Luís Montenegro maintained his seat as the Portuguese prime minister and the party that he represents has won the elections, with AD electing 86 deputies in mainland Portugal. Three more deputies were also elected in the Azores, in a coalition with PSD, CDS-PP and PPM.


Surprises

The electoral night had various surprises, namely the massive drop in the number of deputies from the PS. While the party is still the second political force in the country, PS elected 58 deputies against the 77 elected in 2024. In terms of percentage, there was a decrease of five percent in the number of votes. The decrease led Pedro Nuno Santos, the leader of the party, to abandon his position in the PS.

CH is still the third political force, having gained eight more deputies when compared to the results from last year. Now, CH and PS have the same number of deputies, and the results from the votes of the Portuguese emigrants have not been counted yet.

On the right, Iniciativa Liberal (IL) has also seen its number of deputies grow, from eight to nine deputies, remaining the fourth political force in the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic. On the left wing, Livre was also the party that registered an increase, electing 6 deputies, two more than last year, becoming the fifth political force in Portugal.

In general, the smaller left-wing parties lost the elections with a massive reduction in the number of votes, and therefore, the number of elected deputies. Bloco de Esquerda (BE) elected only 1 deputy, Mariana Mortágua, the leader of the party. In the 2024 elections, BE elected five deputies, with only two percent of the votes.

The Partido Comunista Português (PCP) lost a deputy when compared to the results of last year's elections, electing 3 deputies on 18 May 2025. Pessoas-Animais-Natureza (PAN) kept the same number of deputies; however, lost votes when compared to the 2024 elections, thus Inês Sousa Real keeps her seat in the Assembly of the Republic.

A new party has arrived in the Assembly of the Republic, Filipe Sousa from Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP), elected as a deputy due to the votes in Madeira Island. The JPP is the second political force in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, which may have increased the party’s results in national elections.

Overseas votes

The number of votes has not yet been completed in full, since the results from Overseas voters, namely Portuguese emigrants, have not been counted yet. This means that there are still four more seats to be occupied in the Assembly of the Republic.

On 18 May 2025, there were 5,965,332 votes counted, in a total of 9,265,493 people able to vote for Portuguese elections. This means that 64.38 percent of the population voted, meaning that 35.62 percent of people did not vote in the elections.