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2017 Lisbon local elections

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All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council 9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	51.2% 6.1 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Fernando Medina Assunção Cristas Teresa Leal Coelho Party PS CDS–PP PSD Alliance Our Lisbon Last election 11 seats, 50.9% 1 seat 3 seats Seats won 8 4 2 Seat change 3 3 1 Popular vote 106,037 51,984 28,336 Percentage 42.0% 20.6% 11.2% Swing 8.9 pp N/A N/A   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader João Ferreira Ricardo Robles Inês Sousa Real Party PCP BE PAN Alliance CDU Last election 2 seats, 9.8% 0 seats, 4.6% 0 seats, 2.3% Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 24,110 10,713 7,658 Percentage 9.5% 7.1% 3.0% Swing 0.3 pp 2.5 pp 0.7 pp
Valid votes per parish Fernando Medina (PS)   30–39%   40-49%   50-59% Assunção Cristas (CDS)   30–39%
Mayor before election Fernando Medina PS Elected Mayor Fernando Medina PS

The 2017 Lisbon local election was held on 1 October 2017 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

Against a fractured opposition, Fernando Medina, mayor since the resignation of António Costa in 2015, was elected for a full term, defeating Assunção Cristas (CDS-PP leader) and Teresa Leal Coelho (PSD). Despite the victory, the Socialist Party lost its majority by one seat, having to rely of the Left Bloc's support.

The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented former MEP João Ferreira again and achieved similar results, and that guaranteed two Communist councilors. The Left Bloc, with Ricardo Robles as the candidate for Mayor, managed to gain a councillor seat for the first time in 10 years.

People-Animals-Nature, with Inês Sousa Real as its candidate, failed to elect any councilor.

Background

In the 2013 election, the Socialist Party led by António Costa, won with an absolute majority. The PSD-CDS coalition led by Fernando Seara got about 22 percent of the votes, the worse result for the center right ever in Lisbon.

In 2014, Costa won the Socialist primary and became the leader of the Socialist Party. He resigned to focus on the campaign for the 2015 legislative elections, being replaced by Fernando Medina.

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. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.

Parties and candidates

Campaign period

Candidates' debates

Opinion polling

Polling

  Exit poll

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 1 October 2017 Lisbon City Council elections results

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Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Councillors
					Total	±
	Socialist	106,036	42.00	8.9	8	3
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	51,984	20.59	—	4	3
	Social Democratic	28,336	11.22	—	2	1
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	24,110	9.55	0.3	2	0
	Left Bloc	18,025	7.14	2.5	1	1
	People–Animals–Nature	7,658	3.03	0.7	0	0
	We, the Citizens!	1,497	0.59	—	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	1,309	0.52	0.5	0	0
	National Renovator	1,179	0.47	0.1	0	0
	PDR / JPP	809	0.32	—	0	—
	United Party of Retirees and Pensioners	687	0.27	—	0	—
	Labour	352	0.14	0.2	0	0
Total valid		241,982	95.84	2.7	17	0
Blank ballots		6,627	2.62	1.4
Invalid ballots		3,871	1.53	1.3
Total		252,481	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		493,354	51.16	6.1
Source: Lisbon 2017 election results

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 1 October 2017 Lisbon City Council elections results

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Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Seats
					Total	±
	Socialist	95,064	37.66	4.7	22	3
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	42,773	16.94	—	9	6
	Social Democratic	38,263	15.16	—	8	3
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	26,229	10.39	0.8	7	1
	Left Bloc	21,288	8.43	1.5	4	0
	People–Animals–Nature	10,811	4.28	1.3	2	1
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	1,875	0.74	0.5	0	0
	National Renovator	1,442	0.57	0.0	0	0
	We, the Citizens!	1,383	0.55	—	0	—
	PDR / JPP	854	0.34	—	0	—
	United Party of Retirees and Pensioners	834	0.33	—	0	—
	Labour	429	0.17	0.2	0	0
Total valid		241,245	95.56	2.9	51	0
Blank ballots		7,327	2.90	1.4
Invalid ballots		3,877	1.54	1.4
Total		252,449	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		493,354	51.15	6.0
Source: Lisbon 2017 election results

Parish Assemblies

Maps

References

1. "Fernando Medina vence e Assunção bate Teresa Leal Coelho". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
2. Carrapatoso, Miguel Santos. "Medina fecha acordo com Bloco de Esquerda e entrega pelouro da Educação e Áreas Sociais". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
3. "Medina perde maioria absoluta em Lisboa". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
4. "Caras | Eleições Autárquicas 2013: António Costa vence em Lisboa". Caras (in European Portuguese). 29 September 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
5. "António Costa renuncia à Câmara de Lisboa". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
6. "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
7. "Autárquicas 2017 – Candidatos". www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
8. "Lisboa em debate – 1.ª parte". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
9. ^ TVI24 recebeu último debate autárquico na corrida a Lisboa (in Portuguese), retrieved 23 January 2024
10. Borges, Liliana (2 September 2019). "Debates entre partidos arrancam esta segunda-feira. Veja o calendário completo". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
11. Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de. "Eleições Autárquicas – Debate Lisboa – Informação – Entrevista e Debate – RTP". www.rtp.pt. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

Notes

1. Coalition with CDS–PP, MPT and PPM.
2. ^ PSD and CDS-PP ran together in 2013, receiving 4 seats and 22.4% of the votes.

External links

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