Constituencies

1 - For the purpose of the election of the Members of the Assembly of the Republic, the electoral territory is divided into constituencies, each of which corresponds to an electoral college.
2 - The mainland constituencies match the areas of the administrative districts, are called by the same names and have their capitals as their seats.
3 - There is a constituency in the Madeira Autonomous Region and a constituency in the Azores Autonomous Region, and they are called by those names and have their seats in Funchal and Ponta Delgada respectively.
4 - Electors who reside outside Portuguese territory are grouped into two constituencies, one of which covers the whole of the territory of the European countries, and the other the remaining countries and the territory of Macao, and both have their seat in Lisbon.