2005 Lisbon local election

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2005 Lisbon local elections
Bandeira municipal de Lisboa.png
  2001 9 October 2005 2007 by-election  

All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council
9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout52.7% Decrease2.svg 2.4 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Antonio Carmona Rodrigues.png
PS Logo (Text version).png
Portuguese Communist Party logo.svg
Leader Carmona Rodrigues Manuel Maria Carrilho Ruben de Carvalho
Party PSD PS PCP
Alliance CDU
Last election8 seats, 42.0%4 seats (AL)4 seats (AL)
Seats won852
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote119,83775,02232,254
Percentage42.4%26.6%11.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.4 pp N/AN/A

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Antonio Costa com Bernardo Trindade e Jose Sa Fernandes.jpg
Simbolo do CDS-PP (1993-2009).jpg
Leader José Sá Fernandes Maria José Nogueira Pinto
Party BE CDS–PP
Last election0 seats, 3.8%1 seat, 7.6%
Seats won11
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote22,34216,723
Percentage7.9%5.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.1 pp Decrease2.svg 1.6 pp

Mayor before election

Pedro Santana Lopes
PSD

Elected Mayor

Carmona Rodrigues
PSD

The 2005 Lisbon local election was held on 9 October 2005 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

Contents

Carmona Rodrigues, who was mayor during Santana Lopes' short period as prime minister from 2004 to 2005, was elected for a full term with 42% of the votes, defeating Manuel Maria Carrilho, from the Socialist Party, who achieved only about 27% of the votes. [1]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition ran alone this time, presenting Ruben de Carvalho and achieving 11% of the votes, which guaranteed two Communist councilors. The Left Bloc, with José Sá Fernandes as the candidate for Mayor, managed to gain a councillor seat for the first time. The CDS – People's Party, with Maria José Nogueira Pinto, managed to keep its councillor, despite losing some votes.

Background

In the 2001 election, the Social Democratic Party led by Pedro Santana Lopes, defeated incumbent Mayor João Soares, supported by the coalition between the Socialist Party and the Communist Party, by a margin of about 0.3%. [2]

In 2004, after Durão Barroso resigned as prime minister to assume the office of President of the European Commission, Pedro Santana Lopes was chosen as prime minister, being replaced as mayor by Carmona Rodrigues. He assumed the office until Santana Lopes' defeat in the 2005 legislative election, after which Santana Lopes regained his office as Mayor of Lisbon. [3]

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. [4] [5]

Parties and candidates

Party/CoalitionPolitical
position
Candidate [6] 2001 result
Votes (%)Seats
PSD Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrata
Centre-right Carmona Rodrigues 42.0%
8 / 17
PS Socialist Party
Partido Socialista
Centre-left Manuel Maria Carrilho 41.7%
4 / 17
CDU Unitary Democratic Coalition
Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV
Left-wing
to far-left
Ruben de Carvalho
4 / 17
CDS–PP CDS – People's Party
CDS – Partido Popular
Right-wing Maria José Nogueira Pinto 7.6%
1 / 17
BE Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda
Left-wing
to far-left
José Sá Fernandes 3.8%
0 / 17
PCTP Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses
Far-left Carlos Paisana 0.8%
0 / 17
PH Humanist Party
Partido Humanista
Centre-left Pedro Cruz Braga 0.4%
0 / 17
PNR National Renovator Party
Partido Nacional Renovador
Far-right José Pinto Coelho 0.2%
0 / 17

Opinion polling

Polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/LinkFieldwork dateSample size PSD PS CDU CDS BE OLead
2005 local election9 Oct 200542.4
8
26.6
5
11.4
2
5.9
1
7.9
1
5.8
0
15.8
UCP 9 Oct 2005 ?40–4426–3010–135–78–1014
Eurosondagem 2–5 Oct 20051,56941.430.510.15.58.54.010.9
Intercampus 1–5 Oct 20051,00134.334.712.04.96.97.20.4
Aximage 3–4 Oct 200550038.530.28.05.67.710.08.3
UCP 1–2 Oct 20052,41036311071065
Marktest 1 Oct 200550338.227.79.28.09.28.310.5
Aximage 24–27 Sep 200550039.925.76.84.45.717.514.2
UCP 7–11 Jul 2005989364163855
Eurosondagem 20–22 Jun 20051,52536.429.67.84.17.514.66.8
Aximage 22–23 Mar 200560047.246.66.20.6
Eurosondagem 15–16 Mar 20051,0484144153
2005 legislative election 20 Feb 200524.8
(5)
42.5
(8)
8.2
(1)
10.5
(2)
8.7
(1)
5.3
(0)
17.7
2004 EP election 13 Jun 200433.4
(6)
41.2
(8)
9.6
(2)
[7] 8.5
(1)
7.3
(0)
7.8
2002 legislative election 17 Mar 200238.0
(7)
37.6
(7)
7.1
(1)
8.8
(1)
5.1
(1)
3.4
(0)
0.4
2001 local election 16 Dec 200142.0
8
41.7
8
7.6
1
3.8
0
5.0
0
0.3

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 9 October 2005 Lisbon City Council election results
1
2
5
8
1
Parties Votes%±pp swing Councillors
Total±
Social Democratic 119,83742.43Increase2.svg0.58Steady2.svg0
Socialist 75,02226.565Increase2.svg1
Unitary Democratic Coalition 32,25411.422Decrease2.svg2
Left Bloc 22,3427.91Increase2.svg4.11Increase2.svg1
People's 16,7235.92Decrease2.svg1.61Steady2.svg0
Portuguese Workers' Communist 2,6890.95Increase2.svg0.20Steady2.svg0
National Renovator 7980.28Increase2.svg0.10Steady2.svg0
Humanist 5070.18Decrease2.svg0.00Steady2.svg0
Total valid270,17295.65Decrease2.svg1.217Steady2.svg0
Blank ballots7,5382.67Increase2.svg0.8
Invalid ballots4,7331.68Increase2.svg0.5
Total282,443100.00
Registered voters/turnout536,45052.65Decrease2.svg2.4
Source: Lisbon 2005 election results

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 9 October 2005 Lisbon City Council election results
5
7
16
23
3
Parties Votes%±pp swing Seats
Total±
Social Democratic 107,91738.21Increase2.svg1.623Steady2.svg0
Socialist 77,78927.5416
Unitary Democratic Coalition 36,56912.957
Left Bloc 26,4349.36Increase2.svg4.55Increase2.svg3
People's 17,7006.27Decrease2.svg2.43Decrease2.svg2
Portuguese Workers' Communist 3,6131.28Increase2.svg0.20Steady2.svg0
Total valid270,02295.61Decrease2.svg1.254Steady2.svg0
Blank ballots7,7352.74Increase2.svg0.6
Invalid ballots4,6761.66Increase2.svg0.5
Total282,433100.00
Registered voters/turnout536,45052.65Decrease2.svg2.4
Source: Lisbon 2005 election results

Parish Assemblies

Results of the 9 October 2005 Lisbon Parish Assembly elections
Parish%S%S%S%S%S%STotal
S
PSD PS CDU BE CDS–PP IND
Ajuda 22.0330.5450.357.112.7-13
Alcântara 27.7424.6331.157.714.0-13
Alto do Pina 47.9724.738.917.616.9113
Alvalade 50.1720.437.817.3110.4113
Ameixoeira 30.3429.1424.947.313.8-13
Anjos 38.6626.7412.218.518.6113
Beato 25.8431.7523.138.014.0-13
Benfica 37.7832.4712.938.314.0-19
Campo Grande 42.4626.9412.317.117.3113
Campolide 33.4530.2416.539.016.5-13
Carnide 25.5424.2335.456.214.3-13
Castelo 7.9-17.3159.9510.311.5-7
Charneca 23.8336.4525.046.313.6-13
Coração de Jesus 40.3625.7410.1110.618.0113
Encarnação 28.6330.2314.418.113.6-10.619
Graça 36.0531.4515.329.812.8-13
Lapa 45.4621.137.617.2115.0213
Lumiar 42.9927.2610.828.216.3119
Madalena 22.2225.1235.039.4-5.4-7
Mártires 38.4335.536.4-5.9-9.917
Marvila 22.6533.2725.066.812.6-19
Mercês 29.5333.8415.919.516.4-9
Nossa Senhora de Fátima 46.6723.538.817.419.7113
Pena 30.2529.4421.338.914.9-13
Penha de França 37.1632.4512.219.413.6-13
Prazeres 32.7428.5421.037.017.3113
Sacramento 43.2323.6212.6110.915.3-7
Santa Catarina 27.5339.0414.1110.115.1-9
Santa Engrácia 35.9529.7419.336.313.6-13
Santa Isabel 44.9723.3311.717.518.5113
Santa Justa 26.2235.6322.226.1-5.5-7
Santa Maria de Belém 43.8726.3410.617.517.8113
Santa Maria dos Olivais 31.1735.9914.138.323.8-21
Santiago 22.1228.8236.336.3-3.7-7
Santo Condestável 32.9524.9424.238.315.1-13
Santo Estêvão 14.6129.3332.942.3-15.619
Santos-o-Velho 31.7334.2416.216.6-8.319
São Cristóvão e São Lourenço 30.9338.3414.218.613.7-9
São Domingos de Benfica 43.81026.0511.128.016.6119
São Francisco Xavier 49.2720.437.416.2-12.7213
São João 31.2529.1422.937.914.2-13
São João de Brito 50.7720.638.416.619.5113
São João de Deus 49.9720.737.116.9110.8113
São Jorge de Arroios 41.8624.3313.928.417.1113
São José 32.3330.4316.3210.215.5-9
São Mamede 45.1626.147.017.2110.7113
São Miguel 19.4237.5433.734.3-1.9-9
São Nicolau 41.2429.738.819.615.5-9
São Paulo 31.4335.9415.318.514.3-9
São Sebastião da Pedreira 48.4718.826.417.7115.5213
Santo Vicente de Fora 22.1228.9332.347.5-4.4-9
36.9436.0411.316.6-4.0-9
Socorro 37.3434.6411.917.1-4.2-9
Total36.325028.320116.31157.8446.1230.12635
Source: Election Results

References

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