25 April. Only six governments served their entire term in democracy

A Pordata study indicates that only six out of 24 governments have completed their term since the legislative elections in 1976. And legislatures in 2024 were the ones with the highest number of votes in democracy.

"Since 1976, only six of the 24 governments have completed the mandate," read a study published today by the Port data base of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, which takes a picture of "the evolution of the legislative elections in Portugal". The last executive who completed the entire mandate was led by Antonio Costa, between 2015 and 2019, during the 'generogence' which happened to the other Government, by Pedro Passos Coelho, who a…