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Luís Neves replaced Maria Lúcia Amaral as Minister of Internal Administration, the first change to the XXV Government.
Country desk · updated 25 Oct
Portugal
The seat map is the official results map of the 18 May 2025 election published in the Diário da República. It shows 230 seats: Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDS-PP) 91, Chega 60, Socialist Party 58, Liberal Initiative 9, Livre 6, Unitary Democratic Coalition (PCP-PEV) 3, Left Bloc 1, People–Animals–Nature 1, Together for the People 1. A majority of 230 is 116. António José Seguro became President of the Republic in March 2026; the president is elected separately and does not sit in the Assembly. Vote shares are from Lusa's comparative results table for 2025. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
Key takeaways
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Parliament. Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDS-PP) holds the most seats: 91 of 230 (40%). A majority needs 116.
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Headlines. The tone is getting grimmer: 9% of the last 4 days' headlines read grim, 13% upbeat. Top topic: Politics (13%).
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Government. Government barometer 63/100 (Builder). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.
Headline mood · 4 days
Line: mood · bars: stories
25 Oct · 8 stories · grim0 upbeat · 6 neutral · 2 grim
What the headlines are about
- Other 72%
- Politics 13%
- Economy 6%
- Society 6%
- Climate 3%
A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.
Who holds the seats · Assembly of the Republic
230 seats · 116 for a majority (line)
Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDS-PP)
91 seats · 39.6%
91 of 230 seats. The official results map gives the Democratic Alliance 91 seats: 88 for the PSD/CDS-PP list and 3 for the PSD/CDS-PP/PPM list in the Azores. Lusa's table prints 31.21 and 0.58 percent, 31.8 together. The Intercampus poll of October 2026 prints 21.7 percent.
Map · mood compared
Portugal
Overall mood: 9% grim, 13% upbeat · today -25
What changed today
25 Oct
- 25 Oct: 8 stories (average 8); tone grimmer than usual.
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Parties, people, promises, money
230 seats, and Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDS-PP) holds 91.
The seat map is the official results map of the 18 May 2025 election published in the Diário da República. It shows 230 seats: Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDS-PP) 91, Chega 60, Socialist Party 58, Liberal Initiative 9, Livre 6, Unitary Democratic Coalition (PCP-PEV) 3, Left Bloc 1, People–Animals–Nature 1, Together for the People 1. A majority of 230 is 116. António José Seguro became President of the Republic in March 2026; the president is elected separately and does not sit in the Assembly. Vote shares are from Lusa's comparative results table for 2025. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
A score on this desk is an editorial average of six work topics, times ten, with the method written on the row.
The room
Assembly of the Republic
230 seats · 116 to govern alone · Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDS-PP) 91
The deal
A minority government on 91 of 230 seats
116 seats would be a majority of 230. The Democratic Alliance of the Social Democrats and CDS-PP holds 91 on the official results map, so the Montenegro government needs votes from other groups to pass laws. Chega has 60 and the Socialist Party 58.
The mood
Election vs now
The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 230. They are different counts.
- AD21.7%
- Chega24.0%
- PS24.4%
- IL8.0%
- Livre5.5%
- CDU4.7%
- BE2.8%
- PAN4.1%
- JPP0.0%
The first point is the 2025 result in Lusa's table, with the two Democratic Alliance lists added. The second point is the Aximage online poll of 501 voters for Diário de Notícias on 6–7 October 2026. The third point is Intercampus for NOW, 615 interviews on 6–12 October 2026. The fourth point is the Pitagórica tracking poll for TVI, CNN Portugal and Sol, 804 interviews over four weeks to 12 October, published 15 October. Polls report shares of people with a voting intention, so they are not the same count as votes cast.
The trend
From election night to now
Public pollster blend — not a forecast
The split
Seat share beside the vote share
The right bar is seats divided by 230. The left bar is the vote share. The electoral system means the two differ.
The mismatch
Seats they hold vs the poll
The seat bar is seats divided by 230. The other bar is the Intercampus poll for NOW of 6–12 October 2026.
The rude gauge
Growth king or a fight with work
Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 63 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. The band is a label for that average, not a court ruling.
Against the workBuilderGrowth king
Full causal chains live on every promise
This week
The pulse
Poll
Intercampus / NOW
Socialist Party 24.4, Chega 24.0, Democratic Alliance 21.7, Liberal Initiative 8.0 percent.
Politics 101
How this country actually works
What this chamber drawing is
230 seats. 116 to govern alone.
The seat map is the official results map of the 18 May 2025 election published in the Diário da República. It shows 230 seats: Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDS-PP) 91, Chega 60, Socialist Party 58, Liberal Initiative 9, Livre 6, Unitary Democratic Coalition (PCP-PEV) 3, Left Bloc 1, People–Animals–Nature 1, Together for the People 1. A majority of 230 is 116. António José Seguro became President of the Republic in March 2026; the president is elected separately and does not sit in the Assembly. Vote shares are from Lusa's comparative results table for 2025. They are a share of votes cast, not a share of seats.
Who holds the offices this desk names
Luís Montenegro, Prime Minister; Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, Minister of State and Finance.
Office holders come from the Lusa list of the XXV Constitutional Government after the February 2026 change. Party leaders are named from the press reports linked on each bio.
How foreigners are seen
Openness in Portugal
Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.
Who's welcomed
Share of adults in Portugal with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about.
No data
Pew's 2025 Global Attitudes survey did not poll in Portugal, and no other survey of views of other countries is on this desk yet.
Openness score
Three separate measures, each in its own year. We do not blend them.
Gallup, 2016
MIPEX, 2023
What expats say
InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rank out of 46 destinations, 1 is best.
- Ease of settling in16 of 46
- Culture and welcome13 of 46
- Local friendliness15 of 46
- Finding friends20 of 46
In plain words
- Expats ranked Portugal 16 of 46 for ease of settling in (2025); its best sub-score was culture and welcome at 13.
- No published survey here asks people about other countries, so who's welcomed shows no data.
Sources and method
Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked.
InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.
What it means for you
What it means for you
Only figures with a source, a date, and a link. Anything not listed here is not on file.
Pay
The labour ministry's DGERT page says Decree-Law 139/2025, published on 29 December 2025, set the guaranteed minimum monthly pay at €920 from 1 January 2026.
DGERT, guaranteed minimum monthly pay for 2026 (Decree-Law 139/2025), 2026-01-01 Source
Taxes
The summary gives a standard rate of 23 percent on the mainland, 22 percent in Madeira and 16 percent in the Azores.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Portugal, other taxes, 2026-07-24 Source
Business
The summary gives a flat rate of 19 percent for companies resident on the mainland, 15 percent on the first €50,000 for small and medium-sized firms, and local and state surtaxes on top.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Portugal, taxes on corporate income, 2026-07-24 Source
Sources, licences and image credits
Data
- Wire (public RSS feeds): X, RTP Notícias, Observador, The Portugal News, Expresso, Portugal Resident.
- The left bar is the vote share. The right bar is seats divided by 230. They are different counts.
- Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.
Survey sources
- Portugal — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2016: Gallup. Neli Esipova, John Fleming and Julie Ray, “New Index Shows Least-, Most-Accepting Countries for Migrants”, Gallup, 23 August 2017. The full-country table lists Portugal at 6.65. The survey-methods note says the index was asked in 138 countries in 2016, so the year used here is 2016. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
- Portugal — MIPEX overall score 2023: MIPEX. Migrant Integration Policy Index, Portugal country page. The block headed 2023 prints “MIPEX Score (with Health): 83” and the label “Comprehensive (Top10)”. Source. The overall score is cited from the country page. The report is not reproduced.
Image credits
- Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDS-PP) mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Chega mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Socialist Party mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Liberal Initiative mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Livre mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Unitary Democratic Coalition (PCP-PEV) mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Left Bloc mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- People–Animals–Nature mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Together for the People mark — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Flag of Portugal — Wikimedia Commons · Public domain Source
Questions the desk actually answers
FAQ
Questions the desk actually answers
- Is the Portugal desk live on Nation Runner?
- Yes. It draws the official results map of the 18 May 2025 election published in the Diário da República, Lusa's comparative results table for 2025, and the Lusa list of the XXV Constitutional Government after the February 2026 change. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
- Which culture figures does the Portugal desk show?
- Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Portugal in 2016 (6.65 out of 9) and the Migrant Integration Policy Index score of 83, with 2023 printed beside that score. No Pew row for Portugal is on the perceptions page, so none is added here.
- Does the money tab score political donations in Portugal?
- No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.
How we source this
Seats: the official results map of the 18 May 2025 election published in the Diário da República. Votes: Lusa's comparative results table for 2025. Ballot support: Aximage / DN, 6–7 Oct 2026; Intercampus / NOW, 6–12 Oct 2026; Pitagórica / TVI–CNN–Sol, 14 Sep–12 Oct 2026. Offices: the Lusa list of the XXV Constitutional Government after the February 2026 change. Culture: Gallup 2016 and the Migrant Integration Policy Index block headed 2023.