Portuguese local election, 1982

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The Portuguese local election of 1982 took place on December 12. This was the third local election in Portugal since the democratic revolution of 1974 introduced the concept of democratic local power.

The election consisted of three separate elections in the 305 Portuguese municipalities that existed at the time, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is elected mayor, 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 Socialist Party finished once more on the top of the results table, increasing its share by 4%, however that was due to the fact that the coalition between the two major right-wing parties, the Democratic Social Center and the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Alliance, did not participate in all Municipalities and Parishes, being the parties which composed it, separated in many Municipalities. This right wing coalition did, however, lose some voting in relation to the previous election.

The left-wing United People Alliance dominated the election in the municipalities of the South of the country, gathering more than 60% of the voting and achieving its best result ever with 20.7% and 55 mayors.

The main political forces involved in the election were:

Democratic Alliance (AD) (only in some municipalities)
Democratic Social Center (CDS) (only in some municipalities)
Socialist Party (PS)
Social Democratic Party (PSD) (only in some municipalities)
United People Alliance (APU)

1 National summary of votes and seats
2 References

[edit] National summary of votes and seats

[edit] Municipal Chambers

The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

Portuguese local election, 1982 (December 12) - Municipal Chambers
Party	Votes	%	Candidacies	Councillors	Mayors
PS	1,595,723	31,1%		622	83
APU	1,061,492	20.7%		324	55
AD	1,004,065	19.6%		329	49
PSD	750,296	14.6%		442	88
CDS	386.527	07.5%		191	27
PS-UEDS	37,102	0,7%		14	1
UDP	31,973	00.6%		3	0
UD	30,941	00.6%		2	0
PCTP/MRPP	16,263	00.3%		0	0
PPM	11,293	00.2%		5	1
ASDI	7,156	00.1%		7	1
POUS	5,519	00.1%		0	0
OCMLP	1,450	00.0%		0	0
PDC	849	00.0%		0	0
Blank Ballots	90,037	01.8%	-	-	-
Invalid Ballots	100,797	02.0%	-	-	-
Total	5,131,483	-	-	1,939	305

Registered Voters: 7,185,284
Turnout: 71.42%

[edit] Municipal Assemblies

The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

Portuguese local election, 1982 (December 12) - Municipal Assemblies
Party	Votes	%	Candidacies	Mandates
PS	1,593,544	31,1%		3,157
APU	1,076,742	21.0%		1,769
AD	995,108	19.4%		1,644
PSD	725,203	14.1%		2,159
CDS	395,648	07.7%		1,014
PS-UEDS	37,409	00.7%		65
UDP	34,788	00.7%		20
UD	30,675	00.6%		11
PPM	10,553	00.2%		28
PCTP/MRPP	7,126	00.1%		1
ASDI	6,783	00.1%		32
PDC	2,463	00.1%		0
PDC	851	00.0%		2
OCMLP	520	00.0%		0
Blank Ballots	112,966	02.2%	-	-
Invalid Ballots	100,848	02.0%	-	-
Total	5,131,227	-		9,902

Registered Voters: 7,185,284
Turnout: 71.41%

[edit] Parish Assemblies

The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

Portuguese local election, 1982 (December 12) - Parish Assemblies
Party	Votes	%	Candidacies	Mandates	Presidents
PS	1,551,888	30,4%		12,864
APU	1,085,127	21.3%		5,101
AD	925,065	18.1%		7,879
PSD	775,353	15.2%		9,589
CDS	400,306	07.9%		4,944
Independents	60.209	01.2%		1,003
PS-UEDS	30,820	00.6%		285
UD	29,470	00.6%		344
UDP	25,264	00.5%		31
PPM	6,341	00.1%		103
ASDI	4,534	00.1%		50
PCTP/MRPP	4,390	00.1%		0
POUS	809	00.0%		0
PDC	503	00.0%		1
OCMLP	452	00.0%		0
Blank Ballots	92,462	01.8%	-	-	-
Invalid Ballots	106,117	02.1%	-	-	-
Total	5,099,110	-	-	42,194

Registered Voters: 7,185,284
Turnout: 70.97%

[edit] End notes

The source of the voting data is the Portuguese Electoral Commission

Further Notes:

AD was composed by the CDS, the PSD and the PPM.
Although the PSD, the CDS and the PPM were united in the Democratic Alliance, they appear in the scorecard because they ran separated in several municipalities.
APU was composed by the PCP and the MDP/CDE.
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.