2021 Porto local election

2021 Porto local elections
All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council ; 7 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Turnout	48.8% 4.9 pp
Mayor before election; Rui Moreira ; Independent	Elected mayor; Rui Moreira ; Independent

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The 2021 Porto local election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

As expected, Rui Moreira, mayor since 2013, won a third term as Mayor of Porto, despite losing his majority in the city council. He beat the Socialist candidate, Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, who lost about 10% of the votes and 1 city councillor, and the Social Democratic candidate, Vladimiro Feliz, who despite an increase in his vote share failed to achieve the goal of surpassing the PS.^[1]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented Ilda Figueiredo again and achieved positive results, registering a slight electoral growth to 7.5 percent. The Left Bloc, which presented Sérgio Aires as a candidate for mayor, gained a seat in the City Council, for the first time in its history.^[2]

People-Animals-Nature and CHEGA failed to elect any councilor.

Background

In the 2017 election, Rui Moreira's independent movement won an absolute majority of seats and 44.5% of the votes. The Socialist Party, led by Manuel Pizarro, finished with a strong second place, winning 28.6% of the votes and electing 4 councillors. The Social Democratic Party, in coalition with the People's Monarchist Party, which had Álvaro Almeida as its candidate, had its worst result in history in Porto, finishing in third place, with just over 10 percent of the votes and 1 councilor.^[3]

Finally, the Unitary Democratic Coalition obtained 5.9 percent, winning 1 councilor, while the Left Bloc obtained 5.3 percent of the votes and failed to gain any seats.

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.^[4]

Parties and candidates

Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate^[5]	2017 result
Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate^[5]	Votes (%)	Seats
	RM	Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto^[b] Rui Moreira – Aqui há Porto	Right-wing	Rui Moreira	44.5%	7 / 13
	PS	Socialist Party Partido Socialista	Centre-left	Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro [ pt ]	28.6%	4 / 13
	PSD	Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata	Centre-right	Vladimiro Feliz [ pt ]	10.4%	1 / 13
	PPM	People's Monarchist Party Partido Popular Monárquico	Right-wing	Diogo Araújo Dantas	10.4%	0 / 13
	CDU	Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV	Left-wing to far-left	Ilda Figueiredo	5.9%	1 / 13
	BE	Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda	Left-wing to far-left	Sérgio Aires	5.3%	0 / 13
	PAN	People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza	Centre-left	Bebiana Cunha [ pt ]	1.9%	0 / 13
	E	Rise Up ^[c] Ergue-te	Far-right	Bruno Rebelo	0.2%	0 / 13
	CH	Enough! Chega!	Right-wing to far-right	António Fonseca	—	—
	L	FREE LIVRE	Center-left	Diamantino Raposinho	—	—
	VP	Volt Portugal Volt Portugal	Centre to centre-left	André Eira	—	—

Opinion polling

Polling

Exit poll

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	RM	PS	PSD	CDU	BE	PAN	L	CH	O	Lead
Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size									O	Lead

2021 local election	26 Sep 2021	—	40.7 6	18.0 3	17.2 2	7.5 1	6.3 1	2.8 0	0.5 0	3.0 0	4.0 0	22.7

CESOP–UCP	26 Sep 2021	3,957	39–44 6/8	16–19 2/3	16–19 2/3	6–9 1	5–8 0/1	2–4 0	0–1 0	2–4 0	2–7 0	23– 25
ICS/ISCTE	26 Sep 2021	6,309	39.2– 44.2 5/7	16.5– 20.5 2/4	15.1– 19.1 1/3	5.6– 8.6 1/2	4.9– 7.9 1/2	2.0– 4.0 0	–	1.5– 3.5 0	2.3– 5.3 0	22.7– 23.7
Pitagórica	26 Sep 2021	5,390	39.2– 45.2 6/7	13.7– 19.7 2/3	12.2– 18.2 2	6.5– 10.5 1	5.3– 9.3 0/1	1.2– 5.2 0	–	0.8– 4.8 0	2.1– 6.1 0	25.5
Intercampus	26 Sep 2021	4,106	40.1– 44.9 6/8	15.5– 19.5 1/3	14.9– 18.9 1/3	5.4– 9.0 0/2	5.1– 8.1 0/2	1.24– 4.4 0	–	1.0– 4.0 0	3.5– 4.4 0	24.6– 25.4
Pitagórica Seat projection	15–20 Sep 2021	600	52.7 8/9	15.3 2	11.5 1/2	6.1 0/1	4.1 0	2.9 0	0.7 0	2.7 0	4.0 0	37.4
CESOP–UCP Seat projection	16–19 Sep 2021	1,041	45 7/8	17 2/3	14 1/3	7 1	4 0	3 0	1 0	3 0	6 0	28
Pitagórica	2–5 Sep 2021	601	52.8	15.7	14.0	5.8	3.5	2.2	—	1.8	4.2	37.1
Aximage	12–19 Aug 2021	820	59	12	12	6	4	2	—	1	4	47
ICS/ISCTE	26 Jun–10 Jul 2021	800	45	25	8	8	5	2	1	1	5	20

2017 local election	1 Oct 2017	—	44.5 7	28.6 4	10.4 1	5.9 1	5.3 0	1.9 0	—	—	3.4 0	15.9

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 26 September 2021 Municipal Council elections results
in Porto
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Councillors

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Total	±
	Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto	41,167	40.72	3.8	6	1
	Socialist	18,201	18.00	10.5	3	1
	Social Democratic	17,426	17.24	6.9	2	1
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	7,609	7.53	1.6	1	0
	Left Bloc	6,323	6.25	0.9	1	1
	CHEGA	2,980	2.95	—	0	—
	People–Animals–Nature	2,819	2.79	0.9	0	0
	LIVRE	462	0.46	—	0	—
	Volt Portugal	423	0.42	—	0	—
	People's Monarchist	212	0.21	—	0	0
	Rise Up	80	0.08	0.1	0	0
Total valid		97,702	96.64	0.4	13	0
Blank ballots		2,251	2.23	0.6
Invalid ballots		1,148	1.14	0.3
Total		101,101	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		207,129	48.81	4.9
Source: Porto 2021 election results

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 26 September 2021 Porto Municipal Assembly elections
results
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Seats
3 3 8 1 15 8 1
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Total	±
	Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto	34,900	34.52	4.3	15	1
	Socialist	19,386	19.18	8.0	8	3
	Social Democratic	18,767	18.56	—	8	3
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	8,497	8.41	1.6	3	0
	Left Bloc	7,630	7.55	0.9	3	0
	People–Animals–Nature	3,732	3.69	0.9	1	0
	CHEGA	3,440	3.40	—	1	—
	LIVRE	633	0.63	—	0	—
	People's Monarchist	275	0.27	—	0	0
	Alliance	202	0.20	—	0	—
	Rise Up	106	0.10	—	0	—
Total valid		97,568	96.52	0.2	39	0
Blank ballots		2,339	2.31	0.6
Invalid ballots		1,182	1.17	0.4
Total		101,089	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		207,129	48.80	4.9
Source: Porto 2021 election results

Parish Assemblies

Results of the 26 September 2021 Porto Parish Assembly elections
Parish	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	Total S
Parish	RM		PSD		PS		BE		CDU		CH		PAN		Total S
Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde	36.9	8	27.5	6	15.2	3	6.2	1	5.0	1	4.3	-			19
Bonfim	24.7	5	22.2	5	21.2	4	9.9	2	10.0	2	3.4	-	4.5	1	19
Campanhã			20.5	4	43.0	10	8.4	1	11.8	2	5.4	1	5.6	1	19
Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória	25.6	6	18.7	4	21.1	4	12.0	2	9.7	2	3.2	-	4.7	1	19
Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos	32.2	7	21.5	5	18.0	4	7.3	1	8.9	2	4.0	-	3.0	-	19
Paranhos	22.1	5	32.0	8	20.9	5	7.6	2	7.0	1	2.7	-	3.8	-	21
Ramalde	31.4	7	20.2	5	22.2	5	7.9	1	6.8	1	3.6	-	3.8	-	19
Total	29.1	38	23.7	36	22.8	35	8.4	10	8.2	11	3.7	1	3.6	3	135
Source: Election Results

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References

↑ Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (2021-09-27). "Noite sem grandes surpresas no Porto com reeleição de Rui Moreira, mas sem maioria absoluta". Noite sem grandes surpresas no Porto com reeleição de Rui Moreira, mas sem maioria absoluta (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
↑ Renascença (2021-09-27). "Bloco de Esquerda saúda eleição do primeiro vereador na Câmara do Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
↑ Renascença (2017-10-01). "Álvaro Almeida vai "cumprir" mandato no Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
↑ "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
↑ "Autarquicas 2021 Candidatos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-03.

Notes

1 2 In 2017, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) ran in a coalition, winning 10.4% of the votes and 1 councillor.
↑ Supported by the CDS – People's Party, the Liberal Initiative, the Earth Party and We, the Citizens!.
↑ In July 2020, the National Renovator Party (PNR) changed its name to Rise Up (E).

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[2] Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (2021-09-27). "Noite sem grandes surpresas no Porto com reeleição de Rui Moreira, mas sem maioria absoluta". Noite sem grandes surpresas no Porto com reeleição de Rui Moreira, mas sem maioria absoluta (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.

[3] Renascença (2021-09-27). "Bloco de Esquerda saúda eleição do primeiro vereador na Câmara do Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.

[4] Renascença (2017-10-01). "Álvaro Almeida vai "cumprir" mandato no Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.

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

[6] "Autarquicas 2021 Candidatos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-03.

[PSD-PPM-1] 1 2 In 2017, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) ran in a coalition, winning 10.4% of the votes and 1 councillor.

[RM-7] Supported by the CDS – People's Party, the Liberal Initiative, the Earth Party and We, the Citizens!.

[PNR-8] In July 2020, the National Renovator Party (PNR) changed its name to Rise Up (E).

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