2025 Porto local election

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2025 Porto local elections

←  2021 12 October 2025
All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council 7 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	57.0% 8.2 pp
First party Second party   Leader Pedro Duarte Manuel Pizarro Party PSD PS Alliance Porto is us [a] Last election 2 seats, 17.2% 3 seats, 18.0% Seats won 6 6 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 42,906 40,898 Percentage 37.3% 35.5% Swing 20.1 pp 17.5 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Miguel Corte-Real Filipe Araújo Party CH Independent Alliance Do it as Porto Last election 0 seats, 3.0% 6 seats, 40.7% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 6 Popular vote 9,468 5,842 Percentage 8.2% 5.1% Swing 5.2 pp 35.6 pp
Mayor before election Rui Moreira Independent Elected mayor Pedro Duarte PSD

The 2025 Porto local election was held on 12 October 2025 to elect the members for Porto City Council, Porto Municipal Assembly and the city's 7 parish assemblies.

This election was expected to be extremely competitive after the 3 mandates of the liberal-backed Independent Rui Moreira, which was barred from running for a 4th term, with both the Socialists and Social Democrats hoping to win the second major city in Portugal, ^[1] with Moreira's independent movement presenting then deputy mayor Filipe Araújo as a candidate, ^[2] despite not having the endorsement of Rui Moreira himself. ^[3]

The Socialist Party chose former Health minister Manuel Pizarro as their candidate, while the Social Democratic Party formed a coalition with the CDS – People's Party and the Liberal Initiative with former minister of Parliament Affairs Pedro Duarte as their candidate. ^[4]

The final result was very close, with the PSD/CDS/IL candidate, Pedro Duarte, prevailing over the PS by just 2,000 votes. Manuel Pizarro (PS) failed in his 3rd attempt to become mayor of Porto, leading the Socialists to another defeat; the last time the PS won a local election in Porto was 1997. ^[5] Chega gathered 8.5% of the voted and elected one councillor, while CDU failed to win representation for Porto city council for the first time ever. Deputy mayor Filipe Araújo had a very poor result, just 5% and failed to be elected to council, while the Left Bloc also lost its sole councillor, and polled at just 1.8%. ^[6] Turnout increased considerably in this election, with 57% of voters casting a ballot, the highest share since 1993.

Background

In the 2021 election, Rui Moreira, mayor since 2013, won a third term as Mayor of Porto, winning 40.7% of the votes and 6 seats, losing his majority in the city council. The Socialist candidate, Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, won 18.0% of the vote and 3 seats, while the Social Democratic candidate, Vladimiro Feliz, won 17.2% of the votes and 2 seats. ^[7]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by Ilda Figueiredo, won 7.5% of the votes and 1 seat, while 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, achieving 6.3% of the votes. ^[8]

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. ^{[9] [10]}

Parties and candidates

Declared

Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate	2021 result		Ref.
					Votes (%)	Seats
	FA	Filipe Araújo: Do it as Porto [b] Filipe Araújo: Fazer à Porto	Centre-right to right-wing	Filipe Araújo  [ pt ]	40.7%	6 / 13	[2]
	PS	Socialist Party [c] Partido Socialista	Centre-left	Manuel Pizarro	18.0%	3 / 13	[11]
	OPSN	Porto is us O Porto somos nós PSD, IL, CDS–PP	Centre-right to right-wing	Pedro Duarte	17.2%	2 / 13	[12] [13]
	CDU	Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV	Left-wing to far-left	Diana Ferreira	7.5%	1 / 13	[14]
	BE	Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda	Left-wing to far-left	Sérgio Aires	6.3%	1 / 13	[15]
	CH	Enough! Chega!	Far-right	Miguel Corte-Real	3.0%	0 / 13	[16]
	L	FREE LIVRE	Left-wing	Hélder Sousa	0.5%	0 / 13	[17]
	VP	Volt Portugal Volt Portugal	Centre to centre-left	Guilherme Jorge	0.4%	0 / 13	[18]
	NC	Porto First – Nuno Cardoso Porto Primeiro – Nuno Cardoso NC, PPM	Centre to centre-right	Nuno Cardoso  [ pt ]	0.2%	0 / 13	[19] [20]
	ADN	National Democratic Alternative Alternativa Democrática Nacional	Far-right	Frederico Duarte Carvalho	—	—	[21]
	PLS	Liberal Social Party Partido Liberal Social	Centre	Luís Tinoco Azevedo	—	—	[22]
	PTP	Portuguese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Português	Left-wing	Maria Amélia Costa	—	—	[22]

Withdrew

Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate	2021 result		Ref.
					Votes (%)	Seats
	RIR	React, Include, Recycle Reagir, Incluir, Reciclar	Centre	Vitorino Silva	—	—	[23] [24]
	ND	New Right Nova Direita	Right-wing	Aníbal Pinto	—	—	[25] [26]
	AA	Porto with Porto Porto com Porto	Centre	António Araújo	—	—	[27] [28]

Campaign period

Party slogans

Party or alliance		Original slogan	English translation	Refs
	FA	« Fazer à Porto »	"Do it as Porto"	[29]
	PS	« À moda do Porto »	"Porto style"	[30]
	OPSN	« O Porto somos nós »	"Porto is us"	[31]
	CDU	« Porto para todos »	"Porto for all"	[32]
	BE	« Estamos aqui »	"We are here"	[33]
	CH	« O Miguel Chega para resolver »	"Miguel arrives to solve"	[34]

Candidates' debates

2025 Porto local election debates
Date	Organisers	Moderator(s)	P Present [d]   NI Not invited  I Invited   A Absent invitee
			FA Araújo	PS Pizarro	OPSN Duarte	CDU Ferreira	BE Aires	CH Côrte-Real	Refs
21 Sep 2025	SIC Notícias	Nelma Serpa Pinto	NI	P	P	P	P	P	[35]
26 Sep 2025	Rádio Observador	Carla Jorge de Carvalho Miguel Viterbo Dias	P	P	P	P	P	P	[36]
27 Sep 2025	CNN Portugal	João Póvoa Marinheiro	P	P	P	P	P	P	[37]
30 Sep 2025	RTP1	Carlos Daniel	P	P	P	P	P	P	[38]

Opinion polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	FA	OPSN			PS	CDU	BE	CH	L	NC PPM	O	Lead
				IL	CDS	PSD
2025 local election	12 Oct 2025	—	5.1 0	37.3 6			35.6 6	3.9 0	1.8 0	8.2 1	3.4 0	1.9 0	2.8 0	1.7
CESOP–UCP	12 Oct 2025	6,124	4–6 0/1	36–40 5/7			33–37 5/7	4–6 0/1	1–3 0	6–9 1	3–5 0	1–3 0	2–7 0	3
ICS/ISCTE/Pitagórica	12 Oct 2025	7,532	3.8–6.8 0/1	34.2–39.4 5/7			32.0–37.2 5/7	2.7–5.5 0/1	1.1–3.1 0/1	6.8–10.2 0/2	1.1–3.1 0/1	1.4–3.4 0/1		2.2
Intercampus	12 Oct 2025	5,890	3.5–7.5 0/1	37.0–41.0 6/8			30.8–34.8 4/6	2.5–6.5 0/1	0.1–4.1 0/1	6.2–10.2 0/2	1.3–5.3 0/1		2.7–6.7	6.2
Pitagórica	29 Sep–4 Oct 2025	625	7.0 1	33.1 6			32.9 5	3.3 0	2.9 0	10.4 1	3.9 0	3.3 0	3.2 0	0.2
CESOP–UCP	27–28 Sep 2025	1,163	6 0/1	32 4/6			29 4/6	5 0/1	3 0	10 1/2	6 0/1	4 0	5 0	3
ICS/ISCTE	5–16 Sep 2025	805	3 0	34 6			37 6	4 0	3 0	10 1	3 0	2 0	4 0	3
ICS/ISCTE	17 Jun–2 Jul 2025	805	5 0	33 5			36 6	4 0	3 0	12 2	1 0	2 0	4 0	3
2025 Legislative election	18 May 2025	—	—	8.1 (1)	35.1 [e] (5)		23.7 (4)	3.6 (0)	2.9 (0)	14.1 (2)	7.2 (1)	—	5.2 (0)	11.4
2024 EP election	9 Jun 2024	—	—	12.7 (2)	31.2 [e] (4)		27.6 (4)	4.4 (0)	6.6 (1)	6.6 (1)	6.5 (1)	—	4.4 (0)	3.6
2024 Legislative election	10 Mar 2024	—	—	6.8 (1)	34.3 [e] (6)		28.3 (4)	3.4 (0)	5.7 (1)	10.0 (1)	5.6 (0)	—	5.9 (0)	6.0
2022 Legislative election	30 Jan 2022	—	—	7.8 (1)	2.0 (0)	34.7 (5)	35.1 (6)	4.7 (0)	6.0 (1)	3.3 (0)	2.2 (0)	—	4.2 (0)	0.4
2021 local election	26 Sep 2021	—	40.7 6			17.2 2	18.0 3	7.5 1	6.3 1	3.0 0	0.5 0	0.2 0	6.6 0	22.7

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 12 October 2025 Porto City Council elections results

6 6 1
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Councillors
					Total	±
	Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative	42,922	37.30	20.1	6	4
	Socialist	40,931	35.57	17.5	6	3
	CHEGA	9,455	8.22	5.2	1	1
	Filipe Araújo: Do it as Porto	5,844	5.08	35.6	0	6
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	4,512	3.92	3.6	0	1
	LIVRE	3,854	3.35	2.9	0	0
	We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist	2,190	1.90	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	2,075	1.80	4.4	0	1
	National Democratic Alternative	363	0.32	—	0	—
	Liberal Social	291	0.25	—	0	—
	Volt Portugal	147	0.13	—	0	—
	Labour	62	0.05	—	0	—
Total valid		112,646	97.90	1.3	13	0
Blank ballots		1,437	1.25	1.0
Invalid ballots		980	0.85	0.3
Total		115,063	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		201,968	56.97	8.2
Source: [39]

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 12 October 2025 Porto Municipal Assembly elections
results

1 2 2 13 15 2 4
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Seats
					Total	±
	Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative	41,862	36.38	17.8	15	5
	Socialist	35,138	30.54	11.3	13	3
	CHEGA	10,870	9.45	6.1	4	3
	LIVRE	6,371	5.54	4.9	2	2
	Filipe Araújo: Do it as Porto	6,133	5.33	29.2	2	13
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	5,933	5.16	3.2	2	1
	Left Bloc	2,951	2.56	5.0	1	2
	We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist	2,147	1.87	—	0	—
	National Democratic Alternative	389	0.34	—	0	—
	Liberal Social	328	0.29	—	0	—
	Volt Portugal	228	0.20	—	0	—
Total valid		112,350	97.64	1.1	39	0
Blank ballots		1,619	1.41	0.9
Invalid ballots		1,095	0.85	0.2
Total		115,064	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		201,968	56.97	8.2
Source: [40]

Parish Assemblies

Results of the 12 October 2025 Porto Parish Assembly elections

Parish	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	Total S
	OPSN		PS		CH		FA		L		CDU		BE
Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde	51.0	11	22.0	5	9.0	2	6.5	1	3.5	-	2.9	-	1.5	-	19
Bonfim	33.8	8	27.5	6	8.7	2	6.5	1	7.1	1	7.7	1	3.8	-	19
Campanhã	23.5	5	41.0	10	14.0	3	3.6	-	3.5	-	5.8	1	1.9	-	19
Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória	30.8	7	31.9	7	6.5	1	5.2	1	8.3	1	7.0	1	4.3	1	19
Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos	40.8	9	28.9	6	8.9	1	4.6	1	5.1	1	5.0	1	1.8	-	19
Paranhos	39.8	9	29.6	6	8.4	1	4.3	1	5.7	1	5.2	1	3.1	-	19
Ramalde	40.8	9	30.0	6	9.4	2	5.1	1	4.5	1	3.9	-	1.8	-	19
Total	37.6	58	30.1	46	9.2	12	5.4	6	5.3	5	5.2	5	2.6	1	133
Source: [41]

Notes

1. Coalition with PSD, IL and CDS–PP.
2. Supported by People-Animals-Nature (PAN).
3. Supported by React, Include, Recycle (RIR).
4. Denotes a main invitee attending the event.
5. PSD and CDS ran in a coalition, the Democratic Alliance (AD).

References

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31. "None". Pedro Duarte Facebook account (in Portuguese). 16 June 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
32. "None". CDU Porto Facebook account (in Portuguese). 10 July 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
33. "None". Sérgio Aires Facebook account (in Portuguese). 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
34. "None". Miguel Corte Real Facebook account. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
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External links

• Interior Ministry election results page