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2021 Lisbon local elections

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All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council 9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	51.0% 0.1 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Carlos Moedas Fernando Medina João Ferreira Party PSD PS PCP Alliance New Times More Lisbon CDU Last election 6 seats, 31.8% 8 seats, 42.0% 2 seats, 9.5% Seats won 7 7 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 83,185 80,907 25,550 Percentage 34.3% 33.3% 10.5% Swing 2.5 pp 8.7 pp 1.0 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Beatriz Gomes Dias Nuno Graciano Bruno Horta Soares Party BE CH IL Last election 1 seat, 7.1% Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change New party New party Popular vote 15,057 10,730 10,213 Percentage 6.2% 4.4% 4.2% Swing 0.9 pp New party New party
Valid votes per parish Carlos Moedas (PSD)   30–39%   40-49%   50-59% Fernando Medina (PS)   30–39%   40-49%   50-59%
Mayor before election Fernando Medina PS Elected Mayor Carlos Moedas PSD

The 2021 Lisbon local election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

In what was the biggest surprise of the 2021 municipal elections, Carlos Moedas, the candidate of the center-right coalition led by the Social Democratic Party, managed to be elected Mayor of Lisbon and put an end to 14 years of Socialist rule. Against all expectations, the center-right coalition managed to regain the capital by winning 34.3 percent of the votes and 7 councilors. Despite his victory, Carlos Moedas had to seek understandings with the other parties represented in the City Council.

The big loser in this election was Fernando Medina, candidate of the Socialist Party (which ran in alliance with LIVRE), as he lost his reelection bid, an office he had hold since 2015 and which had been in Socialist hands since 2007. Unexpectedly, the Socialists lost almost 10 percent of the votes compared with the previous election, with Medina labeling the defeat as "personal".

The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented former MEP João Ferreira again and achieved positive results, registering a slight electoral growth to 10.5 percent, the best result for CDU since 2005, and that guaranteed two Communist councilors. The Left Bloc, which presented Beatriz Gomes Dias as a candidate for mayor, managed to keep their sole seat in the municipal council, despite having registered a slight drop in votes.

People-Animals-Nature, CHEGA, and Liberal Initiative failed to elect any councilor.

Background

In the 2017 election, the Socialist Party led by Fernando Medina, won with a comfortable advantage over the opposition parties, although losing its absolute majority. The center-right wing alliance led by Assunção Cristas' CDS - Peoples Party obtained a historic result for the chamber, surpassing 20 percent of the votes and electing 4 councilors. The Social Democratic Party, which had Teresa Leal Coelho as its candidate, had its worst result in history in Lisbon, finishing in third place, with just over 11 percent of the votes and 2 councilors, a far cry from the Socialists and Christian Democrats (CDS).

Finally, the Unitary Democratic Coalition obtained 9.6 percent, winning 2 councilors and the Left Bloc obtained its best municipal result in the capital, managing to conquer 1 councilor with 7.1 percent and entering in a coalition with the Socialists.

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

Party slogans

Candidates' debates

Opinion polling

Graphical summary

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Polling

  Exit poll

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 26 September 2021 Lisbon City Council elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Councillors
					Total	±
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM	83,185	34.27	2.5	7	1
	Socialist / LIVRE	80,907	33.33	8.7	7	1
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	25,550	10.53	1.0	2	0
	Left Bloc	15,057	6.20	0.9	1	0
	CHEGA	10,730	4.42	—	0	—
	Liberal Initiative	10,213	4.21	—	0	—
	People–Animals–Nature	6,625	2.73	0.3	0	0
	Volt Portugal	1,016	0.42	—	0	—
	We are all Lisbon (STL)	864	0.36	—	0	—
	We, the Citizens!	494	0.20	0.4	0	0
	Rise Up	338	0.14	0.4	0	0
	Democratic Republican	319	0.13	0.2	0	0
Total valid		235,298	96.93	1.1	17	0
Blank ballots		4,823	1.99	0.6
Invalid ballots		2,622	1.08	0.4
Total		242,743	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		476,050	50.99	0.1
Source: Lisbon 2021 election results

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 26 September 2021 Lisbon Municipal Assembly elections
results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Seats
					Total	±
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM	75,616	31.15	0.9	17	0
	Socialist / LIVRE	74,765	30.80	6.9	17	5
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	26,890	11.08	0.9	6	0
	Left Bloc	18,528	7.63	0.8	4	0
	Liberal Initiative	14,447	5.95	—	3	—
	CHEGA	13,004	5.36	—	3	—
	People–Animals–Nature	8,573	3.53	0.8	1	1
	Volt Portugal	1,401	0.58	—	0	—
	We are all Lisbon (STL)	1,069	0.44	—	0	—
	Rise Up	438	0.18	0.4	0	0
Total valid		234,731	96.70	1.1	51	0
Blank ballots		5,337	2.20	0.7
Invalid ballots		2,671	1.10	0.4
Total		242,739	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		476,740	50.92	0.2
Source: Lisbon 2021 election results

Parish Assemblies

References

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Notes

1. Coalition with PSD, CDS–PP, Alliance, MPT and PPM.
2. ^ Sum of the PSD and CDS separate results in 2017.
3. Coalition between the PS and LIVRE.
4. In July 2020, the National Renovator Party (PNR) changed its name to Rise Up (E).

External links

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