Coalition PSD/CDS
The Portugal Ahead (Portuguese: Portugal à Frente, PàF) was a conservative[5] political and electoral alliance in Portugal formed by the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) and CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP).
Portugal Ahead Portugal à Frente | |
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| Abbreviation | PPD/PSD.CDS-PP (official) PàF (informal) |
| Leader | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Founded | 2014 (as coalition for the European Parliament election) |
| Registered | 20 July 2015 (formally registered in the Constitutional Court) |
| Dissolved | 26 November 2015[1][2] |
| Ideology | Conservatism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right[3] to right-wing[4] |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Member parties | Social Democratic Party CDS – People's Party |
| Assembly of the Republic | 107 / 230
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| European Parliament | 7 / 21
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www.portugalafrente.pt | |
History
The alliance was formed as the Portugal Alliance (Aliança Portugal) for the 2014 European Parliament election, in which the alliance won 27.7% of the popular vote and 7 of Portugal's 21 seats in the European Parliament, sitting with the European People's Party Group.[6] The alliance was later extended for the 2015 legislative election under the name Portugal Ahead.
In the legislative election on 5 October 2015, the PSD/CDS-PP joint list received 36.9% of the vote and returned 102 seats in the Assembly of the Republic, with the PSD electing 5 deputies on standalone lists in Madeira and Azores.[7]
Although the coalition won the elections, and surprised many analysts and pundits, the left parties together had a majority in Parliament, and opted to negotiate a confidence-and-supply agreement, thus refusing to allow for a second PSD/CDS-PP cabinet. For the first time in Portuguese democracy the Socialist Party, the second most voted political force in the elections, negotiated with the BE, the PCP and the PEV a formation of a new government.
Following the fall of the short-lived 20th Constitutional Government, the "natural" extinction of the coalition was declared on 16 December 2015 by Passos Coelho: "No formal act is necessary to put an end to it".[1]
Election results
Assembly of the Republic
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Government |
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| 2015 | Pedro Passos Coelho | 2,085,465 | 38.6 (#1) | 107 / 230 |
Government[lower-alpha 1] |
| Opposition |
European Parliament
As Portugal Alliance (Aliança Portugal, AP)
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats |
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| 2014 | Paulo Rangel | 910,647 | 27.7 (#2) | 7 / 21 |
Notes
- Minority government (2015); Opposition (2015–2019).
References
- (16 December 2015) Passos Coelho diz que a coligação "acabou" TSF. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- (16 December 2015) Passos: Coligação com CDS acabou Expresso. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- "Portugal election: centre-right coalition retains power but could lose majority". The Guardian. Reuters. 5 October 2015.
- "Portugal parliamentary election 2019: Who are the main parties?" Euronews. 5 October 2019.
- Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Portugal". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015.
- "Results by country: Portugal". Results of the 2014 European elections. European Parliament. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- "Legislativas 2015 - Resultados Globais". Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
External links
- Official website (Portuguese)