
| '''5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Coimbra District|Coimbra]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|49.1
| '''6'''
| 34.5
| '''4'''
| 7.1
| -
| 5.1
| -
| '''10'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{hs|Evora}} [[Évora District|Évora]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|42.6
| '''2'''
| 20.2
| '''1'''
| 5.2
| -
| 26.9
| '''1'''
| '''4'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Faro District|Faro]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|49.6
| '''5'''
| 29.2
| '''3'''
| 8.3
| -
| 7.8
| -
| '''8'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Guarda District|Guarda]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|43.7
| '''2'''
| 39.9
| '''2'''
| 9.9
| -
| 2.3
| -
| '''4'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Leiria District|Leiria]]
| 36.7
| '''4'''
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|43.3
| '''5'''
| 11.4
| '''1'''
| 4.5
| -
| '''10'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Lisbon District|Lisbon]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|44.3
| '''24'''
| 29.0
| '''15'''
| 9.4
| '''5'''
| 12.0
| '''6'''
| '''50'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Madeira]]
| 32.0
| '''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|46.1
| '''3'''
| 12.9
| -
| 1.3
| -
| '''5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Portalegre District|Portalegre]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|50.5
| '''2'''
| 23.4
| '''1'''
| 6.3
| -
| 14.0
| -
| '''3'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Porto District|Porto]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|46.7
| '''18'''
| 36.4
| '''14'''
| 7.8
| '''3'''
| 6.0
| '''2'''
| '''37'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Santarém District|Santarém]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|45.8
| '''5'''
| 31.0
| '''3'''
| 8.7
| '''1'''
| 9.5
| '''1'''
| '''10'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Setúbal District|Setúbal]]
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|44.9
| '''9'''
| 18.4
| '''3'''
| 7.2
| '''1'''
| 23.8
| '''4'''
| '''17'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Viana do Castelo District|Viana do Castelo]]
| 38.8
| '''3'''
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|42.1
| '''3'''
| 11.3
| -
| 4.6
| -
| '''6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Vila Real District|Vila Real]]
| 40.0
| '''2'''
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|46.0
| '''3'''
| 7.8
| -
| 1.9
| -
| '''5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Viseu District|Viseu]]
| 38.4
| '''4'''
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|44.3
| '''4'''
| 11.5
| '''1'''
| 1.8
| -
| '''9'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Europe
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|35.1
| '''1'''
| 33.8
| '''1'''
| 4.4
| -
| 6.4
| -
| '''2'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Outside Europe 
| 12.8
| -
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|69.3
| '''2'''
| 3.8
| -
| 1.2
| -
| '''2'''
|-
|- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9"
| style="text-align:left;" | '''Total'''
| style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}}; color:white;"|'''43.8'''
| '''112'''
| '''34.1'''
| '''88'''
| '''9.1'''
| '''15'''
| '''8.6'''
| '''15'''
| '''230'''
|-
| colspan=10 style="text-align:left;" | Source: [http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/raster/index.cfm?dia=01&mes=10&ano=1995&eleicao=ar Comissão Nacional de Eleições]
|}

=== Maps ===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="250">
Legislativas portuguesas de 1995 (Mapa).png|Most voted political force by [[Municipalities of Portugal|municipality]].
</gallery>
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==Notes==
{{notes
| refs =

{{efn
| name = Unitary Democratic Coalition
| The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) contested the 1999 election in a coalition called '''[[Unitary Democratic Coalition]] (CDU)''' and won a combined 8.8% of the vote and elected 17 MPs to parliament.
}}

{{efn
| name = CDS
| In 1993, the name "People's Party" was added to the party's name.
}}

{{efn
| name = CDU
| [[Portuguese Communist Party]] (13 MPs) and [[Ecologist Party "The Greens"|"The Greens"]] (2 MPs) ran in coalition.
}}
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb Comissão Nacional de Eleições] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408212102/http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb |date=2005-04-08 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060818153627/http://www.iscsp.utl.pt/~cepp/abertura.php Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político]

==See also==

*[[Politics of Portugal]]
*[[List of political parties in Portugal]]
*[[Elections in Portugal]]

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