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17-874: The party contested the 1980 legislative election with the Socialist Party , being a part of the Republican and Socialist Front , that also included the Left-wing Union for the Socialist Democracy . The party ended up being dissolved in 1985 and most of its members joined to the Socialist Party . This article about a Portuguese political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1980 Portuguese legislative election Francisco Sá Carneiro PSD Francisco Sá Carneiro PSD The 1980 Portuguese legislative election took place on 5 October. The election renewed all 250 members of

34-476: A new AD government and dissolved Parliament by calling elections for 25 April 1983 . Camarate Camarate ( Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐmɐˈɾatɨ] ) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Loures , Lisbon District , Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Camarate, Unhos e Apelação . With a population of 23,000 inhabitants in 2001, the parish of Camarate extends into an area of 5.52 km². The probable origin of

51-615: A series of conspirancy theories, mainly because of Portugal' involvement in the Iran–Iraq War and the supply of weapons to both Iraq and Iran. Several investigations surrounding the crash were conducted and the official cause of the crash is still a matter of intense debate. Diogo Freitas do Amaral was appointed as Interim Prime Minister until the election of Francisco Pinto Balsemão as PSD leader and subsequent nomination as Prime Minister. The Balsemão governments were very unstable due to lack of leadership and deep disagreements between

68-708: The Assembly of the Republic . In January 1980, the Democratic Alliance , which had won the previous election , on 2 December 1979, entered office with Francisco Sá Carneiro leading the government. However, this election was an extraordinary election and because of Fixed-term Parliament rules, in 1980, another election was held. The Democratic Alliance (AD) won, again, and increased the majority they had achieved 10 months before, in December 1979. The AD won almost 48 percent of

85-541: The December 1980 Presidential election , Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro and his Defense minister Adelino Amaro da Costa , along with their spouses Snu Abecassis and Maria Vaz Pires, respectively, and the plane's pilot, died in tragic air crash when the small aircraft they were on board crashed and burned in Camarate , Loures , shortly after taking off from the main runway of Lisbon Airport . This tragic air crash sparked

102-468: The 1979 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following: The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the second half of the 1st legislature (1976–1980), as the 1979 election was a national by-election, and that also contested the elections: Just two months after winning the 1980 elections, and while campaigning for the Democratic Alliance 's candidate for

119-522: The Government's Programme to be rejected or for a motion of no confidence to be approved. The number of seats assigned to each district depends on the district magnitude . The use of the d'Hondt method makes for a higher effective threshold than certain other allocation methods such as the Hare quota or Sainte-Laguë method , which are more generous to small parties. For these elections, and compared with

136-655: The local place name came from the historical cultivation of vineyards with a caste of grape called Camarate . A Matriz Church was founded by the Bishop of Lisbon, Agapito Colona, in the 14th century, and later amplified and expanded. During the Portuguese Interregnum , the estate of Camarate, then property of the Jew David Negro, administrator of the Royal Customhouses of King Ferdinand I of León and Castile ,

153-591: The more than 6 million votes cast was a record in Portuguese elections for 44 years after being surpassed in the 2024 legislative election . The Assembly of the Republic has 250 members elected to four-year terms. Governments do not require absolute majority support of the Assembly to hold office, as even if the number of opposers of government is larger than that of the supporters, the number of opposers still needs to be equal or greater than 126 (absolute majority) for both

170-505: The neighbouring parishes, the parish experienced a growth in population, accompanied by a comparable growth in illegal construction . Camarate became infamous for the aircraft accident that befell Portuguese Social Democratic Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro , his wife, and the Christian Democratic Defense Minister Adelino Amaro da Costa , on the evening of 4 December 1980. A few hours before

187-437: The parish until the 20th century. It was part of Lisbon (until 1852), then Santa Maria dos Olivais (between 1852 and 1886). Later, it was re-annexed to Lisbon between 1886 and 1895, before being integrated into the municipality of Loures. On 4 June 1996, the community was elevated to the status of vila (English: town ) by decree of the Assembly of the Republic. After the 20th century, and owing to industrial development in

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204-497: The patrimony of the House of Braganza . The parish of Camarate separated from the administration of Sacavém across a foral issued by King Manuel I of Portugal , dated 1 May 1511. After the 17th century, the region became a place of leisure sought after by the Lisboeta nobility. The region was famous for its agricultural, characterized by estates that supported the fiscal production of

221-463: The presidential elections, the aircraft was en route to Porto, when it crashed in the parish. Situated in north of Lisbon , Camarate is a civil parish located in the eastern part of the municipality of Loure. It is fronted in the northwest by the Lourense parishes of Frielas and Unhos , southeast by Prior Velho and east by Sacavém ; in the extreme southeast it borders Santa Maria dos Olivais , in

238-808: The south Charneca (both parishes of Lisbon); and, finally southwest, with the Olival Basto in the municipality of Odivelas . Part of this configuration means that a portion of the International Airport of Lisbon lies within the borders of the parish. The civil parish includes several bairros (neighborhoods), including the bairro of Angola, Boavista, Bogalheira, CAR, Esperança, Fetais de Baixo, Fetais de Cima, Fontaínhas, Grilo, Loureiras, Mira-Loures, Santiago, Santo António, São Benedito, São Francisco, dSão João, São José, São Lourenço, Sousas, Torre, Fonte da Pipa, Mucharros, Quinta de Marvila, Quinta do Paraíso, Quinta de Santa Rosa, Quinta do Galeão, in addition to

255-654: The three parties that composed the Democratic Alliance (AD). In the 1982 local elections , the AD was able to gather 42 percent of the votes, against the 31 percent of the PS and 20.5 percent of APU, but suffered loses and many within the coalition, mainly Diogo Freitas do Amaral , labeled the results as a disaster. With this background, Pinto Balsemão resigned as Prime Minister and the PSD proposed names for Prime Minister to President António Ramalho Eanes . However, President Eanes refused to swear in

272-456: The votes and gathered 134 seats, six more. The Socialist Party (PS), now leading a broad coalition called Republican and Socialist Front , got basically the same vote share and seats as in 1979. The Communist led alliance, United People Alliance (APU) lost some ground, gathering almost 17 percent of the votes, 2 percentage points lower than 10 months earlier. Turnout was one of the highest ever, almost 84 percent, and in terms of ballots cast,

289-565: Was confiscated and delivered into the hands of Nuno Álvares Pereira , who lived there with his mother until joining the Carmelite Order . While there, the knight founded and consecrated a chapel to Nossa Senhora do Socorro , which he later offered, along with the estate, to the Carmelites, who founded a convent on the site. Much later, under Nuno Álvares Pereira stewardship, Camarate would be integrated (along with other neighbouring lands) into

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