The 2021 Porto local election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.
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As expected, Rui Moreira, mayor since 2013, won a third term as Mayor of Porto, despite losing his majority in the city council. He beat the Socialist candidate, Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, who lost about 10% of the votes and 1 city councillor, and the Social Democratic candidate, Vladimiro Feliz, who despite an increase in his vote share failed to achieve the goal of surpassing the PS.[1]
The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented Ilda Figueiredo again and achieved positive results, registering a slight electoral growth to 7.5 percent. 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.[2]
People-Animals-Nature and CHEGA failed to elect any councilor.
Background
editIn the 2017 election, Rui Moreira's independent movement won an absolute majority of seats and 44.5% of the votes. The Socialist Party, led by Manuel Pizarro, finished with a strong second place, winning 28.6% of the votes and electing 4 councillors. The Social Democratic Party, in coalition with the People's Monarchist Party, which had Álvaro Almeida as its candidate, had its worst result in history in Porto, finishing in third place, with just over 10 percent of the votes and 1 councilor.[3]
Finally, the Unitary Democratic Coalition obtained 5.9 percent, winning 1 councilor, while the Left Bloc obtained 5.3 percent of the votes and failed to gain any seats.
Electoral system
editEach 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.[4]
Parties and candidates
edit| Party/Coalition | Political position |
Candidate[5] | 2017 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| RM | Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto[b] Rui Moreira – Aqui há Porto |
Right-wing | Rui Moreira | 44.5% | 7 / 13
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| PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista |
Centre-left | Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro | 28.6% | 4 / 13
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| PSD | Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata |
Centre-right | Vladimiro Feliz | 10.4% | 1 / 13
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| PPM | People's Monarchist Party Partido Popular Monárquico |
Right-wing | Diogo Araújo Dantas | 0 / 13
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| CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV |
Left-wing to far-left |
Ilda Figueiredo | 5.9% | 1 / 13
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| BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda |
Left-wing to far-left |
Sérgio Aires | 5.3% | 0 / 13
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| PAN | People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza |
Centre-left | Bebiana Cunha | 1.9% | 0 / 13
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| E | Rise Up[c] Ergue-te |
Far-right | Bruno Rebelo | 0.2% | 0 / 13
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| CH | Enough! Chega! |
Right-wing to far-right |
António Fonseca | — | — | |
| L | FREE LIVRE |
Center-left | Diamantino Raposinho | — | — | |
| VP | Volt Portugal Volt Portugal |
Centre to centre-left |
André Eira | — | — | |
Opinion polling
editPolling
editExit poll
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | RM | PS | PSD | CDU | BE | PAN | L | CH | O | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 local election | 26 Sep 2021 | — | 40.7 6 |
18.0 3 |
17.2 2 |
7.5 1 |
6.3 1 |
2.8 0 |
0.5 0 |
3.0 0 |
4.0 0 |
22.7 |
| CESOP–UCP | 26 Sep 2021 | 3,957 | 39–44 6/8 |
16–19 2/3 |
16–19 2/3 |
6–9 1 |
5–8 0/1 |
2–4 0 |
0–1 0 |
2–4 0 |
2–7 0 |
23– 25 |
| ICS/ISCTE | 26 Sep 2021 | 6,309 | 39.2– 44.2 5/7 |
16.5– 20.5 2/4 |
15.1– 19.1 1/3 |
5.6– 8.6 1/2 |
4.9– 7.9 1/2 |
2.0– 4.0 0 |
– | 1.5– 3.5 0 |
2.3– 5.3 0 |
22.7– 23.7 |
| Pitagórica | 26 Sep 2021 | 5,390 | 39.2– 45.2 6/7 |
13.7– 19.7 2/3 |
12.2– 18.2 2 |
6.5– 10.5 1 |
5.3– 9.3 0/1 |
1.2– 5.2 0 |
– | 0.8– 4.8 0 |
2.1– 6.1 0 |
25.5 |
| Intercampus | 26 Sep 2021 | 4,106 | 40.1– 44.9 6/8 |
15.5– 19.5 1/3 |
14.9– 18.9 1/3 |
5.4– 9.0 0/2 |
5.1– 8.1 0/2 |
1.24– 4.4 0 |
– | 1.0– 4.0 0 |
3.5– 4.4 0 |
24.6– 25.4 |
| Pitagórica Seat projection |
15–20 Sep 2021 | 600 | 52.7 8/9 |
15.3 2 |
11.5 1/2 |
6.1 0/1 |
4.1 0 |
2.9 0 |
0.7 0 |
2.7 0 |
4.0 0 |
37.4 |
| CESOP–UCP Seat projection |
16–19 Sep 2021 | 1,041 | 45 7/8 |
17 2/3 |
14 1/3 |
7 1 |
4 0 |
3 0 |
1 0 |
3 0 |
6 0 |
28 |
| Pitagórica | 2–5 Sep 2021 | 601 | 52.8 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 2.2 | — | 1.8 | 4.2 | 37.1 |
| Aximage | 12–19 Aug 2021 | 820 | 59 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 47 |
| ICS/ISCTE | 26 Jun–10 Jul 2021 | 800 | 45 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 2017 local election | 1 Oct 2017 | — | 44.5 7 |
28.6 4 |
10.4 1 |
5.9 1 |
5.3 0 |
1.9 0 |
— | — | 3.4 0 |
15.9 |
Results
editMunicipal Council
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| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Councillors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ± | |||||||||
| Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto | 41,167 | 40.72 | 3.8 |
6 | 1
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| Socialist | 18,201 | 18.00 | 10.5 |
3 | 1
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| Social Democratic | 17,426 | 17.24 |  6.9 |
2 | 1
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| Unitary Democratic Coalition | 7,609 | 7.53 | 1.6 |
1 |  0
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| Left Bloc | 6,323 | 6.25 | 0.9 |
1 | 1
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| CHEGA | 2,980 | 2.95 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| People–Animals–Nature | 2,819 | 2.79 | 0.9 |
0 | 0
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| LIVRE | 462 | 0.46 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Volt Portugal | 423 | 0.42 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| People's Monarchist | 212 | 0.21 | — | 0 | 0
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| Rise Up | 80 | 0.08 | 0.1 |
0 | 0
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| Total valid | 97,702 | 96.64 | 0.4
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13 | 0
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| Blank ballots | 2,251 | 2.23 | 0.6 |
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| Invalid ballots | 1,148 | 1.14 | 0.3
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| Total | 101,101 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 207,129 | 48.81 | 4.9
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| Source: Porto 2021 election results | ||||||||||
Municipal Assembly
edit| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ± | |||||||||
| Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto | 34,900 | 34.52 | 4.3 |
15 | 1
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| Socialist | 19,386 | 19.18 | 8.0 |
8 | 3
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| Social Democratic | 18,767 | 18.56 | — | 8 | 3
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| Unitary Democratic Coalition | 8,497 | 8.41 | 1.6 |
3 | 0
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| Left Bloc | 7,630 | 7.55 | 0.9 |
3 | 0
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| People–Animals–Nature | 3,732 | 3.69 | 0.9 |
1 | 0
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| CHEGA | 3,440 | 3.40 | — | 1 | — | |||||
| LIVRE | 633 | 0.63 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| People's Monarchist | 275 | 0.27 | — | 0 | 0
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| Alliance | 202 | 0.20 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Rise Up | 106 | 0.10 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Total valid | 97,568 | 96.52 | 0.2
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39 | 0
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| Blank ballots | 2,339 | 2.31 | 0.6 |
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| Invalid ballots | 1,182 | 1.17 | 0.4
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| Total | 101,089 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 207,129 | 48.80 | 4.9
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| Source: Porto 2021 election results | ||||||||||
Parish Assemblies
edit| Parish | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | Total S | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RM | PSD | PS | BE | CDU | CH | PAN | ||||||||||||
| Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde | 36.9 | 8 | 27.5 | 6 | 15.2 | 3 | 6.2 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 4.3 | - | 19 | |||||
| Bonfim | 24.7 | 5 | 22.2 | 5 | 21.2 | 4 | 9.9 | 2 | 10.0 | 2 | 3.4 | - | 4.5 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Campanhã | 20.5 | 4 | 43.0 | 10 | 8.4 | 1 | 11.8 | 2 | 5.4 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 19 | |||||
| Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória | 25.6 | 6 | 18.7 | 4 | 21.1 | 4 | 12.0 | 2 | 9.7 | 2 | 3.2 | - | 4.7 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos | 32.2 | 7 | 21.5 | 5 | 18.0 | 4 | 7.3 | 1 | 8.9 | 2 | 4.0 | - | 3.0 | - | 19 | |||
| Paranhos | 22.1 | 5 | 32.0 | 8 | 20.9 | 5 | 7.6 | 2 | 7.0 | 1 | 2.7 | - | 3.8 | - | 21 | |||
| Ramalde | 31.4 | 7 | 20.2 | 5 | 22.2 | 5 | 7.9 | 1 | 6.8 | 1 | 3.6 | - | 3.8 | - | 19 | |||
| Total | 29.1 | 38 | 23.7 | 36 | 22.8 | 35 | 8.4 | 10 | 8.2 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | 3.6 | 3 | 135 | |||
| Source: Election Results | ||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ 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 2024-10-17.
- ^ Renascença (2021-09-27). "Bloco de Esquerda saúda eleição do primeiro vereador na Câmara do Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ Renascença (2017-10-01). "Álvaro Almeida vai "cumprir" mandato no Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "Autarquicas 2021 Candidatos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-03.
Notes
edit- ^ a b In 2017, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) ran in a coalition, winning 10.4% of the votes and 1 councillor.
- ^ Supported by the CDS – People's Party, the Liberal Initiative, the Earth Party and We, the Citizens!.
- ^ In July 2020, the National Renovator Party (PNR) changed its name to Rise Up (E).