The 17th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: XVII Legislatura da Terceira República Portuguesa) is the current meeting of the Assembly of the Republic. It first convened on 3 June 2025, with its membership being determined by the results of the 2025 Portuguese legislative election held the previous 18 May.
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| Overview | |||
| Legislative body | Assembly of the Republic | ||
| Jurisdiction | Portugal | ||
| Meeting place | Palace of Saint Benedict | ||
| Term | 3 June 2025 – | ||
| Election | 18 May 2025 | ||
| Government | XXV Constitutional Government | ||
| Website | parlamento | ||
| Deputies | |||
| Members | 230 | ||
| President | José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, PPD/PSD | ||
| First Vice-President | Teresa Morais, PPD/PSD | ||
| Second Vice-President | Diogo Pacheco de Amorim, CH | ||
| Third Vice-President | Marcos Perestrello, PS | ||
| Fourth Vice-President | Rodrigo Saraiva, IL | ||
| First Secretary | Francisco Figueira, PPD/PSD | ||
| Second Secretary | Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro, CH | ||
| Third Secretary | Joana Ferreira Lima, PS | ||
| Fourth Secretary | Germana Rocha, PPD/PSD | ||
Election
The 18th Portuguese legislative election was held on 18 May 2025. The Democratic Alliance (AD) was re-elected with a stronger mandate, albeit without a majority. For the first time in democracy, PS fell to third place, while Chega became the second largest party in the Assembly.
| Party | Assembly of the Republic | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | +/− | ||
| AD | 2,008,488 | 31.78 | 91 | +11 | |
| Chega | 1,438,554 | 22.76 | 60 | +10 | |
| PS | 1,442,546 | 22.83 | 58 | –20 | |
| IL | 338,974 | 5.36 | 9 | +1 | |
| Livre | 257,291 | 4.07 | 6 | +2 | |
| CDU | 183,686 | 2.91 | 3 | –1 | |
| BE | 125,808 | 1.99 | 1 | –4 | |
| PAN | 86,930 | 1.38 | 1 | ±0 | |
| JPP | 20,900 | 0.33 | 1 | +1 | |
| Other/blank/invalid | 416,792 | 6.59 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 6,319,969 | 100.00 | 230 | ±0 | |
Composition (2025–present)
List of members
Current composition
| Party | Parliamentary leader | Elected | ||
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| Seats | % | |||
| PPD/PSD | Hugo Soares (Braga) | 89 | 38.7 | |
| Chega | Pedro Pinto (Faro) | 60 | 26.1 | |
| PS | Pedro Delgado Alves (Coimbra) (2025) Eurico Brilhante Dias (Leiria) (since 2025) | 58 | 25.2 | |
| IL | Mariana Leitão (Lisbon) (2025) Mário Amorim Lopes (Aveiro) (since 2025) | 9 | 3.9 | |
| Livre | Isabel Mendes Lopes (Lisbon) | 6 | 2.6 | |
| PCP | Paula Santos (Setúbal) | 3 | 1.3 | |
| CDS–PP | Paulo Núncio (Lisbon) | 2 | 0.9 | |
| BE | Mariana Mortágua (Lisbon) | 1 | 0.4 | |
| PAN | Inês Sousa Real (Lisbon) | 1 | 0.4 | |
| JPP | Filipe Sousa (Madeira) | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Total | 230 | 100.0 | ||
Election for President of the Assembly of the Republic
The election of a new President of the Assembly of the Republic was held in the first session of the new Legislature, on 3 June 2025. Incumbent President José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) was the sole candidate and was re-elected by a landslide.
| Election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic | |||
| 1st Ballot → | 3 June 2025 | ||
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| Required majority → | 116 out of 230 | ||
| José Pedro Aguiar-Branco (PPD/PSD) | 202 / 230 | ||
| Blank ballots | 25 / 230 | ||
| Invalid ballots | 3 / 230 | ||
| Absentees | 0 / 230 | ||
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