Braga is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal.

The constituency currently elects 19 of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system.

Braga district constituency has always voted for the national winner of every single legislative election since 1976, being a barometer of the country's political trends.

[4] Braga currently elects 19 of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system.

Results of the 1985 legislative election held on 6 October 1985:[34] The following candidates were elected:[35] António Barbosa de Azevedo (PSD); Nogueira de Brito (CDS); Virgílio Carneiro (PSD); Fernando Conceição (PSD); Agostinho Domingues (PS); Joaquim Carneiro de Barros Domingues (PSD); António Fernandes (PRD); António Lopes (APU); António Magalhães (PS); Eurico de Melo (PSD); António Marques Mendes (PSD); Eurico Pires (PRD); Raul Rêgo (PS); Sérgio Machado dos Santos (PRD); Cruz Vilaça (CDS); and António Vitorino (PS).