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
Leader Filipe Araújo Manuel Pizarro Pedro Duarte Party Independent PS PSD Alliance Do it as Porto PAN PS RIR Porto is us [a] Last election 6 seats, 40.7% 3 seats, 18.0% 2 seats, 17.2%   Leader Diana Ferreira Sérgio Aires Miguel Corte-Real Party PCP BE CH Alliance CDU Last election 1 seats, 7.5% 1 seat, 6.3% 0 seats, 3.0%
Incumbent Mayor Rui Moreira Independent

The 2025 Porto local election will be 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 is expected to be extremely competitive after the 3 mandates of the liberal-backed Independent Rui Moreira, which is 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 also running deputy mayor Filipe Araújo as a candidate, ^[2] despite not having the endorsement of Rui Moreira himself. ^[3]

The Socialist Party has already chosen 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]

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

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

Declared

Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate	2021 result		Ref.
					Votes (%)	Seats
	FàP	Do it as Porto [b] Fazer à Porto	Centre-right to right-wing	Filipe Araújo	40.7%	6 / 13	[2]
	PS	Socialist Party [c] Partido Socialista	Centre-left	Manuel Pizarro	18.0%	3 / 13	[9]
	OPSN	Porto is us O Porto somos nós PSD, IL, CDS–PP	Centre-right to right-wing	Pedro Duarte	17.2%	2 / 13	[10] [11]
	CDU	Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV	Left-wing to far-left	Diana Ferreira	7.5%	1 / 13	[12]
	BE	Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda	Left-wing to far-left	Sérgio Aires	6.3%	1 / 13	[13]
	CH	Enough! Chega!	Far-right	Miguel Corte-Real	3.0%	0 / 13	[14]
	L	FREE LIVRE	Left-wing	Hélder Sousa	0.5%	0 / 13	[15]
	VP	Volt Portugal Volt Portugal	Centre to centre-left	Guilherme Jorge	0.4%	0 / 13	[16]
	NC	Porto First – Nuno Cardoso Porto Primeiro – Nuno Cardoso NC, PPM	Centre to centre-right	Nuno Cardoso	0.2%	0 / 13	[17] [18]
	ADN	National Democratic Alternative Alternativa Democrática Nacional	Far-right	Frederico Duarte Carvalho	—	—	[19]
	PLS	Liberal Social Party Partido Liberal Social	Centre	Luís Tinoco Azevedo	—	—	[20]
	PTP	Portuguese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Português	Left-wing	Maria Amélia Costa	—	—	[20]

Withdrew

Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate	2021 result		Ref.
					Votes (%)	Seats
	RIR	React, Include, Recycle Reagir, Incluir, Reciclar	Centre	Vitorino Silva	—	—	[21] [22]
	ND	New Right Nova Direita	Right-wing	Aníbal Pinto	—	—	[23] [24]
	AA	Porto with Porto Porto com Porto	Centre	António Araújo	—	—	[25] [26]

Campaign period

Party slogans

Party or alliance		Original slogan	English translation	Refs
	FàP	« Fazer à Porto »	"Do it as Porto"	[27]
	PS	« À moda do Porto »	"Porto style"	[28]
	OPSN	« O Porto somos nós »	"Porto is us"	[29]
	CDU	« Porto para todos »	"Porto for all"	[30]
	BE	« Estamos aqui »	"We are here"	[31]
	CH	TBA	TBA

Candidates' debates

2025 Porto local election debates
Date	Organisers	Moderator(s)	P Present [d]   NI Not invited  I Invited   A Absent invitee
			FàP Araújo	PS Pizarro	OPSN Duarte	CDU Ferreira	BE Aires	CH Côrte-Real	Refs
21 Sep 2025	SIC		NI	I	I	NI	NI	NI	[32] [33]
26 Sep 2025	SIC Notícias		NI	I	I	I	I	I	[34]
30 Sep 2025	RTP1		I	I	I	I	I	I	[35]

Opinion polling

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	FàP	OPSN			PS	CDU	BE	CH	L	NC PPM	O	Lead
				IL	CDS	PSD
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

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

1. "Autárquicas 2025 já aquecem. Confira os nomes apontados à Câmara do Porto". Porto Canal (in Portuguese). 2024-11-01. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
2. "Rui Moreira confirma que vice-presidente Filipe Araújo será candidato ao Porto". Público (in Portuguese). 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
3. "Rui Moreira descola do seu vice e não deixa que use o mesmo movimento para concorrer à Câmara do Porto". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
4. Tavares-Teles, Alexandra (2025-06-16). "Autárquicas. Iniciativa Liberal apoia candidatura de Pedro Duarte no Porto". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
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23. "Aníbal Pinto é candidato à Câmara do Porto". Jornal de Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
24. "Aníbal Pinto desiste da candidatura à câmara do Porto". Radio Renascença (in European Portuguese). 2025-08-18. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
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26. "Rejeitada candidatura de António Araújo ao Porto por falta de assinaturas". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2025-08-29. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
27. "Este é o nosso compromisso com a cidade". Filipe Araújo Facebook account (in Portuguese). 15 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
28. "None". Manuel Pizarro Facebook account (in Portuguese). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
29. "None". Pedro Duarte Facebook account (in Portuguese). 16 June 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
30. "None". CDU Porto Facebook account (in Portuguese). 10 July 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
31. "None". Sérgio Aires Facebook account (in Portuguese). 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
32. "Carlos Moedas e Alexandra Leitão frente a frente no primeiro debate das autárquicas". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
33. "Autárquicas 2025: CDU e Chega juntam-se ao debate em Lisboa". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
34. "Os debates e os frente-a-frente destas autárquicas na SIC: eis o calendário". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
35. "RTP vai ter 22 debates com candidatos autárquicos". RTP (in Portuguese). 7 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.

External links

• Interior Ministry election results page