2005 Portuguese local elections

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2005 Portuguese local elections
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  2001 9 October 2005 2009  

All 308 Portuguese municipalities and 4,260 Portuguese Parishes
All 2,046 local government councils
Turnout60.9% Increase2.svg 0.8 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Luís Marques Mendes José Sócrates Jerónimo de Sousa
Party PSD PS PCP
Alliance CDU
Last election159 mayors, 41.2%113 mayors, 37.1%28 mayors, 10.6%
Popular vote2,150,7101,933,041589,384
Percentage39.9%35.9%10.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.3 pp Decrease2.svg 1.2 pp Increase2.svg 0.3 pp
Mayors15810932
Mayors +/–Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 4
Councillors911853203
Councillors +/–Increase2.svg 5Increase2.svg 3Increase2.svg 4

The Portuguese local election of 2005 took place on 9 October 2005. 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 and a last one for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president. This last was held separately in the more than 4,000 parishes around the country.

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The Socialist Party may be considered the major defeated party of this election due to a slight loss of mandates. The Socialists did, however, achieve a better percentage of the vote in relation to the election of 2001.

On the right, the Social Democratic Party stole some municipalities from the Socialists, some of them in coalition with the People's Party that was reduced to only one municipality in stand-alone candidacies, Ponte de Lima, continuing its decline in comparison, for example, with the 36 mayors achieved in 1976.

On the left, the Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by the Communist Party, regained some of its former influence, taking 4 municipalities and several parishes from the Socialists in the districts of Beja, Évora and Setúbal and Leiria achieving a total of 32 mayors, and winning, for the first time, the election in Peniche. The Left Bloc kept the presidency of its single municipality, Salvaterra de Magos.

The election was also remarkable for the several victories of independent candidates, most of them former Socialist, Social Democratic and People's Party candidates who were expelled or given no confidence, because of corruption accusations, by their respective parties and, even so, became mayors. The best known were Valentim Loureiro in Gondomar, Fátima Felgueiras in Felgueiras and Isaltino Morais in Oeiras.

Parties

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Official logo of the election.

The main political forces involved in the election were:

Results

Municipal Councils

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 9 October 2005 Municipal Councils elections results
Parties Votes%±pp swing CandidaciesCouncillorsMayors
Total±Total±
Socialist 1,933,04135.87Increase2.svg1.8307853Increase2.svg24109Decrease2.svg4
Social Democratic 1,523,52628.27Increase2.svg0.1245742Decrease2.svg32138Decrease2.svg4
Democratic Unity Coalition 589,38410.94Increase2.svg0.3301203Increase2.svg432Increase2.svg4
Social Democratic / People's 462,1998.58Decrease2.svg0.442131Increase2.svg1718Increase2.svg3
People's 165,1923.07Decrease2.svg0.618530Decrease2.svg91Decrease2.svg2
Left Bloc 158,9532.95Increase2.svg1.81117Increase2.svg11Steady2.svg0
Independents133,3802.47Increase2.svg0.92745Increase2.svg147Increase2.svg4
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM 91,4551.70Decrease2.svg0.41220Increase2.svg101Steady2.svg0
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT 71,1531.323111
Portuguese Workers' Communist 15,4210.29Decrease2.svg0.0190Steady2.svg00Steady2.svg0
Humanist 5,0960.09Increase2.svg0.0130Steady2.svg00Steady2.svg0
New Democracy 2,0450.04400
National Renovator 1,7590.03Decrease2.svg0.050Steady2.svg00Steady2.svg0
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT 1,6700.03120
Earth 1,5820.03Decrease2.svg0.240Decrease2.svg40Decrease2.svg1
PSD / PPM 7070.01Decrease2.svg2.510Decrease2.svg80Decrease2.svg1
PND / PPM 4390.01100
National Solidarity 2440.00100
People's / Social Democratic 1090.00Decrease2.svg0.210Decrease2.svg60Steady2.svg0
CDS–PP / PSD / PPM 110.00100
Total valid5,159,10495.73Decrease2.svg0.62,046Increase2.svg2308Steady2.svg0
Blank ballots139,0122.58Increase2.svg0.4
Invalid ballots90,9191.69Increase2.svg0.2
Total5,389,035100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,843,87560.94Increase2.svg0.8

Municipality map

Most voted parties or coalitions in each Municipality. Municipalities won by:
# - PSD: 138
# - PS: 109
# - CDU: 32
# - BE: 1
# - CDS-PP: 1
# - PSD coalitions: 20
# - Independents: 7 Autarquicas portuguesas de 2005 (Mapa Camara Municipal).png
Most voted parties or coalitions in each Municipality. Municipalities won by:
- PSD: 138
- PS: 109
- CDU: 32
- BE: 1
- CDS–PP: 1
- PSD coalitions: 20
- Independents: 7

City control

The following table lists party control in all district capitals, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from the 2001 Census. [1]

MunicipalityPopulationPrevious controlNew control
Almada 160,825 Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Amadora 175,872 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Aveiro 73,335 Socialist Party (PS) PSD / CDS–PP
Barcelos 122,096 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Beja 35,762 Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Braga 169,192 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Bragança 34,750 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Cascais 170,683 PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP
Castelo Branco 55,708 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Coimbra 148,443 PSD / CDS–PP / PPM PSD / CDS–PP / PPM
Évora 56,519 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Faro 58,051 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Socialist Party (PS)
Funchal 103,961 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Gondomar 159,096 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Independent (IND)
Guarda 43,822 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Guimarães 159,576 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Leiria 119,847 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Lisbon 564,657 PSD / PPM Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Loures 199,059 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Maia 120,111 PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP
Matosinhos 167,026 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Odivelas 133,847 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Oeiras 162,128 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Independent (IND)
Ponta Delgada 65,854 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Portalegre 25,980 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Porto 263,131 PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP
Santarém 63,563 Socialist Party (PS) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Santa Maria da Feira 135,964 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Seixal 150,271 Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Setúbal 113,934 Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Sintra 363,749 PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT
Viana do Castelo 88,631 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Franca de Xira 122,908 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Nova de Famalicão 127,567 PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP
Vila Nova de Gaia 288,749 PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP
Vila Real 49,957 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Viseu 93,501 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)

Municipal Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown) Pt ploelection ta2005.PNG
The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
Summary of the 9 October 2005 Municipal Assemblies elections results
Parties Votes%±pp swing CandidaciesMandates
Total±
Socialist 1,923,46835.68Increase2.svg1.73072,794Increase2.svg73
Social Democratic 1,454,25626.98Decrease2.svg0.22452,416Decrease2.svg52
Democratic Unity Coalition 628,88111.67Increase2.svg0.6301722Increase2.svg13
Social Democratic / People's 454,9728.44Decrease2.svg0.941407Decrease2.svg20
Left Bloc 212,6523.95Increase2.svg2.4115114Increase2.svg86
People's 175,9273.26Decrease2.svg1.0162190Decrease2.svg63
Independents115,9992.15Increase2.svg1.025121Increase2.svg28
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM 90,6701.68Increase2.svg0.51373Increase2.svg33
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT 66,1901.23327
Portuguese Workers' Communist 8,6200.16Increase2.svg0.091Steady2.svg0
People's / Social Democratic 2,7680.05Decrease2.svg0.026Decrease2.svg13
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT 1,6410.0316
Earth 1,5900.03Decrease2.svg0.210Decrease2.svg18
New Democracy 1,5900.0321
People's Monarchist 1,0110.02Increase2.svg0.065Increase2.svg5
PND / PPM 8310.0210
PSD / PPM 7600.01Decrease2.svg2.412Decrease2.svg21
Humanist 2000.00Steady2.svg0.020Steady2.svg0
CDS–PP / PSD / PPM 80.0010
Total valid5,161,18195.72Increase2.svg0.36,885Increase2.svg9
Blank ballots138,4242.57Increase2.svg0.1
Invalid ballots92,1401.71Increase2.svg0.2
Total5,391,745100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,847,38560.94Increase2.svg0.8

Parish Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown) Pt ploelection pa2005.PNG
The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
Summary of the 9 October 2005 Parish Assemblies elections results
Parties Votes%±pp swing CandidaciesMandatesPresidents
Total±Total±
Socialist 1,903,16635.37Increase2.svg1.53,71113,460Increase2.svg2651,518Decrease2.svg5
Social Democratic 1,433,25626.64Increase2.svg0.13,06512,447Increase2.svg2991,723Increase2.svg74
Democratic Unity Coalition 648,62212.05Increase2.svg0.92,2392,576Increase2.svg110244Increase2.svg12
Social Democratic / People's 411,6337.65Decrease2.svg0.65292,065Decrease2.svg59219Increase2.svg4
Independents245,6594.57Increase2.svg0.25682,201Decrease2.svg206292Decrease2.svg19
Left Bloc 146,8982.73Increase2.svg1.6448229Increase2.svg1833Decrease2.svg3
People's 144,5752.69Decrease2.svg0.91,043826Decrease2.svg14465Decrease2.svg14
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT 95,1751.774521619
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM 84,3981.57Decrease2.svg0.7125400Increase2.svg9834Increase2.svg2
Portuguese Workers' Communist 3,6350.07Decrease2.svg0.0280Decrease2.svg10Steady2.svg0
New Democracy 3,1840.061670
Earth 3,1000.06Decrease2.svg0.1723Decrease2.svg973Decrease2.svg15
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT 1,7560.0312323
People's / Social Democratic 1,4480.03Decrease2.svg0.1210Decrease2.svg572Decrease2.svg6
Humanist 8240.02Increase2.svg0.0100Steady2.svg00Steady2.svg0
PSD / PPM 8070.02Decrease2.svg2.356Decrease2.svg2590Decrease2.svg18
National Solidarity 720.00500
National Renovator 380.00100
People's Monarchist 270.00Steady2.svg0.010Decrease2.svg10Steady2.svg0
Total valid5,130,08695.31Decrease2.svg0.734,4984,125
Blank ballots151,5272.82Increase2.svg0.5
Invalid ballots101,0671.88Increase2.svg0.2
Total5,382,680100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,832,69360.94Increase2.svg0.9

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