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 Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas (born 10 August 1970) is a Portuguese civil engineer, economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). From 2014 until 2019, Moedas served as European Commissioner covering the portfolio of Research, S ...

, the candidate of the center-right coalition led by the

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, managed to be elected

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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% of the votes and 7 councilors. Despite his victory, Carlos Moedas will have to seek understandings with the other parties represented in the City Council. The big loser in this election was

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, candidate of the

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(which ran in alliance with

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), 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% of the votes, compared with the previous election, with Medina labeling the defeat as "personal". The

Unitary Democratic Coalition The Unitary Democratic Coalition ( pt, CDU – Coligação Democrática Unitária, PCP–PEV) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party ( pt, Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party "The G ...

presented former MEP João Ferreira again and achieved positive results, registering a slight electoral growth to 10.5%, the best result for CDU since 2005, and that guaranteed two Communist councilors. The Left Bloc, which now supported 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 People–Animals–Nature ( pt, Pessoas-Animais-Natureza, PAN) is an environmentalist, animal rights and animal welfare focused political party in Portugal, founded in 2009. In 2015, they won one seat in the Assembly of the Republic.

, CHEGA, and

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failed to elect any councilor.

Background

In the 2017 election, the

led by

, won with a comfortable advantage over the opposition parties, although losing its absolute majority. The center-right wing alliance led by

Assunção Cristas Maria de Assunção de Oliveira Cristas Machado da Graça (born 28 September 1974) is a Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician. She was the President of the CDS – People's Party from 2016 to 2020. Since 2017 she's also opposition leader c ...

' CDS - Peoples Party obtained a historic result for the chamber, surpassing 20% of the votes and electing 4 councilors. The

, which had

Teresa Leal Coelho Teresa Leal Coelho is a Portuguese politician who was a member of the Assembly of the Republic between 2011 and 2019. Early life and training Teresa de Andrade Leal Coelho was born in the then Portuguese colony of Mozambique on 29 March 1961. H ...

as its candidate, had its worst result in history in Lisbon, finishing in third place, with just over 11% of the votes and 2 councilors, a far cry from the Socialists and Christian Democrats (CDS). Finally, the

obtained 9.6%, winning 2 councilors and the Left Bloc obtained its best municipal result in the capital, managing to conquer 1 councilor with 7.1% 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 The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is a method for allocating seats in parliaments among federal states, or in party-list proportional representation systems. It belongs to the class of highest- ...

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

Parties and candidates

Campaign period

Party slogans

Candidates' debates

Opinion polling

Graphical summary

Polling

Results

Municipal Council

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Parties A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...

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PSD PSD may refer to: Educational bodies * Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, a Pre-K to 12th grade school for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Philippine School Doha, a Filipino scho ...

/ CDS–PP /

Alliance An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

/ MPT / PPM , 83,163, , 34.26, , 2.5, , 7, , 1 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF3366 align="center" , , align=left,

Socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

, 80,869, , 33.31, , 8.7, , 7, , 1 , - , , 25,520, , 10.51, , 1.0, , 2, , 0 , - , , 15,054, , 6.20, , 0.9, , 1, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#202056 align="center" , , align=left, CHEGA , 10,713, , 4.41, , , , 0, , , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#00ADEF align="center" , , align=left,

, 10,238, , 4.22, , , , 0, , , - , , 6,625, , 2.73, , 0.3, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=Purple align="center" , , align=left,

Volt Portugal Volt Portugal is a progressive and Eurofederalist party in Portugal. It is affiliated with Volt Europa and was officially registered in June 2020 as the 25th party in the country. Volt has contested several local elections and participated in the ...

, 1,011, , 0.42, , , , 0, , , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, We are all Lisbon (STL) , 864, , 0.36, , , , 0, , , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=gold align="center" , , align=left,

We, the Citizens! We, the Citizens! (Portuguese: ''Nós, Cidadãos!)'' is a Portuguese political party founded by members of the Portuguese Institute of Democracy (''Instituto Democracia Portuguesa'', IDP) after the large protest against the introduction of a si ...

, 530, , 0.22, , 0.4, , 0, , 0 , - , , 339, , 0.14, , 0.4, , 0, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=black align="center" , , align=left, Democratic Republican , 319, , 0.13, , 0.2, , 0, , 0 , - , colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 235,245 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 96.91 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 1.1 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 17 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 0 , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 4,818, , 1.98, , 0.6, , colspan=3 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 2,688, , 1.11, , 0.4 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 242,751 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 476,750, , 50.92, , 0.2 , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source
Lisbon 2021 election results

Municipal Assembly

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! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=± pp swing ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Seats , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center", ± , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#2A52BE align="center" , , align=left,

/ CDS–PP /

/ MPT / PPM , 75,717, , 31.18, , 0.9, , 17, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF3366 align="center" , , align=left,

, 74,768, , 30.79, , 6.9, , 17, , 5 , - , , 26,873, , 11.07, , 0.9, , 6, , 0 , - , , 18,514, , 7.62, , 0.8, , 4, , 0 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#00ADEF align="center" , , align=left,

, 14,431, , 5.94, , , , 3, , , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#202056 align="center" , , align=left, CHEGA , 12,996, , 5.35, , , , 3, , , - , , 8,566, , 3.53, , 0.8, , 1, , 1 , - , style="width: 9px" bgcolor=Purple align="center" , , align=left,

, 1,398, , 0.58, , , , 0, , , - , style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" , , align=left, We are all Lisbon (STL) , 1,068, , 0.44, , , , 0, , , - , , 437, , 0.18, , 0.4, , 0, , 0 , - , colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 234,768 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 96.67 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 1.1 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 51 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 0 , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 5,331, , 2.20, , 0.7, , colspan=3 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 2,742, , 1.13, , 0.4 , - , colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 242,841 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 476,750, , 50.94, , 0.2 , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source
Lisbon 2021 election results

Parish Assemblies

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Alvalade Alvalade may refer to the following places in Portugal: *Alvalade (Lisbon), a freguesia (civil parish) in the municipality of Lisbon *Alvalade (Santiago do Cacém), a freguesia (civil parish) in the Santiago do Cacém Municipality, Alentejo *Estád ...

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Arroios Arroios () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Arroios is north of Santa Maria Maior and São Vicente, east of Santo António, south of Avenidas Novas and Areeiro, and wes ...

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Avenidas Novas Avenidas Novas () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Avenidas Novas is to the south of Alvalade, west of Areeiro, east of Campolide, and north of Santo António. The popul ...

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Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...

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Campo de Ourique Campo de Ourique () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Campo de Ourique is east of Alcântara, north of Estrela, west of Santo António, and south of Camp ...

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Campolide Campolide () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Campolide is west of Avenidas Novas, north of Campo de Ourique, east of Benfica (Lisbon), Benfica, and south of São Domingo ...

, style="background:#FF3366; color:white;", 38.9 , 6 , 25.7 , 4 , 9.0 , 1 , 6.8 , 1 , 6.8 , 1 , 5.5 , - , 3.7 , - , colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA", , 13 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Carnide Carnide () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Carnide is north of São Domingos de Benfica and Benfica, east of Lumiar, and directly south of Lisbon's border with Odivelas ...

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Estrela Estrela, Portuguese for "star", may refer to: Animals *Estrela Mountain Dog, a breed of working dog native to the range * Phyllonorycter estrela, a moth of the family Gracillariidae Geography Portugal * Serra da Estrela Subregion, a NUTS3 statist ...

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Lumiar Lumiar () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, Lumiar is east of Carnide, north of Alvalade, west of Olivais, and south of Santa Clara and partially of Lisbon's border wit ...

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Misericórdia Misericórdia () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in the historic center of Lisbon, Misericórdia is to the east of Estrela, west of Santa Maria Maior, and south of Santo António. It is h ...

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Parque das Nações The Parque das Nações (; en, Park of the Nations), colloquially known as Expo (as the site of the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition), is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in eastern Lisbon, Parque das Naçõ ...

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Penha de França Penha may refer to: Places *Penha, Santa Catarina Penha is a municipality in Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, Brazil. It had a population of 33,284 and an area of 57.752km² as of 2020. Its two largest attractions are its beaches and Bet ...

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Santo António Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Regio ...

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São Domingos de Benfica São Domingos de Benfica () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in northern Lisbon, São Domingos de Benfica is east of Benfica, south of Carnide, west of Alvalade, and north of Campolide. ...

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Election Results

References

Notes

{{notes , refs = {{efn , name = PSD-CDS , Sum of the PSD and CDS separate results in 2017. {{efn , name = NT , Coalition with

, CDS–PP,

, MPT and PPM. {{efn , name = ML , Coalition between the PS and

. {{efn , name = PNR , In July 2020, the National Renovator Party (PNR) changed its name to Rise Up (E).

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