Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal) - in The 1980s

In The 1980s

In 1983, the Party ran in the legislative election in coalition with the People's Democratic Union (Portuguese: União Democrática Popular or UDP) in some constituencies, receiving 0.4% in those constituencies and 0.2% in the others In 1985, after some splits, the Party gained a new life, mainly due to its anti-militaristic and anti-racist campaigns and in that year's election, the PSR got 0.6% of the vote. In 1987, the Party contested the first European Election held in Portugal, achieving 0.5%, and in the legislative election, achieving 0.6%.

Also in 1987, the Party started publishing of the Combate (Struggle) monthly newspaper, which the PSR association continues. In elections for the European Parliament of 1989, the PSR got 0.8%.