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The Portuguese legislative election of 2005 took place on February 20. These elections were called after the decision of President Jorge Sampaio on November 30, 2004 to dissolve the Parliament as an answer to the political instability caused by the government led by Pedro Santana Lopes (PSD) in coalition with the PP. Santana Lopes had become Prime-Minister after Durão Barroso left the country in order to become President of the European Commission in a decision that divided the country, because many Portuguese were expecting that the Socialist President Jorge Sampaio would dissolve parliament and call a legislative election. However, after five unstable months, president Sampaio decided to dissolve Parliament and call fresh elections. The Prime Minister nevertheless announced the resignation of the government on December 11, in an action with no practical effects whatsoever. This work is copyrighted. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Categories: Lists of office-holders | Portugal | Presidents of Portugal ... Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio ( listen?) is the current Portuguese President of the Republic, elected for a second term in January 14, 2001. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (born June 29, 1956) is a Portuguese politician, and was Prime Minister of Portugal in (2004 and 2005). ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal. ... The Democratic Social Center / Peoples Party (Portuguese: Centro DemocrÃ¡tico Social / Partido Popular or CDS/PP) is a Portuguese political party. ... JosÃ© Manuel DurÃ£o Barroso (pronunced: IPA, ) (born in Lisbon, March 23, 1956) is a Portuguese politician. ... The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union. ... Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio ( listen?) is the current Portuguese President of the Republic, elected for a second term in January 14, 2001. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The campaign started officially on February 6 and the major topics were the problematic state of the country's finances, unemployment and abortion. Jump to: navigation, search February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California during the Great Depression. ...

The right-wing parties, mainly the Social Democrats, were punished for their performance in government, and lost more than 10% of the voting. On the left, the Leftwing Bloc achieved its best result ever and made the biggest climb, gaining 5 MPs, while the CDU (Communists and the Greens) gained 2 MPs and reversed their downward trend of the last elections.

José Sócrates, leader of the Socialist Party, was nominated Prime Minister. Leftwing Bloc (Portuguese: Bloco de Esquerda) is a Portuguese left-wing political party founded in 1999. ... Francisco Anacleto LouÃ§Ã£ (born November 12, 1956) is a Portuguese politician who was an active opponent of the pre-democracy regime and who more recently helped to found the left-wing party Bloco de Esquerda. ... CDU logo The Unitarian Democratic Coalition (Portuguese: Coligação Democrática Unitária or CDU) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party The Greens (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista Os Verdes or PEV). ... JerÃ³nimo de Sousa (born 13 April 1947 in Santa Iria de AzÃ³ia) is a Portuguese politician and current secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), elected in 2004. ... The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista) is a political party of Portugal. ... JosÃ© SÃ³crates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa (born in Vilar de MaÃ§ada, 6 September 1957) is a Portuguese politician, secretary-general of the Socialist Party and the current prime minister of Portugal, since March 12, 2005. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata) is a political party in Portugal. ... Jump to: navigation, search Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes (born June 29, 1956) is a Portuguese politician, and was Prime Minister of Portugal in (2004 and 2005). ... The Democratic Social Center / Peoples Party (Portuguese: Centro DemocrÃ¡tico Social / Partido Popular or CDS/PP) is a Portuguese political party. ... Jump to: navigation, search Paulo Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962) is a Portuguese politician. ...

National summary of votes and seats

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National summary of votes and seats