Portuguese local election, 2013

Portuguese local elections, 2013

29 September 2013

All 308 Portuguese municipalities and 3,092[1] Portuguese Parishes All 2,000 local government councils   First party Second party Third party   Leader António José Seguro Pedro Passos Coelho Jerónimo de Sousa Party PS PSD CDU Last election 132 mayors, 37.7% 139 mayors, 38.7% 28 mayors, 9.8% Popular vote 1,835,288[2] 1,570,601[3] 552,690 Percentage 36.7% 31.4% 11.1% Swing 1.0% 7.3% 1.3% Mayors 150[4] 106[5] 34 Mayors +/– 18 33 6 Councillors 929[6] 770[7] 213 Councillors +/– 8 103[8] 39

The Portuguese local election of 2013 took place on 29 September. The election consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is elected mayor, another election for the Municipal Assembly, as well an election for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president. This last will be held separately in the more than 3,000 parishes around the country. There was a reduction in the number of Parishes of more than 1000 parishes and, consequently, Parishes Assemblies and their respective leadership positions due to a local government reform undertaken by the Government led by Pedro Passos Coelho.

The process of submitting candidacies for these elections was marked by interpretation differences of the limitation of mandates law, which prohibits a candidate, after serving three terms, to run for Mayor, Municipal Assemblies or Parish Assemblies. The controversy lied in the fact that the law does not state explicitly whether it prohibits reelection candidacies for the same municipality or parish, or if, on the contrary, the candidate is barred from seeking reelection for the same position in any municipality or parish. Candidates affected by this issue included Luis Filipe Menezes (PSD), running in Porto, and Fernando Seara (PSD/CDS–PP), who was standing in Lisbon.

This controversy ended on 5 September 2013 with the decision of the Constitutional Court considering only territorial the limitation of mandates and, there so, giving permission to mayoral candidates that had already serve three consecutive mandates to run for another municipality.^[9]

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) was the biggest loser of these elections, as it lost almost a third of the municipalities that it held, although the PSD did gain several traditionally Socialist bastions like Braga and Guarda.

The Socialist Party (PS) won the largest number of municipal chambers in its history surpassing its previous best result in 2009. It also won the largest number of mayorships of any party in the history of Portugal.^[10] Despite the Socialists victory however, the PS lost to the PSD the cities of Braga and Guarda and to the CDU in the cities of Loures, Beja and Évora. The PS also reconquered Coimbra and won in two large social democratic strongholds, Vila Real and Funchal.

The election was also marked by the strong electoral performances of various independent groups, which won several chambers. The most significant was the victory of independent Rui Moreira in Porto, who was supported by CDS-PP. The Democratic Unity Coalition increased its number of municipal chambers as well as its number of councilors by winning several chambers previously held by the Socialists, including winning back their historical stronghold of Loures. However, despite increasing their overall number of mayors, they also lost three chambers they won in 2009 to the Socialists; Chamusca, Crato, and Nisa. In Chamusca they had held the mayorship since 1979.

The People's Party (CDS-PP) broke a cycle of decline in local elections and won 5 municipalities, 4 more than in 2009. The Left Bloc suffered a heavy defeat, losing the only chamber they had, and electing fewer councillors than in 2009.

The turnout in these elections was the lowest ever, with 52.6% of voters casting their ballot.

Parties

The main political forces that will be involved in the election are:

• Left Bloc (BE)
• People's Party (CDS–PP) (only in some municipalities)¹
• Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU)
• Socialist Party (PS)
• Social Democratic Party (PSD) (only in some municipalities)¹

¹ The PSD and the CDS–PP will also form coalitions in several municipalities with the Earth Party (MPT) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM).

Opinion polling

Municipality	Date(s) Conducted	Polling Firm	PSD	PS	CDS-PP	CDU	BE	PSD CDS-PP	PSD CDS-PP PPM	PSD CDS-PP PPM MPT	Ind	Others / Und.	Lead
Lisbon	23–27 Sep	Aximage	–	49.5	–	7.9	6.7	31.7	–	–	–	4.2	17.8
Vila Nova de Famalicão	19–27 Sep	Pitagórica	–	30.3	–	7.9	4.5	55.8	–	–	–	1.5	25.5
Matosinhos	23–26 Sep	Domp	6.8	13.9	1.6	5.7	0.5	–	–	–	43.5	28.0	29.6
Porto	23–25 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	26.9 4	24.1 4	–	10.5 1	4.5 –	–	–	–	30.4[11] 4	3.6 –	0.4
Porto	21–25 Sep	Aximage	27.5	28.1	–	8.3	4.1	–	–	–	29.2	2.8	1.1
Vila Nova de Gaia	23–24 Sep	GTriplo	–	23.2	–	4.7	2.8	22.1	–	–	21.9	25.3	1.1
Barcelos	23–24 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	39.3 5	–	1.9 –	3.5 –	–	36.7 4 – 5	–	14.8 1 – 2	3.8 –	2.6
Braga	22–24 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	39.0 5	–	7.5 0 – 1	–	–	43.8 5 – 6	–	5.2 –	4.5 –	4.8
Santa Cruz	22–23 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	41.1 3	–	–	5.6 –	–	–	–	–	48.1 4	5.2 –	7.0
Porto	21–23 Sep	Universidade Católica Seats projection	26.0 3 – 4	24.0 3 – 4	–	9.0 1	5.0 0 – 1	–	–	–	31.0[12] 4 – 5	5.0 –	3.0
Lisbon	21–23 Sep	Universidade Católica Seats projection	–	48.0 9 – 10	–	11.0 1 – 2	7.0 1	26.0 5	–	–	–	8.0 –	22.0
Leiria	21–23 Sep	IPOM	31.4	53.3	4.0	3.2	4.4	–	–	–	–	3.6	21.9
Vila Nova de Gaia	22 Sep	Universidade Católica Seats projection	–	32.0 4	–	8.0 0 – 1	5.0 –	21.0 3	–	–	29.0[13] 3 – 4	5.0 –	6.0
Paços de Ferreira	21–23 Sep	Gemeo	47.9	43.5	0.6	1.9	–	–	–	–	–	6.1	4.4
Porto	21–23 Sep	IPOM	37.5	26.6	–	8.1	5.0	–	–	–	16.9[14]	5.9	10.9
Valongo	19–22 Sep	GTriplo	33.6	28.9	7.1	3.9	2.3	–	–	–	–	24.3	4.7
Sintra	21–22 Sep	Universidade Católica Seats projection	–	30.0 4 – 5	–	12.0 1 – 2	5.0 0 – 1	16.0 2 – 3	–	–	30.0[15] 3 – 4	7.0 –	3.0
Vila Nova de Gaia	20–22 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	29.0 3 – 4	–	7.5 0 – 1	3.3 –	25.1 3	–	–	30.8[16] 3 – 4	4.3 –	0.3
São João da Madeira	18–21 Sep	Domp	42.5	33.5	0.5	8.3	0.7	–	–	–	7.0	7.5	9.0
Matosinhos	20–21 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	14.4 1 – 2	32.8 4 – 5	4.1 –	7.2 0 – 1	3.6 –	–	–	–	34.4 4 – 5	3.5 –	1.6
Covilhã	18–20 Sep	Domp	18.0	37.4	–	7.6	1.3	–	–	–	28.4	7.3	9.0
Ourém	19–20 Sep	IPOM	–	46.6	–	3.3	–	37.3	–	–	10.4	2.5	9.3
Vila Real	19–20 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	41.2 4 – 5	41.9 4 – 5	5.4 –	5.1 –	3.7 –	–	–	–	–	2.7 –	0.7
Braga	18–19 Sep	IPOM	–	36.7	–	4.1	–	–	47.5	–	7.2	4.4	10.8
Gondomar	18–19 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	48.0 6	–	10.4 1	4.6 –	33.0 4	–	–	–	4.0 –	15.0
Penafiel	17–19 Sep	Gemeo	–	35.9	–	3.5	0.3	57.0	–	–	–	3.3	21.1
Alcobaça	17–18 Sep	IPOM	47.3	16.7	10.4	13.7	4.2	–	–	–	–	7.7	30.6
Guarda	17–18 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	44.2 3 – 4	–	3.5 –	3.3 –	43.7 3 – 4	–	–	–	5.3 –	0.5
Funchal	17–18 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	34.6 4 – 5	30.8 3 – 4	24.5 2 – 3	7.4 0 – 1	–	–	–	–	–	2.7 –	3.8
Bragança	15–17 Sep	Pitagórica	45.4	26.4	1.5	1.9	1.7	–	–	–	21.1	2.1	19.0
Bragança	16–17 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	42.9 3 – 4	32.1 2 – 3	3.6 –	3.3 –	1.9 –	–	–	–	13.1 1	3.1 –	10.8
Aveiro	16–17 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	27.5 3	–	5.0 –	4.8 –	42.9 5	–	–	14.8 1	5.0 –	15.4
São Vicente	13–16 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	50.0 3	–	–	1.5 –	1.1 –	–	–	–	43.3 2	4.1 –	6.7
Valongo	13–16 Sep	Domp	39.9	40.7	1.5	6.2	6.7	–	–	–	–	4.9	0.8
Marinha Grande	14–16 Sep	IPOM	12.3	38.4	2.6	15.7	0.4	–	–	–	22.0[17]	8.6	22.7
Coimbra	13–15 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	32.6 4	36.2 4 – 5	6.8 0 – 1	11.0 1	–	–	–	–	7.6 1	5.8 –	3.6
Vila Real	11–14 Sep	Pitagórica	44.5	42.1	5.4	3.3	1.4	–	–	–	–	3.3	2.4
Lousada	12–14 Sep	Gemeo	–	44.4	–	2.4	–	50.0	–	–	–	3.2	5.6
São Pedro do Sul	10–13 Sep	GTriplo	31.3	25.2	–	2.1	2.8	–	–	–	–	38.6	6.1
Pombal	12–13 Sep	IPOM	55.1	29.2	5.2	4.4	–	–	–	–	–	6.1	25.9
Sintra	12–13 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	25.5 3 – 4	–	11.2 1	6.5 0 – 1	21.0 3	–	–	26.6[18] 3 – 4	9.2 –	0.3
Viana do Castelo	12–13 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	25.1 2 – 3	50.9 5 – 6	6.8 –	10.9 1	–	–	–	–	–	6.3 –	25.8
Cinfães	11–12 Sep	Eurosondagem	36.6	56.5	–	3.7	–	–	–	–	–	3.2	19.9
Viseu	11–12 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	48.0 5	35.8 4	7.0 –	2.6 –	3.5 –	–	–	–	–	3.1 –	12.2
Mogadouro^[A]	10–12 Sep	IPOM	40.1	17.1	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	–	42.5	23.0
			40.6	22.1	5.3	1.4	–	–	–	–	–	30.6	18.5
Guimarães	10–11 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	48.0 6	–	10.0 1	3.8 –	34.2 4	–	–	–	4.0 –	13.8
Funchal	9–10 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	37.0 4 – 5	31.0 3 – 4	22.5 2 – 3	6.5 –	–	–	–	–	–	3.0 –	7.0
Lisbon	8–10 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	50.0 9 – 10	–	11.0 1 – 2	6.6 1	26.9 5	–	–	–	5.5 –	23.1
Batalha	7–9 Sep	IPOM	59.1	15.5	11.9	5.9	–	–	–	–	–	7.6	43.6
Faro	5–7 Sep	Sociologest	–	34.7	–	8.2	5.5	–	–	39.0	7.9	4.7	4.3
Paredes	5–7 Sep	Gemeo	56.0	24.0	6.0	7.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	5.0	32.0
Porto de Mós	5–6 Sep	IPOM	33.7	58.7	1.2	0.6	–	–	–	–	–	5.8	25.0
Vila Nova de Gaia	3–4 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	27.1 3 – 4	–	9.4 1	4.1 –	24.5 3	–	–	29.8[19] 3 – 4	5.1 –	1.3
Faro	2–3 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	35.1 3 – 4	–	10.0 1	3.4 –	–	–	34.7 3 – 4	11.7 1	5.1 –	0.4
Golegã	2–3 Sep	Consulmark2 Seats projection	12.6 –	49.0 3	–	10.0 –	–	–	–	–	25.8 2	–	23.2
Sintra	1–2 Sep	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	25.0 3 – 4	–	12.4 1 – 2	6.2 0 – 1	21.0 2 – 3	–	–	25.6[20] 3 – 4	9.8 –	0.8
Matosinhos	25–30 Aug	Pitagórica	10.0	24.9	1.7	4.7	1.5	–	–	–	36.2	20.8	11.3
Sintra	21–29 Aug	Pitagórica	–	26.3	–	6.8	7.5	23.5	–	–	24.2[21]	11.7	2.8
São Pedro do Sul	27–28 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	38.0 3	42.5 4	–	3.3 –	7.0 –	–	–	–	4.7 –	4.5 –	4.5
Vale de Cambra	26–28 Aug	IPOM	50.4	9.4	37.3	2.8	–	–	–	–	–	–	13.1
Braga	27–28 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	39.1 5	–	8.8 1	–	–	42.9 5	–	5.2 –	4.0 –	3.8
Funchal	26–27 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	36.4 4 – 5	28.8 3 – 4	24.8 3	6.9 0 – 1	–	–	–	–	–	3.1 –	7.6
Loures	25–26 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	15.2 2	38.0 5	3.6 –	33.2 4	4.8 –	–	–	–	–	5.2 –	4.8
Matosinhos	20–21 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	16.4 2	31.0 4	4.3 –	7.6 1	4.0 –	–	–	–	32.9 4	3.8% –	1.9
Évora	19–20 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	32.4 2 – 3	–	34.6 2 – 3	9.8 0 – 1	19.5 1 – 2	–	–	–	3.7 –	2.2
Cascais	18–19 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	28.7 3 – 4	–	7.8 1	5.2 –	41.6 5 – 6	–	–	12.9[22] 1	3.8 –	12.9
Oeiras	13–14 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	25.2 3	21.2 3	5.9 –	10.3 1	4.0 –	–	–	–	28.5 4	4.9 –	3.3
Guarda	12–13 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	27.5 2 – 3	–	5.0 –	5.3 –	30.2 2 – 3	–	–	28.5[23] 2 – 3	3.5 –	2.5
Santarém	11–12 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	42.2 4 – 5	33.5 3 – 4	2.5 –	8.2 0 – 1	2.3 –	–	–	–	7.5 0 – 1	3.8 –	8.7
Porto	6–7 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	32.1 5	23.8 3 – 4	–	8.5 1	4.5 –	–	–	–	28.1[24] 3 – 4	3.0 –	7.3
Matosinhos	6–7 Aug	GTriplo	24.0	25.5	0.5	2.5	2.0	–	–	–	27.5	18.0	2.0
Gondomar	5–7 Aug	Eurosondagem	–	33.0	–	7.1	3.9	13.1	–	–	38.2	4.7	5.2
Coimbra	5–6 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	34.1 4 – 5	34.8 4 – 5	6.3 0 – 1	12.5 1 – 2	–	–	–	–	8.5 1	3.8 –	0.7
Lisbon	4–5 Aug	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	50.5 9 – 10	–	8.8 1	6.3 1	29.5 5 – 6	–	–	–	4.9 –	21.0
São João da Madeira	26–29 Jul	IPOM	33.7	16.4	1.3	0.9	0.9	–	–	–	6.0	40.9	17.3
Gondomar	15–26 Jul	Domp	–	37.8	–	7.1	1.7	14.9	–	–	28.5	10.0	9.3
Porto	24–25 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	32.5 5	22.5 3	–	8.4 1	4.8 –	–	–	–	28.8[25] 4	3.0 –	7.3
Santa Maria da Feira	24–25 Jul	IPOM	50.7	35.4	1.3	3.0	2.7	–	–	–	1.5	5.4	15.3
Braga	23–24 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	40.8 5 – 6	–	7.0 0 – 1	–	–	44.2 5 – 6	–	4.4 –	3.6 –	3.4
Vila Nova de Gaia	22–23 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	30.0 3 – 4	–	7.7 0 – 1	3.6 –	24.8 3	–	–	30.6 3 – 4	3.3 –	0.6
Matosinhos	21–22 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	16.7 2	30.9 4	3.8 –	8.4 1	3.7 –	–	–	–	33.0 4	3.5 –	2.1
Aveiro	18–19 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	25.9 2 – 3	–	4.9 –	5.2 –	41.2 4 – 5	–	–	18.1 2	4.7 –	15.3
Viseu	17–18 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	48.8 5	38.8 4	5.1 –	2.2 –	2.4 –	–	–	–	–	2.7 –	10.0
Vila Real	16–17 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	41.0 4 – 5	42.1 4 – 5	4.3 –	5.0 –	5.2 –	–	–	–	–	2.4 –	1.1
Lisbon	15–16 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	52.5 9 – 10	–	9.0 1	6.9 0 – 1	27.5 5 – 6	–	–	–	4.1% –	25.0
Sintra	14–15 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	26.0 3 – 4	–	10.6 1	7.4 1	19.2 2 – 3	–	–	28.5[26] 3 – 4	8.3 –	0.9
Guimarães	12–14 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	49.6 6	–	9.6 1	4.2 –	33.8 4	–	–	–	2.8 –	15.8
Viana do Castelo	11–12 Jul	Eurosondagem Seats projection	23.6 2	53.2 6	7.5 –	10.9 1	–	–	–	–	–	4.8 –	29.6
Braga	8–14 Jul	INTERCAMPUS	–	41.0	–	7.0	–	–	40.0	–	4.0	8.0	1.0
Sintra	29 Jun–4 Jul	Aximage	–	28.4	–	8.6	–	14.8	–	–	22.3[27]	25.9	6.1
Porto	29–30 Jun	IPOM	39.6	24.9	–	4.9	4.7	–	–	–	19.8[28]	6.1	14.7
Aveiro	26 Jun–2 Jul	Gemeo - IPAM	–	12.0	–	1.0	1.0	41.0	–	–	7.0	38.0	29.0
Vinhais^[A]	26–27 Jun	Eurosondagem	27.2	57.0	7.2	2.5	1.2	–	–	–	–	4.9	29.8
			–	60.2	–	–	–	33.6	–	–	–	6.2	26.6
Loures^[A]	21–25 Jun	Eurosondagem	12.5	43.2	4.2	30.1	5.5	–	–	–	–	4.5	13.1
			12.9	41.0	3.8	33.7	4.9	–	–	–	–	3.7	7.3
Chaves	19–20 Jun	IPOM	32.9	19.5	2.6	3.9	–	–	–	–	4.3	36.8	13.4
Matosinhos	20 May–6 Jun	Domp	–	27.1	–	6.3	3.8	12.0	–	–	42.4	8.6	15.3
Matosinhos	29–30 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	27.5 3 – 4	–	8.0 1	5.0 –	16.7 2	–	–	35.0 4 – 5	7.8 –	7.5
Valongo	28–30 May	Gemeo	32.0	30.0	8.0	5.0	2.0	–	–	–	–	23.0	2.0
Aveiro	28–29 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	32.9 3 – 4	–	4.9 –	7.1 –	48.0 5 – 6	–	–	–	7.1 –	15.1
Viana do Castelo	27–28 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	25.0 2 – 3	52.0 5 – 6	5.7 –	9.8 1	–	–	–	–	–	7.5 –	27.0
Braga	26–27 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	41.1 5	–	8.0 1	–	–	43.3 5	–	4.9 –	2.7 –	2.2
Vila Nova de Gaia	23–26 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	32.2 4	–	7.4 0 – 1	3.8 –	22.7 2 – 3	–	–	30.7 3 – 4	3.2 –	1.5
Oeiras	21–25 May	Sociologest	41.5	14.6	6.5	5.8	2.9	–	–	–	21.5	7.2	20.0
Guimarães	22–23 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	51.0 6	–	11.0 1	2.2 –	33.0 4	–	–	–	2.8 –	18.0
Porto	20–22 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	33.0 5	24.8 3 – 4	–	10.2 1	4.3 –	–	–	–	25.0 3 – 4	2.7 –	8.0
Viseu	19–20 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	50.0 5 – 6	39.3 3 – 4	3.6 –	2.1 –	2.6 –	–	–	–	–	2.4 –	10.7
Lisbon	16–19 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	–	52.1 9 – 10	–	8.6 1	5.3 0 – 1	30.0 5 – 6	–	–	–	4.0 –	22.1
Vila Real	14–15 May	Eurosondagem Seats projection	44.2 4 – 5	42.2 4 – 5	5.3 –	3.0 –	2.8 –	–	–	–	–	2.5 –	2.0
Braga	13–17 May	IPOM	–	27.3	–	3.8	–	–	35.1	–	1.7	32.0	7.8
Lisbon	6–11 May	Sociologest	–	49.7	–	6.7	4.7	33.8	–	–	–	5.1	15.9
Vila Nova de Gaia^[A]	7–10 May	IPOM	24.6	23.5	0.1	2.1	3.8	–	–	–	–	45.8	1.1
			–	15.7	–	3.0	3.1	13.9	–	–	15.9	48.4	0.2
Porto	13–15 Apr	IPOM	41.0	21.8	–	9.5	6.0	–	–	–	17.2	4.4	19.2
Matosinhos^[A]	13–19 Mar	Eurosondagem	22.5	47.3	4.9	10.3	4.2	–	–	–	–	10.8	24.8
			16.8	26.1	4.1	10.2	4.5	–	–	–	31.1	7.2	5.0
Matosinhos^[A]	25–30 Jan	IPOM	8.8	26.8	1.2	3.2	1.4	–	–	–	3.2	55.4	18.0
			4.0	7.9	–	–	–	–	–	–	39.4[29]	48.7	31.6
Porto^[A]	17–23 Jan	IPOM	21.2	15.8	2.5	1.9	1.9	–	–	–	4.2	52.5	5.4
			31.7	13.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	12.1	42.6	18.2
2013
Guarda	10–12 Dec	Eurosondagem	21.9	54.8	6.6	7.6	3.9	–	–	–	–	5.2	32.9
Braga^[A]	3–5 Dec	Eurosondagem	–	41.7	–	6.9	4.1	–	44.2	–	–	3.1	2.5
			–	39.6	–	7.0	4.6	–	46.1	–	–	2.7	6.5
Funchal	20–22 Nov	Eurosondagem	41.6	18.3	16.0	7.3	4.2	–	–	–	–	12.6	23.3
Santo Tirso	25 Oct–1 Nov	Domp	10.3	34.0	1.0	3.8	2.5	–	–	–	–	48.4	23.7
Santo Tirso	11–12 Oct	Eurosondagem	29.6	58.4	4.2	3.2	2.4	–	–	–	–	2.2	28.8
Braga	9–12 Oct	Aximage	–	37.8	–	3.5	3.6	–	42.6	–	–	12.5	4.8
Felgueiras	2–3 Oct	Eurosondagem	–	43.3	–	1.7	1.0	52.5	–	–	–	1.5	9.2
Penafiel	19–21 Sep	Gemeo	–	27.4	–	0.6	1.7	63.8	–	–	–	6.4	36.4
Gondomar	17–21 Sep	Aximage	–	49.3	–	5.6	7.4	–	21.3	–	–	16.4	28.0
Paredes	26–27 Apr	Gemeo	70.0	10.0	7.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	10.0	60.0
2012

^A Survey where voters were first asked on which party or coalition they would vote and secondly, which candidate would they cast their ballot.

Results

Municipal Councils

National summary of votes and seats

Most voted parties or coalitions in each Municipality.

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	1,812,029	36.26	1.4	303	923	2	149	17
	Social Democratic	834,455	16.70	6.3	201	531	135	86	31
	Democratic Unity Coalition	552,690	11.06	1.3	288	213	39	34	6
	Social Democratic / People's Party	379,110	7.59	2.1	73	154	3	16	3
	Independents	344,531	6.89	2.8	94	112	45	13	6
	People's	152,073	3.04	0.1	143	47	16	5	4
	Left Bloc	120,982	2.42	0.6	109	8	1	0	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	100,437	2.01	2.0	6	11	2	0	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	94,015	1.88	0.1	4	21	6	2	1
	PSD / PPM	65,102	1.30	—	7	21	—	1	—
	PSD / PPM / MPT	43,312	0.87	—	7	7	—	0	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	23,551	0.47	2.5	4	14	7	1	0
	Workers' Communist Party	23,276	0.47	0.3	27	0	0	0	0
	PS / BE / PND / MPT / PTP / PAN	21,102	0.42	—	1	5	—	1	—
	PSD / MPT / PPM	19,804	0.40	—	4	4	—	0	—
	Party for Animals and Nature	16,233	0.32	—	8	0	—	0	—
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	9,299	0.19	—	7	1	—	0	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / PPM / MPT	8,918	0.18	1.1	4	4	5	0	1
	Portuguese Labour Party	8,552	0.17	—	22	0	—	0	—
	Earth Party	6,660	0.13	0.1	8	2	0	0	0
	People's Party / Social Democratic	4,656	0.09	—	4	4	—	0	—
	PPM / PND / PPV	3,634	0.07	—	1	0	—	0	—
	National Renovator Party	3,002	0.06	0.1	6	0	0	0	0
	People's Party / Earth Party	2,931	0.06	0.1	3	0	0	0	0
	PS / PTP / PND / BE	2,157	0.04	—	1	1	—	0	—
	Social Democratic / Earth Party	1,897	0.04	—	2	3	—	0	—
	New Democracy	1,272	0.03	0.1	1	0	1	0	0
	PPM / PPV	856	0.02	—	1	0	—	0	—
	People's Monarchist Party	455	0.01	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
	Portugal Pro-Life	338	0.01	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		4,657,329	93.18	3.8	—	2,086	8	308	0
Blank ballots		193,471	3.87	2.2
Invalid ballots		147,205	2.95	1.7
Total (turnout 52.60%)		4,998,005	100.00	6.4
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Results by District

Aveiro

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Aveiro

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	119,007	33.48	2.8	19	53	1	5	0
	Social Democratic	114,943	32.34	4.1	15	56	6	9	2
	People's	30,216	8.50	1.3	15	13	6	2	2
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	16,694	4.70	—	4	5	—	1	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	14,503	4.08	1.0	19	0	0	0	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	12,152	3.42	6.2	2	6	8	1	0
	Independents	11,835	3.33	1.5	4	5	1	1	1
	Left Bloc	7,982	2.25	0.2	10	0	0	0	0
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	3,475	0.98	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Workers' Communist Party	235	0.07	—	1	0	—	0	—
	National Renovator Party	123	0.03	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		319,031	93.16	3.8	—	141	2	19	0
Blank ballots		14,778	4.16	2.3
Invalid ballots		9,527	2.68	1.5
Total (turnout 54.18%)		343,483	100.00	6.6
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Beja

In Beja, despite gaining votes overall, the PS lost two mayorships to the CDU; Cuba, and the district's capital, Beja.

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Beja

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	36,702	44.50	1.7	14	39	1	6	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	31,855	38.63	1.2	14	34	1	8	2
	Social Democratic / People's Party	5,257	6.37	4.3	11	2	2	0	0
	Independents	2,465	2.99	2.4	3	2	2	0	0
	Social Democratic	1,746	2.12	5.4	2	1	3	0	0
	Left Bloc	704	0.85	0.9	3	0	0	0	0
Total valid		78,729	95.46	1.6	—	78	1	14	0
Blank ballots		2,134	2.59	0.9
Invalid ballots		1,607	1.95	0.7
Total (turnout 62.35%)		82,545	100.00	2.6
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Braga

In Braga, the PS gained the mayorship in Amares (from an Independent) and Barcelos (from a PSD/CDS-PP/PPM joint list), but lost two other mayorships, in Vieira do Minho and the capital city of Braga (to a PSD/CDS-PP joint list in Viera do Minho and a PSD/CDS-PP/PPM joint list in Braga.)

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Braga

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	190,815	38.76	4.3	14	49	6	7	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	70,632	14.35	6.4	2	10	5	1	1
	Social Democratic / People's Party	60,578	12.31	0.0	5	19	3	2	1
	Social Democratic	46,473	9.44	11.0	5	20	8	4	0[30]
	Independents	32,025	6.51	3.7	6	9	2	0	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	31,174	6.33	—	1	4	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Colaition	24,563	4.99	0.4	14	2	1	0	0
	Left Bloc	4,937	1.00	1.6	5	0	0	0	0
	People's	4,926	1.00	2.3	5	1	1	0	0
	Workers' Communist Party	2,381	0.48	—	3	0	—	0	—
	PPM / PPV	856	0.17	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Earth Party	299	0.06	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Total valid		469,659	95.4	2.2	—	114	0	14	0
Blank ballots		14,377	2.92	1.5
Invalid ballots		8,267	1.68	0.8
Total (turnout 62.61%)		492,650	100.00	5.2
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Bragança

Bragança was one of the few districts where the PS had a net loss in mayorships, losing the mayorships in Freixo de Espada à Cinta and Torre de Moncorvo, but also gaining the mayorship in Mogadouro.

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Bragança

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	33,727	37.23	1.0	12	31	4	5	1
	Social Democratic	32,477	35.85	4.5	8	26	7	6	1
	Social Democratic / People's Party	6,350	7.01	7.4	3	7	6	1	1[31]
	People's	5,225	5.77	0.6	6	3	1	0	0
	Independents	3,308	3.65	1.5	1	1	2	0	0
	People's Party / Social Democratic	2,426	2.68	—	1	2	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	1,824	2.01	0.2	12	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	442	0.49	0.0	3	0	0	0	0
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	92	0.10	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		85,871	94.78	1.9	—	70	2	12	0
Blank ballots		2,403	2.65	1.1
Invalid ballots		2,327	2.57	0.8
Total (turnout 60.14%)		90,827	100.00	3.2
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Castelo Branco

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Castelo Branco

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	47,590	44.33	0.3	10	35	1	7	1
	Social Democratic	29,351	27.34	13.7	9	22	9	4	1
	Independents	11,182	10.41	—	4	5	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	6,836	6.37	2.2	11	1	1	0	0
	People's	2,528	2.35	1.1	8	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	1,163	1.08	0.5	2	0	0	0	0
	Social Democratic / Earth Party	1,142	1.06	—	1	2	—	0	—
	Portuguese Labour Party	331	0.31	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		100,123	93.26	3.2	—	65	2	11	0
Blank ballots		4,028	3.75	1.7
Invalid ballots		3,215	2.99	1.4
Total (turnout 57.98%)		107,486	100.00	4.5
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Coimbra

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Coimbra

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	89,884	42.24	4.5	17	61	5	12	3
	Social Democratic	28,362	13.33	9.9	7	26	11	5	1[30]
	PSD / PPM / MPT	18,946	8.90	—	1	4	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	15,970	7.51	1.9	17	3	2	0	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	13,966	6.56	0.4	5	12	0	0	2
	PSD/ CDS–PP / PPM / MPT	8,918	4.19	—	4	4	—	0	—
	Independents	8,766	4.12	2.6	4	4	1	0	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	3,960	1.86	10.5	1	3	3	0	0
	People's	3,767	1.77	1.4	8	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	2,260	1.06	1.8	5	0	0	0	0
	Party for Animals and Nature	925	0.43	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Workers' Communist Party	838	0.39	—	2	0	—	0	—
	Earth Party	555	0.26	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		197,117	92.64	3.9	—	117	0	17	0
Blank ballots		9,777	4.60	2.5
Invalid ballots		5,877	2.95	1.8
Total (turnout 53.86%)		212,926	100.00	6.5
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Évora

The CDU won one of its most important victories in Évora,^[32] recapturing the district's capital city, and historic CDU stronghold, of Évora. The CDU had held the city from 1979-1997, when it was captured by the Socialists. CDU General Secretary Jerónimo de Sousa flew in to Évora to celebrate with the city's incoming mayor, Carlos Pinto de Sá, on election night.

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Évora

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Democratic Unity Coalition	32,153	38.50	4.4	14	30	4	6	2
	Socialist	27,767	33.25	6.6	14	31	5	5	2
	Independents	9,217	11.04	2.7	7	12	3	3	2
	Social Democratic / People's Party	5,384	6.45	4.8	4	3	1	0	0
	Social Democratic	2,922	3.50	7.5	7	2	3	0	0
	Left Bloc	991	1.19	0.1	2	0	0	0	0
	People's	550	0.66	0.3	3	0	0	0	0
	People's Party / Social Democratic	340	0.41	—	2	0	—	0	—
Total valid		79,324	94.99	2.1	—	78	0	14	0
Blank ballots		2,573	3.08	1.2
Invalid ballots		1,615	1.93	0.8
Total (turnout 58.05%)		83,581	100.00	3.7
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Faro

In Faro there was a massive upswing in support for the CDU, including having the only mayorship, Silves, that swung directly from the PSD to the CDU.

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Faro

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	65,434	36.71	4.7	16	51	2	10	3
	Social Democratic	44,208	24.08	7.5	14	33	10	4	3
	Democratic Unity Coalition	20,919	11.74	5.7	16	8	7	1	1
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	12,823	7.19	2.8	2	7	0	1	0
	Left Bloc	7,707	4.32	0.3	9	2	1	0	0
	Independents	6,534	3.67	2.7	7	2	1	0	0
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	4,082	2.29	—	2	1	—	0	—
	People's	1,272	0.71	0.9	5	0	0	0	0
	People's Party / Earth Party	730	0.41	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Workers' Communist Party	364	0.20	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
	Portugal Pro-Life	338	0.19	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		164,602	92.71	3.3	—	104	2	16	0
Blank ballots		8,318	4.67	1.9
Invalid ballots		5,325	2.99	1.8
Total (turnout 47.57%)		178,312	100.00	9.1
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Guarda

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Guarda

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	41,150	39.72	6.8	13	36	3	6	2
	Social Democratic / People's Party	25,993	25.09	15.7	5	16	9	3	2
	Social Democratic	19,937	19.24	13.3	9	25	9	4	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	3,262	3.15	0.8	14	0	0	0	0
	People's	2,441	2.36	0.4	6	2	2	0	0
	Independents	2,231	2.15	1.0	3	3	2	1	1
	Left Bloc	871	0.84	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
	Workers' Communist Party	576	0.56	0.4	1	0	0	0	0
	People's Monarchist Party	455	0.44	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Portuguese Labour Party	279	0.27	—	2	0	—	0	—
Total valid		97,195	93.82	2.6	—	82	1	14	0
Blank ballots		3,263	3.15	1.4
Invalid ballots		3,144	3.03	1.3
Total (turnout 61.74%)		103,844	100.00	3.2
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Leiria

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Leiria

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Social Democratic	75,989	35.56	9.4	16	50	10	9	2
	Socialist	71,804	33.60	0.1	16	43	5	6	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	18,537	8.67	0.0	16	7	1	1	0
	People's	14,849	6.95	1.8	15	5	1	0	0
	Independents	7,131	3.34	2.0	6	4	4	0	0
	Left Bloc	3,830	1.79	0.7	6	0	0	0	0
	Earth Party	430	0.20	—	1	0	—	0	—
	National Renovator Party	219	0.10	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		192,789	90.22	6.0	—	109	3	16	0
Blank ballots		12,649	5.92	3.5
Invalid ballots		8,249	3.86	2.5
Total (turnout 50.39%)		213,797	100.00	7.0
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Lisbon

The PS and CDU both won key victories in Lisbon. The PS retained the district (and national) capital of Lisbon, with the best result ever achieved by any political party in Lisbon,^[33] and the CDU recaptured their historical stronghold of Loures from the PS.

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Lisbon

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	319,109	37.51	2.7	15	70	1	9	1
	Democratic Unity Coalition	133,033	15.64	3.2	15	27	8	2	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	68,101	8.01	—	2	6	—	0	—
	Independents	63,081	7.42	3.8	5	10	5	1	0
	Social Democratic	49,076	5.77	1.6	5	19	2	2	1
	Social Democratic / People's Party	44,692	5.25	0.2	3	12	1	1	0
	Left Bloc	34,907	4.10	0.5	10	0	0	0	0
	PSD / MPT / PPM	19,804	2.33	—	4	4	—	0	—
	Workers' Communist Party	9,902	1.16	0.6	7	0	0	0	0
	Party for Animals and Nature	9,418	1.11	—	3	0	—	0	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	7,253	0.85	14.1	2	4	11	0	0[34]
	People's	6,847	0.80	0.2	4	0	0	0	0
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	5,125	0.60	—	4	0	—	0	—
	PPM / PPV / PND	3,443	0.40	—	2	0	—	0	—
	Portuguese Labour Party	3,172	0.37	0.3	7	0	0	0	0
	National Renovator Party	2,634	0.31	0.2	4	0	0	0	0
	New Democracy	1,272	0.15	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		780,869	91.79	5.2	—	152	16	15	0
Blank ballots		39,778	4.68	2.9
Invalid ballots		30,014	3.53	2.3
Total (turnout 44.51%)		850,795	100.00	7.6
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Portalegre

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Portalegre

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	28,368	43.32	1.7	15	37	2	6	0
	Democratic Unity Coalition	11,306	17.26	0.7	15	15	2	2	1
	Social Democratic	10,115	15.44	7.8	11	22	1	6	0
	Independents	5,662	8.65	3.4	4	4	0	1	1
	Social Democratic / People's Party	2,704	4.13	0.8	3	1	1	0	0
	People's	1,599	2.44	1.4	4	1	1	0	0
	Earth Party	1,430	2.18	1.9	1	1	1	0	0
	PSD / PPM	686	1.05	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	658	1.00	0.1	4	0	0	0	0
Total valid		62,528	95.48	1.8	—	81	0	15	0
Blank ballots		1,599	2.44	0.8
Invalid ballots		1,365	2.95	0.9
Total (turnout 63.14%)		65,561	100.00	3.6
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Porto

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Porto

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	316,597	35.71	1.3	18	71	5	8	2
	Social Democratic / People's Party	130,219	14.69	12.7	7	29	10	4	0[35]
	Independents	125,325	14.14	4.0	11	18	3	2	2
	Social Democratic	66,994	7.56	8.8	6	19	21	3	0[30]
	PSD / PPM	61,840	6.98	—	4	18	—	1	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	54,291	6.12	1.3	18	5	4	0	0
	PSD / PPM / MPT	24,366	2.75	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	23,553	2.66	0.1	13	0	0	0	0
	People's	14,198	1.60	0.1	9	1	0	0	0
	Workers' Communist Party	3,056	0.34	0.2	4	0	0	0	0
	Portuguese Labour Party	2,130	0.24	—	4	0	—	0	—
Total valid		822,569	92.78	4.6	—	164	2	18	0
Blank ballots		34,306	3.87	2.4
Invalid ballots		29,705	3.35	2.2
Total (turnout 55.82%)		886,823	100.00	7.8
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Santarém

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Santarém

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	80,363	37.51	0.1	21	61	3	13	4
	Social Democratic	36,667	17.11	12.3	12	23	10	4	1
	Democratic Unity Coalition	30,292	14.14	1.9	21	23	5	3	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	19,220	8.97	4.9	6	12	5	1	0
	Independents	15,430	7.20	1.1	11	8	2	0	0
	Left Bloc	8,419	3.93	0.8	11	4	1	0	0
	People's	4,578	2.14	0.3	11	0	0	0	0
	Earth Party	1,369	0.64	—	1	0	—	0	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	1,162	0.54	—	1	1	—	0	—
	Social Democratic / Earth Party	755	0.35	—	1	1	—	0	—
	People's Party / Earth Party	210	0.10	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Total valid		198,465	92.62	4.1	—	133	0	21	0
Blank ballots		8,906	4.16	2.3
Invalid ballots		6,889	3.22	1.8
Total (turnout 53.68%)		214,401	100.00	6.3
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Setúbal

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Setúbal

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Democratic Unity Coalition	125,588	41.49	0.6	13	56	4	11	2
	Socialist	78,909	26.07	2.1	13	36	1	2	2
	Social Democratic	25,504	8.43	2.8	9	7	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	16,694	5.51	1.1	11	2	1	0	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	8,925	2.95	1.6	3	3	1	0	0
	Independents	5,963	1.97	0.7	4	4	0	0	0
	People's	5,804	1.92	2.4	9	1	1	0	0
	Workers' Communist Party	5,150	1.70	0.0	6	0	0	0	0
	Party for Animals and Nature	3,562	1.18	—	4	0	—	0	—
	Portuguese Labour Party	1,699	0.56	—	4	0	—	0	—
Total valid		277,798	91.77	5.1	—	109	4	13	0
Blank ballots		13,736	4.54	2.7
Invalid ballots		11,178	3.35	2.4
Total (turnout 41.67%)		302,767	100.00	7.9
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Viana do Castelo

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Viana do Castelo

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	55,148	37.50	4.2	10	30	5	6	0
	Social Democratic	45,600	31.00	6.4	10	25	2	2	1
	People's	19,021	12.93	0.1	4	7	1	1	0
	Democratic Unity Coalition	8,030	5.46	1.6	10	1	1	0	0
	Independents	7,570	5.15	4.7	3	5	1	1	1
	People's Party / Earth Party	1,991	1.35	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Workers' Communist Party	744	0.51	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Party for Animals and Nature	659	0.44	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		138,754	94.34	2.6	—	68	4	10	0
Blank ballots		5,239	3.56	1.7
Invalid ballots		3,087	2.10	1.0
Total (turnout 57.32%)		147,288	100.00	3.4
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Vila Real

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Vila Real

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	54,731	40.74	1.7	14	42	3	8	2
	Social Democratic	54,054	40.24	3.0	12	37	3	6	1
	Independents	5,749	4.28	—	3	3	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	4,242	3.16	0.6	14	0	0	0	0
	People's	3,434	2.56	1.8	9	0	2	0	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	2,870	2.14	5.9	1	2	9	0	0[31]
	People's Party / Social Democratic	1,890	1.41	—	1	2	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	603	0.45	0.3	1	0	0	0	0
	Earth Party	145	0.11	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
	Workers' Communist Party	29	0.02	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total valid		127,747	95.09	1.9	—	86	2	14	0
Blank ballots		3,436	2.56	1.0
Invalid ballots		3,161	2.35	0.9
Total (turnout 57.79%)		134,541	100.00	2.9
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Viseu

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Vila Real

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	85,026	39.33	3.1	24	70	6	11	3
	Social Democratic	63,998	29.60	12.9	15	52	17	10	1[30]
	Social Democratic / People's Party	33,017	15.27	5.9	9	26	9	3	0
	People's	9,689	4.48	0.3	14	2	0	0	0
	Democratic Unity Coalition	5,954	2.75	0.9	24	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	2,607	1.21	0.2	6	0	0	0	0
	Independents	2,393	1.11	0.1	2	2	2	0	0
	Earth Party	234	0.11	0.4	1	0	0	0	0
Total valid		202,918	93.86	3.1	—	152	0	24	0
Blank ballots		7,270	3.36	1.9
Invalid ballots		6,000	2.78	1.3
Total (turnout 57.03%)		216,465	100.00	5.4
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Madeira

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Madeira

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Social Democratic	47,207	34.81	17.2	11	33	14	4	6
	PS / BE / PND / MPT / PTP / PAN	21,102	15.56	—	1	5	—	1	—
	People's	17,679	13.04	4.7	9	8	4	1	1
	Independents	16,738	12.34	7.7	4	9	6	2	2
	Socialist	11,636	8.58	9.1	7	13	1	3	3
	Democratic Unity Coalition	7,243	5.34	0.8	11	1	0	0	0
	Earth Party	2,198	1.62	1.9	1	1	0	0	0
	PS / PTP / PND / BE	2,157	1.59	—	1	1	—	0	—
	Party for Animals and Nature	1,657	1.22	—	3	0	—	0	—
	Portuguese Labour Party	941	0.69	—	5	0	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	516	0.38	2.2	5	0	0	0	0
Total valid		129,074	95.17	2.1	—	71	1	11	0
Blank ballots		1,678	1.24	0.2
Invalid ballots		4,870	3.59	1.9
Total (turnout 52.52%)		135,676	100.00	2.5
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Azores

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Azores

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	56,977	46.62	0.3	19	62	4	13	2
	Social Democratic	38,149	31.22	12.5	14	33	17	4	3[30]
	Social Democratic / People's Party	7,810	6.39	—	2	4	—	0	—
	People's	3,205	2.62	1.6	6	3	2	1	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	2,729	2.23	—	1	3	—	0	—
	PSD / PPM	2,414	1.98	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	2,105	1.72	0.0	8	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	2,070	1.69	0.4	5	0	0	0	0
	Independents	1,961	1.60	—	3	3	—	1	—
Total valid		117,420	96.08	1.7	—	111	2	19	0
Blank ballots		3,086	2.53	1.3
Invalid ballots		1,702	1.39	0.4
Total (turnout 54.01%)		122,364	100.00	2.8
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Results by municipality

The table shows the results in the 20 District capitals plus Vila Nova de Gaia, Sintra, Oeiras and Matosinhos cities with over 100,000 inhabitants which are not district capitals.^[36]

Municipality		Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
	Aveiro 9 seats	PSD/CDS–PP	16,694	48.63%	5	1
		PS	8,372	24.39%	3	=
		Independent list	3,480	10.14%	1	1
	Beja 7 seats	CDU	7,438	43.42%	4	1
		PS	7,135	41.65%	3	1
	Braga 11 seats	PSD/CDS–PP/PPM	44,571	46.71%	6	1
		PS	31,326	32,83%	4	2
		CDU	8.355	8.76%	1	1
	Bragança 7 seats	PSD	9,449	47.24%	4	=
		PS	5,204	26.20%	2	=
		Independent lists	3,308	16.54%	1	=
	Castelo Branco 9 seats	PS	16,104	61.87%	7	1
		PSD	5,207	20.00%	2	1
	Coimbra 11 seats	PS	22,631	35.51%	5	1
		PSD/PPM/MPT	18,946	29.73%	4	2
		CDU	7,078	11,11%	1	=
		Independent lists	5,906	9,27%	1	1
	Évora 7 seats	CDU	11,776	49.30%	4	1
		PS	6,199	25.95%	2	1
		PSD/CDS–PP	3,510	14,70%	1	=
	Faro 9 seats	PSD/CDS–PP/PPM/MPT	8,306	33.94%	4	1
		PS	7,911	32.32%	4	=
		CDU	3,122	12.76%	1	1
	Funchal 11 seats	PS/BE/PND/MPT/PTP/PAN	21,102	39.22%	5	3
		PSD	17,450	32.43%	4	3
		CDS–PP	7.828	14.55%	1	=
		CDU	4.504	8.37%	1	=
	Guarda 7 seats	PSD/CDS–PP	12,222	51.43%	5	3
		PS	7,223	30.39%	2	3
	Leiria 11 seats	PS	26,166	46.31%	7	2
		PSD	15,735	27.85%	4	1
		CDS–PP	2,639	4.67%	0	1
	Lisbon 17 seats	PS	116,425	50.91%	11	2
		PSD/CDS–PP/MPT	51,156	22.37%	4	3
		CDU	22,519	9.85%	2	1
	Matosinhos 11 seats	Independent lists	32,014	43.41%	6	6
		PS	18,629	25.26%	3	2
		PSD	6,869	9.31%	1	1
		CDU	5,396	7.32%	1	1
	Oeiras 11 seats	Independent lists	23,071	33.45%	5	=
		PSD	13,215	19.16%	3	1
		PS	12.638	18.32%	2	1
		CDU	6,309	9.15%	1	=
	Ponta Delgada 9 seats	PSD	14,604	49.81%	5	1
		PS	12,269	41.84%	4	1
	Portalegre 7 seats	Independent lists	5,514	42.44%	4	4
		PS	3,104	23.89%	2	1
		CDU	2,275	17.51%	1	=
		PSD/CDS–PP	1,377	10.60%	0	3
	Porto 13 seats	Independent lists	45,411	39.25%	6	6
		PS	26,237	22.68%	3	2
		PSD/PPM/MPT	24,366	21.06%	3	4
		CDU	8,539	7.38%	1	=
	Santarém 9 seats	PSD	11,196	40.31%	4	3
		PS	8,962	32.27%	4	2
		CDU	2,872	10.34%	1	1
	Setúbal 11 seats (2 more than in the 2009 elections)	CDU	16,801	41.93%	6	1
		PS	10,583	26.41%	3	1
		PSD/CDS–PP	5,150	12.85%	1	=
	Sintra 11 seats	PS	32,984	26.83%	4	=
		Independent lists	31,246	25.42%	4	4
		PSD/CDS–PP/MPT	16,945	13.79%	2	4
		CDU	15,362	12.50%	1	=
	Viana do Castelo 9 seats	PS	22,183	47.67%	5	=
		PSD	12,361	26.56%	3	1
		CDU	4,919	10.57%	1	1
	Vila Real 9 seats (2 more than in the 2009 elections)	PS	13,467	44.00%	5	2
		PSD	12,926	42.23%	4	=
	Vila Nova de Gaia 11 seats	PS	53,146	38.15%	5	2
		PSD/CDS–PP	27,813	19.97%	3	5
		Independent lists	27,494	19.74%	3	3
	Viseu 9 seats	PSD	21,402	46.37%	5	2
		PS	12,386	26.84%	3	1
		CDS–PP	4,414	9.56%	1	1

Municipal Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Assemblies elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Mandates
						#	±
	Socialist	1,746,819	34.95	1.7		2,659	196
	Social Democratic	813,835	16.28	5.9		1,588	536
	Democratic Unity Coalition	599,029	11.98	1.4		747	96
	Social Democratic / People's Party	376,056	7.52	1.8		493	29
	Independents	325,724	6.52	2.8		352	128
	People's	159,921	3.20	0.3		224	29
	Left Bloc	157,686	3.15	1.0		100	39
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	106,725	2.14	2.1		42	36
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	88,393	1.77	0.0		72	12
	PSD / PPM	60,873	1.22	—		57	—
	PSD / PPM / MPT	41,307	0.83	—		18	—
	Party for Animals and Nature	23,776	0.48	—		5	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	22,420	0.45	2.5		37	28
	PS / BE / PND / MPT / PTP / PAN	20,849	0.42	—		14	—
	PSD / MPT / PPM	19,850	0.40	—		11	—
	Workers' Communist Party	15,393	0.31	0.2		2	2
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	9,949	0.20	—		9	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / PPM / MPT	8,886	0.18	1.0		10	12
	Earth Party	5,525	0.11	0.1		11	3
	People's Party / Social Democratic	4,647	0.09	—		17	—
	PPM / PND / PPV	4,451	0.09	—		0	—
	Portuguese Labour Party	4,102	0.08	—		3	—
	People's Party / Earth Party	3,384	0.07	0.1		3	3
	National Renovator Party	3,247	0.06	0.1		0	0
	PS / PTP / PND / BE	2,101	0.04	—		3	—
	Social Democratic / Earth Party	2,008	0.04	—		8	—
	New Democracy	1,505	0.03	0.1		0	5
	PPM / PPV	1,046	0.02	—		0	—
	People's Monarchist Party	445	0.01	0.0		2	3
Total valid		4,629,952	92.63	4.1	—	6,487	459
Blank ballots		215,489	4.31	2.3
Invalid ballots		153,068	3.06	1.8
Total (turnout 52.61%)		4,998,509	100.00	6.4
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Parish Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

 Summary of the 29 September 2013 Parish Assemblies elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Mandates		Presidents
						#	±	#	±
	Socialist	1,733,687	34.69	1.6		10,838	2,898	1,282	295
	Social Democratic	815,086	16.31	6.1		6,927	4,186	912	618
	Democratic Unity Coalition	596,324	11.93	1.0		1,973	293	170	43
	Independents	478,273	9.57	3.5		2,978	305	342	10
	Social Democratic / People's Party	363,145	7.27	1.9		2,096	815	222	90
	People's	139,304	2.79	0.5		725	33	50	3
	Left Bloc	115,191	2.30	0.7		138	97	0	4
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	111,571	2.23	2.2		322	293	18	16
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	81,096	1.62	0.2		453	48	44	8
	PSD / PPM	55,186	1.10	—		251	—	21	—
	PSD / PPM / MPT	44,661	0.89	—		91	—	6	—
	PSD / MPT / PPM	19,908	0.40	—		39	—	2	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	19,397	0.39	2.5		88	296	3	28
	PS / BE / PND / MPT / PTP / PAN	18,967	0.38	—		53	—	5	—
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	8,966	0.18	—		12	—	0	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / PPM / MPT	8,344	0.17	0.9		44	124	2	13
	Workers' Communist Party	8,003	0.16	0.1		2	2	0	0
	PPM / PND / PPV	4,729	0.09	—		0	—	0	—
	Earth Party	4,569	0.09	0.1		18	29	0	2
	People's Party / Social Democratic	4,303	0.09	—		63	—	5	—
	Party for Animals and Nature	4,001	0.08	—		1	—	0	—
	Portuguese Labour Party	2,681	0.05	—		1	—	0	—
	New Democracy	2,670	0.05	0.1		5	2	0	0
	Social Democratic / Earth Party	2,123	0.04	—		27	—	1	—
	PS / PTP / PND / BE	2,085	0.04	—		7	—	0	—
	People's Party / Earth Party	1,610	0.03	0.0		4	1	0	0
	National Renovator Party	716	0.01	0.0		0	0	0	0
	People's Monarchist Party	549	0.01	0.0		11	8	0	0
	Portuguese Communist Party	57	0.00	—		0	—	0	—
	PPM / PPV	47	0.00	—		0	—	0	—
Total valid		4,647,249	92.99	3.4	—	27,167	7,505	3,085	1,022
Blank ballots		194,978	3.90	1.8
Invalid ballots		155,271	3.11	1.6
Total (turnout 52.60%)		4,997,498	100.00	6.4
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

See also

• Politics of Portugal
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Elections in Portugal

References

1. DGAI - Reorganização Administrativa do Território das Freguesias - (RATF)
2. Sum of votes between PS-only lists and lists with other parties.
3. Sum of votes between PSD-only lists and lists with other parties.
4. Number of municipalities won between PS-only lists and lists with other parties. PS-only lists: 149; PS-coalition lists: 1.
5. Number of municipalities won between PSD-only lists and lists with other parties. PSD-only lists: 86; PSD-coalition lists: 20.
6. This accounts for seats won on PS-only lists and lists with other parties. The PS ran on joint lists in two municipalities in this election, and ran joint lists in no municipalities in 2009. In the municipalities where they ran on joint lists, those lists received a combined 6 seats.
7. This accounts for seats won on PSD-only lists and lists with other parties.
8. This decrease is also relative to the number of seats won on PSD-only lists and lists with other parties in 2009.
9. Público (5 September 2013). "Tribunal Constitucional dá luz verde aos candidatos autárquicos com três mandatos". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 September 2013.
10. New relationship of trust between Portuguese people and PS, says Seguro. Expresso (in Portuguese.) Retrieved 30 September 2013.
11. Rui Moreira: 26.5; Nuno Cardoso: 3.9
12. Rui Moreira: 29.0; Nuno Cardoso: 2.0
13. José Guilherme Aguiar: 26.0; Manuel Vieira Machado: 3.0
14. Rui Moreira: 14.4; Nuno Cardoso: 2.5
15. Marco Almeida: 27.0; Barbosa de Oliveira: 3.0
16. José Guilherme Aguiar: 29.3; Manuel Vieira Machado: 1.5
17. Carlos Logrado: 11.6; Aurélio Ferreira: 10.4
18. Marco Almeida: 25.2; Barbosa de Oliveira: 1.4
19. José Guilherme Aguiar: 28.4; Manuel Vieira Machado: 1.4
20. Marco Almeida: 24.2%; Barbosa de Oliveira: 1.4%
21. Marco Almeida: 23.3; Barbosa de Oliveira: 0.9
22. Isabel Magalhães: 10.5; João Sande e Castro: 2.4
23. Virgílio Bento: 27.7; Manuel Rodrigues: 0.8
24. Rui Moreira: 24.8%; Nuno Cardoso: 3.3%
25. Rui Moreira: 25.2; Nuno Cardoso: 3.6
26. Marco Almeida: 26.9; Barbosa de Oliveira: 1.6
27. Marco Almeida: 6.5; Barbosa de Oliveira: 0.4
28. Rui Moreira: 16.2; Nuno Cardoso: 3.6
29. Guilherme Pinto: 23.5; Narciso Miranda: 15.9
30. The PSD ran on joint lists this time in municipalities that they had previously won with PSD-only lists, this number only reflects municipalities where there were PSD-only lists in both 2009 and 2013.
31. The PSD ran on joint lists with the CDS-PP in more municipalities in 2009, but ran on PSD-only lists in those municipalities in 2013. This number only reflects municipalities where there were PSD/CDS-PP lists in both 2009 and 2013.
32. CDU recaptures Évora, Beja, and Loures | Público
33. "Lisbon: Costa claims historic victory (in Portuguese)". Expresso. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
34. This joint list was not repeated in all municipalities where it participated in 2009; this number reflects municipalities where a PSD/CDS-PP/MPT/PPM list participated in both 2009 and 2013.
35. This joint list was not repeated in all municipalities where it participated in 2009; this number reflects municipalities where a PSD/CDS-PP list participated in both 2009 and 2013.
36. Autarquicas 2013 - Resultados Oficiais

External links

• Official site Autárquicas 2013
• Official results site, Portuguese Justice Ministry
• Portuguese Electoral Commission
• ERC - Official publication of polls