2 |- |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:; color:white;"|29.9 | 88 | 20.8 | 57 | 17.9 | 45 | 15.5 | 38 | 10.0 | 22 | 250 |- | colspan=12 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |} Maps Aftermath Fall of the government In early 1987, a trip of a Portuguese parliamentary delegation to the Soviet Union created a diplomatic issue as the delegation also traveled to Estonia, a territory that wasn't recognized by the Portuguese State as a Soviet controlled territory. Because of this incident, Opposition parties accused Cavaco Silva of disallowing Parliament and, shortly after, the Democratic Renewal Party proposed a motion of no confidence against the Government, and the party's leader, Hermínio Martinho, communicated to President Mário Soares their intentions. At first, the Socialists weren't supportive of the PRD's motion, but, last minute negociations led the PS to also support the motion. On 3 April 1987, the motion passes by a 134 to 108 vote and the government falls. Mário Soares was in an official trip to Brazil when he was informed, which unpleased the President, and he then returned to Lisbon to meet with parties. The PS, PRD and PCP proposed an alternative government to the PSD minority, but Soares rejected and called a snap general election for 19 July 1987, which resulted in a landslide PSD majority government. See also Politics of Portugal List of political parties in Portugal Elections in Portugal Notes References Sources External links Comissão Nacional de Eleições Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político 1985 Legislative October 1985 events in Europe