Portuguese legislative election, 1987
- CDU: 31
- PS: 60
- PRD submission: election diagram / Maintenance / Name: 7
- PSD: 148
- CDS submission: election diagram / Maintenance / Symbol: 4
The parliamentary elections in Portugal in 1987, took place on July 19.
After the PRD had renounced their support for, since 1985, been in office a minority government led by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the center-right government of the PSD was at the end. Consequently, the parliament suspended the 1986 newly elected president, the socialist Mário Soares, April 28, 1987, and called new elections.
Politically, both the government and the President had agreed, and led the country on 1 January 1986 to the EC. Although a ten -year transition period was negotiated brought a series of unpopular austerity measures the EU. Especially in the Coligação Democrática Unitaria set up in 1987 (CDU - Democratic Unity coalition ) united Left Communists, Greens and the splinter group " Intervenção Democrática " tried with the austerity measures the government to exploit the discontent of its own.
On the other hand, the run with different candidates election campaign had the gap between the Socialists to Soares and led by former President António Ramalho Eanes the country Democratic Renewal Party ( PRD) deepened on the presidential elections in 1986 in the camp of the center-left. This included the personal relationship between Soares and Ramalho Eanes. It was therefore no surprise that after the failure of the government Cavaco Silva a computationally possible coalition government of the PRD and socialists did not materialize.
Under the leadership of Cavaco Silva, a neo-liberal economic policy was the basis for their political action in the PSD. With reference to their economic competence of the party scored a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections. With an increase in votes of more than 20% of the PSD obtained as first party since the Carnation Revolution in 1974, an absolute majority and was thus able to form a government without a coalition partner. New Prime Minister Cavaco Silva was again, who then ruled until 1995.
After their devastating defeat of 1985 was only the Socialist Party, to compete with a small increase in votes on this, a very low level for them. All other political persuasions suffered steep losses in part, with the left-wing coalition CDU nor the least lost. The right-wing conservative Democratic and Social Centre ( CDS) held just four seats and also the surprise party of the election of 1985, the PRD, lost 38 of its formerly 45 mandates.
The PDS Cavaco Silva government took on August 17, 1987 to their work and stayed the entire legislature on until October 31, 1991 at the office.
The turnout was 71.57 %. The election took place after the D' Hondt method.