Castelo Branco District
Castelo Branco District (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʃˈtɛlu ˈβɾɐ̃ku], Portuguese: Distrito de Castelo Branco) is located in Central Portugal, the district capital is Castelo Branco, which is now also the most populous city, although the city of Covilhã was once the largest city.
It has an area of 6675 km² (4th largest in Portugal), and a population of 208,069 inhabitants.
Municipalities
The district is composed of 11 municipalities:
Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2011
e • d Summary of election results from Castelo Branco district, 1976-2011
| Parties |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
% |
S |
| 1976 |
1979 |
1980 |
1983 |
1985 |
1987 |
1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2002 |
2005 |
2009 |
2011 |
| PS |
36.4 |
3 |
27.8 |
2 |
30.3 |
2 |
37.1 |
3 |
18.5 |
1 |
22.4 |
2 |
32.4 |
2 |
53.2 |
3 |
51.6 |
3 |
46.1 |
3 |
56.0 |
4 |
41.0 |
2 |
34.8 |
2 |
| PSD |
22.6 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
30.6 |
2 |
31.2 |
3 |
52.1 |
4 |
51.8 |
3 |
32.1 |
2 |
32.0 |
2 |
38.3 |
2 |
26.7 |
1 |
29.8 |
2 |
37.9 |
2 |
| CDS-PP |
19.9 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
13.2 |
1 |
9.6 |
|
4.7 |
|
3.9 |
|
7.2 |
|
6.3 |
|
7.1 |
|
5.3 |
|
8.4 |
|
9.6 |
|
| PCP/APU/CDU |
6.6 |
|
12.4 |
|
10.5 |
|
11.3 |
|
8.9 |
|
7.1 |
|
4.6 |
|
3.5 |
|
5.3 |
|
3.3 |
|
3.8 |
|
5.1 |
|
4.9 |
|
| BE |
|
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|
1.2 |
|
1.5 |
|
3.7 |
|
9.1 |
|
4.2 |
|
| AD |
|
|
49.9 |
4 |
51.0 |
4 |
|
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| PRD |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
24.4 |
2 |
6.0 |
|
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| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |
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Municipalities of Castelo Branco District
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