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2021 Portuguese local elections

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2021 Portuguese local elections
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All 308 Portuguese municipalities and 3,092[1] Portuguese Parishes
All 2,064 local government councils
Opinion polls
Turnout53.6% Decrease 1.3 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader António Costa Rui Rio Jerónimo de Sousa
Party PS PSD PCP
Alliance CDU
Last election 160 mayors, 38.7% 98 mayors, 30.3% 24 mayors, 9.5%
Popular vote 1,854,960[a] 1,606,392[b] 410,666
Percentage 37.1% 32.1% 8.2%
Swing Decrease 1.6 pp Increase 1.8 pp Decrease 1.3 pp
Mayors 148[c] 114[d] 19
Mayors +/– Decrease 12 Increase 16 Decrease 5
Councillors 909[e] 793[f] 148
Councillors +/– Decrease 54 Increase 64 Decrease 23

Local elections in Portugal were held on 26 September 2021.[2] The election consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities: the election for the Municipal Chamber (the executive branch of the municipality), whose winner is automatically elected mayor, similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP); another election for the Municipal Assembly (the deliberative branch of the municipality); and an election for the Parish Assembly (the deliberative branch of the lower-level parish), whose winner is elected parish president. This last one was held separately in the more than 3,000 parishes around the country. In the 2021 election, 12.3 percent of incumbent mayors, 38 to be precise, were barred from running for another term: 23 from the PS, 11 from the PSD, 3 from CDU and one from the CDS–PP.[3]

The elections happened during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. Because of that, there was a proposal by the Social Democratic Party to postpone the elections for two months and hold the election between 22 November and 14 December 2021.[4] This proposal was rejected by Parliament and the election was to be held in the normal period set by the election law, between 22 September and 14 October.[5] On 1 July 2021, the government announced the election date for 26 September 2021.[2]

The Socialist Party (PS) retained their status as the largest party in local councils, but lost a lot of votes across the country and especially in some big urban centers. The PS lost Coimbra, Funchal and Barcelos to the PSD, and suffered a massive upset in Lisbon, where the PS incumbent mayor Fernando Medina was defeated by the PSD/CDS coalition candidate Carlos Moedas.[6] The PS losses across the country and the upset defeat in Lisbon were labeled as a "yellow card" to António Costa's government.[7]

Despite not winning the most cities in the country as a whole, the Social Democrats (PSD) were considered the big winners of the elections by winning several cities from the Socialists, narrowing the gap nationwide between them and the PS, and for winning back several urban centers, mainly the upset victory in Lisbon.[8] The party also performed very well in the South, gaining ground in the Alentejo region by winning four cities in Évora district and winning Portalegre from an Independent.[9] In the Azores and Madeira regions, the party also made gains but lost some cities like Batalha and Guarda to independent movements. With these results, Rui Rio's position in the PSD leadership was strengthened.[10]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) saw another decline and achieved their worst result to date, just 19 mayors and 8 percent of the votes. The coalition was able to hold on to Évora and Setúbal, albeit by slim margins, but lost big suburban cities like Loures and Moita. In the Alentejo region the coalition lost cities to both PS and PSD, of note the losses of both Montemor-o-Novo and Mora, two Communist bastions since 1976, to the PS.[11] Jerónimo de Sousa, CDU leader, recognized that the results "fell short of the goals" of the coalition.[12]

Independent movements made gains in the elections by winning Guarda from the PSD, and Elvas and Mealhada from the PS. In Porto, mayor Rui Moreira was reelected for a third term but lost his majority. In Figueira da Foz, former prime minister and PSD leader Pedro Santana Lopes made a dramatic comeback, running as an independent, by gaining the city from the PS.[13] The Left Bloc suffered losses by winning just 5 councillors across the country, a drop compared with the 12 councillors they won in 2017, but the party was able to win a councillor in Porto city for the first time.[14] CHEGA was able to win several councillors across the country, a total of 19, and polled 4 percent of the votes. André Ventura said that the results "weren't a total victory", as the party failed its goal of being the 3rd largest political force.[15] The Liberals (IL) did not win any councillors and polled just 1.3 percent of the votes. Together for the People (JPP) were able to hold on to Santa Cruz in the Madeira islands, while We, the Citizens! (NC) lost their sole city to the PSD.[16]

Turnout in these elections decreased compared to four years ago, with just 53.6 percent of voters casting a ballot.

Background

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Official logo of the election.

Date

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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 general 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 2021 local elections should have, therefore, take place no later than 10 October 2021.[17] In March 2021, Prime Minister António Costa said that the elections should be held in September, hinting that the most likely date for the election would be September 26,[18] which was confirmed in July 2021.[2]

Electoral system

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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 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.

Council seats and Parish assembly seats are distributed as follows:

Seat allocation for the 2021 local election[19]
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

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The political forces that expressed intention to present candidacies in at least one of the 308 municipalities are the following:[20]

Campaign period

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Party slogans

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Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs
PS « Garantir o Futuro. No Caminho Certo » "Secure the Future. On the Right Track" [21]
PSD « Nas Mãos de Todos » "In Everyone's Hands" [22]
CDU « Futuro de Confiança » "Future of Trust" [23]
CDS–PP « Acreditar em Portugal » "Belief in Portugal" [24]
BE « O voto que faz a diferença » "The vote that makes the difference" [25]

Opinion polls

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Main article: Opinion polling for the 2021 Portuguese local elections

Voter turnout

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The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day. Unlike past elections, voting was extended for one more hour, until 20:00, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[26]

Turnout Time
12:00 16:00 20:00
2017 2021 ± 2017 2021 ± 2017 2021 ±
Total 22.05% 20.94% Decrease 1.11 pp 44.39% 42.34% Decrease 2.05 pp 54.96% 53.65% Decrease 1.31 pp
Sources[27][28]

Results

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Municipal Councils

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National summary of votes and seats

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Summary of the 26 September 2021 Municipal Councils elections results
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Candidacies Councillors Mayors
Total ± Total ±
Socialist 1,711,725 34.22 Decrease3.6 293 888 Decrease64 148 Decrease11
Social Democratic 660,436 13.21 Decrease2.9 152 437 Decrease56 72 Decrease7
Social Democratic / People's 540,783 10.81 Increase2.0 91 239 Increase70 31 Increase15
Unitary Democratic Coalition 410,666 8.21 Decrease1.3 301 148 Decrease23 19 Decrease5
Independents 276,961 5.54 Decrease1.3 79 134 Increase4 19 Increase2
CHEGA 208,232 4.16 — 219 19 — 0 —
Left Bloc 137,560 2.75 Decrease0.5 113 4 Decrease8 0 Steady0
PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM 90,912 1.81 — 3 8 — 1 —
Socialist / LIVRE 80,869 1.62 — 1 7 — 0 —
People's 74,869 1.50 Decrease1.1 82 31 Decrease10 6 Steady0
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM 70,904 1.42 Steady0.0 14 32 Increase17 3 Increase1
Liberal Initiative 64,849 1.30 — 44 0 — 0 —
People–Animals–Nature 56,933 1.14 Steady0.0 40 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR / PPM / RIR 46,785 0.94 — 2 7 — 0 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / Alliance 44,851 0.90 — 3 9 — 1 —
PSD / CDS–PP / NC / PPM / Alliance / RIR / Volt 29,349 0.59 — 1 6 — 1 —
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM 28,722 0.57 Decrease1.1 8 16 Decrease7 2 Increase1
PS / BE / PAN / MPT / PDR 22,694 0.45 Steady0.0 1 5 Decrease1 0 Decrease1
LIVRE / Socialist 22,074 0.44 Increase0.1 1 7 Increase2 1 Steady0
Socialist / People–Animals–Nature / LIVRE 17,265 0.35 — 1 3 — 0 —
Social Democratic / Earth 16,371 0.33 Decrease0.1 3 5 Steady0 1 Increase1
PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR 15,230 0.30 — 1 3 — 0 —
We, the Citizens! 15,226 0.30 Increase0.1 20 5 Steady0 0 Decrease1
Social Democratic / People's / Alliance 14,541 0.29 — 4 4 — 0 —
Together for the People 14,073 0.28 Steady0.0 5 5 Decrease1 1 Steady0
PSD / CDS–PP / IL / MPT / PPM 14,030 0.28 — 2 7 — 1 —
Socialist / React, Include, Recycle 13,506 0.27 — 1 3 — 0 —
Social Democratic / People's Monarchist 9,735 0.19 Decrease0.8 2 5 Decrease3 0 Steady0
Socialist / People–Animals–Nature 8,901 0.18 — 1 3 — 0 —
People's / Social Democratic / Liberal Initiative 7,851 0.16 — 1 3 — 0 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL 5,726 0.11 — 1 3 — 0 —
Left Bloc / LIVRE / Volt Portugal 5,539 0.11 — 1 1 — 0 —
We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist 4,410 0.09 — 4 0 — 0 —
PSD / MPT / PPM 3,785 0.08 Increase0.1 1 2 Steady0 0 Steady0
Alliance 3,765 0.08 — 2 0 — 0 —
We, the Citizens! / React, Include, Recycle 3,354 0,07 — 2 1 — 0 —
PSD / MPT / PPM / Alliance 3,338 0.07 — 1 2 — 0 —
People's / Earth 3,192 0.06 Increase0.1 2 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
Social Democratic / People's / Earth 3,150 0.06 Decrease0.1 1 4 Decrease3 1 Increase1
Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative 3,119 0.06 — 1 3 — 0 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL / Alliance 3,000 0.06 — 1 1 — 0 —
People's / We, the Citizens! / Alliance 2,811 0.06 — 1 1 — 0 —
LIVRE 2,611 0.05 Increase0.0 8 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
We, the Citizens! / Alliance 2,203 0,04 — 3 0 — 0 —
Volt Portugal 1,654 0.03 — 3 0 — 0 —
Earth / People's Monarchist / Alliance 1,647 0.03 — 1 0 — 0 —
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / Alliance / PDR 1,625 0.03 — 1 0 — 0 —
Earth 1,606 0.03 Decrease0.1 1 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
Labour 1,574 0.03 Decrease0.1 8 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
People's / Social Democratic 1,542 0.03 Decrease0.0 1 1 Decrease1 0 Steady0
Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,341 0.03 Decrease0.2 2 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
CDS–PP / NC / MPT / Alliance / PPM 1,162 0.02 — 1 0 — 0 —
People's Monarchist 988 0.02 Increase0.0 7 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
CDS–PP / PDR / Alliance / MPT 908 0.02 — 1 0 — 0 —
Socialist Alternative Movement 738 0.01 Decrease0.0 2 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
Earth / Democratic Republican 681 0.01 — 2 0 — 0 —
CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / NC 627 0.01 — 1 0 — 0 —
React, Include, Recycle 624 0.01 — 7 0 — 0 —
People's / Earth / People's Monarchist 572 0.01 Decrease1.1 1 0 Decrease4 0 Steady0
Rise Up 551 0.01 Decrease0.1 3 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
People's / Alliance / Democratic Republican 541 0.01 — 1 0 — 0 —
Alliance / Democratic Republican 423 0.01 — 1 0 — 0 —
People's Monarchist / React, Include, Recycle 377 0.01 — 1 0 — 0 —
Democratic Republican 319 0.01 Decrease0.1 1 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
People's / People's Monarchist / Alliance 273 0.01 — 1 0 — 0 —
React, Include, Recycle / Democratic Republican 237 0.00 — 1 0 — 0 —
Democratic Republican / Earth / Alliance 234 0.00 — 2 0 — 0 —
CDS–PP / PSD / PPM 201 0.00 Steady0.0 2 2 Increase2 0 Steady0
Democratic Republican / Earth 144 0.00 — 1 0 — 0 —
Earth / Alliance / React, Include, Recycle 138 0.00 — 1 0 — 0 —
Total valid 4,797,633 95.91 Increase0.5 1,572 2,064 Decrease10 308 Steady0
Blank ballots 125,173 2.50 Decrease0.1
Invalid ballots 79,241 1.58 Decrease0.3
Total 5,002,047 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 9,323,688 53.65 Decrease1.3
Source: Official election 2021 results

Municipality map

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Most voted parties/coalitions in each Municipality.
Municipalities won by:
■ - PS: 148
■ - PSD: 114
■ - CDU: 19
■ - CDS–PP: 6
■ - JPP: 1
■ - LIVRE: 1
■ - Independents: 19

City control

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Main article: Results breakdown of the 2021 Portuguese local elections by major cities

The following table lists party control in all district capitals, highlighted in bold, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from 2021 Census.[29]

Municipality Population Previous control New control
Almada 177,400 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Amadora 171,719 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Aveiro 80,880 PSD / CDS–PP / PPM PSD / CDS–PP / PPM
Barcelos 116,777 Socialist Party (PS) PSD / CDS–PP
Beja 33,401 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Braga 193,333 PSD / CDS–PP / PPM PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / Alliance
Bragança 34,580 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Cascais 214,134 PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP
Castelo Branco 52,272 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Coimbra 140,796 Socialist Party (PS) PSD / CDS–PP / NC / PPM / Alliance / RIR / Volt
Évora 53,568 Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Faro 67,566 PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT
Funchal 105,919 PS / BE / NC / PDR PSD / CDS–PP
Gondomar 164,255 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Guarda 40,155 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Independent (IND)
Guimarães 156,852 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Leiria 128,640 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Lisbon 544,851 Socialist Party (PS) PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM
Loures 201,646 Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) Socialist Party (PS)
Maia 134,959 PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP
Matosinhos 172,669 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Odivelas 148,156 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Oeiras 171,802 Independent (IND) Independent (IND)
Ponta Delgada 67,287 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Portalegre 22,368 Independent (IND) PSD / CDS–PP
Porto 231,962 Independent (IND) Independent (IND)
Santarém 58,770 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Santa Maria da Feira 136,720 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Seixal 166,693 Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Setúbal 123,684 Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Sintra 385,954 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Viana do Castelo 85,864 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Franca de Xira 137,659 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Nova de Famalicão 133,590 PSD / CDS–PP PSD / CDS–PP
Vila Nova de Gaia 304,149 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Real 49,623 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Viseu 99,693 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)

Municipal Assemblies

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National summary of votes and seats

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Summary of the 26 September 2021 Municipal Assemblies elections results
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Candidacies Mandates
Total ±
Socialist 1,645,211 32.89 Decrease3.5 292 2,590 Decrease141
Social Democratic 635,635 12.71 Decrease3.1 152 1,273 Decrease218
Social Democratic / People's 537,002 10.74 Increase1.9 92 751 Increase212
Unitary Democratic Coalition 434,172 8.68 Decrease1.4 303 505 Decrease114
Independents 267,300 5.35 Decrease1.1 76 412 Increase16
CHEGA 221,645 4.43 — 167 173 —
Left Bloc 174,072 3.48 Decrease0.7 123 94 Decrease31
PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM 84,707 1.69 — 3 22 —
People's 77,069 1.54 Decrease1.2 72 118 Decrease66
Liberal Initiative 76,349 1.53 — 43 26 —
Socialist / LIVRE 74,768 1.50 — 1 17 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM 74,234 1.48 Increase0.1 14 96 Increase54
People–Animals–Nature 74,229 1.48 Increase0.1 41 23 Decrease3
PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR / PPM / RIR 43,862 0.88 — 2 16 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / Alliance 41,358 0.83 — 3 25 —
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM 28,203 0.58 Decrease1.1 8 44 Decrease29
PSD / CDS–PP / NC / PPM / Alliance / RIR / Volt 26,916 0.54 — 1 15 —
PS / BE / PAN / MPT / PDR 21,624 0.43 Steady0.0 1 14 Decrease1
LIVRE / Socialist 20,730 0.41 Increase0.1 1 20 Increase6
Socialist / People–Animals–Nature / LIVRE 18,465 0.37 — 1 8 —
Social Democratic / Earth 16,343 0.33 Decrease0.1 3 14 Increase7
PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR 15,052 0.30 — 1 9 —
Social Democratic / People's / Alliance 14,965 0.30 — 4 16 —
Socialist / React, Include, Recycle 13,955 0.28 — 1 10 —
Together for the People 13,903 0.28 Steady0.0 5 13 Decrease4
We, the Citizens! 13,865 0.28 Increase0.1 17 20 Increase5
PSD / CDS–PP / IL / MPT / PPM 12,867 0.26 — 2 17 —
Social Democratic / People's Monarchist 10,254 0.21 Decrease0.7 2 16 Decrease10
Socialist / People–Animals–Nature 9,183 0.18 — 1 8 —
People's / Social Democratic / Liberal Initiative 8,434 0.17 — 1 8 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL 6,293 0.13 — 1 10 —
Left Bloc / LIVRE / Volt 5,769 0.12 — 1 3 —
We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist 4,674 0.09 — 1 2 —
Alliance 3,810 0.08 — 3 2 —
PSD / MPT / PPM 3,615 0.07 Increase0.1 1 5 Steady0
PSD / MPT / PPM / Alliance 3,453 0.07 — 1 5 —
Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative 3,335 0.07 — 1 8 —
People's / Earth 3,301 0.07 Increase0.1 2 1 Decrease1
Social Democratic / People's / Earth 3,244 0.06 Decrease0.2 1 11 Decrease13
We, the Citizens! / React, Include, Recycle 3,038 0,06 — 1 3 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL / Alliance 2,856 0.06 — 1 4 —
People's / We, the Citizens! / Alliance 2,667 0.05 — 1 3 —
LIVRE 2,564 0.05 Increase0.0 7 0 Steady0
We, the Citizens! / Alliance 2,482 0,05 — 3 3 —
Labour 1,809 0.04 Decrease0.1 8 0 Decrease1
People's / Social Democratic 1,666 0.03 Decrease0.0 1 4 Decrease2
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / Alliance / PDR 1,659 0.03 — 1 2 —
Earth 1,650 0.03 Decrease0.1 1 1 Decrease1
Volt Portugal 1,644 0.03 — 2 0 —
Earth / People's Monarchist / Alliance 1,587 0.03 — 1 1 —
CDS–PP / NC / MPT / Alliance / PPM 1,488 0.03 — 1 1 —
Earth / Democratic Republican 996 0.02 — 2 0 —
CDS–PP / PDR / Alliance / MPT 962 0.02 — 1 0 —
Portuguese Workers' Communist 918 0.02 Decrease0.2 1 0 Steady0
Socialist Alternative Movement 889 0.02 — 2 0 —
People's / Earth / People's Monarchist 861 0.02 — 1 1 —
Rise Up 755 0.01 Decrease0.1 3 0 Steady0
People's Monarchist 749 0.01 Steady0.0 4 0 Steady0
React, Include, Recycle 748 0.01 — 7 0 —
CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / NC 737 0.01 — 1 0 —
People's / Alliance / Democratic Republican 566 0.01 — 1 0 —
People's / People's Monarchist / Alliance 460 0.01 — 1 0 —
Alliance / Democratic Republican 450 0.01 — 1 0 —
People's Monarchist / React, Include, Recycle 409 0.01 — 1 0 —
React, Include, Recycle / Democratic Republican 259 0.01 — 1 0 —
Democratic Republican / Earth / Alliance 252 0.01 — 2 0 —
CDS–PP / PSD / PPM 209 0.00 Steady0.0 2 5 Increase5
Democratic Republican / Earth 164 0.00 — 1 0 —
Earth / Alliance / React, Include, Recycle 131 0.00 — 1 0 —
Total valid 4,779,491 95.56 Increase0.5 1,506 6,448 Decrease13
Blank ballots 139,191 2.78 Decrease0.1
Invalid ballots 83,028 1.66 Decrease0.3
Total 5,001,710 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 9,323,688 53.65 Decrease1.3
Source: Official election 2021 results Archived 2021-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, RTP Election 2021 results

Parish Assemblies

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National summary of votes and seats

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Summary of the 26 September 2021 Parish Assemblies elections results
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Candidacies Mandates Presidents
Total ± Total ±
Socialist 1,664,556 33.30 Decrease3.0 2,448 10,316 Decrease307 1,248 Decrease47
Social Democratic 640,576 12.81 Decrease2.9 1,323 5,688 Decrease946 757 Decrease68
Social Democratic / People's 521,743 10.44 Increase1.9 854 3,210 Increase724 336 Increase65
Unitary Democratic Coalition 454,099 9.08 Decrease1.1 1,630 1,446 Decrease217 112 Decrease27
Independents 408,434 8.17 Decrease1.6 783 3,232 Decrease123 414 Increase12
CHEGA 155,861 3.12 — 505 205 — 0 —
Left Bloc 138,323 2.77 Decrease0.5 372 162 Decrease51 0 Steady0
PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM 83,221 1.67 — 31 135 — 10 —
Socialist / LIVRE 80,807 1.62 — 24 146 — 13 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM 80,028 1.60 Increase0.4 117 412 Increase162 34 Increase6
People's 68,133 1.36 Decrease1.1 266 416 Decrease218 41 Decrease13
Liberal Initiative 49,832 1.00 — 114 45 — 0 —
PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR / PPM / RIR 45,473 0.91 — 15 75 — 3 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / Alliance 36,814 0.74 — 48 195 — 21 —
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM 28,167 0.56 Decrease0.8 48 114 Decrease124 10 Decrease1
PSD / CDS–PP / NC / PPM / Alliance / RIR / Volt 26,254 0.53 — 18 70 — 6 —
People–Animals–Nature 25,754 0.52 Increase0.3 60 16 Increase10 0 Steady0
PS / BE / PAN / MPT / PDR 21,622 0.43 Increase0.0 10 59 Increase1 1 Decrease4
LIVRE / Socialist 20,043 0.40 Increase0.2 19 122 Increase68 17 Increase10
Socialist / People–Animals–Nature / LIVRE 19,952 0.40 — 4 23 — 0 —
Social Democratic / Earth 18,042 0.36 Increase0.1 17 66 Increase14 8 Increase7
Social Democratic / People's / Alliance 15,503 0.30 — 26 70 — 0 —
PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR 14,928 0.30 — 6 27 — 0 —
Socialist / React, Include, Recycle 14,324 0.29 — 25 79 — 3 —
Together for the People 14,007 0.28 Increase0.0 17 43 Decrease2 5 Steady0
PSD / CDS–PP / IL / MPT / PPM 12,882 0.28 — 10 36 — 2 —
Social Democratic / People's Monarchist 11,021 0.22 Decrease0.8 18 60 Decrease104 3 Decrease11
Socialist / People–Animals–Nature 8,873 0.18 — 9 33 — 1 —
We, the Citizens! 8,070 0.16 Decrease0.0 56 47 Increase5 3 Steady0
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL 6,599 0.13 — 16 66 — 9 —
Left Bloc / LIVRE / Volt 5,601 0.11 — 5 5 — 0 —
People's / Social Democratic / Liberal Initiative 5,031 0.10 — 11 24 — 1 —
Social Democratic / People's / Earth 4,050 0.08 Decrease0.1 8 29 Decrease28 3 Decrease2
PSD / MPT / PPM / Alliance 4,008 0.08 — 4 15 — 1 —
We, the Citizens! / React, Include, Recycle 3,807 0.08 — 6 10 — 0 —
We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist 3,559 0.07 — 11 3 — 0 —
Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative 3,522 0.07 — 1 6 — 0 —
PSD / MPT / PPM 3,520 0.07 Increase0.1 3 8 Decrease4 0 Steady0
People's / Earth 3,395 0.07 Increase0.1 21 1 Decrease1 0 Steady0
People's / We, the Citizens! / Alliance 2,862 0.06 — 3 4 — 0 —
We, the Citizens! / Alliance 2,698 0.05 — 11 8 — 0 —
Alliance 2,544 0.05 — 8 6 — 0 —
PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL / Alliance 2,514 0.05 — 2 6 — 0 —
Labour 1,969 0.04 Decrease0.1 32 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
People's / Social Democratic 1,783 0.04 Decrease0.0 6 15 Decrease10 2 Steady0
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / Alliance / PDR 1,743 0.03 — 4 3 — 0 —
Earth 1,671 0.03 Decrease0.1 6 7 Steady0 0 Steady0
CDS–PP / NC / MPT / Alliance / PPM 1,558 0.03 — 6 4 — 0 —
CDS–PP / PDR / Alliance / MPT 1,139 0.02 — 4 0 — 0 —
React, Include, Recycle 761 0.02 — 5 1 — 0 —
People's / Earth / People's Monarchist 652 0.01 Decrease0.8 5 1 Decrease76 0 Steady0
People's / Alliance / Democratic Republican 575 0.01 — 3 0 — 0 —
Earth / Democratic Republican 556 0.01 — 3 5 — 1 —
People's Monarchist 503 0.01 Steady0.0 9 5 Increase4 1 Increase1
LIVRE 482 0.01 Steady0.0 3 0 Decrease2 0 Steady0
Volt Portugal 378 0.01 — 4 0 — 0 —
People's Monarchist / React, Include, Recycle 328 0.01 — 3 0 — 0 —
Portuguese Workers' Communist 318 0.01 Decrease0.1 2 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
Earth / People's Monarchist / Alliance 293 0.01 — 3 3 — 0 —
Alliance / Democratic Republican 288 0.01 — 2 0 — 0 —
CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / NC 246 0.00 — 1 3 — 0 —
Democratic Republican / Earth / Alliance 223 0.00 — 2 0 — 0 —
React, Include, Recycle / Democratic Republican 214 0.00 — 4 0 — 0 —
Rise Up 186 0.00 Decrease0.0 6 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
CDS–PP / PSD / PPM 115 0.00 — 2 0 — 0 —
Earth / Alliance / React, Include, Recycle 102 0.00 — 5 0 — 0 —
Democratic Republican 48 0.00 Decrease0.0 1 0 Decrease4 0 Steady0
Total valid 4,757,183 95.16 Increase0.3 9,104 26,790 Decrease229 3,066 Decrease19
Blank ballots 145,769 2.92 Decrease0.0
Invalid ballots 96,412 1.93 Decrease0.3
Total 4,999,364 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 9,319,425 53.64 Decrease1.3
Source: Official election 2021 results Archived 2021-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, RTP Election 2021 results

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Sum of votes between PS-only lists and lists with other parties.
  2. ^ Sum of votes between PSD-only lists and lists with other parties.
  3. ^ Number of municipalities won between PS-only lists and lists with other parties. PS-only lists: 148; PS-coalition lists: 0.
  4. ^ Number of municipalities won between PSD-only lists and lists with other parties. PSD-only lists: 72; PSD-coalition lists: 42.
  5. ^ This accounts for seats won on PS-only lists and lists with other parties.
  6. ^ This accounts for seats won on PSD-only lists and lists with other parties.
  7. ^ a b c d e The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) will run in several coalitions across the country.In these coalitions, other parties may also be added like the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), the Earth Party (MPT) and the Alliance (A).

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