The legislative election in Portugal was held on 27 September.

Here is the result (2005 in brackets):

PS (Socialists): 36.6%, 96 seats (45.0%, 121)
PSD (Social democrats – conservatives): 29.1%, 78 seats (28.8%, 75)
CDS-PP (Christian democrats): 10.5%, 21 seats (7.2%, 12)
BE (Left block): 9.9%, 16 seats (6.4%, 8)
CDU (Communists/Greens): 7.9%, 15 seats (7.5%, 14)
Source: Diárío di Notícias

No other party won more than 1 per cent. Completely full results can be found here. Electoral Geography has the results by region.

Thus, the PS lost votes but won the election, though it will have to govern either as a minority or in coalition. The incumbent PM and PS leader, José Sócrates, has not committed himself to any form of government yet.

In terms of the opinion polls, the opposition PSD did slightly worse than had been predicted, while the CDS did much better than expected.