2005 Porto local election

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2005 Porto local elections
← 2001
9 October 2005
2009 →
All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council
7 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout58.5% Increase 10.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rui Rio Francisco Assis Rui Sá
Party PSD PS PCP
Alliance For Porto, Once Again CDU
Last election 6 seats, 42.8% 6 seats, 38.5% 1 seat, 10.5%
Seats won 7 5 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 63,443 49,653 12,311
Percentage 46.2% 36.1% 9.0%
Swing Increase 3.4 pp Decrease 2.4 pp Decrease 1.5 pp
Mayor before election

Rui Rio
PSD

 Elected mayor

Rui Rio
PSD

The 2005 Porto local election was held on 9 October 2005 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

Incumbent Mayor Rui Rio, from the PSD/CDS coalition, won a second term as Mayor of Porto, achieving 46.2% of the votes and 7 seats and defeating Socialist candidate Francisco Assis, who won 36.1% of the votes and 5 seats.

In the 2001 election, Rui Rio, candidate for the PSD/CDS coalition, unexpectedly won and became mayor of Porto, winning 42.8% of the votes and 6 seats. He defeated the incumbent mayor Fernando Gomes from the Socialist Party, who won 6 seats and about 38.5% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 10.5% of the votes.[1]

Rui Rio decided to govern with the CDU, in a coalition that was called the "Vodka Laranja" or Orange Vodka.[2] Rio's first term was marked by several controversies, from accusing the previous PS local government of concealing financial liabilities, to his clash with the city's most popular football club, FC Porto, regarding the construction of the club's new stadium.[3][4][5]

Electoral system

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.[6]

Parties and candidates

Party/Coalition Political
position		 Candidate[7] 2001 result
Votes (%) Seats
PPUVM For Porto, Once Again
Pelo Porto, Uma Vez Mais PSD, CDS–PP		 Centre-right Rui Rio 42.8%
6 / 13
PS Socialist Party
Partido Socialista		 Centre-left Francisco Assis 38.5%
6 / 13
CDU Unitary Democratic Coalition
Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV		 Left-wing
to far-left		 Rui Sá 10.5%
1 / 13
BE Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda		 Left-wing
to far-left		 João Teixeira Lopes [pt] 2.6%
0 / 13
PCTP Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses		 Far-left João Valente Pinto 0.6%
0 / 13
PH Humanist Party
Partido Humanista		 Centre-left Maria Alice Ribeiro 0.5%
0 / 13
PC Porto Capital!
Porto Capital! PND, PPM		 Right-wing António Almeida Garrett N/a N/a
MPT Earth Party
Partido da Terra		 Centre-right António José de Carvalho N/a N/a
PNR National Renovator Party
Partido Nacional Renovador		 Far-right Carlos Branco N/a N/a

Opinion polling

Polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size PSD
CDS		 PS CDU BE O Lead
2005 local election 9 Oct 2005 N/a 46.2
7		 36.1
5		 9.0
1		 4.2
0		 4.5
0		 10.1
UCP 9 Oct 2005 ? 43–48 36–40 7–10 3–5 – 7–8
Eurosondagem 2–5 Oct 2005 1,057 41.2 39.1 9.1 5.9 4.7 2.1
Intercampus 1–5 Oct 2005 1,000 37.5 39.3 10.2 6.6 6.4 1.8
UCP 1–2 Oct 2005 2,392 43 36 7 6 7 7
Marktest 1 Oct 2005 401 49.1 29.5 8.2 6.0 7.1 19.6
UCP 4–6 Jul 2005 910 55 29 9 3 4 26
IPOM 16–17 Mar 2005 598 44.3 35.3 N/a N/a 20.4 9.0
Eurosondagem 13–14 Mar 2005 757 46 40 N/a N/a 14 6
2001 local election 16 Dec 2001 N/a 42.7
6		 38.5
6		 10.5
1		 2.6
0		 5.7
0		 4.2

Results

References

External links

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