Portuguese local elections, 2017
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The Portuguese local elections of 2017 will take place on October 1, 2017. The elections consists of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is elected mayor, another election for the Municipal Assembly, as well as an election for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president. This last election will be held in the more than 3,000 parishes around the country.
Electoral system
All 308 municipalities are allocated a certain number of councilors to elect corresponding to the number of registered voters in a given municipality. 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. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.
Council seats and Parish assembly seats are distributed as follows:
| Councilors | Parish Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Voters | Seats | Voters |
| 17 | only Lisbon | 21 | more than 40,000 voters |
| 13 | only Porto | 19 | more than 20,000 voters |
| 11 | 100,000 voters or more | 13 | more than 5,000 voters |
| 9 | more than 50,000 voters | 9 | more than 1,000 voters |
| 7 | more than 10,000 voters | 7 | 1,000 voters or less |
| 5 | 10,000 voters or less | ||
- For parishes with more than 30,000 voters, the number of seats mentioned above is increased in one per 10,000 voters beyond that number (if, by applying this rule the result is even, the number of seats is increased in one more.
Parties
The main political forces that will be involved in the election are:
- Left Bloc (BE)
- People's Party (CDS–PP) (only in some municipalities)1
- Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
- People–Animals–Nature (PAN)
- Socialist Party (PS)
- Social Democratic Party (PSD) (only in some municipalities)1
1 The PSD and the CDS–PP also form coalitions in several municipalities with the Earth Party (MPT) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM).
Opinion polling
| Municipality | Date(s) Conducted | Polling Firm | PSD | PS | CDS-PP | CDU | BE | PSD CDS-PP |
PSD CDS-PP PPM |
PSD CDS-PP PPM MPT |
Ind | Others / Und. | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| São João da Madeira | 18–21 Jul | IPOM | – | 35.8 | – | 6.2 | – | 53.0 | – | – | – | 4.9 | 17.2 |
| Funchal | 12–14 Jul | Eurosondagem Seat projection |
30.8 4 |
42.5 6 |
10.0 1 |
5.0 – |
– | – | – | – | 5.5 – |
6.2 – |
11.7 |
| Chaves | 10–12 Jul | IPOM | 53.2 | 34.3 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 0.6 | – | – | – | – | 3.0 | 18.9 |
| Guimarães | 25–26 Jun | Eurosondagem Seat projection |
– | 54.1 7 |
– | 6.0 – |
4.2 – |
– | – | 30.7 4 |
– | 5.0 – |
23.4 |
| Maia | 19–26 May | Intercampus | – | 31.1 | – | 3.6 | 2.6 | – | 27.1 | – | – | 35.5 | 4.0 |
| Porto | 15–17 May | Eurosondagem Seat projection |
15.1 2 |
22.2 3 |
– | 6.9 1 |
6.0 0 / 1 |
– | – | – | 44.8 6 / 7 |
5.0 – |
22.6 |
| Leiria | 2–9 May | Eurosondagem Seat projection |
26.6 3 / 4 |
52.0 7 / 8 |
3.0 – |
4.9 – |
4.2 – |
– | – | – | – | 9.3 – |
25.4 |
| Oeiras | 4–6 Apr | Eurosondagem Seat projection |
10.1 1 |
20.0 2 / 3 |
2.1 – |
6.9 0 / 1 |
3.3 – |
– | – | – | 50.1[3] 6 / 7 |
7.5 – |
5.1 |
| Pedrógão Grande[4] | 2–3 Mar | IPOM | 26.3 | 8.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20.5 | 44.8 | 5.8 |
| Pedrógão Grande[5] | 2–3 Mar | IPOM | 19.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24.8 | 55.7 | 5.3 |
| Soure | 1–3 Feb | Eurosondagem Seat projection |
– | 50.0 | – | 4.1 | 3.1 | 37.5 | – | – | – | 5.3 | 12.5 |
| – | 48.2 4 |
– | 10.8 0 / 1 |
– | 33.9 2 / 3 |
– | – | – | 7.1 – |
14.3 | |||
| Funchal | 12–13 Jan | Eurosondagem Seat projection |
25.8 3 / 4 |
48.0 6 / 7 |
8.7 1 |
6.3 0 / 1 |
– | – | – | – | 6.0 0 / 1 |
5.2 – |
22.2 |
| 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Paredes[6] | 21–24 Nov | IPOM | 24.2 | 22.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | – | – | – | – | – | 49.1 | 1.8 |
| Paredes[7] | 21–24 Nov | IPOM | 17.3 | 24.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | – | – | – | – | – | 51.9 | 7.3 |
| Leiria | 14–17 Oct | Eurosondagem | 39.6 | 36.8 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 5.2 | – | – | – | – | 10.1 | 2.8 |
| Valongo[8] | 15–27 Jun | Consulmark2 | 27.0 | 48.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | – | – | – | – | 8.0 | 21.0 |
| Valongo[9] | 15–27 Jun | Consulmark2 | 25.0 | 49.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | – | – | – | – | 9.0 | 24.0 |
| 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Paços de Ferreira | 26–30 Sep | Domp | 20.6 | 50.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | – | – | – | – | 25.1 | 29.8 |
| Maia | 20–30 Apr | GTriplo | – | 26.4 | – | 3.5 | 2.0 | 24.0 | – | – | 1.6 | 42.5 | 2.4 |
| 2015 | |||||||||||||
A Survey where voters were first asked which party or coalition they would vote for and secondly, which candidate they would cast their ballot for.
See also
References
- ↑ DGAI - Reorganização Administrativa do Território das Freguesias - (RATF)
- ↑ "Lei Eleitoral dos Orgãos das Autarquias Locais" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições (in Portuguese): 110. 2014.
- ↑ Isaltino Morais: 27.6, 3 / 4; Paulo Vistas: 22.5, 3
- ↑ If PSD candidate was Valdemar Alves.
- ↑ If PSD candidate is João Marques.
- ↑ If PSD candidate is Joaquim Neves.
- ↑ If PSD candidate is Rui Moutinho.
- ↑ If PSD candidate is João Paulo Baltazar.
- ↑ If PSD candidate is José Manuel Ribeiro.
External links
- Official results site, Portuguese Justice Ministry
- Portuguese Electoral Commission
- ERC - Official publication of polls
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