2025 Amadora local election

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2025 Amadora local elections

←  2021 12 October 2025
All 11 Councillors in the Amadora City Council 6 seats needed for a majority
Leader Vítor Ferreira Suzana Garcia João Pimenta Lopes Party PS PSD PCP Alliance Amadora Resolves [a] CDU Last election 7 seats, 43.9% 3 seats, 25.2% [b] 1 seat, 9.9%   Leader Rui Paulo Sousa Anabela Rodrigues Party CH BE Last election 0 seats, 5.4% 0 seats, 5.3%
Incumbent Mayor Vítor Ferreira PS

The 2025 Amadora local election will be held on 12 October 2025 in the municipality of Amadora, Portugal, to elect the members for Amadora City Council, Amadora Municipal Assembly and the city's six parish assemblies. ^[1]

The Socialist Party chose incumbent mayor Vítor Ferreira as their candidate, while the Social Democratic Party renewed their coalition with the CDS – People's Party and other smaller parties, repeating their 2021 candidate, Suzana Garcia. The Unitary Democratic Coalition will run MEP João Pimenta Lopes, while Chega has announced MP Rui Paulo Sousa as their mayoral candidate. The Left Bloc will run former MEP Anabela Rodrigues ^[2] and the Liberal Initiative (IL) will have Eduardo Conceição as their mayoral candidate. ^[3]

Background

Incumbent Mayor Vítor Ferreira, from the Socialist Party (PS), became mayor in July 2024, after the then mayor, Carla Tavares, who had been elected MEP in the 2024 European elections, resigned from office. ^[4] Carla Tavares was in office for 11 years, having been first elected in 2013, and reelected in both 2017 and 2021. ^[5]

In the 2021 election, the PS held on to their majority with nearly 44% of the votes and elected 7 councillors. The PSD/CDS coalition, led by Suzana Garcia gathered 24.6% of the votes and 3 councillors, the best showing for the coalition in 20 years. ^[6] On the other hand, the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU), led by António Borges, achieved their worst result ever in Amadora, just 9.9% and 1 councillor. Just for comparison, 8 years prior, in the 2013 elections, CDU polled 2nd with 19% of the votes. Chega (CH) and the Left Bloc (BE) tied at around 5% and failed to win any councillor.

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. ^{[7] [8]}

Parties and candidates

Party/Coalition					Political position	Candidate	2021 result		Ref.
							Votes (%)	Seats
	PS	Socialist Party Partido Socialista			Centre-left	Vítor Ferreira	43.9%	7 / 11	[2]
	AR Amadora Resolves (Amadora Resolve)		PPD/PSD	Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata	Center-right	Suzana Garcia	24.6%	2 / 11	[9] [2]
			CDS–PP	CDS – People's Party CDS – Partido Popular	Center-right to right-wing			1 / 11
			MPT	Earth Party Partido da Terra	Center-right			0 / 11
			PPM	People's Monarchist Party Partido Popular Monárquico	Right-wing		0.6%	0 / 11
			RIR	React, Include, Recycle Reagir, Incluir, Reciclar	Centre			0 / 11
	CDU	Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV			Left-wing to far-left	João Pimenta Lopes	9.9%	1 / 11	[2]
	CH	Enough! Chega!			Far-right	Rui Paulo Sousa	5.4%	0 / 11	[2]
	BE	Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda			Left-wing to far-left	Anabela Rodrigues	5.3%	0 / 11	[2]
	IL	Liberal Initiative Iniciativa Liberal			Centre-right to right-wing	Eduardo Conceição	2.8%	0 / 11	[3]
	L	FREE LIVRE			Left-wing	Hugo Lourenço	—	—	[2]

Opinion polling

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	PS	AR				CDU	CH	BE	IL	L	O	Lead
				PSD	CDS	PPM	RIR
2025 Legislative election	18 May 2025	—	28.8 (4)	24.0 (3)		0.1 (0)	0.1 (0)	4.1 (0)	21.2 (3)	2.7 (0)	6.1 (0)	6.3 (1)	6.6 (0)	4.8
2024 EP election	9 Jun 2024	—	36.7 (6)	22.3 (3)			0.1 (0)	5.5 (0)	10.8 (1)	5.3 (0)	8.9 (1)	4.9 (0)	5.5 (0)	14.4
2024 Legislative election	10 Mar 2024	—	33.9 (5)	21.4 (3)			0.2 (0)	4.3 (0)	17.1 (3)	5.4 (0)	5.5 (0)	4.9 (0)	7.3 (0)	12.5
2022 Legislative election	30 Jan 2022	—	47.5 (7)	19.4 (3)	1.3 (0)	—	0.3 (0)	5.8 (0)	7.7 (1)	5.0 (0)	5.7 (0)	2.0 (0)	5.3 (0)	28.1
2021 local election	26 Sep 2021	—	43.9 7	24.6 3		0.6 0		9.9 1	5.4 0	5.3 0	2.8 0	—	7.5 0	19.3

Notes

1. Supported by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP), People's Monarchist Party (PPM), Earth Party (MPT) and React, Include, Recycle (RIR).
2. Sum of the results of the 2021 PSD/CDS–PP/Alliance/MPT/PDR coalition (24.6%) with the 2021 PPM/RIR coalition (0.6%).

References

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2. "PS recandidata autarca Vítor Ferreira à Amadora". Observador (in Portuguese). 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
3. "Habitação não é favor, é base de dignidade e mobilidade social". Facebook Iniciativa Liberal Amadora (in Portuguese). 2025-08-26. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
4. "Autarca da Amadora cessa funções na 2.ª-feira após ser eleita para o PE". Notícias ao Minuto (in European Portuguese). 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
5. "Carla Tavares vence estrela da televisão na Amadora". Correio da Manhã (in European Portuguese). 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
6. "Resultados autárquicas: Suzana Garcia assume responsabilidade por falhar vitória na Amadora". Público (in European Portuguese). 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
7. "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
8. "Eleição dos titulares dos órgãos das autarquias locais" (in Portuguese). Diário da República. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
9. "Acórdão (extrato) n.º 737/2025, de 8 de agosto". Diário da República (in European Portuguese). 2025-08-08. Retrieved 2025-08-26.