Results breakdown of the 1976 Portuguese legislative election

1976 Portuguese legislative election

25 April 1976 (1976-04-25)
All 263 seats in the Assembly of the Republic 132 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.5%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PS Mário Soares 34.9% 107 −9 PPD Francisco Sá Carneiro 24.4% 73 −8 CDS Diogo Freitas do Amaral 15.9% 42 +26 PCP Álvaro Cunhal 14.4% 40 +10 UDP Acácio Barreiros 1.7% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Vasco de Almeida e Costa (interim) Independent Mário Soares PS

This is the results breakdown of the Assembly of the Republic election held in Portugal on 25 April 1976. The following table show detailed results in each of the country's 24 electoral constituencies.

The PS was the most voted party, with nearly 35% and 107 seats, followed by PPD at 24% and 73 seats. CDS surpassed PCP to third place, with 16% and 42 seats, while PCP stood at 14% and 40 seats. Turnout decreased, compared with 1975, to 83.5%.

The Assembly of the Republic had 263 members elected to four-year terms. The number of seats to be elected by each district depends on the district magnitude.^[1] 259 seats were allocated proportionally by the number of registered voters in the 20 Districts in Mainland Portugal, plus Azores, separated between Horta, Angra do Heroísmo and Ponta Delgada, and Madeira (Funchal), and 4 fixed seats are allocated for overseas voters, 2 seats for voters in Europe and another 2 seats for voters Outside Europe.^[2]

The 263 members of Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and by a closed list proportional representation system. Members represent the country as a whole and not the constituencies in which they were elected.^[3]

• Portuguese Electoral Commission