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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legislative election
ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ |
| campaignCharacteristic | focus on economic modernization and stability ⓘ |
| constitutionalFramework | Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| date | 1985-10-06 ⓘ |
| electoralAlliancePresent | APU (Portuguese Communist Party – The Greens) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralBody | Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralDistricts | multi-member constituencies ⓘ |
| electoralLaw | Portuguese Constitution of 1976 and subsequent electoral legislation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfStateDuringElection | António Ramalho Eanes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | beginning of a long period of center-right governance in Portugal ⓘ |
| ideologicalShift | center-right ⓘ |
| leadingFigureOfWinner | Aníbal Cavaco Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislatureNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| legislatureTerm | 5th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCompetitor |
Democratic and Social Center (Portugal)
NERFINISHED
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Portuguese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Communist Party – Ecologist Party "The Greens" coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ Socialist Party (Portugal) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainIssue |
European integration
ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ unemployment ⓘ |
| mainWinner | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextElection | Portuguese legislative election, 1987 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSeatsContested | 250 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryChamber | Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Third Portuguese Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection | Social Democratic Party (Portugal) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection | Socialist Party (Portugal) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousElection | Portuguese legislative election, 1983 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAfterElection | Aníbal Cavaco Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterBeforeElection | Mário Soares NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
Cavaco Silva I Constitutional Government of Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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
NERFINISHED
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proportional representation ⓘ |
| year | 1985 ⓘ |
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