2021 Porto local election

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2021 Porto local elections
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26 September 2021
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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
 
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 (PA)[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% 17.2%
Swing Decrease 3.7 pp Decrease 10.6 pp [a]
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ilda Figueiredo Sérgio Aires
Party PCP BE
Alliance CDU
Last election 1 seat, 5.9% 0 seats, 5.3%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 7,609 6,323
Percentage 7.5% 6.3%
Swing Increase 1.6 pp Increase 0.9 pp
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 its history.[2]

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

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

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.[4][5]

Parties and candidates

Party/Coalition Political
position		 Candidate[6] 2017 result
Votes (%) Seats
RM Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto[b]
Rui Moreira – Aqui há Porto		 Center-right
to 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 N/a N/a
L FREE
LIVRE		 Center-left Diamantino Raposinho N/a N/a
VP Volt Portugal
Volt Portugal		 Centre
to centre-left		 André Eira N/a N/a

Opinion polling

Polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size RM PS PSD CDU BE PAN L CH O Lead
PNM CDS IL
2021 local election 26 Sep 2021 N/a 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 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 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
9		 15.7
2		 14.0
2		 5.8
0		 3.5
0		 2.2
0		 N/a 1.8
0		 4.2
0		 37.1
Aximage 12–19 Aug 2021 820 59
9		 12
2		 12
2		 6
0		 4
0		 2
0		 N/a 1
0		 4
0		 47
ICS/ISCTE 26 Jun–10 Jul 2021 800 45
7		 25
4		 8
1		 8
1		 5
0		 2
0		 1
0		 1
0		 5
0		 20
2019 Legislative election 6 Oct 2019 N/a N/a 4.2
(0)		 2.8
(0)		 30.5
(5)		 34.2
(6)		 6.5
(1)		 11.0
(1)		 3.6
(0)		 1.6
(0)		 0.4
(0)		 2.5
(0)		 3.7
2019 EP election 26 May 2019 N/a N/a 8.2
(1)		 2.1
(0)		 28.6
(4)		 23.5
(4)		 6.4
(1)		 11.5
(2)		 6.0
(1)		 2.8
(0)		 0.6
(0)		 5.6
(0)		 5.1
2017 local election 1 Oct 2017 N/a 44.5
7		 N/a 28.6
4		 10.4
1		 5.9
1		 5.3
0		 1.9
0		 N/a N/a 3.4
0		 15.9

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 26 September 2021 Municipal Council elections results
in Porto
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Councillors
Total ±
Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto 41,16740.72Decrease3.86Decrease1
Socialist 18,20118.00Decrease10.53Decrease1
Social Democratic 17,42617.24Increase6.92Increase1
Unitary Democratic Coalition 7,6097.53Increase1.61Steady0
Left Bloc 6,3236.25Increase0.91Increase1
CHEGA 2,9802.95N/a0N/a
People–Animals–Nature 2,8192.79Increase0.90Steady0
LIVRE 4620.46N/a0N/a
Volt Portugal 4230.42N/a0N/a
People's Monarchist 2120.21N/a0Steady0
Rise Up 800.08Decrease0.10Steady0
Total valid 97,702 96.64 Decrease0.4 13 Steady0
Blank ballots 2,2512.23Increase0.6
Invalid ballots 1,1481.14Decrease0.3
Total 101,101 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 207,12948.81Decrease4.9
Source: Porto 2021 election results

Municipal Assembly

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 34,90034.52Decrease4.315Decrease1
Socialist 19,38619.18Decrease8.08Decrease3
Social Democratic 18,76718.56N/a8Increase3
Unitary Democratic Coalition 8,4978.41Increase1.63Steady0
Left Bloc 7,6307.55Increase0.93Steady0
People–Animals–Nature 3,7323.69Increase0.91Steady0
CHEGA 3,4403.40N/a1N/a
LIVRE 6330.63N/a0N/a
People's Monarchist 2750.27N/a0Steady0
Alliance 2020.20N/a0N/a
Rise Up 1060.10N/a0N/a
Total valid 97,568 96.52 Increase0.2 39 Steady0
Blank ballots 2,3392.31Increase0.6
Invalid ballots 1,1821.17Decrease0.4
Total 101,089 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 207,12948.80Decrease4.9
Source: Porto 2021 election results

Parish Assemblies

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

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