2013 Porto local election

2013 Porto local elections
All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council ; 7 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Turnout	52.6% 4.2 pp
Mayor before election; Rui Rio ; PSD	Elected mayor; Rui Moreira ; Independent

Last updated November 22, 2024

The 2013 Porto local election was held on 29 September 2013 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

Rui Moreira, an independent candidate, won the election and became the Mayor of Porto, succeeding Rui Rio.^[1] He beat the Socialist candidate, Manuel Pizarro, who got 22.7% of the votes and 3 councillors, and the Mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia, Luís Filipe Menezes, the Social Democratic candidate, who achieved 21.1% of the votes and also got 3 councillors. The Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by Pedro Carvalho, kept its seat in the city council, having a slight drop in the vote share to 7.4%^[2]

The Left Bloc failed to win any seats in the city council, just like Nuno Cardoso, the former Mayor of Porto from 1999 to 2002, who ran as an independent.

Rui Moreira failed to achieve an absolute majority, and as such governed with the Socialist Party.^[3]

Background

In the 2009 election, Rui Rio, candidate for the PSD/CDS coalition, won a third and final term as mayor of Porto, winning 47.5% of the votes and 7 seats, an absolute majority. The Socialist Party, led by Elisa Ferreira, achieved second place with 5 seats and about 35% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 9.8% of the votes.^[4]

Electoral system

Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. 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.^[5]

Parties and candidates

Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate^[6]	2009 result
Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate^[6]	Votes (%)	Seats
	PF	Strong Porto Porto Forte PSD, PPM, MPT	Centre-right	Luís Filipe Menezes	47.5%^[b]	5 / 13
	PS	Socialist Party Partido Socialista	Centre-left	Manuel Pizarro	34.7%	5 / 13
	CDU	Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV	Left-wing to far-left	Pedro Carvalho	7.4%	1 / 13
	BE	Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda	Left-wing to far-left	José Soeiro	5.0%	0 / 13
	PCTP	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses	Far-left	José Carlos Santos	0.7%	0 / 13
	PTP	Portuguese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Português	Center-left	José Manuel Pereira	—	—
	NC	Nuno Cardoso – Porto of Future Nuno Cardoso – Porto de Futuro	Center-left	Nuno Cardoso [ pt ]	—	—
	RM	Porto, Our Party^[c] Porto, O nosso Partido	Right-wing	Rui Moreira	—	2 / 13

Opinion polling

Polling

Exit poll

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	PSD PPM MPT	PS	CDU	BE	RM	NC	O	Lead
Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size							O	Lead

2013 local election	29 Sep 2013	—	21.1 3	22.7 3	7.4 1	3.6 0	39.3 6	1.1 0	4.9 0	16.6

UCP–CESOP	29 Sep 2013	8,777	22.0– 25.0 3 / 4	21.0– 24.0 3 / 4	7.0– 9.0 1	3.0– 5.0 0 / 1	36.0– 40.0 5 / 6	–	–	14.0– 15.0
Eurosondagem	29 Sep 2013	6,983	19.4– 23.2 3 / 4	25.0– 28.8 3 / 4	7.0– 9.3 1	4.0– 6.2 0 / 1	30.0– 34.2 4 / 5	1.0– 1.8 0	–	5.0– 5.4
Eurosondagem Seats projection	23–25 Sep 2013	1,010	26.9 4	24.1 4	10.5 1	4.5 –	26.5 4	3.9 –	3.6 –	0.4
Aximage	21–25 Sep 2013	602	27.5	28.1	8.3	4.1	29.2	—	2.8	1.1
UCP–CESOP Seats projection	21–23 Sep 2013	1,272	26.0 3 / 4	24.0 3 / 4	9.0 1	5.0 0 / 1	29.0 4 / 5	2.0 –	5.0 –	3.0
IPOM	21–23 Sep 2013	1,000	37.5	26.6	8.1	5.0	14.4	2.5	5.9	10.9
Eurosondagem Seats projection	6–7 Aug 2013	603	32.1 5	23.8 3 / 4	8.5 1	4.5 –	24.8 3 / 4	3.3 –	3.0 –	7.3
Eurosondagem Seats projection	24–25 Jul 2013	810	32.5 5	22.5 3	8.4 1	4.8 –	25.2 4	3.6 –	3.0 –	7.3
IPOM	29–30 Jun 2013	1,020	39.6	24.9	4.9	4.7	16.2	3.6	6.1	14.7
Eurosondagem Seats projection	20–22 May 2013	804	33.0 5	24.8 3 / 4	10.2 1	4.3 –	25.0 3 / 4	—	2.7 –	8.0
IPOM	13–15 Apr 2013	2,962	41.0	21.8	9.5	6.0	17.2	—	4.4	19.2
IPOM ^[7]	17–23 Jan 2013	796	21.2	15.8	1.9	1.9	4.2	—	55.0	5.4
IPOM ^[7]	17–23 Jan 2013	796	31.7	13.5	—	—	12.1	—	42.6	18.2

2009 local election	11 Oct 2009	—	47.5 7^[b]	34.7 5	9.8 1	5.0 0	—	—	3.1 0	12.8

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Council elections results
in Porto
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Councillors
1 3 6 3
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Total	±
	Porto, Our Party	45,411	39.25	—	6	—
	Socialist	26,237	22.68	12.0	3	2
	Social Democratic / People's Monarchist / Earth	24,366	21.06	—	3	2
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	8,539	7.38	2.4	1	0
	Left Bloc	4,166	3.60	1.4	0	0
	Nuno Cardoso – Porto our Future	1,255	1.08	—	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	343	0.30	0.4	0	0
	Labour	279	0.24	—	0	—
Total valid		110,596	95.59	2.1	13	0
Blank ballots		2,922	2.53	1.2
Invalid ballots		2,180	1.88	0.9
Total		115,698	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		219,949	52.60	4.2
Source: Porto 2013 election results

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Porto Municipal Assembly elections
results
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Seats
2 4 10 15 8
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Total	±
	Porto, Our Party	40,134	34.69	—	15	—
	Socialist	27,413	23.70	10.1	10	4
	Social Democratic / People's Monarchist / Earth	23,495	20.31	—	8	—
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	11,436	9.89	1.1	4	0
	Left Bloc	5,760	4.98	2.5	2	1
	Nuno Cardoso – Porto our Future	1,272	1.10	—	0	—
	Labour	330	0.29	—	0	—
Total valid		109,840	94.95	2.5	39	0
Blank ballots		3,426	2.96	1.3
Invalid ballots		2,416	2.09	1.2
Total		115,682	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		219,949	52.59	4.2
Source: Porto 2013 election results

Parish Assemblies

Results of the 29 September 2013 Porto Parish Assembly elections
Parish	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	Total S
Parish	RM		PS		PF		CDU		BE		Total S
Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde	45.8	10	23.5	5	17.8	3	5.5	1	5.0	-	19
Bonfim	38.1	8	21.9	4	20.2	4	10.7	2	4.9	1	19
Campanhã	17.9	4	39.1	9	20.0	4	12.6	2	4.1	-	19
Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória	30.3	7	24.0	6	21.6	5	11.6	2	6.3	1	21
Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos	38.1	8	21.9	4	20.2	4	10.7	2	4.5	1	19
Paranhos	26.2	6	24.3	5	29.4	7	9.5	2	4.7	1	21
Ramalde	35.7	8	26.0	5	20.1	4	7.9	1	4.8	1	19
Total	31.6	49	26.0	39	22.5	32	9.7	12	4.7	5	137
Source: Election Results

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References

↑ Gomes, Margarida (2013-09-29). "Rui Moreira: "Se os partidos não entenderem o que se passou aqui hoje, então não perceberam nada"". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
↑ Renascença (2013-09-29). "Rui Moreira vence no Porto". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
↑ "Rui Moreira toma hoje posse no Porto com acordo firmado com PS". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
↑ "Porto: Rui Rio vence Elisa Ferreira". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
↑ "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
↑ "Autarquicas 2017 Candidatos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-20.
↑ Survey where voters were first asked which party or coalition they would vote for and secondly, which candidate they would cast their ballot for.

Notes

1 2 Coalition with PPD/PSD, PPM and MPT.
1 2 3 In the 2009 election, PSD and CDS-PP ran in a coalition called Porto First, achieving 47.5% of the votes and 7 councillors. PSD elected 5 councillors and CDS-PP elected 2 councillors.
↑ Included members of the CDS – People's Party.

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[3] Gomes, Margarida (2013-09-29). "Rui Moreira: "Se os partidos não entenderem o que se passou aqui hoje, então não perceberam nada"". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-23.

[4] Renascença (2013-09-29). "Rui Moreira vence no Porto". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-19.

[5] "Rui Moreira toma hoje posse no Porto com acordo firmado com PS". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-23.

[6] "Porto: Rui Rio vence Elisa Ferreira". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-23.

[7] "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.

[8] "Autarquicas 2017 Candidatos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-20.

[10] Survey where voters were first asked which party or coalition they would vote for and secondly, which candidate they would cast their ballot for.

[PF-1] 1 2 Coalition with PPD/PSD, PPM and MPT.

[PSD/CDS-2] 1 2 3 In the 2009 election, PSD and CDS-PP ran in a coalition called Porto First, achieving 47.5% of the votes and 7 councillors. PSD elected 5 councillors and CDS-PP elected 2 councillors.

[RM-9] Included members of the CDS – People's Party.

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