Results breakdown of the 2013 Portuguese local elections (municipal councils)

Last updated May 28, 2024

This is the results breakdown of the Portuguese local elections, 2013 for the Municipal Councils held on 29 September 2013. The following tables show detailed results in each of the country's 18 districts and 2 autonomous regions and a table with the detailed results from the most populous cities in the country.

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	1,812,029	36.26	1.4	303	923	2	149	17
	Social Democratic	834,455	16.70	6.3	201	531	135	86	31
	Democratic Unity Coalition	552,690	11.06	1.3	288	213	39	34	6
	Social Democratic / People's Party	379,110	7.59	2.1	73	154	3	16	3
	Independents	344,531	6.89	2.8	94	112	45	13	6
	People's	152,073	3.04	0.1	143	47	16	5	4
	Left Bloc	120,982	2.42	0.6	109	8	1	0	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	100,437	2.01	2.0	6	11	2	0	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	94,015	1.88	0.1	4	21	6	2	1
	PSD / PPM	65,102	1.30	—	7	21	—	1	—
	PSD / PPM / MPT	43,312	0.87	—	7	7	—	0	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	23,551	0.47	2.5	4	14	7	1	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	23,276	0.47	0.3	27	0	0	0	0
	PS / BE / PND / MPT / PTP / PAN	21,102	0.42	—	1	5	—	1	—
	PSD / MPT / PPM	19,804	0.40	—	4	4	—	0	—
	Party for Animals and Nature	16,233	0.32	—	8	0	—	0	—
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	9,299	0.19	—	7	1	—	0	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / PPM / MPT	8,918	0.18	1.1	4	4	5	0	1
	Labour	8,552	0.17	—	22	0	—	0	—
	Earth	6,660	0.13	0.1	8	2	0	0	0
	People's Party / Social Democratic	4,656	0.09	—	4	4	—	0	—
	PPM / PND / PPV	3,634	0.07	—	1	0	—	0	—
	National Renovator	3,002	0.06	0.1	6	0	0	0	0
	People's Party / Earth Party	2,931	0.06	0.1	3	0	0	0	0
	PS / PTP / PND / BE	2,157	0.04	—	1	1	—	0	—
	Social Democratic / Earth Party	1,897	0.04	—	2	3	—	0	—
	New Democracy	1,272	0.03	0.1	1	0	1	0	0
	PPM / PPV	856	0.02	—	1	0	—	0	—
	People's Monarchist	455	0.01	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
	Portugal Pro-Life	338	0.01	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		4,657,329	93.18	3.8	—	2,086	8	308	0
Blank ballots		193,471	3.87	2.2
Invalid ballots		147,205	2.95	1.7
Total (turnout 52.60%)		4,998,005	100.00	6.4
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Municipality map

Results by District

Aveiro

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Aveiro
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	119,007	33.48	2.8	19	53	1	5	0
	Social Democratic	114,943	32.34	4.1	15	56	6	9	2
	People's	30,216	8.50	1.3	15	13	6	2	2
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	16,694	4.70	—	4	5	—	1	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	14,503	4.08	1.0	19	0	0	0	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	12,152	3.42	6.2	2	6	8	1	0
	Independents	11,835	3.33	1.5	4	5	1	1	1
	Left Bloc	7,982	2.25	0.2	10	0	0	0	0
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	3,475	0.98	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	235	0.07	—	1	0	—	0	—
	National Renovator	123	0.03	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		319,031	93.16	3.8	—	141	2	19	0
Blank ballots		14,778	4.16	2.3
Invalid ballots		9,527	2.68	1.5
Total (turnout 54.18%)		343,483	100.00	6.6
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Beja

In Beja, despite gaining votes overall, the PS lost two mayorships to the CDU; Cuba, and the district's capital, Beja.

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Beja
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	36,702	44.50	1.7	14	39	1	6	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	31,855	38.63	1.2	14	34	1	8	2
	Social Democratic / People's Party	5,257	6.37	4.3	11	2	2	0	0
	Independents	2,465	2.99	2.4	3	2	2	0	0
	Social Democratic	1,746	2.12	5.4	2	1	3	0	0
	Left Bloc	704	0.85	0.9	3	0	0	0	0
Total valid		78,729	95.46	1.6	—	78	1	14	0
Blank ballots		2,134	2.59	0.9
Invalid ballots		1,607	1.95	0.7
Total (turnout 62.35%)		82,545	100.00	2.6
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Braga

In Braga, the PS gained the mayorship in Amares (from an Independent) and Barcelos (from a PSD/CDS-PP/PPM joint list), but lost two other mayorships, in Vieira do Minho and the capital city of Braga (to a PSD/CDS-PP joint list in Viera do Minho and a PSD/CDS-PP/PPM joint list in Braga.)

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Braga
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	190,815	38.76	4.3	14	49	6	7	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	70,632	14.35	6.4	2	10	5	1	1
	Social Democratic / People's Party	60,578	12.31	0.0	5	19	3	2	1
	Social Democratic	46,473	9.44	11.0	5	20	8	4	0^[1]
	Independents	32,025	6.51	3.7	6	9	2	0	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	31,174	6.33	—	1	4	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	24,563	4.99	0.4	14	2	1	0	0
	Left Bloc	4,937	1.00	1.6	5	0	0	0	0
	People's	4,926	1.00	2.3	5	1	1	0	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	2,381	0.48	—	3	0	—	0	—
	PPM / PPV	856	0.17	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Earth	299	0.06	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Total valid		469,659	95.4	2.2	—	114	0	14	0
Blank ballots		14,377	2.92	1.5
Invalid ballots		8,267	1.68	0.8
Total (turnout 62.61%)		492,650	100.00	5.2
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Bragança

Bragança was one of the few districts where the PS had a net loss in mayorships, losing the mayorships in Freixo de Espada à Cinta and Torre de Moncorvo, but also gaining the mayorship in Mogadouro.

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Bragança
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	33,727	37.23	1.0	12	31	4	5	1
	Social Democratic	32,477	35.85	4.5	8	26	7	6	1
	Social Democratic / People's Party	6,350	7.01	7.4	3	7	6	1	1^[2]
	People's	5,225	5.77	0.6	6	3	1	0	0
	Independents	3,308	3.65	1.5	1	1	2	0	0
	People's Party / Social Democratic	2,426	2.68	—	1	2	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	1,824	2.01	0.2	12	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	442	0.49	0.0	3	0	0	0	0
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	92	0.10	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		85,871	94.78	1.9	—	70	2	12	0
Blank ballots		2,403	2.65	1.1
Invalid ballots		2,327	2.57	0.8
Total (turnout 60.14%)		90,827	100.00	3.2
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Castelo Branco

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Castelo Branco
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	47,590	44.33	0.3	10	35	1	7	1
	Social Democratic	29,351	27.34	13.7	9	22	9	4	1
	Independents	11,182	10.41	—	4	5	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	6,836	6.37	2.2	11	1	1	0	0
	People's	2,528	2.35	1.1	8	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	1,163	1.08	0.5	2	0	0	0	0
	Social Democratic / Earth Party	1,142	1.06	—	1	2	—	0	—
	Labour	331	0.31	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		100,123	93.26	3.2	—	65	2	11	0
Blank ballots		4,028	3.75	1.7
Invalid ballots		3,215	2.99	1.4
Total (turnout 57.98%)		107,486	100.00	4.5
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Coimbra

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Coimbra
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	89,884	42.24	4.5	17	61	5	12	3
	Social Democratic	28,362	13.33	9.9	7	26	11	5	1^[1]
	PSD / PPM / MPT	18,946	8.90	—	1	4	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	15,970	7.51	1.9	17	3	2	0	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	13,966	6.56	0.4	5	12	0	0	2
	PSD/ CDS–PP / PPM / MPT	8,918	4.19	—	4	4	—	0	—
	Independents	8,766	4.12	2.6	4	4	1	0	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	3,960	1.86	10.5	1	3	3	0	0
	People's	3,767	1.77	1.4	8	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	2,260	1.06	1.8	5	0	0	0	0
	Party for Animals and Nature	925	0.43	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	838	0.39	—	2	0	—	0	—
	Earth	555	0.26	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		197,117	92.64	3.9	—	117	0	17	0
Blank ballots		9,777	4.60	2.5
Invalid ballots		5,877	2.95	1.8
Total (turnout 53.86%)		212,926	100.00	6.5
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Évora

The CDU won one of its most important victories in Évora,^[3] recapturing the district's capital city, and historic CDU stronghold, of Évora. The CDU had held the city from 1979 to 1997, when it was captured by the Socialists. CDU General Secretary Jerónimo de Sousa flew into Évora to celebrate with the city's incoming mayor, Carlos Pinto de Sá, on election night.

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Évora
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Democratic Unity Coalition	32,153	38.50	4.4	14	30	4	6	2
	Socialist	27,767	33.25	6.6	14	31	5	5	2
	Independents	9,217	11.04	2.7	7	12	3	3	2
	Social Democratic / People's Party	5,384	6.45	4.8	4	3	1	0	0
	Social Democratic	2,922	3.50	7.5	7	2	3	0	0
	Left Bloc	991	1.19	0.1	2	0	0	0	0
	People's	550	0.66	0.3	3	0	0	0	0
	People's Party / Social Democratic	340	0.41	—	2	0	—	0	—
Total valid		79,324	94.99	2.1	—	78	0	14	0
Blank ballots		2,573	3.08	1.2
Invalid ballots		1,615	1.93	0.8
Total (turnout 58.05%)		83,581	100.00	3.7
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Faro

In Faro there was a massive upswing in support for the CDU, including having the only mayorship, Silves, that swung directly from the PSD to the CDU.

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Faro
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	65,434	36.71	4.7	16	51	2	10	3
	Social Democratic	44,208	24.08	7.5	14	33	10	4	3
	Democratic Unity Coalition	20,919	11.74	5.7	16	8	7	1	1
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	12,823	7.19	2.8	2	7	0	1	0
	Left Bloc	7,707	4.32	0.3	9	2	1	0	0
	Independents	6,534	3.67	2.7	7	2	1	0	0
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	4,082	2.29	—	2	1	—	0	—
	People's	1,272	0.71	0.9	5	0	0	0	0
	People's Party / Earth Party	730	0.41	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	364	0.20	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
	Portugal Pro-Life	338	0.19	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		164,602	92.71	3.3	—	104	2	16	0
Blank ballots		8,318	4.67	1.9
Invalid ballots		5,325	2.99	1.8
Total (turnout 47.57%)		178,312	100.00	9.1
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Guarda

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Guarda
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	41,150	39.72	6.8	13	36	3	6	2
	Social Democratic / People's Party	25,993	25.09	15.7	5	16	9	3	2
	Social Democratic	19,937	19.24	13.3	9	25	9	4	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	3,262	3.15	0.8	14	0	0	0	0
	People's	2,441	2.36	0.4	6	2	2	0	0
	Independents	2,231	2.15	1.0	3	3	2	1	1
	Left Bloc	871	0.84	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	576	0.56	0.4	1	0	0	0	0
	People's Monarchist	455	0.44	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Labour	279	0.27	—	2	0	—	0	—
Total valid		97,195	93.82	2.6	—	82	1	14	0
Blank ballots		3,263	3.15	1.4
Invalid ballots		3,144	3.03	1.3
Total (turnout 61.74%)		103,844	100.00	3.2
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Leiria

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Leiria
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Social Democratic	75,989	35.56	9.4	16	50	10	9	2
	Socialist	71,804	33.60	0.1	16	43	5	6	2
	Democratic Unity Coalition	18,537	8.67	0.0	16	7	1	1	0
	People's	14,849	6.95	1.8	15	5	1	0	0
	Independents	7,131	3.34	2.0	6	4	4	0	0
	Left Bloc	3,830	1.79	0.7	6	0	0	0	0
	Earth	430	0.20	—	1	0	—	0	—
	National Renovator	219	0.10	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		192,789	90.22	6.0	—	109	3	16	0
Blank ballots		12,649	5.92	3.5
Invalid ballots		8,249	3.86	2.5
Total (turnout 50.39%)		213,797	100.00	7.0
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Lisbon

The PS and CDU both won key victories in Lisbon. The PS retained the district (and national) capital of Lisbon, with the best result ever achieved by any political party in Lisbon,^[4] and the CDU recaptured their historical stronghold of Loures from the PS.

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Lisbon
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	319,109	37.51	2.7	15	70	1	9	1
	Democratic Unity Coalition	133,033	15.64	3.2	15	27	8	2	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	68,101	8.01	—	2	6	—	0	—
	Independents	63,081	7.42	3.8	5	10	5	1	0
	Social Democratic	49,076	5.77	1.6	5	19	2	2	1
	Social Democratic / People's Party	44,692	5.25	0.2	3	12	1	1	0
	Left Bloc	34,907	4.10	0.5	10	0	0	0	0
	PSD / MPT / PPM	19,804	2.33	—	4	4	—	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	9,902	1.16	0.6	7	0	0	0	0
	Party for Animals and Nature	9,418	1.11	—	3	0	—	0	—
	PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	7,253	0.85	14.1	2	4	11	0	0^[5]
	People's	6,847	0.80	0.2	4	0	0	0	0
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	5,125	0.60	—	4	0	—	0	—
	PPM / PPV / PND	3,443	0.40	—	2	0	—	0	—
	Labour	3,172	0.37	0.3	7	0	0	0	0
	National Renovator	2,634	0.31	0.2	4	0	0	0	0
	New Democracy	1,272	0.15	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		780,869	91.79	5.2	—	152	16	15	0
Blank ballots		39,778	4.68	2.9
Invalid ballots		30,014	3.53	2.3
Total (turnout 44.51%)		850,795	100.00	7.6
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Portalegre

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Portalegre
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	28,368	43.32	1.7	15	37	2	6	0
	Democratic Unity Coalition	11,306	17.26	0.7	15	15	2	2	1
	Social Democratic	10,115	15.44	7.8	11	22	1	6	0
	Independents	5,662	8.65	3.4	4	4	0	1	1
	Social Democratic / People's Party	2,704	4.13	0.8	3	1	1	0	0
	People's	1,599	2.44	1.4	4	1	1	0	0
	Earth	1,430	2.18	1.9	1	1	1	0	0
	PSD / PPM	686	1.05	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	658	1.00	0.1	4	0	0	0	0
Total valid		62,528	95.48	1.8	—	81	0	15	0
Blank ballots		1,599	2.44	0.8
Invalid ballots		1,365	2.95	0.9
Total (turnout 63.14%)		65,561	100.00	3.6
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Porto

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Porto
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	316,597	35.71	1.3	18	71	5	8	2
	Social Democratic / People's Party	130,219	14.69	12.7	7	29	10	4	0^[6]
	Independents	125,325	14.14	4.0	11	18	3	2	2
	Social Democratic	66,994	7.56	8.8	6	19	21	3	0^[1]
	PSD / PPM	61,840	6.98	—	4	18	—	1	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	54,291	6.12	1.3	18	5	4	0	0
	PSD / PPM / MPT	24,366	2.75	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	23,553	2.66	0.1	13	0	0	0	0
	People's	14,198	1.60	0.1	9	1	0	0	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	3,056	0.34	0.2	4	0	0	0	0
	Labour	2,130	0.24	—	4	0	—	0	—
Total valid		822,569	92.78	4.6	—	164	2	18	0
Blank ballots		34,306	3.87	2.4
Invalid ballots		29,705	3.35	2.2
Total (turnout 55.82%)		886,823	100.00	7.8
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Santarém

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Santarém
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	80,363	37.51	0.1	21	61	3	13	4
	Social Democratic	36,667	17.11	12.3	12	23	10	4	1
	Democratic Unity Coalition	30,292	14.14	1.9	21	23	5	3	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	19,220	8.97	4.9	6	12	5	1	0
	Independents	15,430	7.20	1.1	11	8	2	0	0
	Left Bloc	8,419	3.93	0.8	11	4	1	0	0
	People's	4,578	2.14	0.3	11	0	0	0	0
	Earth	1,369	0.64	—	1	0	—	0	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT	1,162	0.54	—	1	1	—	0	—
	Social Democratic / Earth Party	755	0.35	—	1	1	—	0	—
	People's Party / Earth Party	210	0.10	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Total valid		198,465	92.62	4.1	—	133	0	21	0
Blank ballots		8,906	4.16	2.3
Invalid ballots		6,889	3.22	1.8
Total (turnout 53.68%)		214,401	100.00	6.3
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Setúbal

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Setúbal
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Democratic Unity Coalition	125,588	41.49	0.6	13	56	4	11	2
	Socialist	78,909	26.07	2.1	13	36	1	2	2
	Social Democratic	25,504	8.43	2.8	9	7	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	16,694	5.51	1.1	11	2	1	0	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	8,925	2.95	1.6	3	3	1	0	0
	Independents	5,963	1.97	0.7	4	4	0	0	0
	People's	5,804	1.92	2.4	9	1	1	0	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	5,150	1.70	0.0	6	0	0	0	0
	Party for Animals and Nature	3,562	1.18	—	4	0	—	0	—
	Labour	1,699	0.56	—	4	0	—	0	—
Total valid		277,798	91.77	5.1	—	109	4	13	0
Blank ballots		13,736	4.54	2.7
Invalid ballots		11,178	3.35	2.4
Total (turnout 41.67%)		302,767	100.00	7.9
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Viana do Castelo

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Viana do Castelo
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	55,148	37.50	4.2	10	30	5	6	0
	Social Democratic	45,600	31.00	6.4	10	25	2	2	1
	People's	19,021	12.93	0.1	4	7	1	1	0
	Democratic Unity Coalition	8,030	5.46	1.6	10	1	1	0	0
	Independents	7,570	5.15	4.7	3	5	1	1	1
	People's Party / Earth Party	1,991	1.35	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	744	0.51	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Party for Animals and Nature	659	0.44	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		138,754	94.34	2.6	—	68	4	10	0
Blank ballots		5,239	3.56	1.7
Invalid ballots		3,087	2.10	1.0
Total (turnout 57.32%)		147,288	100.00	3.4
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Vila Real

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Vila Real
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	54,731	40.74	1.7	14	42	3	8	2
	Social Democratic	54,054	40.24	3.0	12	37	3	6	1
	Independents	5,749	4.28	—	3	3	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	4,242	3.16	0.6	14	0	0	0	0
	People's	3,434	2.56	1.8	9	0	2	0	0
	Social Democratic / People's Party	2,870	2.14	5.9	1	2	9	0	0^[2]
	People's Party / Social Democratic	1,890	1.41	—	1	2	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	603	0.45	0.3	1	0	0	0	0
	Earth	145	0.11	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	29	0.02	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total valid		127,747	95.09	1.9	—	86	2	14	0
Blank ballots		3,436	2.56	1.0
Invalid ballots		3,161	2.35	0.9
Total (turnout 57.79%)		134,541	100.00	2.9
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Viseu

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Vila Real
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	85,026	39.33	3.1	24	70	6	11	3
	Social Democratic	63,998	29.60	12.9	15	52	17	10	1^[1]
	Social Democratic / People's Party	33,017	15.27	5.9	9	26	9	3	0
	People's	9,689	4.48	0.3	14	2	0	0	0
	Democratic Unity Coalition	5,954	2.75	0.9	24	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	2,607	1.21	0.2	6	0	0	0	0
	Independents	2,393	1.11	0.1	2	2	2	0	0
	Earth	234	0.11	0.4	1	0	0	0	0
Total valid		202,918	93.86	3.1	—	152	0	24	0
Blank ballots		7,270	3.36	1.9
Invalid ballots		6,000	2.78	1.3
Total (turnout 57.03%)		216,465	100.00	5.4
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Madeira

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Madeira
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Social Democratic	47,207	34.81	17.2	11	33	14	4	6
	PS / BE / PND / MPT / PTP / PAN	21,102	15.56	—	1	5	—	1	—
	People's	17,679	13.04	4.7	9	8	4	1	1
	Independents	16,738	12.34	7.7	4	9	6	2	2
	Socialist	11,636	8.58	9.1	7	13	1	3	3
	Democratic Unity Coalition	7,243	5.34	0.8	11	1	0	0	0
	Earth	2,198	1.62	1.9	1	1	0	0	0
	PS / PTP / PND / BE	2,157	1.59	—	1	1	—	0	—
	Party for Animals and Nature	1,657	1.22	—	3	0	—	0	—
	Labour	941	0.69	—	5	0	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	516	0.38	2.2	5	0	0	0	0
Total valid		129,074	95.17	2.1	—	71	1	11	0
Blank ballots		1,678	1.24	0.2
Invalid ballots		4,870	3.59	1.9
Total (turnout 52.52%)		135,676	100.00	2.5
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Azores

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Councils elections results in Azores
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	#	±	#	±
	Socialist	56,977	46.62	0.3	19	62	4	13	2
	Social Democratic	38,149	31.22	12.5	14	33	17	4	3^[1]
	Social Democratic / People's Party	7,810	6.39	—	2	4	—	0	—
	People's	3,205	2.62	1.6	6	3	2	1	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	2,729	2.23	—	1	3	—	0	—
	PSD / PPM	2,414	1.98	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Democratic Unity Coalition	2,105	1.72	0.0	8	0	0	0	0
	Left Bloc	2,070	1.69	0.4	5	0	0	0	0
	Independents	1,961	1.60	—	3	3	—	1	—
Total valid		117,420	96.08	1.7	—	111	2	19	0
Blank ballots		3,086	2.53	1.3
Invalid ballots		1,702	1.39	0.4
Total (turnout 54.01%)		122,364	100.00	2.8
Source: Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Results by municipality

The table shows the results in the 20 District capitals plus Vila Nova de Gaia, Sintra, Oeiras and Matosinhos cities with over 100,000 inhabitants which are not district capitals.^[7]

	Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Aveiro 9 seats	PSD/CDS–PP	16,694	48.63%	5	1
	PS	8,372	24.39%	3	=
	Independent list	3,480	10.14%	1	1
Beja 7 seats	CDU	7,438	43.42%	4	1
Beja 7 seats	PS	7,135	41.65%	3	1
Braga 11 seats	PSD/CDS–PP/PPM	44,571	46.71%	6	1
	PS	31,326	32,83%	4	2
	CDU	8.355	8.76%	1	1
Bragança 7 seats	PSD	9,449	47.24%	4	=
	PS	5,204	26.20%	2	=
	Independent lists	3,308	16.54%	1	=
Castelo Branco 9 seats	PS	16,104	61.87%	7	1
Castelo Branco 9 seats	PSD	5,207	20.00%	2	1
Coimbra 11 seats	PS	22,631	35.51%	5	1
	PSD/PPM/MPT	18,946	29.73%	4	2
	CDU	7,078	11,11%	1	=
	Independent lists	5,906	9,27%	1	1
Évora 7 seats	CDU	11,776	49.30%	4	1
	PS	6,199	25.95%	2	1
	PSD/CDS–PP	3,510	14,70%	1	=
Faro 9 seats	PSD/CDS–PP/PPM/MPT	8,306	33.94%	4	1
	PS	7,911	32.32%	4	=
	CDU	3,122	12.76%	1	1
Funchal 11 seats	PS/BE/PND/MPT/PTP/PAN	21,102	39.22%	5	3
	PSD	17,450	32.43%	4	3
	CDS–PP	7.828	14.55%	1	=
	CDU	4.504	8.37%	1	=
Guarda 7 seats	PSD/CDS–PP	12,222	51.43%	5	3
Guarda 7 seats	PS	7,223	30.39%	2	3
Leiria 11 seats	PS	26,166	46.31%	7	2
	PSD	15,735	27.85%	4	1
	CDS–PP	2,639	4.67%	0	1
Lisbon 17 seats	PS	116,425	50.91%	11	2
	PSD/CDS–PP/MPT	51,156	22.37%	4	3
	CDU	22,519	9.85%	2	1
Matosinhos 11 seats	Independent lists	32,014	43.41%	6	6
	PS	18,629	25.26%	3	2
	PSD	6,869	9.31%	1	1
	CDU	5,396	7.32%	1	1
Oeiras 11 seats	Independent lists	23,071	33.45%	5	=
	PSD	13,215	19.16%	3	1
	PS	12.638	18.32%	2	1
	CDU	6,309	9.15%	1	=
Ponta Delgada 9 seats	PSD	14,604	49.81%	5	1
Ponta Delgada 9 seats	PS	12,269	41.84%	4	1
Portalegre 7 seats	Independent lists	5,514	42.44%	4	4
	PS	3,104	23.89%	2	1
	CDU	2,275	17.51%	1	=
	PSD/CDS–PP	1,377	10.60%	0	3
Porto 13 seats	Independent lists	45,411	39.25%	6	6
	PS	26,237	22.68%	3	2
	PSD/PPM/MPT	24,366	21.06%	3	4
	CDU	8,539	7.38%	1	=
Santarém 9 seats	PSD	11,196	40.31%	4	3
	PS	8,962	32.27%	4	2
	CDU	2,872	10.34%	1	1
Setúbal 11 seats (2 more than in the 2009 elections)	CDU	16,801	41.93%	6	1
	PS	10,583	26.41%	3	1
	PSD/CDS–PP	5,150	12.85%	1	=
Sintra 11 seats	PS	32,984	26.83%	4	=
	Independent lists	31,246	25.42%	4	4
	PSD/CDS–PP/MPT	16,945	13.79%	2	4
	CDU	15,362	12.50%	1	=
Viana do Castelo 9 seats	PS	22,183	47.67%	5	=
	PSD	12,361	26.56%	3	1
	CDU	4,919	10.57%	1	1
Vila Real 9 seats (2 more than in the 2009 elections)	PS	13,467	44.00%	5	2
Vila Real 9 seats (2 more than in the 2009 elections)	PSD	12,926	42.23%	4	=
Vila Nova de Gaia 11 seats	PS	53,146	38.15%	5	2
	PSD/CDS–PP	27,813	19.97%	3	5
	Independent lists	27,494	19.74%	3	3
Viseu 9 seats	PSD	21,402	46.37%	5	2
	PS	12,386	26.84%	3	1
	CDS–PP	4,414	9.56%	1	1

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1 2 3 4 5 The PSD ran on joint lists this time in municipalities that they had previously won with PSD-only lists, this number only reflects municipalities where there were PSD-only lists in both 2009 and 2013.
1 2 The PSD ran on joint lists with the CDS-PP in more municipalities in 2009, but ran on PSD-only lists in those municipalities in 2013. This number only reflects municipalities where there were PSD/CDS-PP lists in both 2009 and 2013.
↑ CDU recaptures Évora, Beja, and Loures | Público
↑ "Lisbon: Costa claims historic victory (in Portuguese)". Expresso. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
↑ This joint list was not repeated in all municipalities where it participated in 2009; this number reflects municipalities where a PSD/CDS-PP/MPT/PPM list participated in both 2009 and 2013.
↑ This joint list was not repeated in all municipalities where it participated in 2009; this number reflects municipalities where a PSD/CDS-PP list participated in both 2009 and 2013.
↑ Autarquicas 2013 - Resultados Oficiais Archived 2014-06-01 at the Wayback Machine

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[psdrelative-1] 1 2 3 4 5 The PSD ran on joint lists this time in municipalities that they had previously won with PSD-only lists, this number only reflects municipalities where there were PSD-only lists in both 2009 and 2013.

[PSDalone-2] 1 2 The PSD ran on joint lists with the CDS-PP in more municipalities in 2009, but ran on PSD-only lists in those municipalities in 2013. This number only reflects municipalities where there were PSD/CDS-PP lists in both 2009 and 2013.

[3] CDU recaptures Évora, Beja, and Loures | Público

[4] "Lisbon: Costa claims historic victory (in Portuguese)". Expresso. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.

[5] This joint list was not repeated in all municipalities where it participated in 2009; this number reflects municipalities where a PSD/CDS-PP/MPT/PPM list participated in both 2009 and 2013.

[6] This joint list was not repeated in all municipalities where it participated in 2009; this number reflects municipalities where a PSD/CDS-PP list participated in both 2009 and 2013.

[7] Autarquicas 2013 - Resultados Oficiais Archived 2014-06-01 at the Wayback Machine

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