Editing March 10 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[241 BC]] &ndash; [[First Punic War]]: [[Battle of the Aegates]]: The [[Roman Republic|Romans]] sink the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gaius Lutatius Catulus {{!}} Roman commander |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gaius-Lutatius-Catulus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[298]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Maximian]] concludes his campaign in [[Africa (Roman province)|North Africa]] and makes a triumphal entry into [[Carthage]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wacher |first1=J. S. |title=The Roman World |date=2002 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=978-0-415-26315-3 |page=260 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2u4OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA260 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[947]] &ndash; The [[Later Han (Five Dynasties)|Later Han]] is founded by [[Liu Zhiyuan]]. He declares himself emperor.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dudbridge |first1=Glen |author-link=Glen Dudbridge |title=A Portrait of Five Dynasties China: From the Memoirs of Wang Renyu (880-956) |date=2013 |publisher=[[OUP Oxford]] |isbn=978-0-19-164967-7 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnlpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA30 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1496]] &ndash; After establishing the city of [[Santo Domingo]], [[Christopher Columbus]] departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=18|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> 
*[[1535]] &ndash; Spaniard Fray [[Tomás de Berlanga]], the fourth Bishop of [[Panama]], discovers the [[Galápagos Islands]] by chance on his way to [[Peru]].<ref name=Leon>{{cite book |last=Leon |first=P. |year=1998 |title=The Discovery and Conquest of Peru, Chronicles of the New World Encounter |editor1-last=Cook |editor2-last=Cook |translator-last1=Cook |translator-last2=Cook |location=[[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]] |publisher=[[Duke University Press]] |isbn=9780822321460}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; [[Susenyos I]] defeats the combined armies of [[Yaqob]] and [[Abuna]] Petros II at the Battle of Gol in [[Gojjam]], making him [[Emperor of Ethiopia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hassen |first1=Mohammed |title=The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700 |date=2015 |publisher=[[Boydell & Brewer]] |isbn=978-1-84701-117-6 |page=273 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fg1zCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA273 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] dissolves the [[Parliament of England]], beginning the eleven-year period known as the [[Personal Rule]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Keenan |first1=Siobhan |last2=Keenan |first2=Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature Siobhan |title=The Progresses, Processions, and Royal Entries of King Charles I, 1625-1642 |date=2020 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-885400-5 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQfcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1661]] &ndash; French "Sun King" [[Louis XIV]] begins his personal rule of [[France]] after the death of his premier, the Cardinal [[Cardinal Mazarin|Mazarin]].<ref name=CatEn>{{cite web |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09371a.htm |title=Louis XIV |publisher=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]] |year=2007 |access-date=19 January 2008}}</ref>
*[[1735]] &ndash; An agreement between [[Nader Shah]] and Russia is signed near [[Ganja, Azerbaijan]] and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ebrahimi |first1=Mansoureh |last2=Goudarzi |first2=Masoumeh Rad |last3=Yusoff |first3=Kamaruzaman |title=The Dynamics of Iranian Borders: Issues of Contention |date=2018 |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |isbn=978-3-319-89836-0 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LRlgDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA52 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; French [[Huguenot]] [[Jean Calas]], who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired [[Voltaire]] to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Calas {{!}} French historian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Calas |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=29 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; Emperor [[Napoleon|Napoleon I]] is defeated at the [[Battle of Laon]] in France.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jaques |first1=Tony |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O |date=2007 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |isbn=978-0-313-33538-9 |page=569 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&pg=PA569 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; The [[Royal Netherlands East Indies Army]] is created.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Buitelaar |first1=Marjo |last2=Zock |first2=Hetty |title=Religious Voices in Self-Narratives: Making Sense of Life in Times of Transition |date=2013 |publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]] |isbn=978-1-61451-170-0 |page=192 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aa7mBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA192 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; The [[French Foreign Legion]] is created by [[Louis Philippe]], the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the [[Kingdom of France]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Douglas |last=Porch |author-link=Douglas Porch |page=1 |title=The French Foreign Legion. A Complete History |year=1991 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=0-333-58500-3}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] is ratified by the [[United States Senate]], ending the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress) |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/guadalupe.html#:~:text=The%20Treaty%20of%20Guadalupe%20Hidalgo,by%20over%20525%2C000%20square%20miles.&text=March%2010%2C%201848%20-%20The%20Senate,vote%20of%2038%20to%2014. |website=www.loc.gov |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[El Hadj Umar Tall]] seizes the city of [[Ségou]], destroying the [[Bamana Empire]] of [[Mali]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Authors |first1=Multiple |title=Revolutionary Wars 1775–c.1815 |date=2013 |publisher=Amber Books Ltd |isbn=978-1-78274-123-7 |page=202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfCxAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT202 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; The first Azerbaijani play, ''The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran'', prepared by [[Mirza Fatali Akhundov|Akhundov]], is performed by [[Hasan bey Zardabi|Hassan-bey Zardabi]] and dramatist and [[Najaf bey Vazirov|Najaf-bey Vezirov]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.azernews.az/culture/50682.html |title=Azerbaijani theater marks 140th anniversary |date=2013-03-08 |website=AzerNews.az |language=en |access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.visions.az/en/news/238/7094705d/ |title=The Azerbaijani Theatre: past to present |journal=Visions of Azerbaijan Magazine |language=en |access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; The first successful [[Invention of the telephone|test of a telephone]] is made by [[Alexander Graham Bell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Graham Bell's box telephone |url=https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/alexander-graham-bell/ |website=[[National Museums Scotland]] |access-date=29 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Almon Strowger]] patents the [[Strowger switch]], a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rogers |first1=Dave |title=Inventions and their inventors 1750-1920 |date=2011 |publisher=M-Y Books Limited |isbn=978-1-906986-58-2 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-CVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT58 |language=en}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; The [[Courrières mine disaster]], Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.<ref>{{cite web |title=Courrières mining disaster {{!}} explosion and fire, Pas-de-Calais, France [1906] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Courrieres-mining-disaster |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=29 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; By signing the [[Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909]], [[Thailand]] relinquishes its [[sovereignty]] over the [[Monarchies of Malaysia|Malay states]] of [[Kedah]], [[Kelantan]], [[Perlis]] and [[Terengganu]], which become [[British protectorate|British protectorates]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yegar |first1=Moshe |author-link=Moshe Yegar |title=Between Integration and Secession: The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand, and Western Burma/Myanmar |date=2002 |publisher=[[Lexington Books]] |isbn=978-0-7391-0356-2 |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5q7qxi5LBgC&pg=PA79 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Mahatma Gandhi]] is arrested in India, tried for [[sedition]], and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an [[appendicitis]] operation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gandhi Arrested for Sedition |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/mar10/gandhi-arrested-sedition/ |website=[[National Geographic Society]] |access-date=29 June 2020 |language=en |date=6 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; The [[1933 Long Beach earthquake|Long Beach earthquake]] affects the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]], leaving around 108 people dead.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Faessel |first1=Stephen J. |title=Early Anaheim |date=2006 |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-7385-3069-7 |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaywMbt8_h4C&pg=PA89 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Greek Civil War]]: The [[Political Committee of National Liberation]] is established in Greece by the [[National Liberation Front (Greece)|National Liberation Front]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vlavianos |first1=Haris |author-link=Haris Vlavianos |title=Greece, 1941–49: From Resistance to Civil War: The Strategy of the Greek Communist Party |date=1992 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-21857-8 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjuwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The U.S. Army Air Force [[Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945)|firebombs Tokyo]], and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ralph |first1=William W. |title=Improvised Destruction: Arnold, LeMay, and the Firebombing of Japan |journal=[[War in History]] |pages=495–522 |date=2006|volume=13 |issue=4 |doi=10.1177/0968344506069971 |jstor=26061697 |s2cid=159529575 }}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Mildred Gillars]] ("[[Axis Sally]]") is convicted of [[treason]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historynet.com/mildred-elizabeth-sisk-american-born-axis-sally.htm |title=Mildred Elizabeth Sisk: American-Born Axis Sally |date=June 12, 2006 |website=[[HistoryNet]] |language=en-US |access-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Fulgencio Batista]] leads a [[1952 Cuban coup d'état|successful]] [[Coup d'état|coup]] in [[Cuba]].<ref>{{cite book|author1-link=Robert L. Beisner |last1=Beisner |first1=Robert |title=Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War |date=2009 |publisher=OUP USA |isbn=978-0-19-538248-8 |page=573 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LcEOW7hnWMC&pg=PA573 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[1959 Tibetan uprising|Tibetan uprising]]: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of [[Tibetan people|Tibetans]] surround the [[Dalai Lama]]'s palace to prevent his removal.<ref name=Hao>{{cite book |last1=Hao |first1=Shiyuan |title=China's Solution to Its Ethno-national Issues |date=2019 |publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |isbn=978-981-329-519-3 |page=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qcm1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA115 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; Military Prime Minister of [[South Vietnam]] [[Nguyễn Cao Kỳ]] sacks rival General [[Nguyễn Chánh Thi]], precipitating [[Buddhist Uprising|large-scale civil and military dissension]] in parts of the nation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Philip |title=Modernity and Re-enchantment: Religion in Post-revolutionary Vietnam |date=2007 |publisher=[[Institute of Southeast Asian Studies]] |isbn=978-981-230-440-7 |page=307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mtU4H21wdFoC&pg=PA307 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; In [[Memphis, Tennessee]], [[James Earl Ray]] pleads guilty to assassinating [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.<ref>{{cite web |title=Did James Earl Ray really kill Martin Luther King or was a government conspiracy involved? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination-did-james-earl-ray-kill-conspiracy-fbi-memphis-hoover-william-a8288686.html |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=29 June 2020 |language=en |date=4 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Captain [[Ernest Medina]] is charged by the U.S. military with [[My Lai massacre|My Lai war crimes]].<ref>{{cite book |title=My Lai: A Brief History with Documents |date=2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-08625-9 |page=204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LUYDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA204 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[John Gorton]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Australia]] and the leader of the [[Liberal Party of Australia]] after a secret ballot [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1971|vote of confidence]], being replaced in both positions by [[William McMahon]].<ref>"Australian Party Replaces Gorton As Prime Minister— The Vote Is 34 to 33— He Cast the Deciding Ballot", by Robert Trumbull, ''The New York Times'', March 10, 1971, p1</ref><ref>"Leader Sworn in by Australians", ''The New York Times'', March 11, 1971, p15</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[1974 Belgian general election]]: Elections are held in Belgium for all 212 seats in the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]], the [[Belgian Socialist Party]] taking the majority with 59.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p289 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref><ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p291</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; Vietnam War: [[1975 Spring Offensive|Ho Chi Minh Campaign]]: [[North Vietnam]]ese troops [[Battle of Ban Me Thuot|attack Ban Mê Thuột]] in the South on their way to capturing [[Saigon]] in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Westad |first1=Odd Arne |author-link1=Odd Arne Westad |last2=Quinn-Judge |first2=Sophie |title=The Third Indochina War: Conflict Between China, Vietnam and Cambodia, 1972-79 |date=2006 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-16776-0 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ve2CApRN_S8C&pg=PA98 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; Astronomers discover the [[rings of Uranus]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Szebehely |first1=V. G. |author-link=Victor Szebehely |title=Applications of Modern Dynamics to Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, August 2–14, 1981 |date=2012 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |isbn=978-94-009-7793-8 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecDrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[1979 International Women's Day protests in Tehran]]: Protestor involvement peaks with 15,000 Iranian women and girls performing a three‐hour-long sit‐in at the [[Courthouse of Tehran]].<ref name="auto2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/03/11/archives/iran-women-march-against-restraints-on-dress-and-rights-15000.html|title = Iran Women March Against Restraints on Dress and Rights|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 11 March 1979}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Syzygy (astronomy)|Syzygy]]: All nine planets recognized at this time — [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] to [[Pluto]] — align on the same side of the [[Sun]].<ref name="nyt-1982">{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/14/weekinreview/ideas-trends-in-summary-it-s-all-right-to-come-out-now.html |title=Ideas & Trends in Summary; It's All Right To Come Out Now |work=New York Times| date=March 14, 1982 |access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>''[[The Jupiter Effect]]''.</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Air Ontario Flight 1363]], a [[Fokker F28 Fellowship|Fokker F-28 Fellowship]], crashes at [[Dryden Regional Airport]] in [[Dryden, Ontario]], Canada, killing 24.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 C-FONF Dryden Municipal Airport, ON (YHD) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890310-1 |access-date=2 February 2014 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; In [[Haiti]], [[Prosper Avril]] is ousted eighteen months after seizing power in a [[coup d'état]] in [[September 1988 Haitian coup d'état|September 1988]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paxton |first1=J. |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1990-91 |date=2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-27119-7 |page=598 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DMjDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA598 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[1991 Salvadoran legislative election]]: The [[Nationalist Republican Alliance]] wins 39 of the 84 seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador]].<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I''{{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; The [[Dot-com bubble]] peaks with the [[Nasdaq Composite|NASDAQ Composite]] stock market index reaching 5,048.62.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=March 10, 2000: Pop Goes the Nasdaq! |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/03/0310nasdaq-bust/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |language=en|last1=Long |first1=Tony }}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; The ''[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]'' arrives at [[Mars]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |url=https://mars.nasa.gov/mro/ |website=mars.nasa.gov |date=5 December 2017 |access-date=4 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; The [[Impeachment of Park Geun-hye|impeachment]] of [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Park Geun-hye]] of [[South Korea]] in response to a [[2016 South Korean political scandal|major political scandal]] is unanimously upheld by the country's [[Constitutional Court of Korea|Constitutional Court]], ending her presidency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Park Geun-hye impeachment: what next for South Korea? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/mar/10/park-geun-hye-impeachment-what-next-for-south-korea |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=4 June 2020 |language=en |date=10 March 2017}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302]], a [[Boeing 737 MAX]], crashes shortly after take off, killing all 157 passengers and crew. This and the prior [[Lion Air Flight 610]] led to all 387 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft [[Boeing 737 MAX groundings|being grounded worldwide]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Amiri |first1=Farnoush |last2=Kesslen |first2=Ben |title=Boeing 737 Max jets grounded by FAA emergency order |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boeing-s-737-max-jets-now-grounded-canada-well-europe-n982811 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=13 March 2019 |publisher=[[NBC]] |access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[2022 Hungarian presidential election]]: The [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly of Hungary]] elects former minister for Family Affairs, [[Katalin Novák]], as [[president of Hungary]] in a 137&ndash;51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Katalin Novak becomes Hungary's first female president |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/10/katalin-novak-becomes-hungary-s-first-female-president |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417203648/https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/10/katalin-novak-becomes-hungary-s-first-female-president |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hungary elects Katalin Novak, first-ever female president |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/10/hungary-elects-katalin-novak-first-ever-woman-president |access-date=2022-05-16 |publisher=Al Jazeera] |language=en |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517092736/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/10/hungary-elects-katalin-novak-first-ever-woman-president |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Silicon Valley Bank]] [[Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank|collapses]] due to a [[bank run|run on its deposits]], in the [[List of largest bank failures in the United States|second largest]] [[bank failure]] in US history. Its operations are taken over by the [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation|FDIC]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flitter |first1=Emily |last2=Copeland |first2=Rob |title=Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run on Deposits |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/business/silicon-valley-bank-stock.html |access-date=21 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[2024 Portuguese legislative election]]: Elections are held in Portugal for all 230 seats in the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Assembly of the Republic]]. The [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Partido Socialista]] loses its absolute majority to the [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|Partido Social Democrata]], winning 77 and 79 seats respectively.<ref name="CNE">{{cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Mapa Oficial n.º 1-A/2024 |trans-title=Official Map No. 1-A/2024 |url=https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/eleicoes/2024_ar/docs_geral/2024_ar_mapa_deputados.pdf |access-date=16 January 2024 |publisher=CNE - National Elections Commission |language=pt}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-10 |title=Portugal election sees above-average turnout in very tight contest |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/portugual-election-above-average-participation/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=POLITICO}}</ref>