2025 Portuguese legislative election (The Next Future)

The 2025 Portuguese Legislative Election was held in October 4, 2025, when all 230 parliament seats were up for election. The election came after Prime Minister António Costa resigned to run for the 2026 presidential election.

The Socialist Party (PS) had recently elected the Minister of Infraestructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, as the new Secretary-General, and candidate for Prime Minister, to succeed António Costa.

After the great defeat of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 2023, the President of the Party Rui Rio announced he wouldn't seek re-election as the leader of the party. In the 2024 leadership elections, the former Mayor of Famalicão, Paulo Cunha, was elected President of the PSD.

After almost 20 years as leader of the Communist Party, Jerónimo de Sousa announced he would retire from Politics. He was succeeded by the Former MEP, 2021 Presidential Candidate and former Candidate for Mayor of Lisbon, João Ferreira.

The PS won the elections, despite losing 13 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. The PSD managed to improve 14 seats in the parliament. The BE lost 2 seats, but won back it's status as the 3rd party. The CHEGA Party lost 4 seats in consequence of several polemics featuring the new MP's elected by the party. The Communist Party became the Fourth Party, winning 2 seats, even though they had less 0.4% of the votes then CHEGA. The IL got 2 more MP's, improving their results in Lisbon and in Porto, and electing their first MP in Aveiro. The CDS-PP kept their 5 MP's, while the PAN Party managed to win back a seat in Setúbal.

The Socialist Party failed to get another absolute majority, so they formed a Left Government with the Left Bloc and the Communist Party, the first time when these 2 parties joined the Government.