The first free elections in Portugal took place on 25 April 1975. Around 92 per cent of registered voters turned up to vote, a rate that has never been exceeded to this day.
On election night, the Counting Center was located at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, while television broadcast the vote count live.
This film revisits the elections through images produced during the night and testimonies from those who lived through this historic moment.

Produced as part of the exhibition There Will Be Elections. 1975: the first free elections in Portugal, an initiative of the 50 Years of April 25 Commemorative Commission, in partnership with the Assembly of the Republic, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and RTP.