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. This controversy ended on 5 September 2013 with the decision of the Constitutional Court allowing mayoral candidates that had already served three consecutive mandates to run for election in a different municipality. The Socialist Party (PS) won the largest number of municipal chambers in its history surpassing its previous best result in 2009. It also won the largest number of mayorships of any party in the history of Portugal. The PS also reconquered Coimbra and won in two large strongholds of the Social Democratic Party, Vila Real and Funchal. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) was the biggest loser of these elections, as it lost almost a third of the municipalities that it had held. However, the PSD did gain several traditionally Socialist bastions like Braga and Guarda. The communist

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won in the cities of Loures, Beja and Évora. The election was also marked by the strong electoral performances of various independent groups, which won several chambers. The most significant was the victory of independent Rui Moreira in Porto, who was supported by CDS-PP. The

increased its number of municipal chambers as well as its number of councilors by winning several chambers previously held by the Socialists, including winning back their historical stronghold of Loures. However, despite increasing their overall number of mayors, they also lost three chambers they won in 2009 to the Socialists;

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suffered a heavy defeat, losing the only chamber they had, and electing fewer councillors than in 2009. The turnout in these elections was the lowest ever, with 52.6% of voters casting their ballot.

Parties

The main political forces that will be involved in the election are: *

(BE) * People's Party (CDS–PP) (only in some municipalities)¹ *

(CDU) * Socialist Party (PS) * Social Democratic Party (PSD) (only in some municipalities)¹ ¹ The PSD and the CDS–PP will also form coalitions in several municipalities with the

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(MPT) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM).

Opinion polling

Results

Municipal Councils

National summary of votes and seats

, - ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left, Parties ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=± pp

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! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Candidacies ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Councillors ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Mayors , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± , - , , 1,812,029, , 36.26, , 1.4, , 303, , 923, , 2, , 149, , 17 , - , , 834,455, , 16.70, , 6.3, , 201, , 531, , 135, , 86, , 31 , - , , 552,690, , 11.06, , 1.3, , 288, , 213, , 39, , 34, , 6 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left,

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, 379,110, , 7.59, , 2.1, , 73, , 154, , 3, , 16, , 3 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, Independents , 344,531, , 6.89, , 2.8, , 94, , 112, , 45, , 13, , 6 , - , , 152,073, , 3.04, , 0.1, , 143, , 47, , 16, , 5, , 4 , - , , 120,982, , 2.42, , 0.6, , 109, , 8, , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / MPT , 100,437, , 2.01, , 2.0, , 6, , 11, , 2, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM , 94,015, , 1.88, , 0.1, , 4, , 21, , 6, , 2, , 1 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / PPM , 65,102, , 1.30, , —, , 7, , 21, , —, , 1, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / PPM / MPT , 43,312, , 0.87, , —, , 7, , 7, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM , 23,551, , 0.47, , 2.5, , 4, , 14, , 7, , 1, , 0 , - , , 23,276, , 0.47, , 0.3, , 27, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF66FF align="center" , , align=left, PS / BE / PND / MPT / PTP / PAN , 21,102, , 0.42, , —, , 1, , 5, , —, , 1, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / MPT / PPM , 19,804, , 0.40, , —, , 4, , 4, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 16,233, , 0.32, , —, , 8, , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left, CDS–PP / MPT / PPM , 9,299, , 0.19, , —, , 7, , 1, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD/ CDS–PP / PPM / MPT , 8,918, , 0.18, , 1.1, , 4, , 4, , 5, , 0, , 1 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#CC0033 align="center" , , align=left, Labour , 8,552, , 0.17, , —, , 22, , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 6,660, , 0.13, , 0.1, , 8, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left,

, 4,656, , 0.09, , —, , 4, , 4, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" , , align=left, PPM / PND / PPV , 3,634, , 0.07, , —, , 1, , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 3,002, , 0.06, , 0.1, , 6, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left,

/ Earth , 2,931, , 0.06, , 0.1, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF66FF align="center" , , align=left, PS / PTP / PND / BE , 2,157, , 0.04, , —, , 1, , 1, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left,

/ Earth , 1,897, , 0.04, , —, , 2, , 3, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 1,272, , 0.03, , 0.1, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" , , align=left, People's Monarchist / PPV , 856, , 0.02, , —, , 1, , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 455, , 0.01, , 0.0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#000080 align="center" , , align=left,

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, 338, , 0.01, , —, , 1, , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,657,329 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 93.18 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 3.8 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 2,086 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 8 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 308 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 0 , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 193,471, , 3.87, , 2.2, , colspan=5 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 147,205, , 2.95, , 1.7 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,998,005 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 9,501,103, , 52.60, , 6.4 , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source
Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Municipality map

City control

The following table lists party control in all district capitals, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from 2013.

Municipal Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Candidacies ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Mandates , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± , - , , 1,746,819, , 34.95, , 1.7, , , , 2,659, , 196 , - , , 813,835, , 16.28, , 5.9, , , , 1,588, , 536 , - , , 599,029, , 11.98, , 1.4, , , , 747, , 96 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left,

, 376,056, , 7.52, , 1.8, , , , 493, , 29 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, Independents , 325,724, , 6.52, , 2.8, , , , 352, , 128 , - , , 159,921, , 3.20, , 0.3, , , , 224, , 29 , - , , 157,686, , 3.15, , 1.0, , , , 100, , 39 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / MPT , 106,725, , 2.14, , 2.1, , , , 42, , 36 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM , 88,393, , 1.77, , 0.0, , , , 72, , 12 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / PPM , 60,873, , 1.22, , —, , , , 57, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / PPM / MPT , 41,307, , 0.83, , —, , , , 18, , — , - , , 23,776, , 0.48, , —, , , , 5, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM , 22,420, , 0.45, , 2.5, , , , 37, , 28 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF66FF align="center" , , align=left, PS / BE / PND / MPT / PTP / PAN , 20,849, , 0.42, , —, , , , 14, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / MPT / PPM , 19,850, , 0.40, , —, , , , 11, , — , - , , 15,393, , 0.31, , 0.2, , , , 2, , 2 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left, CDS–PP / MPT / PPM , 9,949, , 0.20, , —, , , , 9, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD/ CDS–PP / PPM / MPT , 8,886, , 0.18, , 1.0, , , , 10, , 12 , - , , 5,525, , 0.11, , 0.1, , , , 11, , 3 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left,

, 4,647, , 0.09, , —, , , , 17, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" , , align=left, PPM / PND / PPV , 4,451, , 0.09, , —, , , , 0, , — , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#CC0033 align="center" , , align=left, Labour , 4,102, , 0.08, , —, , , , 3, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left,

/ Earth , 3,384, , 0.07, , 0.1, , , , 3, , 3 , - , , 3,247, , 0.06, , 0.1, , , , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF66FF align="center" , , align=left, PS / PTP / PND / BE , 2,101, , 0.04, , —, , , , 3, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left,

/ Earth , 2,008, , 0.04, , —, , , , 8, , — , - , , 1,505, , 0.03, , 0.1, , , , 0, , 5 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" , , align=left, People's Monarchist / PPV , 1,046, , 0.02, , —, , , , 0, , — , - , , 445, , 0.01, , 0.0, , , , 2, , 3 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,629,952 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 92.63 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4.1 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 6,487 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 459 , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 215,489, , 4.31, , 2.3, , colspan=6 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 153,068, , 3.06, , 1.8 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,998,509 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 9,501,103, , 52.61, , 6.4 , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source
Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

Parish Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Candidacies ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Mandates ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Presidents , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± , - , , 1,733,687, , 34.69, , 1.6, , , , 10,838, , 2,898, , 1,282, , 295 , - , , 815,086, , 16.31, , 6.1, , , , 6,927, , 4,186, , 912, , 618 , - , , 596,324, , 11.93, , 1.0, , , , 1,973, , 293, , 170, , 43 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, Independents , 478,273, , 9.57, , 3.5, , , , 2,978, , 305, , 342, , 10 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left,

, 363,145, , 7.27, , 1.9, , , , 2,096, , 815, , 222, , 90 , - , , 139,304, , 2.79, , 0.5, , , , 725, , 33, , 50, , 3 , - , , 115,191, , 2.30, , 0.7, , , , 138, , 97, , 0, , 4 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / MPT , 111,571, , 2.23, , 2.2, , , , 322, , 293, , 18, , 16 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / CDS–PP / PPM , 81,096, , 1.62, , 0.2, , , , 453, , 48, , 44, , 8 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / PPM , 55,186, , 1.10, , —, , , , 251, , —, , 21, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / PPM / MPT , 44,661, , 0.89, , —, , , , 91, , —, , 6, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD / MPT / PPM , 19,908, , 0.40, , —, , , , 39, , —, , 2, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD/ CDS–PP / MPT / PPM , 19,397, , 0.39, , 2.5, , , , 88, , 296, , 3, , 28 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF66FF align="center" , , align=left, PS / BE / PND / MPT / PTP / PAN , 18,967, , 0.38, , —, , , , 53, , —, , 5, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left, CDS–PP / MPT / PPM , 8,966, , 0.18, , —, , , , 12, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left, PSD/ CDS–PP / PPM / MPT , 8,344, , 0.17, , 0.9, , , , 44, , 124, , 2, , 13 , - , , 8,003, , 0.16, , 0.1, , , , 2, , 2, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" , , align=left, PPM / PND / PPV , 4,729, , 0.09, , —, , , , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 4,569, , 0.09, , 0.1, , , , 18, , 29, , 0, , 2 , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left,

, 4,303, , 0.09, , —, , , , 63, , —, , 5, , — , - , , 4,001, , 0.08, , —, , , , 1, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#CC0033 align="center" , , align=left, Labour , 2,681, , 0.05, , —, , , , 1, , —, , 0, , — , - , , 2,670, , 0.05, , 0.1, , , , 5, , 2, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" , , align=left,

/ Earth , 2,123, , 0.04, , —, , , , 27, , —, , 1, , — , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF66FF align="center" , , align=left, PS / PTP / PND / BE , 2,085, , 0.04, , —, , , , 7, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" , , align=left,

/ Earth , 1,610, , 0.03, , 0.0, , , , 4, , 1, , 0, , 0 , - , , 716, , 0.01, , 0.0, , , , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , , 549, , 0.01, , 0.0, , , , 11, , 8, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=red align="center" , , align=left,

Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

, 57, , 0.00, , —, , , , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" , , align=left, People's Monarchist / PPV , 47, , 0.00, , —, , , , 0, , —, , 0, , — , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,647,249 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 92.99 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 3.4 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", — , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 27,167 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 7,505 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 3,085 , width="45" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 1,022 , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 194,978, , 3.90, , 1.8, , colspan=5 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 155,271, , 3.11, , 1.6 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 4,997,498 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 9,500,202, , 52.60, , 6.4 , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source
Autárquicas 2013 Resultados Oficiais

References

External links

Official site Autárquicas 2013

Portuguese Electoral Commission

ERC - Official publication of polls
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Parties

Opinion polling

Results

Municipal Councils

National summary of votes and seats

Municipality map

City control

Municipal Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

Parish Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

See also

References

External links