10th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic
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The 10th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: X Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) 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.[1]
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| Legislative body | Assembly of the Republic | ||||
| Meeting place | Palace of Saint Benedict | ||||
| Term | 10 March 2005 â 14 October 2009 | ||||
| Election | 20 February 2005 | ||||
| Government | XVII Constitutional Government | ||||
| Website | parlamento | ||||
| Deputies | |||||
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| Members | 230 | ||||
| President | Jaime Gama (PS) | ||||
| First Vice-President | Manuel Alegre (PS) | ||||
| Second Vice-President | Guilherme Silva (PPD/PSD) | ||||
| Third Vice-President | António Filipe (PCP) | ||||
| Fourth Vice-President | Telmo Correia (CDSâPP) (2005â2007) Nuno Melo (CDSâPP) (2007â2009) Teresa Caeiro (CDSâPP) (2009) | ||||
Election
The 11th Portuguese legislative election was held on 20 February 2005. In the election, the Socialist Party (PS) won its first absolute majority.[2]
Composition (2005â2009)
| Party | Parliamentary group leader | Elected | Dissolution | |||
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| Seats | % | Seats | % | |||
| PS | Alberto Martins (Porto) | 121 | 52.6 | 121 | 52.6 | |
| PPD/PSD | LuÃs Marques Guedes (Porto) (2005â2007) Pedro Santana Lopes (Lisbon) (2007â2008) Paulo Rangel (Porto) (2008â2009) António Montalvão Machado (Porto) (2009) |
75 | 32.6 | 75 | 32.6 | |
| PCP | Bernardino Soares (Lisbon) | 12 | 5.2 | 11 | 4.8 | |
| CDSâPP | Nuno Melo (Braga) (2005â2007) Telmo Correia (2007) Diogo Feio (Porto) (2007â2009) |
12 | 5.2 | 11 | 4.8 | |
| BE | LuÃs Fazenda (Lisbon) | 8 | 3.5 | 8 | 3.5 | |
| PEV | HeloÃsa Apolónia (Setúbal) | 2 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 | |
| Independent | LuÃsa Mesquita (Santarém) José Paulo de Carvalho (Porto) |
0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.9 | |
| Total | 230 | 100.0 | 230 | 100.0 | ||
Changes
- LuÃsa Mesquita, Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) â 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.[3]
- José Paulo Carvalho, CDS â People's Party (CDSâPP) â Independent: Left CDSâPP citing lack of strategy and loss of values and ideas from the party.[4]
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:[5]
| Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic | |||
| Ballot â | 16 March 2005 | ||
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| Required majority â | 116 out of 230 | ||
| Jaime Gama (PS) | 197 / 230 |
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| Blank ballots | 32 / 230 | ||
| Invalid ballots | 0 / 230 | ||
| Absentees | 1 / 230 | ||
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