2013 Porto local election

2013 Porto local elections

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All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council 7 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	52.6% 4.2 pp
First party Second party   Leader Rui Moreira Manuel Pizarro Party Independent PS Alliance Porto, Our Party Last election Did not contest 5 seats, 34.7% Seats won 6 3 Seat change New party 2 Popular vote 45,411 26,237 Percentage 39.3% 22.7% Swing New party 12.0 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Luís Filipe Menezes Pedro Carvalho Party PSD PCP Alliance Strong Porto[a] CDU Last election 5 seats (PP)[b] 1 seat, 9.8% Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 Popular vote 24,366 8,539 Percentage 21.1% 7.4% Swing [a] 2.4 pp
Mayor before election Rui Rio PSD Elected mayor Rui Moreira Independent

The 2013 Porto local election was held on 29 September 2013 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

Rui Moreira, an independent candidate, won the election and became the Mayor of Porto, succeeding Rui Rio.^[1] He beat the Socialist candidate, Manuel Pizarro, who got 22.7% of the votes and 3 councillors, and the Mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia, Luís Filipe Menezes, the Social Democratic candidate, who achieved 21.1% of the votes and also got 3 councillors. The Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by Pedro Carvalho, kept its seat in the city council, having a slight drop in the vote share to 7.4%^[2]

The Left Bloc failed to win any seats in the city council, just like Nuno Cardoso, the former Mayor of Porto from 1999 to 2002, who ran as an independent.

Rui Moreira failed to achieve an absolute majority, and as such governed with the Socialist Party.^[3]

In the 2009 election, Rui Rio, candidate for the PSD/CDS coalition, won a third and final term as mayor of Porto, winning 47.5% of the votes and 7 seats, an absolute majority. The Socialist Party, led by Elisa Ferreira, achieved second place with 5 seats and about 35% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 9.8% of the votes.^[4]

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.^[5]

  Exit poll

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Municipal Council elections results
in Porto

1 3 6 3
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Councillors
					Total	±
	Porto, Our Party	45,411	39.25	—	6	—
	Socialist	26,237	22.68	12.0	3	2
	Social Democratic / People's Monarchist / Earth	24,366	21.06	—	3	2
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	8,539	7.38	2.4	1	0
	Left Bloc	4,166	3.60	1.4	0	0
	Nuno Cardoso – Porto our Future	1,255	1.08	—	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	343	0.30	0.4	0	0
	Labour	279	0.24	—	0	—
Total valid		110,596	95.59	2.1	13	0
Blank ballots		2,922	2.53	1.2
Invalid ballots		2,180	1.88	0.9
Total		115,698	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		219,949	52.60	4.2
Source: Porto 2013 election results

Summary of the 29 September 2013 Porto Municipal Assembly elections
results

2 4 10 15 8
Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Seats
					Total	±
	Porto, Our Party	40,134	34.69	—	15	—
	Socialist	27,413	23.70	10.1	10	4
	Social Democratic / People's Monarchist / Earth	23,495	20.31	—	8	—
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	11,436	9.89	1.1	4	0
	Left Bloc	5,760	4.98	2.5	2	1
	Nuno Cardoso – Porto our Future	1,272	1.10	—	0	—
	Labour	330	0.29	—	0	—
Total valid		109,840	94.95	2.5	39	0
Blank ballots		3,426	2.96	1.3
Invalid ballots		2,416	2.09	1.2
Total		115,682	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		219,949	52.59	4.2
Source: Porto 2013 election results

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