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2021 Porto local elections
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All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council
7 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout48.8% Decrease 4.9 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro.jpg
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Leader Rui Moreira Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro Vladimiro Feliz
Party Independent PS PSD
Alliance Here There's Porto
Last election 7 seats, 44.5% 4 seats, 28.6% 1 seat[a]
Seats won 6 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 41,167 18,201 17,426
Percentage 40.7% 18.0% 17.0%
Swing Decrease 3.7 pp Decrease 10.6 pp [a]
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Ilda Figueiredo Sérgio Aires António Fonseca
Party PCP BE CH
Alliance CDU
Last election 1 seat, 5.9% 0 seats, 5.3% Did not contest
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Steady Increase 1 New party
Popular vote 7,609 6,323 2,980
Percentage 7.5% 6.3% 3.0%
Swing Increase 1.6 pp Increase 0.9 pp New party
Mayor before election

Rui Moreira
Independent

Elected Mayor

Rui Moreira
Independent

The 2021 Porto local election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

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 it's history.[2]

People-Animals-Nature and CHEGA failed to elect any councilor.

Background

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In 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

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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.[4]

Parties and candidates

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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
PS Socialist Party
Partido Socialista 		Centre-left Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro [pt] 28.6%
4 / 13
PSD Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrata 		Centre-right Vladimiro Feliz [pt] 10.4%
1 / 13
PPM People's Monarchist Party
Partido Popular Monárquico 		Right-wing Diogo Araújo Dantas
0 / 13
CDU Unitary Democratic Coalition
Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV 		Left-wing
to far-left 		Ilda Figueiredo 5.9%
1 / 13
BE Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda 		Left-wing
to far-left 		Sérgio Aires 5.3%
0 / 13
PAN People Animals Nature
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza 		Centre-left Bebiana Cunha [pt] 1.9%
0 / 13
E Rise Up[c]
Ergue-te 		Far-right Bruno Rebelo 0.2%
0 / 13
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

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Polling

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  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size RM PS PSD CDU BE PAN L CH O Lead
2021 local election Archived 2021-09-27 at the Wayback Machine 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

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Municipal Council

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Summary of the 26 September 2021 Municipal Council elections results
in Porto
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Councillors
Total ±
Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto 41,167 40.72 Decrease3.8 6 Decrease1
Socialist 18,201 18.00 Decrease10.5 3 Decrease1
Social Democratic 17,426 17.24 Increase6.9 2 Increase1
Unitary Democratic Coalition 7,609 7.53 Increase1.6 1 Steady0
Left Bloc 6,323 6.25 Increase0.9 1 Increase1
CHEGA 2,980 2.95 — 0 —
People–Animals–Nature 2,819 2.79 Increase0.9 0 Steady0
LIVRE 462 0.46 — 0 —
Volt Portugal 423 0.42 — 0 —
People's Monarchist 212 0.21 — 0 Steady0
Rise Up 80 0.08 — 0 —
Total valid 97,702 96.64 Decrease0.4 13 Steady0
Blank ballots 2,251 2.23 Increase0.6
Invalid ballots 1,148 1.14 Decrease0.3
Total 101,101 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 207,129 48.81 Decrease4.9
Source: Porto 2021 election results

Municipal Assembly

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Summary of the 26 September 2021 Porto Municipal Assembly elections
results
3
3
8
1
15
8
1
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Seats
Total ±
Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto 34,900 34.52 Decrease4.3 15 Decrease1
Socialist 19,386 19.18 Decrease8.0 8 Decrease3
Social Democratic 18,767 18.56 — 8 Increase3
Unitary Democratic Coalition 8,497 8.41 Increase1.6 3 Steady0
Left Bloc 7,630 7.55 Increase0.9 3 Steady0
People–Animals–Nature 3,732 3.69 Increase0.9 1 Steady0
CHEGA 3,440 3.40 — 1 —
LIVRE 633 0.63 — 0 —
People's Monarchist 275 0.27 — 0 Steady0
Alliance 202 0.20 — 0 —
Rise Up 106 0.10 — 0 —
Total valid 97,568 96.52 Increase0.2 39 Steady0
Blank ballots 2,339 2.31 Increase0.6
Invalid ballots 1,182 1.17 Decrease0.4
Total 101,089 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 207,129 48.80 Decrease4.9
Source: Porto 2021 election results

Parish Assemblies

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Results of the 26 September 2021 Porto Parish Assembly elections
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Renascença (2017-10-01). "Álvaro Almeida vai "cumprir" mandato no Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  4. ^ "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  5. ^ "Autarquicas 2021 Candidatos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-03.

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Supported by the CDS – People's Party, the Liberal Initiative, the Earth Party and We, the Citizens!.
  3. ^ In July 2020, the National Renovator Party (PNR) changed its name to Rise Up (E).
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