Local elections were held in Portugal on 12 December 1982. They were the third local elections in Portugal since the democratic revolution of 1974 introduced the concept of democratic local power.
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| Turnout | 71.1%  0.6 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The elections consisted of three separate elections in the 305 Portuguese municipalities that existed at the time, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is automatically elected mayor, similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP), another election for the Municipal Assembly and a last one for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president, this last was held separately in the more than 4,000 parishes around the country.
The Socialist Party finished once more on the top of the results table, increasing its share by 4 points, however that was because the coalition between the two major right-wing parties, the Democratic and Social Center and the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Alliance, did not participate in all Municipalities and Parishes, being the parties which composed it, separated in many Municipalities. This right wing coalition did, however, lose some voting in relation to the previous election.
The left-wing United People Alliance dominated the election in the municipalities of the South of the country, gathering more than 60 percent of the votes and achieving its best result ever with 20.7 percent and 55 mayors.
Despite the victory of the Democratic Alliance, the then PSD leader and Prime Minister Francisco Pinto Balsemão considered the results a disappointment, citting divisions with his own party and the alliance, and resigned from both posts.[7] This decision led to a snap general election in April 1983.
Parties
editThe main political forces involved in the election were:
- Democratic Alliance (AD) (only in some municipalities)
- Democratic and Social Center (CDS) (only in some municipalities)
- Socialist Party (PS)
- Social Democratic Party (PSD) (only in some municipalities)
- United People Alliance (APU)
Results
editMunicipal Councils
editNational summary of votes and seats
edit| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Candidacies | Councillors | Mayors | ||||
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| Total | ± | Total | ± | |||||||
| Socialist | 1,547,664 | 31.18 |  2.9
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619 | 103
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83 | 23
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| United People Alliance | 1,038,033 | 20.91 | 1.0
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316 |  0
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55 | 5
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| Democratic Alliance | 988,347 | 19.91 | 3.6
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322 | 104
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49 | 24
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| Social Democratic | 745,048 | 15.01 | 1.3
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439 | 36
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88 | 13
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| Democratic and Social Centre | 369,263 | 7.44 | 0.1
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185 | 29
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27 | 7
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| People's Democratic Union | 31,567 | 0.64 | 0.6
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3 | 0
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0 | 0
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| Socialist / UEDS | 31,251 | 0.63 | — | 11 | — | 1 | — | |||
| Portuguese Workers' Communist | 15,315 | 0.31 | 0.1
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0 | 0
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0 | 0
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| People's Monarchist | 11,149 | 0.22 | 0.1
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5 | 1
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1 | 0
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| Workers Party of Socialist Unity | 5,684 | 0.11 | 0.1
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0 | 0
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0 | 0
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| Independent Social Democratic Action | 4,236 | 0.09 | — | 7 | — | 1 | — | |||
| Democratic Union | 3,840 | 0.08 | — | 2 | — | 0 | — | |||
| OCMLP | 1,388 | 0.03 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | |||
| Christian Democratic | 855 | 0.02 | 0.2
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0 | 0
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0 | 0
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| Total valid | 4,785,586 | 96.40 | 1.2
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— | 1,909 | 9
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305 | 0
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| Blank ballots | 87,381 | 1.76 | 0.8 |
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| Invalid ballots | 91,403 | 1.84 | 0.4
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| Total | 4,964,370 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,987,106 | 71.05 | 0.7
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Municipality map
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Municipalities won by:
■ - PS: 84
■ - APU: 55
■ - AD: 49
■ - PSD: 88
■ - CDS: 27
■ - PPM: 1
■ - ASDI: 1
City control
editThe following table lists party control in all district capitals, highlighted in bold, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from the 1981 Census.[8]
Municipal Assemblies
editNational summary of votes and seats
edit| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Candidacies | Mandates | |||||
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| Total | ± | |||||||||
| Socialist | 1,583,804 | 31.23 | 3.3
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3,182 | 496
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| United People Alliance | 1,070,247 | 21.10 | 0.6
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1,763 | 17
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| Democratic Alliance | 990,315 | 19.53 | 4.1
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1,625 | 497
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| Social Democratic | 717,131 | 14.14 | 2.6
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2,148 | 82
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| Democratic and Social Centre | 379,833 | 7.49 | 0.6
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1,003 | 171
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| People's Democratic Union | 35,128 | 0.70 | 0.6
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21 | 37
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| Socialist / UEDS | 31,481 | 0.63 | 0.6
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52 | — | |||||
| Democratic Union | 30,707 | 0.61 | — | 40 | — | |||||
| People's Monarchist | 10,314 | 0.21 | 0.1
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28 | 2
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| Portuguese Workers' Communist | 7,120 | 0.14 | 0.1
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1 | 1
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| Independent Social Democratic Action | 3,858 | 0.08 | — | 32 | — | |||||
| Workers Party of Socialist Unity | 2,499 | 0.05 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Christian Democratic | 847 | 0.02 | 0.0
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2 | 2
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| OCMLP | 526 | 0.01 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Total valid | 4,865,027 | 95.93 | 1.4
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— | 9,897 | 194
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| Blank ballots | 115,352 | 2.27 | 1.0 |
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| Invalid ballots | 91,128 | 1.80 | 0.4
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| Total | 5,071,507 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,114,983 | 71.28 | 0.6
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Parish Assemblies
editNational summary of votes and seats
edit| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Candidacies | Mandates | Presidents | ||||
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| Total | ± | Total | ± | |||||||
| Socialist | 1,527,322 | 31.03 | 3.2
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12,803 | 2,190
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| United People Alliance | 1,071,831 | 21.76 | 1.3
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4,997 | 265
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| Democratic Alliance | 905,696 | 18.40 | 4.4
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7,684 | 2,101
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| Social Democratic | 760,847 | 15.46 | 1.3
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9,499 | 52
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| Democratic and Social Centre | 381,150 | 7.74 | 0.7
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4,837 | 176
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| Independents | 65,865 | 1.34 | 0.2
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1,038 | 331
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| Democratic Union | 29,284 | 0.59 | — | 342 | — | — | ||||
| Socialist / UEDS | 25,265 | 0.51 | — | 258 | — | — | ||||
| People's Democratic Union | 24,799 | 0.50 | 0.4
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30 | 25
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| People's Monarchist | 6,261 | 0.13 | 0.0
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99 | 21
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| Portuguese Workers' Communist | 5,023 | 0.10 | 0.0
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0 | 3
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| Independent Social Democratic Action | 2,768 | 0.06 | — | 49 | — | — | ||||
| Workers Party of Socialist Unity | 856 | 0.02 | 0.0
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0 | 1
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| Christian Democratic | 482 | 0.00 | 0.1
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0 | 26
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| OCMLP | 444 | 0.00 | — | 0 | — | — | ||||
| Total valid | 4,738,913 | 96.28 | 0.9
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— | 41,636 | — | — | |||
| Blank ballots | 87,935 | 1.79 | 0.5 |
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| Invalid ballots | 95,380 | 1.94 | 0.4
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| Total | 4,922,228 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,073,336 | 69.59 | 1.1
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Maps
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The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Councils in each district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown) -
The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Assemblies in each district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
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The first and the second most voted parties in Parish Assemblies in each district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
Notes
edit- The source of the voting data is the Portuguese Electoral Commission Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
Further Notes:
- Democratic Alliance (AD) was composed by the Democratic Social Center (CDS), the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM).
- Although the PSD, the CDS and the PPM were united in the Democratic Alliance, they appear in the scorecard because they ran separated in several municipalities.
- The Democratic Union (UD) was composed only by the Democratic Social Center (CDS) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD)
- United People Alliance (APU) was composed by the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP/CDE).
- The number of candidacies expresses the number of municipalities or parishes in which the party or coalition presented lists.
- The number of mandates expresses the number of municipal deputies in the Municipal Assembly election and the number of parish deputies in the Parish Assembly election.
- The turnout varies because one may choose not to vote for all the organs.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sum of PSD, CDS, PPM, AD and UD votes.
- ^ Sum of PS and PS/UEDS votes.
- ^ Sum of PSD, AD, CDS and PPM elected mayors.
- ^ Sum of PS and PS/UEDS elected mayors.
- ^ Sum of PSD, CDS, PPM, AD and UD elected councillors.
- ^ Sum of PS and PS/UEDS elected councillors.
- ^ "Demissão Pinto Balsemão", RTP-Antena1, 8 September 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População)". www.ine.pt (in Portuguese). Statistics Portugal. Retrieved 17 July 2021.