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2009 Lisbon local election

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2009 Lisbon local elections

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All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council
9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout53.4% Increase 16.7 pp
  First party Second party
 
António Costa img 6495.jpg
Pedro Santana Lopes.png
Leader António Costa Pedro Santana Lopes
Party PS PSD
Alliance Lisbon with Way[a]
Last election 8 seats, 39.8%[b] 3 seats, 20.4%
Seats won 9 7
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 4
Popular vote 123,372 108,457
Percentage 44.0% 38.7%
Swing Increase 4.2 pp Increase 18.3 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader Ruben de Carvalho Luís Fazenda
Party PCP BE
Alliance CDU
Last election 2 seats, 9.4% 1 seats, 6.8%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 22,623 12,795
Percentage 8.1% 4.6%
Swing Decrease 1.3 pp Decrease 2.2 pp

Mayor before election

António Costa
PS

Elected Mayor

António Costa
PS

The 2009 Lisbon local election was held on 11 October 2009 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

Mayor since 2007, António Costa, was able to win a full term as mayor with 44 percent of the votes and achieving an absolute majority. In this election, he joined forces with Helena Roseta's Citizen for Lisbon movement. He defeated former Lisbon mayor and Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes, which gathered almost 39 percent of the votes and elected 7 councillors.[1]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented, just like in 2007, Ruben de Carvalho as their mayoral candidate, but lost support compared with 2007, winning 8 percent of the votes and losing one councillor. The Left Bloc, presented Luís Fazenda as a candidate for Mayor, but failed to hold on to their council seat.

Turnout grew considerably compared with the 2007 by-election, with just 53.4 percent of voters casting a ballot on election day.

Background

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The 2007 by-election was called after former mayor Carmona Rodrigues government fell, following a controversial urban development plan regarding a company called Bragaparques, that ended up being investigated by the Public Prosecution Office.[2] The PSD withdrew their support from Carmona and a by-election was shortly called.[3] In a very fragmented result, António Costa, PS candidate, was elected mayor with just 29.5 percent of the votes.[4]

Electoral system

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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]

Parties and candidates

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Party/Coalition Political
position
Candidate[6] 2007 result
Votes (%) Seats
PS Socialist Party
Partido Socialista
Centre-left António Costa 39.8%[b]
8 / 17
LCS Lisbon with Way
Lisboa com Sentido PPD/PSD, CDS–PP, MPT, PPM
Centre-right Pedro Santana Lopes 20.5%[a]
3 / 17
CDU Unitary Democratic Coalition
Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV
Left-wing
to far-left
Ruben de Carvalho 9.4%
2 / 17
BE Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda
Left-wing
to far-left
Luís Fazenda 6.8%
1 / 17
PCTP Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses
Far-left Carlos Paisana 1.6%
0 / 17
PNR National Renovator Party
Partido Nacional Renovador
Far-right José Pinto Coelho 0.8%
0 / 17
MEP Hope for Portugal Movement
Movimento Esperança por Portugal
Centre-right José Ramos
MMS Merit and Society Movement
Movimento Mérito e Sociedade
Centre-right António Coelho da Costa
PTP Portuguese Labour Party
Partido Trabalhista Português
Centre-left Bruno de Sousa

Opinion polling

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Polling

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  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size PS PSD
CDS
MPT
PPM
CDU BE O Lead
2009 local election 11 Oct 2009 44.0
9
38.7
7
8.1
1
4.6
0
4.6
0
5.3
UCP–CESOP 11 Oct 2009 ? 44.0–
48.0
34.0–
38.0
8.5–
10.5
3.0–
5.0
10.0
Eurosondagem 11 Oct 2009 ? 41.2–
45.4
36.9–
41.1
6.6–
8.8
3.9–
6.1
4.3
Intercampus 11 Oct 2009 ? 42.8–
48.4
34.7–
40.3
8.1
Aximage 6–8 Oct 2009 802 44.4 38.4 6.4 6.0 4.8 6.0
Marktest 5–7 Oct 2009 510 45.0 37.9 7.3 5.4 4.4 7.1
UCP–CESOP 3–6 Oct 2009 2,221 45 33 9 8 5 12
Eurosondagem 1–6 Oct 2009 1,022 41.9 36.9 8.4 8.0 4.8 5.0
Intercampus 28–30 Sep 2009 800 41.4 33.1 10.4 8.3 6.8 8.3
2009 legislative election 27 Sep 2009 34.8
(7)
40.9
(8)
8.6
(1)
9.8
(1)
5.9
(0)
6.1
Marktest 31 Aug–2 Sep 2009 500 43.8 32.7 7.0 9.2 7.3 8.3
UCP–CESOP 28 Jun–4 Jul 2009 716 38 37 7 9 9 1
2009 EP election 7 Jun 2009 25.6
(5)
39.8
(8)
10.8
(2)
12.4
(2)
11.4
(0)
14.2
2007 by-election 15 Jul 2007 39.8
8[b]
20.5
3[a]
9.5
2
6.8
1
23.4
3
19.3

Results

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Municipal Council

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Summary of the 11 October 2009 Lisbon City Council elections results
1
9
7
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Councillors
Total ±
Socialist[b] 123,372 44.01 Increase4.2 9 Increase1
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM[a] 108,457 38.69 Increase18.3 7 Increase4
Unitary Democratic Coalition 22,623 8.07 Decrease1.3 1 Decrease1
Left Bloc 12,795 4.56 Decrease2.2 0 Decrease1
Hope for Portugal Movement 1,975 0.70 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist 1,866 0.67 Decrease0.9 0 Steady0
National Renovator 917 0.33 Decrease0.5 0 Steady0
Merit and Society Movement 638 0.23 0
Labour 515 0.18 0
Total valid 273,158 97.45 Increase1.3 17 Steady0
Blank ballots 4,267 1.52 Decrease0.9
Invalid ballots 2,885 1.03 Decrease0.5
Total 280,310 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 524,642 53.43 Increase16.7
Source: Lisbon 2009 election results

Municipal Assembly

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Summary of the 11 October 2009 Lisbon City Council elections results
3
5
23
23
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Seats
Total ±
Socialist 110,243 39.35 Increase11.8 23 Increase7
PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM 108,636 38.78 Decrease5.7 23 Decrease3
Unitary Democratic Coalition 28,025 10.00 Decrease2.9 5 Decrease2
Left Bloc 18,857 6.73 Decrease2.7 3 Decrease2
Hope for Portugal Movement 2,807 1.00 0
Portuguese Workers' Communist 2,447 0.87 Decrease0.9 0 Steady0
National Renovator 1,204 0.43 Decrease0.5 0 Steady0
Labour 598 0.21 0
Total valid 272,817 97.37 Increase1.8 54 Steady0
Blank ballots 4,468 1.59 Decrease0.9
Invalid ballots 2,851 1.02 Increase0.7
Total 280,136 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 524,642 53.40 Decrease0.7
Source: Lisbon 2009 election results

Parish Assemblies

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Results of the 11 October 2009 Lisbon Parish Assembly elections
Parish % S % S % S % S % S Total
S
LCS PS CDU BE IND
Ajuda 23.8 3 35.6 5 31.6 4 6.4 1 13
Alcântara 30.8 4 29.2 4 29.8 4 7.4 1 13
Alto do Pina 50.4 7 32.8 5 7.9 1 5.4 - 13
Alvalade 54.7 8 30.2 4 6.9 1 5.2 - 13
Ameixoeira 35.2 5 34.3 5 21.4 3 5.4 - 13
Anjos 43.6 6 34.7 5 10.1 3 7.5 1 13
Beato 22.6 3 56.6 9 11.3 1 5.8 - 13
Benfica 38.3 8 39.9 8 11.3 2 7.0 1 19
Campo Grande 43.3 6 37.4 5 9.5 3 6.6 1 13
Campolide 36.9 5 42.4 6 11.7 1 6.3 1 13
Carnide 25.8 4 25.6 3 40.8 6 4.9 - 13
Castelo 4.3 - 38.5 3 50.3 4 3.0 - 7
Charneca 28.1 4 34.3 5 23.4 3 10.8 1 13
Coração de Jesus 43.1 4 36.6 4 9.1 1 8.3 - 9
Encarnação 31.9 3 43.4 5 12.5 1 8.3 - 9
Graça 40.9 6 35.8 5 11.9 1 8.0 1 13
Lapa 54.9 8 25.2 4 5.6 - 4.1 - 7.4 1 13
Lumiar 44.8 10 35.7 7 8.4 1 6.0 1 19
Madalena 29.7 2 23.7 2 38.6 3 4.0 - 7
Mártires 57.4 5 32.1 2 2.4 - 5.3 - 7
Marvila 25.8 5 43.8 10 17.0 3 6.7 1 19
Mercês 30.0 3 43.4 5 15.2 1 7.5 - 9
Nossa Senhora de Fátima 50.4 7 32.7 5 8.0 1 5.5 - 13
Pena 31.1 3 32.3 4 10.6 1 7.2 - 14.5 1 9
Penha de França 36.0 5 39.7 6 11.6 1 8.8 1 13
Prazeres 42.0 6 35.2 5 12.7 1 7.7 1 13
Sacramento 31.0 3 40.5 3 15.9 1 8.4 - 7
Santa Catarina 31.0 3 46.0 5 11.4 1 8.3 - 9
Santa Engrácia 48.9 5 30.5 3 11.3 1 5.3 - 9
Santa Isabel 47.3 7 30.3 4 7.9 1 5.3 - 6.4 1 13
Santa Justa 25.9 2 45.9 5 17.0 1 7.0 - 7
Santa Maria Maior 49.0 7 32.6 5 9.6 1 5.9 - 13
Santa Maria dos Olivais 33.2 8 42.2 10 12.0 2 7.7 1 21
Santiago 30.5 2 33.7 3 25.1 2 6.9 - 7
Santo Condestável 38.0 5 38.2 6 12.4 1 7.3 1 13
Santo Estêvão 18.6 2 32.6 3 39.4 4 5.9 - 9
Santos-o-Velho 33.5 3 40.6 4 9.1 1 4.7 - 9.4 1 9
São Cristóvão e São Lourenço 30.2 3 46.0 5 13.8 1 6.2 - 9
São Domingos de Benfica 45.4 10 34.7 7 8.6 1 5.6 1 13
São Francisco Xavier 57.7 8 27.7 4 6.8 1 5.1 - 13
São João 38.2 5 38.2 6 12.7 1 7.8 1 13
São João de Brito 53.8 8 28.9 4 6.6 1 5.2 - 1.6 - 13
São João de Deus 55.7 8 30.0 4 6.5 1 4.7 - 13
São Jorge de Arroios 44.6 6 33.9 5 10.9 1 7.2 1 13
São José 41.0 4 32.0 3 13.2 1 8.6 1 9
São Mamede 52.4 8 32.4 5 6.1 - 6.1 - 13
São Miguel 16.2 1 50.2 6 24.9 2 4.7 - 9
São Nicolau 52.4 5 28.3 3 8.9 1 8.1 - 9
São Paulo 30.1 3 44.1 5 14.3 1 8.7 - 9
São Sebastião da Pedreira 57.8 9 28.6 5 4.8 - 5.7 - 13
Santo Estêvão 24.9 2 27.6 3 38.2 4 5.5 - 9
55.1 6 26.4 3 8.7 - 4.8 - 9
Socorro 20.8 2 29.5 3 10.4 1 5.8 - 28.7 3 9
Total 39.3 265 36.3 251 13.3 80 6.5 18 0.6 7 621
Source: Election Results

References

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  1. ^ "António Costa dá maioria absoluta ao PS em Lisboa, num resultado sofrido até às últimas". www.publico.pt (in European Portuguese). 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. ^ "Ex-vereadora da Câmara de Lisboa ouvida no âmbito do processo Bragaparques". www.publico.pt (in European Portuguese). 2007-04-19. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ^ "Eleições para Câmara de Lisboa deverão ser a 15 de Julho". www.publico.pt (in European Portuguese). 2007-05-19. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  4. ^ "António Costa vence eleições para Lisboa". www.rtp.pt (in European Portuguese). 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  5. ^ "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  6. ^ "Autárquicas 2009 - Candidatos". www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Coalition with PSD, CDS–PP, MPT and PPM and the sum of the parties results in 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d Sum of PS and Citizens for Lisbon 2007 results.
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