2009 Porto local election
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11 October 2009
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The 2009 Porto local election was held on 11 October 2009 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.
Incumbent Mayor Rui Rio, from the PSD/CDS coalition, won a third and final term as Mayor of Porto, achieving 47.5% of the votes and 7 seats and defeating Socialist candidate Elisa Ferreira, who won 34.7% of the votes and 5 seats.[1]
In the 2005 election, Rui Rio, candidate for the PSD/CDS coalition, won a second term as mayor of Porto, winning 46.2% of the votes and 7 seats, an absolute majority. The Socialist Party, led by Francisco Assis, achieved second place with 5 seats and about 36.4% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 9.0% of the votes.[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. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.[3][4]
Parties and candidates
| Party/Coalition | Political position |
Candidate[5] | 2005 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| PP | Porto First O Porto em Primeiro PSD, CDS–PP |
Centre-right | Rui Rio | 46.2% | 7 / 13 | |
| PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista |
Centre-left | Elisa Ferreira | 36.2% | 5 / 13 | |
| CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV |
Left-wing to far-left |
Rui Sá | 9.0% | 1 / 13 | |
| BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda |
Left-wing to far-left |
João Teixeira Lopes | 4.2% | 0 / 13 | |
| PCTP | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses |
Far-left | João Valente Pinto | 0.6% | 0 / 13 | |
Opinion polling
Polling
Exit poll
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | PSD CDS |
PS | CDU | BE | O | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 local election | 11 Oct 2009 | N/a | 47.5 7 |
34.7 5 |
9.8 1 |
5.0 0 |
3.0 0 |
12.8 | ||||
| UCP–CESOP | 11 Oct 2009 | ? | 45.0–49.0 6/7 |
33.0–37.0 5/6 |
8.5–10.5 0/1 |
4.0–6.0 0 |
– | 12.0 | ||||
| Eurosondagem | 11 Oct 2009 | ? | 43.3– 47.1 6/7 |
35.5– 39.9 5/6 |
7.9– 10.1 0/1 |
3.9– 5.7 0 |
– | 7.2– 7.8 | ||||
| Intercampus | 11 Oct 2009 | ? | 44.9– 50.5 |
31.3– 36.8 |
7.8– 11.4 |
3.3– 6.9 |
– | 13.6– 13.7 | ||||
| Marktest | 2–7 Oct 2009 | 400 | 51.0 | 31.0 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 20.0 | ||||
| UCP–CESOP | 2–5 Oct 2009 | 2,571 | 47 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| Aximage | 2–4 Oct 2009 | 500 | 46.4 | 34.3 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 12.1 | ||||
| Eurosondagem | 28–30 Sep 2009 | 736 | 48.0 | 33.3 | 9.4 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 14.7 | ||||
| Intercampus | 28–30 Sep 2009 | 800 | 44.4 | 35.9 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 8.5 | ||||
| Marktest | 3–6 Sep 2009 | 399 | 44.7 | 31.1 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 13.6 | ||||
| IPOM | 16–19 Jun 2009 | 797 | 55.2 | 23.5 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 31.7 | ||||
| UCP–CESOP | 8–9 Jun 2009 | 1,002 | 54 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 31 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
