Portuguese legislative election, 1985

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The Portuguese legislative election of 1985 was a national parliamentary vote that led to the rise of Aníbal Cavaco Silva’s Social Democratic Party and marked the beginning of a long period of center-right governance in Portugal.

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instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
campaignCharacteristic focus on economic modernization and stability ⓘ
constitutionalFramework Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976) ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
date 1985-10-06 ⓘ
electoralAlliancePresent APU (Portuguese Communist Party – The Greens) ⓘ
electoralBody Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
electoralDistricts multi-member constituencies ⓘ
electoralLaw Portuguese Constitution of 1976 and subsequent electoral legislation ⓘ
headOfStateDuringElection António Ramalho Eanes ⓘ
historicalSignificance beginning of a long period of center-right governance in Portugal ⓘ
ideologicalShift center-right ⓘ
leadingFigureOfWinner Aníbal Cavaco Silva ⓘ
legislatureNumber 5 ⓘ
legislatureTerm 5th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic ⓘ
location Portugal ⓘ
mainCompetitor Democratic and Social Center (Portugal) ⓘ
Portuguese Communist Party ⓘ
Portuguese Communist Party – Ecologist Party "The Greens" coalition ⓘ
Socialist Party (Portugal) ⓘ
mainIssue European integration ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
mainWinner Social Democratic Party (Portugal) ⓘ
nextElection Portuguese legislative election, 1987 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 250 ⓘ
parliamentaryChamber Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
partOf Third Portuguese Republic ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Social Democratic Party (Portugal) ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Socialist Party (Portugal) ⓘ
previousElection Portuguese legislative election, 1983 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Aníbal Cavaco Silva ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Mário Soares ⓘ
resultedIn Cavaco Silva I Constitutional Government of Portugal ⓘ
end of Socialist Party-led government formed in 1983 ⓘ
strengthening of Social Democratic Party leadership in Portugal ⓘ
timePeriodContext post-Carnation Revolution democratic consolidation ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter collapse of the PS–PSD coalition government (1983–1985) ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed minority government ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 75% ⓘ
votingSystem D'Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method

proportional representation ⓘ
year 1985 ⓘ

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Aníbal Cavaco Silva → participatedIn → Portuguese legislative election, 1985 ⓘ
Portuguese legislative election, 1985 → previousElection → Portuguese legislative election, 1983 ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese legislative election, 1985