1993 Lisbon local election
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12 December 1993
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The 1993 Lisbon local election was held on 12 December 1993 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.
Incumbent mayor Jorge Sampaio, with his coalition between the Socialists and the Communists, won reelection by a landslide, defeating the Social Democratic candidate José Macário Correia, with 56.7% of the votes and 11 councillors, against the PSD's 26.3% of the votes and 5 councillors.[1]
In the 1989 election, the coalition between the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, the Ecologist Party "The Greens" and the Portuguese Democratic Movement, led by PS leader Jorge Sampaio, won the election, achieving 49.1% of the votes and 9 seats in the city council. They defeated the coalition between the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic and Social Centre and the People's Monarchist Party, led by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who got 42.1% of the votes and 8 seats.[2]
Electoral system
Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. The winner of the most voted list for the municipal council is automatically elected mayor, similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP). The lists are closed and the seats in each municipality are apportioned according to the D'Hondt method.[3][4]
Parties and candidates
| Party/Coalition | Political position |
Candidate | 1993 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| CL | With Lisbon Com Lisboa PS, PCP, PEV, PSR, UDP |
Centre-left to left-wing |
Jorge Sampaio | 49.1% | 9 / 17 | |
| PSD | Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata |
Centre-right | José Macário Correia | 42.1%[b] | 6 / 17 | |
| CDS–PP | CDS – People's Party CDS – Partido Popular |
Right-wing | Pedro Feist | 2 / 17 | ||
| PCTP | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses |
Far-left | Carlos Paisana | 1.2% | 0 / 17 | |
| MPT | Earth Party Partido da Terra |
Centre-right | Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles | N/a | 0 / 17 | |
| PSN | National Solidarity Party Partido da Solidariedade Nacional |
Syncretic | João Santos | N/a | 0 / 17 | |
