2025 Portuguese local elections

2025 Portuguese local elections

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All 308 Portuguese municipalities and 3,259 [1] Portuguese Parishes All 2,058 local government councils [2]
Opinion polls
Turnout	59.3% 5.6 pp [3]
First party Second party   Leader Luís Montenegro José Luís Carneiro Party PSD PS Last election 114 mayors, 32.1% 148 mayors, 37.1% Popular vote 1,891,453 [a] 1,828,554 [b] Percentage 34.3% 33.2% Swing 2.2 pp 3.9 pp Mayors 136 [c] 127 [d] Mayors +/– 22 21 Councillors 831 [e] 804 [f] Councillors +/– 38 105   Third party Fourth party   Leader Paulo Raimundo André Ventura Party PCP CH Alliance CDU Last election 19 mayors, 8.2% 0 mayors, 4.2% Popular vote 316,273 653,941 Percentage 5.7% 11.9% Swing 2.5 pp 7.7 pp Mayors 12 3 Mayors +/– 7 3 Councillors 93 137 Councillors +/– 55 118

Local elections were held in Portugal on 12 October 2025. ^[4] The election consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, another election for the Municipal Assembly, as well an election for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president. This last was held separately in the more than 3,000 parishes around the country.

In this election, 89 incumbent mayors (28.9 percent) had reached their term limit so were barred from seeking re-election. Of those 89, 49 were from the PS, 21 from the PSD, 12 from CDU, 4 Independents and 3 from the CDS–PP. ^[5] The number of parishes up for election grew from the current 3,092 to 3,259 because of changes in the 2013 local reform law that allowed the separation of merged parishes, of which 167 separations were approved. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) was the big winner of the elections by surpassing the Socialists in number of councils won, and for also winning several major urban centers like Lisbon, Porto, Sintra and Vila Nova de Gaia. ^[9] The party's led coalitions also achieved historic wins in Beja ^[10] and Guimarães, however, it lost Coimbra and two of their old "strongholds", Viseu and Bragança, to the PS. ^[11]

The Socialist Party (PS) lost the status as the largest party in local government, but defied expectations and predictions of an "electoral erosion", following their weak 3rd-place finish in the May 2025 legislative election, by winning several district capitals from the PSD and holding strong in many areas of the country, especially in the Alentejo and Algarve regions. ^[12]

Despite winning nearly 12% of the votes, Chega's (CH) results were well below expectations, if compared with their 2nd-place position in the May legislative election. ^[13] The party won just 3 councils, Albufeira, Entroncamento and São Vicente, but was able to elect more than 130 councillors across the country, becoming "kingmaker" in several councils. ^[14]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) lost further ground in these elections, from 19 to 12 councils, lost the two district capitals which presided, Setúbal and Évora, and fell below 100 councillors for the first time. ^[15] Independent movements continued their growth in local government, although modestly, winning 20 councils, up one compared with 2021, with wins in cities like Oeiras, Setúbal and Mafra. ^[16]

CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) held on to its 6 councils, while We, the Citizens! (NC), in coalition with other parties also, won two cities including Guarda. ^[17] Together for the People (JPP) held on to Santa Cruz, and a LIVRE/PS coalition won again in Felgueiras.

Turnout in these elections increased to the highest rate in 20 years, with 59.3 percent of voters casting a ballot. ^[18]

Background

Date

According to the local election law, an election must be called between 22 September and 14 October of the year that the local mandates end. The election is called by a Government of Portugal decree, unlike legislative elections which are called by the President of the Republic. The election date must be announced at least 80 days before election day. Election day is the same in all municipalities, and should fall on a Sunday or national holiday. The 2025 local elections would, therefore, have to take place no later than 12 October 2025, ^[19] which was the date chosen to hold the elections. ^[4]

Electoral system

Map of the 308 municipalities up for election.

All 308 municipalities are allocated a certain number of councilors to elect corresponding to the number of registered voters in a given municipality. 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, making mayors de facto elected under first-past-the-post (FPTP). Parish presidents also are de facto elected under 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. ^[20]

Council seats and Parish assembly seats are distributed as follows:

Seat allocation for the 2025 local election ^[21]

Councilors		Parish Assembly
Seats	Voters	Seats	Voters
17	only Lisbon	19+a	more than 30,000 voters
13	only Porto	19	more than 20,000 voters
11	100,000 voters or more	13	more than 5,000 voters
9	more than 50,000 voters	9	more than 1,000 voters
7	more than 10,000 voters	7	1,000 voters or less
5	10,000 voters or less

^a For parishes with more than 30,000 voters, the number of seats mentioned above is increased by one per every 10,000 voters in excess of that number, and then by one more if the result is even.

Parties

Several parties, mainly PSD and PS, presented several coalitions with other minor parties. In the case of the PSD with IL and the CDS–PP, plus with parties like Earth Party (MPT) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), while in the case of the PS, coalitions between BE, PAN and Livre were also on the ballot in several municipalities. ^[22] The main political forces that were involved in the election: ^[23]

Lists
	National Democratic Alternative (ADN)
	Left Bloc (BE) and coalitions BE / PAN BE / L / PAN BE / L
	Chega (CH)
	CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and coalitions CDS–PP / IL CDS–PP / NC CDS–PP / PPM / ADN CDS–PP / PSD
	Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
	Liberal Initiative (IL)
	Together for the People (JPP)
	LIVRE (L) and coalitions L / BE / PAN L / BE L / PS
	Earth Party (MPT)
	We, the Citizens! (NC) and coalitions NC / PPM NC / PAN
	New Right (ND) and coalitions ND / NC
	People Animals Nature (PAN)
	Liberal Social Party (PLS)
	People's Monarchist Party (PPM) and coalitions PPM / PTP PPM / NC
	Socialist Party (PS) and coalitions PS / L / BE / PAN PS / L / PAN PS / PAN PS / MPT PS / NC
	Social Democratic Party (PSD) and coalitions PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT / RIR PSD / CDS–PP / IL PSD / CDS–PP / IL / PPM / MPT / NC PSD / CDS–PP / IL / NC / PPM / VP / MPT PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / NC PSD / CDS–PP / IL / PPM PSD / CDS–PP / VP PSD / IL PSD / IL / CDS–PP / PAN / MPT PSD / IL / PAN PSD / MPT
	Portuguese Labour Party (PTP)
	React, Include, Recycle (RIR)
	Volt Portugal (VP)
	Independents (IND)

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2025 Portuguese local elections

Voter turnout

The table below will show voter turnout throughout election day.

Turnout	Time
	12:00			16:00			19:00
	2021	2025	±	2021	2025	±	2021	2025	±
Total	20.94%	21.72%	0.78 pp	42.34%	43.42%	1.08 pp	53.65%	59.26%	5.61 pp
Sources [24] [25] [26]

Results

Municipal Councils

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 12 October 2025 Municipal Councils elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						Total	±	Total	±
	Socialist	1,574,275	28.55	5.7	285	770	118	126	22
	Social Democratic / People's	749,602	13.60	2.8	113	301	62	44	13
	CHEGA	653,941	11.86	7.7	306	137	118	3	3
	Social Democratic	566,007	10.26	2.9	138	408	29	78	6
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	316,273	5.74	2.5	299	93	55	12	7
	Independents	307,343	5.57	0.1	88	135	1	20	1
	Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative	279,265	5.07	5.0	14	43	40	4	4
	PS / LIVRE / BE / PAN	93,457	1.69	—N/a	2	10	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Liberal Initiative	87,809	1.59	0.3	59	2	2	0	0
	People's	60,384	1.10	0.4	43	28	3	6	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	60,149	1.09	0.3	6	19	13	4	1
	Social Democratic / Liberal Initiative	57,621	1.05	—N/a	6	16	—N/a	1	—N/a
	PSD / IL / PAN	55,052	1.00	—N/a	1	4	—N/a	1	—N/a
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature	52,757	0.95	0.8	1	7	4	0	0
	Socialist / LIVRE	51,501	0.93	0.6	1	4	3	0	0
	Left Bloc	30,617	0.56	0.5	57	0	4	0	0
	Socialist / LIVRE / People–Animals–Nature	29,511	0.54	—N/a	1	5	—N/a	1	—N/a
	Together for the People	26,884	0.49	0.2	9	8	3	1	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / IL / NC / PPM / Volt / MPT	26,501	0.48	—N/a	1	5	—N/a	0	—N/a
	LIVRE	25,723	0.47	0.4	24	0	0	0	0
	LIVRE / Socialist	24,545	0.45	0.0	1	7	0	1	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT / RIR	21,147	0.38	—N/a	1	4	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP /Volt	21,033	0.38	—N/a	2	5	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature / LIVRE	17,239	0.31	—N/a	1	5	—N/a	0	—N/a
	We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist	15,951	0.29	0.2	4	4	4	1	1
	Social Democratic / Earth	13,702	0.25	0.1	1	5	0	1	0
	Left Bloc / LIVRE / People–Animals–Nature	12,273	0.23	—N/a	6	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	National Democratic Alternative	11,640	0.21	0.2	29	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc / LIVRE	10,753	0.19	—N/a	6	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / IL / CDS–PP / PAN / MPT	10,059	0.18	—N/a	1	3	—N/a	0	—N/a
	People–Animals–Nature	9,559	0.17	1.0	13	0	0	0	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / NC / MPT	7,339	0.13	—N/a	1	2	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / IL / PPM / MPT / NC	6,220	0.11	—N/a	1	2	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL	6,198	0.11	0.0	1	3	0	0	0
	PSD / IL / CDS–PP	5,935	0.11	—N/a	2	4	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PS / BE / LIVRE / PAN	5,509	0.10	—N/a	1	2	—N/a	0	—N/a
	LIVRE / Left Bloc / Volt Portugal	5,359	0.10	—N/a	1	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Socialist / We, the Citizens!	3,754	0.07	—N/a	1	2	—N/a	0	—N/a
	People's / Social Democratic	3,477	0.06	0.1	2	3	1	0	0
	CDS–PP / PPM / ADN	3,434	0.06	—N/a	1	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Volt Portugal	3,434	0.06	0.1	8	0	0	0	0
	We, the Citizens!	3,331	0.06	0.2	6	4	1	1	1
	People's / We, the Citizens!	3,310	0.06	—N/a	2	1	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	3,036	0.06	0.5	1	5	11	1	0
	LIVRE / Left Bloc	2,813	0.05	—N/a	3	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	New Right / We, the Citizens!	2,653	0.05	—N/a	3	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT	2,587	0.05	—N/a	2	2	—N/a	1	—N/a
	People's / Liberal Initiative	2,535	0.05	—N/a	1	1	—N/a	0	—N/a
	New Right	2,241	0.04	—N/a	5	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Liberal Social	1,267	0.02	—N/a	2	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Left Bloc / People–Animals–Nature	989	0.02	—N/a	2	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	People's Monarchist / Labour	895	0.01	—N/a	1	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Earth	852	0.02	0.0	4	0	0	0	0
	Labour	781	0.01	0.0	6	0	0	0	0
	We, the Citizens! / People–Animals–Nature	716	0.01	—N/a	1	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	React, Include, Recycle	631	0.01	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
	Socialist / Earth	551	0.01	—N/a	1	2	—N/a	0	—N/a
	People's Monarchist / We, the Citizens!	381	0.01	—N/a	1	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	People's Monarchist	140	0.00	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Total valid		5,352,761	97.08	1.2	1,583	2,058	6	308	0
Blank ballots		95,729	1.74	0.8
Invalid ballots		65,032	1.18	0.4
Total		5,513,522	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,303,840	59.26	5.6
Source: [3] [27]

Municipality map

Most voted parties/coalitions in each Municipality.
Municipalities won by:
■ - PSD: 136
■ - PS: 127
■ - CDU: 12
■ - CDS–PP: 6
■ - CH: 3
■ - NC: 2
■ - JPP: 1
■ - LIVRE: 1
■ - Independents: 20

City control

The following table lists party control in all district capitals, highlighted in bold, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. ^{[3] [28]} Population estimates from 2024. ^[29]

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
Almada	183,643		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Amadora (details)	181,607		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Aveiro	88,154		PSD / CDS–PP / PPM		PSD / CDS–PP / PPM
Barcelos	116,959		PSD / CDS–PP		PSD / CDS–PP
Beja	33,954		Socialist Party (PS)		PSD / CDS–PP / IL
Braga	203,519		PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / Alliance		PSD / CDS–PP / PPM
Bragança	35,581		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Socialist Party (PS)
Cascais	222,339		PSD / CDS–PP		PSD / CDS–PP
Castelo Branco	53,342		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Coimbra	146,899		PSD / CDS–PP / NC / PPM / Alliance / RIR / Volt		PS / L / PAN
Évora	53,908		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)		Socialist Party (PS)
Faro	70,347		PSD / CDS–PP / IL / PPM / MPT		Socialist Party (PS)
Funchal	108,129		PSD / CDS–PP		PSD / CDS–PP
Gondomar	169,388		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Guarda	40,046		Independent (IND) [g]		NC / PPM [g]
Guimarães	156,513		Socialist Party (PS)		PSD / CDS–PP
Leiria	136,006		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Lisbon (details)	575,739		PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM		PSD / CDS–PP / IL
Loures	209,877		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Maia	144,664		PSD / CDS–PP		PSD / CDS–PP
Matosinhos	181,046		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Odivelas	156,278		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Oeiras	177,866		Independent (IND)		Independent (IND)
Ponta Delgada	69,038		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Portalegre	21,754		PSD / CDS–PP		PSD / CDS–PP
Porto (details)	252,687		Independent (IND)		PSD / CDS–PP / IL
Santarém	61,664		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		PSD / CDS–PP
Santa Maria da Feira	140,568		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Seixal	176,883		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Setúbal (details)	124,339		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)		Independent (IND)
Sintra (details)	400,947		Socialist Party (PS)		PSD / IL
Valongo	101,464		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Viana do Castelo	86,975		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Franca de Xira	140,711		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Nova de Famalicão	136,704		PSD / CDS–PP		PSD / CDS–PP
Vila Nova de Gaia	312,984		Socialist Party (PS)		PSD / CDS–PP / IL
Vila Real	50,043		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Viseu (details)	103,502		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Socialist Party (PS)

Municipal Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 12 October 2025 Municipal Assemblies elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Mandates
						Total	±
	Socialist	1,503,374	27.27	5.6	284	2,260	330
	Social Democratic / People's	729,866	13.29	2.6	113	905	154
	CHEGA	706,202	12.81	8.4	245	637	464
	Social Democratic	550,921	9.99	2.7	138	1,179	94
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	344,237	6.24	2.5	304	342	163
	Independents	287,709	5.22	0.1	84	406	6
	Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative	266,291	4.83	4.7	14	136	128
	Liberal Initiative	106,666	1.93	0.4	61	49	23
	PS / LIVRE / BE / PAN	90,896	1.65	—N/a	2	22	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	59,707	1.08	0.4	6	56	34
	People's	58,707	1.06	0.4	41	88	30
	Social Democratic / Liberal Initiative	57,927	1.05	—N/a	6	48	—N/a
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature	53,902	0.98	0.8	3	22	14
	PSD / IL / PAN	51,959	0.94	—N/a	1	11	—N/a
	Socialist / LIVRE	50,308	0.91	0.6	1	11	6
	Left Bloc	42,093	0.76	2.7	63	6	88
	LIVRE	35,475	0.64	0.5	24	12	12
	Together for the People	28,694	0.52	0.3	10	29	16
	Socialist / LIVRE / People–Animals–Nature	28,180	0.51	—N/a	1	14	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / IL / NC / PPM / Volt / MPT	25,371	0.46	—N/a	1	13	—N/a
	LIVRE / Socialist	22,364	0.41	0.0	1	19	1
	PSD / CDS–PP /Volt	19,702	0.36	—N/a	1	13	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT / RIR	19,468	0.35	—N/a	1	10	—N/a
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature / LIVRE	16,732	0.30	—N/a	2	15	—N/a
	Left Bloc / LIVRE / People–Animals–Nature	15,573	0.28	—N/a	7	5	—N/a
	We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist	15,123	0.27	0.2	5	24	422
	Left Bloc / LIVRE	15,111	0.27	—N/a	6	5	—N/a
	Social Democratic / Earth	12,982	0.24	0.1	1	13	1
	People–Animals–Nature	12,298	0.22	1.3	13	0	23
	PSD / IL / CDS–PP / PAN / MPT	11,015	0.20	—N/a	1	10	—N/a
	National Democratic Alternative	10,323	0.19	—N/a	23	0	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / NC / MPT	7,938	0.14	—N/a	1	7	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / IL / PPM / MPT / NC	7,289	0.14	—N/a	1	7	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL	6,455	0.12	0.0	1	10	0
	LIVRE / Left Bloc / Volt Portugal	6,281	0.11	—N/a	1	2	—N/a
	PS / BE / LIVRE / PAN	6,241	0.11	—N/a	1	6	—N/a
	PSD / IL / CDS–PP	6,142	0.11	—N/a	2	12	—N/a
	Socialist / We, the Citizens!	3,860	0.07	—N/a	1	7	—N/a
	LIVRE / Left Bloc	3,806	0.07	—N/a	3	1	—N/a
	CDS–PP / PPM / ADN	3,730	0.06	—N/a	1	0	—N/a
	People's / Social Democratic	3,490	0.06	0.1	2	8	4
	People's / We, the Citizens!	3,352	0.06	—N/a	2	4	—N/a
	People's / Liberal Initiative	2,969	0.05	—N/a	1	3	—N/a
	Volt Portugal	2,877	0.05	0.0	5	1	1
	We, the Citizens!	2,844	0.05	—N/a	4	11	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	2,780	0.05	0.5	1	11	11
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT	2,581	0.05	—N/a	2	7	—N/a
	New Right	2,528	0.05	—N/a	4	0	—N/a
	New Right / We, the Citizens!	2,439	0.04	—N/a	1	1	—N/a
	Liberal Social	1,466	0.03	—N/a	2	0	—N/a
	Left Bloc / People–Animals–Nature	1,405	0.03	—N/a	2	0	—N/a
	Earth	1,161	0.02	0.0	4	0	1
	People's Monarchist / Labour	927	0.02	—N/a	1	0	—N/a
	Labour	862	0.02	0.0	5	0	0
	We, the Citizens! / People–Animals–Nature	819	0.01	—N/a	1	1	—N/a
	React, Include, Recycle	767	0.01	0.0	2	0	0
	Socialist / Earth	526	0.01	—N/a	1	4	—N/a
	People's Monarchist / We, the Citizens!	405	0.01	—N/a	1	0	—N/a
Total valid		5,335,116	96.77	1.2	1,515	6,463	15
Blank ballots		110,473	2.00	0.8
Invalid ballots		67,750	1.23	0.4
Total		5,513,339	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,303,840	59.26	5.6
Source: [3] [30]

Parish Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 12 October 2025 Parish Assemblies elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Mandates		Presidents
						Total	±	Total	±
	Socialist	1,572,052	28.53	4.8	2,434	9,554	762	1,137	111
	Social Democratic / People's	722,059	13.11	2.7	1,024	4,107	893	476	140
	Social Democratic	581,035	10.55	2.3	1,261	5,709	21	800	43
	CHEGA	531,710	9.65	6.5	1,053	1,176	971	13	13
	Independents	438,567	7.96	0.2	869	3,197	35	389	25
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	364,393	6.61	2.5	1,573	1,060	386	97	15
	Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative	264,064	4.79	4.7	174	718	712	66	66
	PS / LIVRE / BE / PAN	98,747	1.79	—N/a	28	145	—N/a	14	—N/a
	Liberal Initiative	74,788	1.36	0.4	191	76	35	0	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	67,719	1.23	0.4	85	342	64	42	8
	Social Democratic / Liberal Initiative	58,892	1.07	—N/a	43	161	—N/a	11	—N/a
	PSD / IL / PAN	52,665	0.96	—N/a	15	88	—N/a	9	—N/a
	Socialist / LIVRE	51,384	0.93	0.7	15	81	65	6	7
	People's	50,457	0.92	0.5	180	369	47	44	3
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature	31,114	0.56	0.4	11	42	9	1	1
	Left Bloc	28,819	0.52	0.5	57	2	160	0	0
	Socialist / LIVRE / People–Animals–Nature	27,323	0.50	—N/a	18	95	—N/a	12	—N/a
	Together for the People	26,442	0.48	0.2	32	69	26	5	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / IL / NC / PPM / Volt / MPT	26,027	0.47	—N/a	18	67	—N/a	6	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP /Volt	19,555	0.35	—N/a	15	74	—N/a	9	—N/a
	LIVRE / Socialist	19,297	0.45	0.0	16	106	16	16	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT / RIR	19,179	0.35	—N/a	6	32	—N/a	1	—N/a
	LIVRE	18,302	0.33	0.3	38	12	12	0	0
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature / LIVRE	14,865	0.27	—N/a	16	45	—N/a	1	—N/a
	Social Democratic / Earth	14,253	0.26	0.1	16	96	30	14	6
	We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist	13,960	0.25	0.2	51	177	174	27	27
	Left Bloc / LIVRE / People–Animals–Nature	13,162	0.24	—N/a	30	7	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Left Bloc / LIVRE	11,754	0.21	—N/a	29	9	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / IL / CDS–PP / PAN / MPT	10,656	0.19	—N/a	5	21	—N/a	1	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / NC / MPT	7,320	0.13	—N/a	18	48	—N/a	1	—N/a
	LIVRE / Left Bloc / Volt Portugal	7,039	0.13	—N/a	5	7	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / IL / PPM / MPT / NC	6,888	0.13	—N/a	11	34	—N/a	3	—N/a
	PSD / IL / CDS–PP	6,313	0.11	—N/a	10	29	—N/a	1	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL	6,146	0.11	0.0	1	58	8	6	3
	People–Animals–Nature	5,463	0.10	0.4	23	0	16	0	0
	National Democratic Alternative	4,484	0.08	0.1	59	0	0	0	0
	CDS–PP / PPM / ADN	3,793	0.07	—N/a	15	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	People's / Social Democratic	3,478	0.06	0.0	11	22	7	2	0
	LIVRE / Left Bloc	3,080	0.06	—N/a	8	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	People's / Liberal Initiative	2,614	0.05	—N/a	6	9	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	2,585	0.05	0.5	4	20	94	3	7
	PS / BE / LIVRE / PAN	2,341	0.04	—N/a	3	11	—N/a	0	—N/a
	New Right / We, the Citizens!	2,263	0.04	—N/a	3	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT	2,186	0.04	—N/a	6	11	—N/a	1	—N/a
	Volt Portugal	1,891	0.03	0.1	11	1	1	0	0
	New Right	1,872	0.03	—N/a	23	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	We, the Citizens!	1,843	0.03	0.2	11	19	28	2	1
	People's / We, the Citizens!	1,755	0.03	—N/a	10	16	—N/a	2	—N/a
	Socialist / We, the Citizens!	1,628	0.07	—N/a	8	22	—N/a	1	—N/a
	Earth	1,349	0.02	0.0	14	9	2	1	0
	Labour	886	0.02	0.0	20	0	0	0	0
	We, the Citizens! / People–Animals–Nature	872	0.02	—N/a	5	2	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Socialist / Earth	739	0.01	—N/a	3	8	—N/a	1	—N/a
	Left Bloc / People–Animals–Nature	629	0.02	—N/a	4	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Liberal Social	570	0.01	—N/a	6	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
	React, Include, Recycle	501	0.01	0.0	2	1	0	0	0
	People's Monarchist / We, the Citizens!	191	0.09	—N/a	1	0	—N/a	0	—N/a
Total valid		5,303,959	96.27	1.1	9,604	27,977	1,187	3,221	155
Blank ballots		120,846	2.19	0.7
Invalid ballots		84,790	1.54	0.4
Total		5,509,595	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,298,591	59.25	5.6
Source: [3] [31]

See also

• Politics of Portugal
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Elections in Portugal

Notes

1. Sum of votes between PSD-only lists and PSD-led coalitions with other parties.
2. Sum of votes between PS-only lists and PS-led coalitions with other parties.
3. Number of municipalities won between PSD-only lists and PSD-led coalitions with other parties. PSD-only lists: 78; PSD-coalition lists: 58.
4. Number of municipalities won between PS-only lists and PS-led coalitions with other parties. PS-only lists: 126; PS-coalition lists: 1.
5. This accounts for seats won on PSD-only lists and PSD-led coalitions with other parties.
6. This accounts for seats won on PS-only lists and PS-led coalitions with other parties.
7. 2021 Independent candidate, and winner, Sérgio Costa ran for reelection in the 2025 election under a NC/PPM coalition.

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External links

• Official results site, Portuguese Justice Ministry
• Portuguese Electoral Commission
• ERC - Official publication of polls