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on 9 October 2005. The election consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is automatically elected mayor, similar to

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(FPTP), another election for the Municipal Assembly and a last one for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president. This last was held separately in the more than 4,000 parishes around the country. The

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may be considered the major defeated party of this election due to a slight loss of mandates. The Socialists did, however, achieve a better percentage of the vote in relation to the election of 2001. On the right, the

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stole some municipalities from the Socialists, some of them in coalition with the People's Party that was reduced to only one municipality in stand-alone candidacies,

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, continuing its decline in comparison, for example, with the 36 mayors achieved in 1976. On the left, the

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, led by the Communist Party, regained some of its former influence, taking 4 municipalities and several parishes from the Socialists in the districts of Beja,

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and

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and

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achieving a total of 32 mayors, and winning, for the first time, the election in Peniche. The Left Bloc kept the presidency of its single municipality,

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. The election was also remarkable for the several victories of independent candidates, most of them former Socialist, Social Democratic and People's Party candidates who were expelled or given no confidence, because of corruption accusations, by their respective parties and, even so, became mayors. The best known were

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in Gondomar, Fátima Felgueiras in

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and Isaltino Morais in Oeiras.

Parties

The main political forces involved in the election were: * Left Bloc (BE) * People's Party (CDS–PP) *

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(CDU) *

(PS) *

(PSD)

Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day.

Results

Municipal Councils

National summary of votes and seats

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! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=± pp swing ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Candidacies ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Councillors ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Mayors , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± , - , , 1,933,041, , 35.87, , 1.8, , 307, , 853, , 24, , 109, , 4 , - , , 1,523,526, , 28.27, , 0.1, , 245, , 742, , 32, , 138, , 4 , - , , 589,384, , 10.94, , 0.3, , 301, , 203, , 4, , 32, , 4 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left,

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, 462,199, , 8.58, , 0.4, , 42, , 131, , 17, , 18, , 3 , - , , 165,192, , 3.07, , 0.6, , 185, , 30, , 9, , 1, , 2 , - , , 158,953, , 2.95, , 1.8, , 111, , 7, , 1, , 1, , 0 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, Independents , 133,380, , 2.47, , 0.9, , 27, , 45, , 14, , 7, , 4 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM , 91,455, , 1.70, , 0.4, , 12, , 20, , 10, , 1, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT , 71,153, , 1.32, , —, , 3, , 11, , —, , 1, , — , - , , 15,421, , 0.29, , 0.0, , 19, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , , 5,096, , 0.09, , 0.0, , 13, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , , 2,045, , 0.04, , —, , 4, , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 1,759, , 0.03, , 0.0, , 5, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / MPT , 1,670, , 0.03, , —, , 1, , 2, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 1,582, , 0.03, , 0.2, , 4, , 0, , 4, , 0, , 1 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / PPM , 707, , 0.01, , 2.5, , 1, , 0, , 8, , 0, , 1 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#1F468B align="center" , , align=left, PND / PPM , 439, , 0.01, , —, , 1, , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#000080 align="center" , , align=left, National Solidarity , 244, , 0.00, , —, , 1, , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left,

, 109, , 0.00, , 0.2, , 1, , 0, , 6, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left, CDS–PP / PSD / PPM , 11, , 0.00, , —, , 1, , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,159,104 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 95.73 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 0.6 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 2,046 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 2 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 308 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 0 , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 139,012, , 2.58, , 0.4, , colspan=6 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 90,919, , 1.69, , 0.2 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,389,035 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 8,843,875, , 60.94, , 0.8

Municipality map

City control

The following table lists party control in all district capitals, highlighted in bold, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from the 2001 Census.

Municipal Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

, - ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left,

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=± pp swing ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Candidacies ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Mandates , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± , - , , align= 1,923,468 , align=35.68 , align=1.7 , align=307 , align=2,794 , align=73 , - , , align=1,454,256 , align=26.98 , align=0.2 , align= 245 , align=2,416 , align=52 , - , , align=628,881 , align=11.67 , align=0.6 , align=301 , align=722 , align=13 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left,

, align=454,972 , align=8.44 , align=0.9 , align=41 , align=407 , align=20 , - , , align=212,652 , align=3.95 , align=2.4 , align=115 , align=114 , align=86 , - , , align=175,927 , align=3.26 , align=1.0 , align=162 , align=190 , align=63 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, Independents , align= 115,999 , align= 2.15 , align=1.0 , align= 25 , align= 121 , align=28 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM , align= 90,670 , align= 1.68 , align=0.5 , align=13 , align= 73 , align=33 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT , align=66,190 , align=1.23 , align=— , align=3 , align=27 , align=— , - , , align= 8,620 , align=0.16 , align=0.0 , align=9 , align=1 , align=0 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left,

, align= 2,768 , align= 0.05 , align=0.0 , align= 2 , align= 6 , align= 13 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / MPT , align= 1,641 , align= 0.03 , align= — , align= 1 , align= 6 , align= — , - , , align=1,590 , align=0.03 , align=0.2 , align=1 , align=0 , align=18 , - , , align=1,590 , align= 0.03 , align= — , align= 2 , align= 1 , align= — , - , , align= 1,011 , align= 0.02 , align= 0.0 , align= 6 , align= 5 , align= 5 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#1F468B align="center" , , align=left, PND / PPM , align= 831 , align= 0.02 , align= — , align= 1 , align= 0 , align= — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / PPM , align= 760 , align= 0.01 , align= 2.4 , align= 1 , align= 2 , align= 21 , - , , align= 200 , align= 0.00 , align= 0.0 , align= 2 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left, CDS–PP / PSD / PPM , align= 8 , align= 0.00 , align= — , align= 1 , align= 0 , align= — , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,161,181 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 95.72 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 0.3 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 6,885 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 9 , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 138,424, , 2.57, , 0.1, , colspan=6 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 92,140, , 1.71, , 0.2 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,391,745 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 8,847,385, , 60.94, , 0.8

Parish Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

, - ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left,

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=± pp swing ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Candidacies ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Mandates ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Presidents , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± , - , , align= 1,903,166 , align= 35.37 , align= 1.5 , align= 3,711 , align= 13,460 , align= 265 , align=1,518 , align= 5 , - , , align= 1,433,256 , align= 26.64 , align= 0.1 , align= 3,065 , align= 12,447 , align=299 , align= 1,723 , align= 74 , - , , align= 648,622 , align= 12.05 , align= 0.9 , align= 2,239 , align= 2,576 , align= 110 , align= 244 , align= 12 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left,

, align= 411,633 , align= 7.65 , align= 0.6 , align= 529 , align= 2,065 , align= 59 , align= 219 , align= 4 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, Independents , align= 245,659 , align= 4.57 , align= 0.2 , align= 568 , align= 2,201 , align= 206 , align= 292 , align= 19 , - , , align= 146,898 , align= 2.73 , align= 1.6 , align= 448 , align= 229 , align= 183 , align= 3 , align= 3 , - , , align= 144,575 , align= 2.69 , align= 0.9 , align= 1,043 , align= 826 , align= 144 , align= 65 , align= 14 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT , align=95,175 , align= 1.77 , align= — , align= 45 , align= 216 , align= — , align= 19 , align= — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM , align= 84,398 , align= 1.57 , align= 0.7 , align= 125 , align= 400 , align= 98 , align= 34 , align= 2 , - , , align= 3,635 , align= 0.07 , align= 0.0 , align= 28 , align= 0 , align= 1 , align= 0 , align=0 , - , , align=3,184 , align=0.06 , align=— , align=16 , align=7 , align=— , align=0 , align=— , - , , align=3,100 , align=0.06 , align=0.1 , align=7 , align=23 , align=97 , align=3 , align=15 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / MPT , align= 1,756 , align= 0.03 , align= — , align= 12 , align= 32 , align= — , align= 3 , align= — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left,

, align=1,448 , align=0.03 , align=0.1 , align=2 , align=10 , align=57 , align=2 , align=6 , - , , align= 824 , align= 0.02 , align=0.0 , align= 10 , align=0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / PPM , align= 807 , align= 0.02 , align=2.3 , align= 5 , align= 6 , align= 259 , align= 0 , align= 18 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#000080 align="center" , , align=left, National Solidarity , align= 72 , align= 0.00 , align= — , align= 5 , align= 0 , align= — , align= 0 , align= — , - , , align= 38 , align= 0.00 , align= — , align= 1 , align= 0 , align= — , align= 0 , align= — , - , , align= 27 , align= 0.00 , align= 0.0 , align= 1 , align= 0 , align= 1 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,130,086 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 95.31 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 0.7 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 34,498 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,125 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 151,527, , 2.82, , 0.5, , colspan=6 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 101,067, , 1.88, , 0.2 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,382,680 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 8,832,693, , 60.94, , 0.9

Maps

File:Pt ploelection ta2005.PNG, The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Assemblies in each

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. (Azores and Madeira are not shown) File:Pt ploelection pa2005.PNG, The first and the second most voted parties in Parish Assemblies in each

. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

End notes

* The source of the voting data is th
Portuguese Electoral Commission
Further Notes: * Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) is composed of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), "The Greens" (PEV) and the Democratic Intervention (ID). * The different coalitions between the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the People's Party (CDS–PP), the People's Monarchist Party (PPM) or the Earth Party (MPT) appear because each municipality has its own election. * The number of candidacies expresses the number of municipalities or parishes in which the party or coalition presented lists. * The number of mandates expresses the number of municipal deputies in the Municipal Assembly election and the number of parish deputies in the Parish Assembly election. * The turnout varies because one may choose not to vote for all the organs.

References

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