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The 2025 Lisbon local election will be held on 12 October 2025 to elect the members for Lisbon City Council, Lisbon Municipal Assembly and the city's 24 parish assemblies.
Carlos Moedas, from the Social Democratic Party, will seek a second term as mayor of Lisbon, [1] in coalition with CDS – People's Party and this time also with the Liberal Initiative, [2] while the Socialist Party, led by Alexandra Leitão, will lead a left-wing coalition alongside the Left Bloc, LIVRE and People Animals Nature in order to defeat the center-right coalition. [3] [4] [5] The Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) refused to be included in the PS-led coalition, [6] and will present, for the fourth consecutive time, João Ferreira as candidate for mayor. [7] Chega will present local Lisbon assembly member Bruno Mascarenhas as its mayoral candidate. [8]
The 2021 Lisbon local election was the biggest surprise of that year's nationwide local elections as Carlos Moedas, the candidate of the centre-right coalition led by the Social Democratic Party, managed to be elected Mayor of Lisbon and put an end to 14 years of Socialist rule. [9] Against all expectations, the centre-right coalition managed to retake the capital by winning 34.3 percent of the votes and 7 councillors. The Socialist Party, in coalition with LIVRE, led by incumbent Mayor Fernando Medina, narrowly lost, achieving 33.3% of the votes and 7 councillors.
Meanwhile, the Unitary Democratic Coalition, led for the third time by João Ferreira, had a slight increase in its vote share to 10.5% of the votes and maintained its 2 councillors, while the Left Bloc, led by Beatriz Gomes Dias, won 6.2% of the votes and kept their sole seat. Despite results above 4% of the votes, newcomers far-right Chega and the Liberal Initiative failed to win a single seat in the municipal council, while the People Animals Nature party polled at just 2.7% of the votes and also didn't elect any seats.
Despite his victory, Carlos Moedas didn't achieved an absolute majority in either the city council or the municipal assembly, having to seek understandings and deals with the other parties represented in the City Council in order to govern. [10]
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. [11] [12]
Party/Coalition | Political position | Candidate | 2021 result | Ref. | |||||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
PTL For You, Lisbon (Por ti, Lisboa) | PPD/PSD | Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata | Centre-right | Carlos Moedas | 34.3% | 4 / 17 | [13] [2] [1] | ||
CDS–PP | CDS – People's Party CDS – Partido Popular | Centre-right to right-wing | 3 / 17 | ||||||
IL | Liberal Initiative Iniciativa Liberal | Centre-right to right-wing | 4.2% | 0 / 17 | |||||
VL To Live Lisbon (Viver Lisboa) | PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista | Centre-left | Alexandra Leitão | 33.3% | 6 / 17 | [14] [3] | ||
L | FREE LIVRE | Center-left to left-wing | 1 / 17 | ||||||
BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda | Left-wing | 6.2% | 1 / 17 | |||||
PAN | People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza | Syncretic | 2.7% | 0 / 17 | |||||
CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV | Left-wing to far-left | João Ferreira | 10.5% | 2 / 17 | [7] | |||
CH | Enough! Chega! | Far-right | Bruno Mascarenhas | 4.4% | 0 / 17 | [8] | |||
VP | Volt Portugal Volt Portugal | Centre to centre-left | José Almeida | 0.4% | 0 / 17 | [15] | |||
ADN | National Democratic Alternative Alternativa Democrática Nacional | Far-right | Adelaide Ferreira | 0.1% [e] | 0 / 17 | [16] | |||
ND | New Right Nova Direita | Right-wing | Ossanda Liber | — | — | [17] | |||
DA | Alliance Democratic Democrática Aliança PPM, PTP | Centre-right | Tomaz Ponce Dentinho | — | — | [18] |
Party or alliance | Original slogan | English translation | Refs | |
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PTL | « Por Ti, Lisboa » | "For You, Lisbon" | [19] | |
VL | « Viver Lisboa » | "To Live Lisbon" | [20] | |
CDU | « Lisboa, cidade da nossa vida » | "Lisbon, the city of our lives" | [21] | |
CH | « Defender Lisboa » | "Defend Lisbon" | [22] |
Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | PTL | VL | CDU | CH | O | Lead | |||||||
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PSD | CDS | IL | PS | L | BE | PAN | |||||||||
ICS/ISCTE | 14–27 Jul 2025 | 800 | 41 8 | 36 7 | 5 0 | 14 2 | 4 0 | 5 | |||||||
2025 Legislative election | 18 May 2025 | — | 31.7 (6) | 9.3 (1) | 23.3 (5) | 9.4 (2) | 2.7 (0) | 1.7 (0) | 3.7 (0) | 14.5 (3) | 3.8 (0) | 8.4 | |||
2024 EP election | 9 Jun 2024 | — | 27.9 (5) | 14.7 (3) | 26.7 (5) | 7.5 (1) | 6.1 (1) | 1.4 (0) | 4.9 (1) | 7.6 (1) | 3.2 (0) | 1.2 | |||
2024 Legislative election | 10 Mar 2024 | — | 32.3 (7) | 7.5 (1) | 26.2 (5) | 7.7 (1) | 5.1 (1) | 2.1 (0) | 3.5 (0) | 11.7 (2) | 3.9 (0) | 6.1 | |||
2022 Legislative election | 30 Jan 2022 | — | 27.4 (6) | 2.3 (0) | 10.6 (2) | 36.4 (7) | 3.8 (0) | 4.7 (0) | 1.8 (0) | 4.7 (1) | 5.6 (1) | 2.6 (0) | 6.6 | ||
2021 local election | 26 Sep 2021 | — | 34.3 7 | 4.2 0 | 33.3 7 | 6.2 1 | 2.7 0 | 10.5 2 | 4.4 0 | 4.4 0 | 1.0 | ||||