The 2013 Lisbon local election was held on 29 September 2013 to elect the members of the
Lisbon City Council
The Lisbon Municipal Chamber () is the administrative authority in the municipality of Lisbon. It has 24 freguesias in its area of jurisdiction and is based in the city of Lisbon, on the Lisbon District. These freguesias are: Ajuda; Alcântar ...
.
Against a weak opposition,
António Costa
António Luís Santos da Costa (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as President of the European Council since 2024. He previously served as the 118th prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024 and th ...
, mayor since 2007, was elected for a full second term, defeating Fernando Seara, by then incumbent and term limited mayor of
Sintra
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, of the ''Feel Lisbon'' coalition between the
Social Democratic Party
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(PSD), CDS–People's Party (CDS–PP) and Earth Party (MPT) by a landslide, 51 to 22 percent. Seara's candidacy was surrounded in controversy due to the recent changes in the law that established term limits for mayors. This law prohibits a candidate, after having served for three terms, to run for Mayor, Municipal Assemblies or Parish Assemblies. But the law did not explicitly state whether it prohibits reelection only for the same municipality or parish, or for the same position in ''any'' municipality or parish. This matter was only resolved on 5 September 2013 with a ruling of the
Constitutional Court
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allowing mayoral candidates that had already served three consecutive mandates to run for election in a different municipality.
The
Unitary Democratic Coalition
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presented incumbent MEPJoão Ferreira as their mayoral candidate and won nearly 10 percent of the votes and gained one seat, electing two in total. The Left Bloc, presented João Semedo as candidate for Mayor, but failed to win a seat.
Turnout was the second lowest ever, just 45.1 percent casting a ballot, surpassed only by the 2007 numbers.
Background
In the 2009 election, the
Socialist Party
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led by
António Costa
António Luís Santos da Costa (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as President of the European Council since 2024. He previously served as the 118th prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024 and th ...
, won an absolute majority with 44 percent of the votes and 9 councillors, defeating former Lisbon mayor and
Prime Minister
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Pedro Santana Lopes
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Ped ...
that gathered nearly 39 percent of the votes and 7 councillors.
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
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. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.
Parties
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Socialist
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Parties
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Socialist
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Ajuda
Ajuda () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Ajuda is located in western Lisbon, northeast of Belém and west of Alcântara. The population in 2011 was 15,617.Alcântara
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Alvalade
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Avenidas Novas
Avenidas Novas () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Avenidas Novas is to the south of Alvalade, west of Areeiro, east of Campolide, and north of Santo António. The popula ...
Belém
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Campo de Ourique
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Campolide
Campolide () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Campolide is west of Avenidas Novas, north of Campo de Ourique, east of Benfica, and south of São Domingos de Benfica. T ...
Carnide
Carnide () is a (civil parish) and typical Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Carnide is north of São Domingos de Benfica and Benfica (Lisbon), Benfica, east of Lumiar, and di ...
Lumiar
Lumiar () is a (civil parish) and typical Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Lumiar is east of Carnide, north of Alvalade, west of Olivais, Lisbon, Olivais, and south of Santa ...
Misericórdia
Misericórdia () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Misericórdia is to the east of Estrela, west of Santa Maria Maior, and south of Santo António. It is ...
Parque das Nações
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Penha de França
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Santo António
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São Domingos de Benfica
São Domingos de Benfica () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, São Domingos de Benfica is east of Benfica, Lisbon, Benfica, south of Carnide, west of Alvalade, and north ...