Have no parliamentary seat but present themselves for election to get elected deputies and gain a voice in Parliament. In ballot papers on October 4, will be 16 options. You know what?

After four years, 17 political parties have gone to the polls, the Portuguese are preparing for, on the 4th of October, choose one of the 16 listed options on the ballot papers.

In addition to the parties that currently have parliamentary seat (PSD / CDS, PS, PCP / PEV and BE), plus 12 party forces, almost all of the left, they compete for a place in São Bento.

Albeit with few resources and airtime on television, those who are commonly called small parties trying to catch big fights. Been elected a deputy is, for most, the challenge.

It is possible, judging by the polls, the Republican Democratic Party (PDR) the can. The party created this year by the former president of the College of Lawyers Marinho e Pinto has justice as one of the main goals and proposes to amend the judicial system in Portugal.

Well positioned to achieve elect a mandate is also the Free / Next Time Rui Tavares and Ana Drago, who is running for the first time to the laws and is determined to restructure the debt, to lift the Public-Private Partnerships and ratify new treaties of the European Union .

Public debt is also a concern of the Act platform, which aggregates the Portuguese Labour Party (PTP) and Alternative Socialist Movement (MAS) and is headed by Joana Amaral Dias. Announced in March, this coalition commitments to fight corruption and aims to prevent the perpetuation of the same political actors in power. (Read more)

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