10th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic

The 10th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic () ran from 10 March 2005 to 14 October 2009. The composition of the Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Portugal, was determined by the results of the 2005 legislative election, held on 20 February 2005. The 10th legislature was the longest in current Portuguese democracy, lasting 4 years and 218 days.

Election The 11th Portuguese legislative election was held on 20 February 2005. In the election, the Socialist Party (PS) won its first absolute majority.Official Results — National Election Commission

Party Assembly of the Republic Votes % Seats +/−PS 2,588,312 45.03 121 +25PPD/PSD 1,653,425 28.77 75 –30 CDU 433,369 7.54 14 +2CDS–PP 416,415 7.25 12 –2 BE 364,971 6.35 8 +5 Other/blank/invalid 291,179 5.07 0 ±0 Total 5,747,834 100.00 230 ±0

Composition (2005–2009) Party Parliamentary group leaderElectedDissolution Seats %Seats % Alberto Martins (Porto)12152.612152.6 Luís Marques Guedes (Porto) (2005–2007)Pedro Santana Lopes (Lisbon) (2007–2008)Paulo Rangel (Porto) (2008–2009)António Montalvão Machado (Porto) (2009)7532.67532.6 Bernardino Soares (Lisbon)125.2114.8 Nuno Melo (Braga) (2005–2007)Telmo Correia (2007)Diogo Feio (Porto) (2007–2009)125.2114.8 Luís Fazenda (Lisbon)83.583.5PEVHeloísa Apolónia (Setúbal)20.920.9 IndependentLuísa Mesquita (Santarém)José Paulo de Carvalho (Porto)00.020.9  Total230100.0230100.0

Changes Luísa Mesquita, Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) → Independent: Expelled from the PCP after the party's central committee removed their confidence in her due to a refusal to leave her seat at the request of the party.Deputada Luísa Mesquita expulsa do PCP , Público, 27 November 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

José Paulo Carvalho, CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) → Independent: Left CDS–PP citing lack of strategy and loss of values and ideas from the party.Deputado sai do CDS-PP, mas fica na Assembleia da República como não inscrito , Público, 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic To be elected, a candidate needs to reach a minimum of 116 votes. Jaime Gama, from the Socialist Party, was easily elected:

Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic Ballot → 16 March 2005 Required majority → 116 out of 230 Jaime Gama (PS) Blank ballots Invalid ballots Absentees Sources:

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