The 2009 Portuguese legislative election was held on 27 September, to renew all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. The

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, led by incumbent Prime Minister

José Sócrates José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as José Sócrates (), is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he ...

, won the largest number of seats, but didn't repeat the

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. The Socialist Party of Prime Minister José Sócrates came in first despite losing 9% of the vote and 24 seats. In these elections there were approximately 9.5 million Portuguese at home and abroad called to determine the 230 seats in the Assembleia da República and 18th constitutional government in Portugal after 1976. The Socialists won the election with a clear lead over the conservative Social Democrats, with big gains for the People's Party and for the Left Bloc. The election took place during the regular end of the previous four-year legislative period. From 2005 to 2009 ruled by the Socialist Party (PS), led by José Sócrates, with an absolute majority. The opinion polls at the beginning of the official election campaign on 12 September 2009, showed a too close to call race between the Socialists and the conservative Social Democrats, but just days before the election the Socialists increased their lead over the Social Democrats. A total of 13 parties and two coalitions competed in this election. Focus of the campaign was the impact of global economic, the financial crisis and the construction of new infrastructure projects, including the high-speed rail link Lisbon-Madrid and Lisbon-Porto-Vigo, and the new Lisbon airport. Neither of the two major parties won an absolute majority in the Assembly of the Republic, so, the future prime minister had to form a coalition, or at least rely on other parties to govern. In that case, José Sócrates was in a better position than Manuela Ferreira Leite, since the Portuguese left won by 54.23% of the vote and 128 seats, against 39.54% and 102 deputies to the right. On 12 October, José Sócrates was invited by

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to form government. The new cabinet was announced on 22 October and sworn in on 26 October.

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was one of the lowest in Portuguese election history, as 59.7% of the electorate cast a ballot.

Background

In the February 2005 early elections, the Socialists, under the leadership of José Sócrates, won 45% of the votes and 121 MPs, the 1st time the Socialists won a majority and the 1st time a single party won a majority since Cavaco Silva's PSD victory in

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. The PSD suffered a heavy defeat, achieving their worst results since 1983, and faced with this failure, the then PSD leader and outgoing Prime Minister,

Pedro Santana Lopes Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes GCC (; born 29 June 1956) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, who is the current president of the Municipal Chamber of Figueira da Foz. He most notably served as prime minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005. ...

, resigned from the leadership and called an election for party chair. During the first months in his government, Sócrates raised taxes to cut the deficit and initiated a policy of strict budgetary rigor. At the same time, he faced a very harsh summer with Wildfires across the country. That same October, the Socialists suffered a heavy defeat in the 2005 local elections, winning just 108 cities, a drop of 4, against the PSD's 158 mayoral holds. The PS was also unable to retake control of

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and

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

. In January 2006, a new president was elected.

, PM between 1985 and 1995, became the first center-right candidate to win a

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, although only just. The PS candidate, former PM and President

Mário Soares Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, GColTE, GCC, GColL (; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th presid ...

polled a disappointing third place with just 14% of the votes. In 2007, a

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for the legalization of abortion was held. After the failure of the 1998 referendum, the Yes side prevailed winning 59% of the votes against the No's 41%, making abortion legal in Portugal. While the deficit reduction had been successful, and with the economy growing above 2% of GDP, the government faced heavy opposition for its policies, particularly from teachers unions. In March 2008, more than 100,000 teachers protested in Lisbon against Sócrates and his Education minister,

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. Entering 2009, Portugal was strongly hit by the effects of the financial crisis that was shaking the global economy, and, therefore, the country entered in a recession. As a result, the government adopted stimulus measures that worsened the public finances and increased the deficit and the debt. In the European elections of June 7, 2009, the PSD stunned pundits by winning a European election for the first time since 1989, with 31.7% of the votes. The Socialists suffered a huge defeat, winning just 26% of the votes, a drop of 18%.

Leadership changes

PSD 2005 leadership election

In the party's congress in April 2005,

Luís Marques Mendes Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques Mendes, GCIH (born 5 September 1957, in Guimarães, Azurém) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician, and a former Leader of the Social Democratic Party. Background He is a son of António Marques Mendes and wife ...

became party leader winning 56% of the delegates, against the 44% of his rival, Luís Filipe Menezes.. The results were the following: , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px", Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left ,

, align=right , 497 , align=right , 56.6 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Luís Filipe Menezes , align=right , 381 , align=right , 43.4 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 878 , align=center , , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source:

CDS–PP 2005 leadership election

CDS–PP leader

Paulo Portas Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962, ) is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has, since the 1990s, been one of Portugal's leading conservative politicians. He was the leader of one of Portugal's right-wing parties, t ...

, resigned from the leadership following the disappointing result of the party in the 2005 elections saying that ''"in no civilized country in the world, the difference between Trotskyists and Christian Democrats is one percent"'', referring to the result of the BE. A snap leadership congress was called to elect a new leader. Two candidates were in the ballot: Telmo Correia, the preferred candidate of Paulo Portas, and

José Ribeiro e Castro José Duarte de Almeida Ribeiro e Castro (born Lisbon, 24 December 1953)http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=5570 is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He was the leader of the People's Party from 24 ...

, more critical of Portas. Ribeiro e Castro was easily elected and the results were the following: , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px", Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

, align=right , 492 , align=right , 56.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Telmo Correia , align=right , 387 , align=right , 44.0 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 879 , align=center , , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source:

CDS–PP 2007 leadership election

In April 2007, former CDS–PP leader

challenged the then party leader,

, for the leadership and was elected for his former job by a landslide.. The results were the following: , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px", Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

, align=right , 5,642 , align=right , 74.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

, align=right , 1,883 , align=right , 24.9 , - , colspan=2 align=left , Blank/Invalid ballots , align=right , 38 , align=right , 0.5 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 7,563 , align=center , , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source:

PSD 2007 leadership election

In the Social Democratic Party, incumbent leader

was being very criticized for his opposition strategy and was left weakened after the PSD disappointing result in the 2007 Lisbon mayoral by-election, where the PSD polled 3rd with less than 16% of the votes. Marques Mendes called a snap leadership election and was challenged by his rival in the 2005 PSD congress, Luís Filipe Menezes. Menezes easily defeated Marques Mendes. The results were the following: , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px", Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Luís Filipe Menezes , align=right , 21,101 , align=right , 53.6 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left ,

, align=right , 16,973 , align=right , 43.1 , - , colspan=2 align=left , Blank/Invalid ballots , align=right , 1,279 , align=right , 3.3 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align=right , 39,353 , align=right , 62.42 , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source:

PSD 2008 leadership election

The then PSD leader, Luís Filipe Menezes, elected in September 2007, resigned after just 6 months in the job. In the following leadership elections, held in May 2008,

Manuela Ferreira Leite Maria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite GCC GCIH (born Lisbon, 3 December 1940), commonly known as Manuela Ferreira Leite (), is a Portuguese economist, pundit and retired politician. Background She was born in Lisbon, Portugal. Manuela Ferreira Le ...

became the first woman to lead a major party in Portugal, winning 38% of the votes, against the 31% of

Pedro Passos Coelho Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho (; born 24 July 1964) is a Portuguese politician and university guest lecturer who was the 118th prime minister of Portugal, in office from 2011 to 2015. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) b ...

and the 30% of

. The results were the following: , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align="center" colspan=2 style="width: 60px", Candidate ! align="center" style="width: 50px", Votes ! align="center" style="width: 50px", % , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left ,

, align=right , 17,278 , align=right , 37.9 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left ,

, align=right , 14,160 , align=right , 31.1 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left ,

, align=right , 13,495 , align=right , 29.6 , - , bgcolor=orange, , align=left , Patinha Antão , align=right , 308 , align=right , 0.7 , - , colspan=2 align=left , Blank/Invalid ballots , align=right , 351 , align=right , 0.8 , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , align= 45,592 , align=right , 59.13 , - , colspan="4" align=left, Source:

Electoral system

The Assembly of the Republic has 230 members elected to four-year terms. Governments do not require absolute majority support of the Assembly to hold office, as even if the number of opposers of government is larger than that of the supporters, the number of opposers still needs to be equal or greater than 116 (absolute majority) for both the Government's Programme to be rejected or for a

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to be approved. The number of seats assigned to each district depends on the

district magnitude An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

. The use of 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- ...

makes for a higher effective threshold than certain other allocation methods such as the

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or Sainte-Laguë method, which are more generous to small parties. For these elections, and compared with the 2005 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:

Parties

The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the 10th legislature (2005–2009) and that also partook in the election:

Campaign period

Party slogans

Candidates' debates

Opinion polling

Results

National summary

, - , colspan=11, AR Eleicoes 2009

, - ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" alignleft,

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! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , ± pp swing ! colspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , MPs ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , MPs %/
votes % , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ,

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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , 2009 ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , ± ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , ± , - , , 2,077,238, , 36.56, , 8.4, , 121, , 97, , 24, , 42.17, , 10.4, , 1.15 , - , , 1,653,665, , 29.11, , 0.3, , 71, , 81, , 10, , 35.22, , 4.3, , 1.21 , - , , 592,778, , 10.43, , 3.1, , 12, , 21, , 9, , 9.13, , 3.9, , 0.88 , - , , 557,306, , 9.81, , 3.4, , 8, , 16, , 8, , 6.96, , 3.5, , 0.71 , - , , 446,279, , 7.86, , 0.3, , 14, , 15, , 1, , 6.52, , 0.4, , 0.83 , - , , 52,761, , 0.93, , 0.1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0.00, , 0.0, , 0.0 , - , , 25,949, , 0.46, , , , , , 0, , , , 0.00, , , , 0.0 , - , , 21,876, , 0.38, , 0.3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0.00, , 0.0, , 0.0 , - , , 16,924, , 0.30, , , , , , 0, , , , 0.00, , , , 0.0 , - , , 15,262, , 0.27, , , , 2, , 0, , 2, , 0.00, , 0.9, , 0.0 , - , style="width:10px;background-color:#013220;text-align:center;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Ecology and Humanism Front , 12,405, , 0.22, , , , , , 0, , , , 0.00, , , , 0.0 , - , , 11,503, , 0.20, , 0.0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0.00, , 0.0, , 0.0 , - , style="width:10px;background-color:#000080;text-align:center;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Portugal Pro-Life , 8,461, , 0.15, , , , , , 0, , , , 0.00, , , , 0.0 , - , style="width: 10px" bgcolor=#CC0033 align="center" , , align=left,

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, 4,974, , 0.09, , , , , , 0, , , , 0.00, , , , 0.0 , - , , 4,632, , 0.08, , 0.0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0.00, , 0.0, , 0.0 , - , , 3,265, , 0.06, , , , 2, , 0, , 2, , 0.00, , 0.9, , 0.0 , - , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9", Total valid , width="65" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,505,278 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 96.91 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 0.2 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 230 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 230 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 0 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 0.0 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", — , - , colspan=2, Blank ballots , 99,086, , 1.74, , 0.1, , colspan=6 rowspan=4, , - , colspan=2, Invalid ballots , 76,894, , 1.35, , 0.2 , - , colspan=2 style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9", Total , width="65" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,681,258 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , colspan=2, Registered voters/turnout , , 9,519,921, , 59.68, , 4.6 , - , colspan=11 style="text-align:left;" , Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Distribution by constituency

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Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...

, style="background:; color:white;", 39.7 , 3 , 35.7 , 2 , 10.3 , - , 7.3 , - , 2.2 , - , 5 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Aveiro , 33.8 , 6 , style="background:; color:white;", 34.6 , 7 , 13.0 , 2 , 9.0 , 1 , 3.8 , - , 16 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Beja , style="background:; color:white;", 34.9 , 2 , 14.6 , - , 5.7 , - , 10.0 , - , 29.1 , 1 , 3 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

, style="background:; color:white;", 41.7 , 9 , 30.8 , 6 , 9.7 , 2 , 7.8 , 1 , 4.6 , 1 , 19 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Bragança , 33.0 , 1 , style="background:; color:white;", 40.6 , 2 , 12.6 , - , 6.2 , - , 2.4 , - , 3 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Castelo Branco , style="background:; color:white;", 41.0 , 2 , 29.8 , 2 , 8.4 , - , 9.1 , - , 5.1 , - , 4 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...

, style="background:; color:white;", 38.0 , 4 , 30.6 , 4 , 8.8 , 1 , 10.8 , 1 , 5.7 , - , 10 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Évora Évora ( , ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. It has 53,591 inhabitants (2021), in an area of 1307.08 km2. It is the historic capital of the Alentejo and serves as the seat of the Évora District. Due to its well-preserved old to ...

, style="background:; color:white;", 35.0 , 1 , 19.0 , 1 , 6.4 , - , 11.1 , - , 22.3 , 1 , 3 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Faro , style="background:; color:white;", 31.9 , 3 , 26.2 , 3 , 10.7 , 1 , 15.3 , 1 , 7.8 , - , 8 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Guarda , style="background:; color:white;", 36.0 , 2 , 35.6 , 2 , 11.2 , - , 7.6 , - , 3.3 , - , 4 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Leiria Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸlāryo) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own distr ...

, 30.1 , 4 , style="background:; color:white;", 34.9 , 4 , 12.6 , 1 , 9.5 , 1 , 5.1 , - , 10 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="background:; color:white;", 36.4 , 19 , 25.1 , 13 , 11.0 , 5 , 10.8 , 5 , 9.9 , 5 , 47 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthem , image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg , map_alt=Location of Madeira , map_caption=Location of Madeira , subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...

, 19.4 , 1 , style="background:; color:white;", 48.1 , 4 , 11.1 , 1 , 6.2 , - , 4.2 , - , 6 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Portalegre , style="background:; color:white;", 38.3 , 1 , 23.8 , 1 , 8.0 , - , 10.8 , - , 12.9 , - , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="background:; color:white;", 41.8 , 18 , 29.2 , 12 , 9.3 , 4 , 9.2 , 3 , 5.7 , 2 , 39 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Santarém , style="background:; color:white;", 33.7 , 4 , 27.0 , 3 , 11.2 , 1 , 11.8 , 1 , 9.2 , 1 , 10 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Setúbal Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the ti ...

, style="background:; color:white;", 34.0 , 7 , 16.4 , 3 , 9.1 , 1 , 14.0 , 2 , 20.1 , 4 , 17 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo () is a municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 88,725, in an area of 319.02 km². The urbanized area of the municipality, comprising the city, ...

, style="background:; color:white;", 36.3 , 3 , 31.3 , 2 , 13.6 , 1 , 8.6 , - , 4.2 , - , 6 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Vila Real Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the North region. It is also the seat of the Douro intermunicipal community and of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro historical province. The Vila Real municipality cover ...

, 36.1 , 2 , style="background:; color:white;", 41.1 , 3 , 10.1 , - , 5.5 , - , 2.9 , - , 5 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Viseu Viseu () is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267,633 inhabita ...

, 34.7 , 4 , style="background:; color:white;", 37.5 , 4 , 13.4 , 1 , 6.5 , - , 2.9 , - , 9 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Europe , style="background:; color:white;", 43.3 , 1 , 23.8 , 1 , 4.7 , - , 4.7 , - , 4.4 , - , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Outside Europe , 22.0 , - , style="background:; color:white;", 54.5 , 2 , 3.2 , - , 2.0 , - , 1.0 , - , 2 , - , - class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" , style="text-align:left;" , Total , style="background:; color:white;", 36.6 , 97 , 29.1 , 81 , 10.4 , 21 , 9.8 , 16 , 7.9 , 15 , 230 , - , colspan=12 style="text-align:left;" , Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Maps

File:Pt plelection 2009-2.PNG, First, second and third most voted political force by

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autonomous region An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, entity, unit, region, subdivision, or territory) is a subnational administrative division or internal territory of a sovereign state that has a degree of autonomy� ...

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municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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Preliminary results of the 2009 election

Portuguese Electoral Commission