2017 Porto local election
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The 2017 Porto local election was held on 1 October 2017 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.
Rui Moreira, mayor since 2013, won a second term as Mayor of Porto, winning a majority in the city council. He beat the Socialist candidate, once again Manuel Pizarro, who managed to increase his voting share and to gain 1 councillor.[1]
The Social Democratic Party, in coalition with the People's Monarchist Party, had a terrible result, losing more than half of the votes from 2013 and electing one single councillor.[2] The Communist Party, with Ilda Figueiredo as its candidate, managed to keep its seat in the City Council, despite a slight loss in the vote share. Meanwhile, the Left Bloc, with João Teixeira Lopes as its candidate after João Semedo withrew his candidacy for health reasons, failed once again to gain any seat in the city council.
Background
In the 2013 election, Rui Moreira, an independent politician, managed to win the election, despite not winning an absolute majority. The Socialist Party, led by Manuel Pizarro, achieved second place with 3 seats and about 22% of the votes, being followed by the Social Democratic Party, led by Luís Filipe Menezes, who also elected 3 seats and got 21% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 7.4% of the votes.[3]
Rui Moreira governed with support from the Socialist Party, who intended to support Rui Moreira's independent movement in 2017. Despite that, Rui Moreira declined the support of the Socialist Party[4] and, in response, the Socialists ended the government agreement with the independent movement.[5]
Electoral system
Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. The winner of the most voted list for the municipal council is automatically elected mayor, similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP). The lists are closed and the seats in each municipality are apportioned according to the D'Hondt method. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.[6][7]
Parties and candidates
| Party/Coalition | Political position | Candidate[8] | 2013 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| RM | Porto, Our Party 2017[b] Porto, O nosso Partido 2017 | Center-right to right-wing | Rui Moreira | 39.3% | 6 / 13 | |
| PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista | Centre-left | Manuel Pizarro | 22.7% | 3 / 13 | |
| PSD-PPM | Authentic Porto Porto Autêntico PSD, PPM | Centre-right | Álvaro Almeida | 21.1% | 3 / 13 | |
| CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV | Left-wing to far-left | Ilda Figueiredo | 7.4% | 1 / 13 | |
| BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda | Left-wing to far-left | João Teixeira Lopes | 3.6% | 0 / 13 | |
| PTP | Portuguese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Português | Center-left | José Manuel Pereira | 0.2% | 0 / 13 | |
| PAN | People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza | Centre-left | Bebiana Cunha | N/a | N/a | |
| PPV/CDC | Citizenship and Christian Democracy Cidadania e Democracia Cristã | Right-wing | Orlando Cruz | N/a | N/a | |
| PNR | National Renovator Party Partido Nacional Renovador | Far-right | Sandra Martins | N/a | N/a | |
Opinion polling
Polling
Exit poll
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | RM | PS | PSD PPM | CDU | BE | O | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 local election | 1 Oct 2017 | N/a | 44.5 7 | 28.6 4 | 10.4 1 | 5.9 1 | 5.3 0 | 5.4 0 | 15.9 | |
| UCP–CESOP | 1 Oct 2017 | 11,592 | 43.0– 48.0 6/8 | 28.0– 31.0 4/5 | 8.0– 10.0 1 | 6.0– 8.0 0/1 | 5.0– 7.0 0/1 | – | 15.0– 17.0 | |
| Eurosondagem | 1 Oct 2017 | 7,657 | 37.7– 42.0 7 | 30.3– 34.0 5 | 7.7– 11.0 1 | 4.8– 7.2 0/1 | 4.8– 7.2 0/1 | – | 7.4– 8.0 | |
| Intercampus | 1 Oct 2017 | 4,354 | 42.0– 47.0 6/7 | 27.7– 31.7 4/5 | 8.1– 11.1 1/2 | 5.0– 8.0 0/1 | 4.2– 7.2 0/1 | 1.0– 7.0 0 | 14.3– 15.3 | |
| Eurosondagem | 24–26 Sep 2017 | 725 | 40.8 6/7 | 30.8 4/5 | 11.0 1/2 | 6.9 1 | 5.4 0/1 | 5.1 0 | 10.0 | |
| UCP–CESOP | 23–25 Sep 2017 | 1,239 | 34.0 5/6 | 34.0 5/6 | 9.0 1/2 | 8.0 1 | 7.0 0/1 | 8.0 0 | Tie | |
| Aximage | 16–19 Sep 2017 | 600 | 39.9 6/7 | 20.8 3/4 | 11.8 2 | 8.9 1 | 5.3 0/1 | 13.3 0 | 19.1 | |
| UCP–CESOP | 16–17 Sep 2017 | 1,239 | 34.0 4/6 | 33.0 4/6 | 13.0 1/2 | 8.0 1 | 6.0 0/1 | 6.0 0 | 1.0 | |
| Eurosondagem | 19–21 Jul 2017 | 1,525 | 46.9 7 | 22.5 3 | 12.1 2 | 8.2 1 | 5.5 0 | 4.8 0 | 24.4 | |
| Eurosondagem | 15–17 May 2017 | 1,011 | 44.8 6/7 | 22.2 3 | 15.1 2 | 6.9 1 | 6.0 0/1 | 5.0 0 | 22.6 | |
| 2013 local election | 29 Sep 2013 | N/a | 39.3 6 | 22.7 3 | 21.1 3 | 7.4 1 | 3.6 0 | 6.0 0 | 16.6 | |
Results
Municipal Council
| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Councillors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ± | |||||||||
| Porto, Our Party 2017 | 51,159 | 44.46 | 5.2 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Socialist | 32,856 | 28.55 | 5.9 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Social Democratic / People's Monarchist | 11,952 | 10.39 |  10.7 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | 6,781 | 5.89 | 1.5 | 1 |  0 | |||||
| Left Bloc | 6,146 | 5.34 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| People–Animals–Nature | 2,215 | 1.92 | N/a | 0 | N/a | |||||
| PPV/CDC | 186 | 0.16 | N/a | 0 | N/a | |||||
| National Renovator | 173 | 0.15 | N/a | 0 | N/a | |||||
| Labour | 166 | 0.14 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total valid | 111,634 | 97.01 | 1.4 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Blank ballots | 1,826 | 1.59 | 0.9 | |||||||
| Invalid ballots | 1,613 | 1.40 | 0.5 | |||||||
| Total | 115,073 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 214,324 | 53.69 | 1.1 | |||||||
| Source: Porto 2017 election results | ||||||||||
Municipal Assembly
| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ± | |||||||||
| Porto, Our Party 2017 | 44,614 | 38.78 | 4.1 | 16 | 1 | |||||
| Socialist | 31,238 | 27.16 | 3.5 | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Social Democratic / People's Monarchist | 15.156 | 13.18 | 7.1 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| Unitary Democratic Coalition | 8,748 | 7.60 | 2.3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Left Bloc | 8,281 | 7.20 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| People–Animals–Nature | 3,195 | 2.78 | N/a | 1 | N/a | |||||
| Total valid | 111,232 | 96.70 | 1.8 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| Blank ballots | 1,991 | 1.73 | 1.2 | |||||||
| Invalid ballots | 1,809 | 1.57 | 0.5 | |||||||
| Total | 115,032 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 214,324 | 53.67 | 1.1 | |||||||
| Source: Porto 2017 election results | ||||||||||
Parish Assemblies
| Parish | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | Total S | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RM | PS | PSD/PPM | CDU | BE | ||||||||||||||
| Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde | 50.2 | 10 | 21.4 | 4 | 15.5 | 3 | 4.9 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 19 | |||||||
| Bonfim | 35.7 | 8 | 28.7 | 6 | 15.5 | 3 | 8.4 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 19 | |||||||
| Campanhã | 26.7 | 5 | 40.2 | 9 | 11.5 | 2 | 10.3 | 2 | 6.4 | 1 | 19 | |||||||
| Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória | 33.8 | 7 | 28.6 | 6 | 14.0 | 3 | 8.4 | 1 | 10.8 | 2 | 19 | |||||||
| Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos | 42.8 | 9 | 25.3 | 5 | 12.6 | 2 | 8.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 1 | 19 | |||||||
| Paranhos | 26.4 | 6 | 24.9 | 6 | 30.6 | 7 | 6.9 | 1 | 6.5 | 1 | 21 | |||||||
| Ramalde | 39.0 | 8 | 29.2 | 6 | 14.6 | 3 | 6.3 | 1 | 6.9 | 1 | 19 | |||||||
| Total | 35.7 | 53 | 28.1 | 42 | 17.4 | 23 | 7.6 | 9 | 7.2 | 8 | 135 | |||||||
| Source: Election Results | ||||||||||||||||||
Maps
References
- ^ "Rui Moreira absolutista serve vingança a frio". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "PSD 'desaparece' na cidade do Porto". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ Renascença (2013-09-29). "Rui Moreira vence no Porto". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ Gomes, Margarida (2017-05-05). "Rui Moreira recusa apoio do PS à sua recandidatura". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ Lusa, PÚBLICO (2017-05-08). "Pizarro devolve pelouro na Câmara do Porto. Rui Moreira assume a pasta". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "Eleição dos titulares dos órgãos das autarquias locais" (in Portuguese). Diário da República. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Autarquicas 2017 Candidatos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
Notes
- ^ Coalition with PPD/PSD and PPM.
- ^ Supported by the CDS – People's Party, the Earth Party and We, the Citizens!.
External links
- 2017 local election results
