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Local elections were held in
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on 11 October 2009. The elections consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is automatically elected president, 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 elections took place just two weeks after the 2009 legislative election. The elections resulted almost in a tie between the
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and the
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, in which the Social Democrats lost almost 20 municipalities and also lost a considerable number of councilors. The Socialists, despite losing in number of municipal chambers, were the party that most councilors elected, a situation that has not happened since 1993 when in these elections the PSD elected more councilors than the PS but the PS elected more mayors than the PSD. The Socialists won also a decisive victory in
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where the incumbent mayor,
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, defeated the former mayor and
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by a clear margin, 44 to 39 percent. The
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lost some municipalities to the Socialists, but they did hold on municipalities like
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,
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,
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and
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. The People's Party won only one municipality,
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, continuing its decline in comparison, for example, with the 36 mayors achieved in 1976. On the left, the Democratic Unitarian Coalition, led by the Communist Party, obtained their worst result in history, winning less than 10 percent of the vote and losing 4 municipalities including Beja and
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. The Left Bloc kept the presidency of its single municipality,
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. The election was again marked by several victories of independent candidates, most of them former Socialist, Social Democratic candidates who were expelled or given no confidence by their respective parties, due to
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accusations, and were still re-elected as mayors. The best known were
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in Gondomar and Isaltino Morais in Oeiras. On the other hand, Fátima Felgueiras, independent candidate in
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, suffered a surprised defeat by the Social Democratic candidate after winning the election in 2005 with more than 47 percent of the vote. Turnout in these election was the lowest in local election, as only 59 percent of the electorate cast a ballot, although the number of ballots cast in the election was the highest ever in local elections.


Parties

The main political forces involved in the election were: * Left Bloc (BE) * People's Party (CDS–PP) (only in some municipalities)1 * Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) *
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(PS) *
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(PSD) (only in some municipalities)1 1 The PSD and the CDS–PP also formed coalitions in several municipalities with the Earth Party (MPT) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM).


Opinion polling


Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day.


Results


Municipal Councils


National summary of votes and seats

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Parties A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...
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Social Democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...
/ People's , 540,053, , 9.76, , 1.2, , , , 157, , 21, , 19, , 1 , - , , 537,329, , 9.71, , 1.2, , , , 174, , 29, , 28, , 4 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, Independents , 222,494, , 4.02, , 1.6, , , , 67, , 31, , 7, , 0 , - , , 170,772, , 3.09, , 0.0, , , , 31, , 1, , 1, , 0 , - , , 164,396, , 2.97, , 0.0, , , , 9, , 2, , 1, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM , 163,966, , 2.96, , —, , , , 22, , —, , 1, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM , 99,811, , 1.80, , 0.1, , , , 17, , 2, , 1, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT , 69,638, , 1.26, , 0.1, , , , 9, , 2, , 1, , 0 , - , , 14,242, , 0.26, , 0.0, , , , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , , 11,196, , 0.20, , 0.2, , , , 2, , 2, , 0, , 0 , - , , 6,882, , 0.12, , 0.1, , , , 1, , 0.1, , 0, , 0 , - , , 1,953, , 0.04, , —, , , , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / MPT , 1,709, , 0.03, , 0.0, , , , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , , 1,466, , 0.03, , 0.0, , , , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , , 1,437, , 0.03, , —, , , , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 1,204, , 0.02, , 0.0, , , , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#CC0033 align="center" , , align=left, Labour , 758, , 0.01, , —, , , , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left, People's /
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, 165, , 0.00, , —, , , , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left, People's / People's Monarchist , 156, , 0.00, , —, , , , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,371,842 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 97.05 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 1.3 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 2,078 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 32 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 308 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 0 , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 94,862, , 1.71, , 0.9, , colspan=6 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 68,400, , 1.24, , 0.5 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,535,104 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 9,376,707, , 59.03, , 1.9 , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source
Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Autárquicas 2009 Resultados Oficiais


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

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Social Democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...
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, align= 257 , align= 0.00 , align=— , align= , align=0 , align=— , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left, People's / People's Monarchist , align= 205 , align= 0.00 , align=— , align= , align=1 , align=— , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,354,747 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 96.73 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 1.3 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 6,946 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 60 , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 110,888, , 2.00, , 0.9, , colspan=6 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 70,047, , 1.27, , 0.4 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,535,682 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 9,376,438, , 59.04, , 1.9 , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source
Comissão Nacional de EleiçõesAutárquicas 2009 Resultados Oficiais


Parish Assemblies


National summary of votes and seats

, - ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left,
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Social Democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...
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, align= 542 , align= 0.01 , align= — , align= , align= 3 , align= — , align= 0 , align= — , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#CC0033 align="center" , , align=left, Labour , align= 336 , align= 0.01 , align= — , align= , align= 0 , align= — , align= 0 , align= — , - , , align= 280 , align= 0.00 , align= 0.0 , align= , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left, People's / People's Monarchist , align= 152 , align= 0.00 , align= — , align= , align= 3 , align= — , align= 0 , align= — , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,325,550 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 96.41 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 1.1 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 34,672 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,107 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 116,243, , 2.10, , 0.7, , colspan=6 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 81,523, , 1.48, , 0.4 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,523,316 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 9,360,875, , 59.00, , 1.9 , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source
Comissão Nacional de EleiçõesAutárquicas 2009 Resultados Oficiais


See also

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Politics of Portugal Politics in Portugal operates as a Unitary state, unitary Multi-party system, multi-party Semi-presidential system, semi-presidential Representative democracy, representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Portugal is the hea ...
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List of political parties in Portugal This article lists political parties in Portugal. The Portuguese political scene has been dominated by the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party (Portugal), Social Democratic Party since the 1974 Carnation Re ...
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Elections in Portugal Elections in Portugal are free, fair, and regularly held, in accordance with election law. Only the elections since the Carnation Revolution of 1974 are listed here. During the period encompassing the Constitutional Monarchy and the First Republ ...


References


Notes


External links


Official site Autárquicas 2009

Official results site, Portuguese Justice Ministry

Portuguese Electoral Commission
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