2025 Porto local election

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2025 Porto local elections

←  2021 September/October 2025
All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council 7 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Filipe Araújo Manuel Pizarro TBD Party Independent PS PSD Alliance Here There's Porto Last election 6 seats, 40.7% 3 seats, 18.0% 2 seats, 17.2%   Leader Diana Ferreira TBD Miguel Côrte-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 in September or October 2025 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

This election is expected to be extremelly 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]

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. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

Parties and candidates

Party/Coalition			Political position	Candidate	2021 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	RM	Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto Rui Moreira – Aqui há Porto	Right-wing	Filipe Araújo [2]	40.7%	6 / 13
	PS	Socialist Party Partido Socialista	Centre-left	Manuel Pizarro [6]	18.0%	3 / 13
	PSD	Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata	Centre-right	TBD	17.2%	2 / 13
	CDU	Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV	Left-wing to far-left	Diana Ferreira [7]	7.5%	1 / 13
	BE	Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda	Left-wing to far-left	TBD	6.3%	1 / 13
	CH	Enough! Chega!	Right-wing to far-right	Miguel Côrte-Real [8]	3.0%	0 / 13
	PAN	People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza	Centre-left	TBD	2.8%	0 / 13
	NC	Think Porto Pensar o Porto	Center-left	Nuno Cardoso [9]	—	—
	RIR	React, Include, Recycle Reagir Incluir Reciclar	Centre	Vitorino Silva [10]	—	—
	ND	New Right Nova Direita	Right-wing	Aníbal Pinto [11]	—	—

Opinion polling

Polling firm/Link	Fieldwork date	Sample size	RM	IL	CDS	PS	PSD	CDU	BE	CH	PAN	O	Lead
2024 EP election	9 Jun 2024	—	—	12.7 (2)	[a]	27.6 (4)	31.2 (4)	4.4 (0)	6.6 (1)	6.6 (1)	1.4 (0)	9.5 (1)	3.6
2024 Legislative election	10 Mar 2024	—	—	6.8 (1)	[a]	28.3 (4)	34.3 (6)	3.4 (0)	5.7 (1)	10.0 (1)	2.1 (0)	9.4 (0)	6.0
2022 Legislative election	30 Jan 2022	—	—	7.8 (1)	2.0 (0)	35.1 (6)	34.7 (5)	4.7 (0)	6.0 (1)	3.3 (0)	2.0 (0)	4.4 (0)	0.4
2021 local election	26 Sep 2021	—	40.7 6			18.0 3	17.2 2	7.5 1	6.3 1	3.0 0	2.8 0	4.5 0	22.7

Notes

1. CDS ran in coalition with PSD, 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. 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 2025-01-14.
4. Renascença (2021-09-27). "Bloco de Esquerda saúda eleição do primeiro vereador na Câmara do Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-14.
5. "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
6. "Manuel Pizarro eleito candidato do PS à Câmara do Porto". Público (in Portuguese). 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
7. "CDU lança Diana Ferreira para a Câmara do Porto". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-15.
8. "Ex-PSD é o candidato do Chega à Câmara do Porto". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
9. JPN (2025-01-29). "Nuno Cardoso é candidato independente à Câmara do Porto - JPN". JPN - JornalismoPortoNet (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
10. "Tino de Rans apresenta sexta-feira a sua candidatura à Câmara do Porto". Jornal de Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2025-01-30. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
11. "Aníbal Pinto é candidato à Câmara do Porto". Jornal de Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-02-04.

External links

• Interior Ministry election results page