User:H3nrique Bregie/2017 Lisbon local election
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All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council 9 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2001 Lisbon local election was held on 16 December 2001 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.
In an election that was considered an upset, incumbent Mayor João Soares, running in a coalition between the Socialists and the Communists, lost reelection against Pedro Santana Lopes, the Social Democratic candidate, who beat João Soares with a very narrow margin of less than 1000 votes.[1] The terrible results in this election ultimately led to Prime Minister António Guterres' resignation.[2]
Paulo Portas, the CDS – People's Party candidate, won one seat in the city council, while Miguel Portas, the Left Bloc candidate, failed to be elected.
Background
[edit]In the 1997 election, the coalition between the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, the Ecologist Party "The Greens" and the People's Democratic Union, led by João Soares, the son of former President Mário Soares, won with an absolute majority, achieving 51.9% of the votes and 10 seats in the city council. They defeated the coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party, led by Ferreira do Amaral, who got 39.3% of the votes and 7 seats.[3]
Electoral system
[edit]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.[4]
Parties and candidates
[edit]| Party/Coalition | Political position |
Candidate[5] | 1997 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| AL | Love Lisbon Amar Lisboa PS, PCP, PEV |
Centre-left to left-wing |
João Soares | 51.9% | 10 / 17
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| LF | Happy Lisbon Lisboa Feliz PPD/PSD, PPM |
Centre-right | Pedro Santana Lopes | 39.3% | 6 / 17
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| CDS–PP | CDS – People's Party CDS – Partido Popular |
Right-wing | Paulo Portas | 1 / 17
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| PCTP | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses |
Far-left | — | 1.9% | 0 / 17
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| BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda |
Left-wing to far-left |
Miguel Portas | — | 0 / 17
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| PH | Humanist Party Partido Humanista |
Centre-left | — | — | 0 / 17
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| MPT | Earth Party Partido da Terra |
Center-right | — | — | 0 / 17
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| PNR | National Renovator Party Partido Nacional Renovador |
Far-right | — | — | 0 / 17
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Results
[edit]Municipal Council
[edit]| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Councillors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ± | |||||||||
| PSD / PPM | 131,135 | 41.98 | — | 8 | 2
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| PS / PCP / PEV | 130,279 | 41.70 |  10.2 |
8 | 2
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| People's | 23,584 | 7.55 | — | 1 |  0
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| Left Bloc | 11,877 | 3.80 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Portuguese Workers' Communist | 2,419 | 0.77 | 1.1 |
0 | 0
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| Humanist | 1,352 | 0.43 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Earth | 1,347 | 0.43 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| National Renovator | 652 | 0.21 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Total valid | 302,645 | 96.88 | 1.2
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17 | 0
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| Blank ballots | 5,902 | 1.89 | 0.2 |
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| Invalid ballots | 3,844 | 1.23 | 1.0
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| Total | 312,391 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 567,867 | 55.01 | 6.7
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| Source: Lisbon 2001 election results | ||||||||||
Municipal Assembly
[edit]| Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Seats | ||||||
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| Total | ± | |||||||||
| PS / PCP / PEV | 129,852 | 41.57 | 9.8 |
24 | 6
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| PSD / PPM | 124,457 | 39.84 | — | 23 | — | |||||
| People's | 27,100 | 8.68 | — | 5 | — | |||||
| Left Bloc | 15,099 | 4.83 | — | 2 | — | |||||
| Portuguese Workers' Communist | 2,733 | 0.87 | 1.1 |
0 | 1
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| Earth | 1,970 | 0.63 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| National Renovator | 779 | 0.25 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Total valid | 301,990 | 96.68 | 1.2
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17 | 0
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| Blank ballots | 6,633 | 2.12 | 0.1 |
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| Invalid ballots | 3,760 | 1.20 | 1.0
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| Total | 312,383 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 567,867 | 55.01 | 6.7
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| Source: Lisbon 2001 election results | ||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Santana Lopes festeja vitória contra sondagens e Portas". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). 2001-12-17. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "A noite que mudou a vida de Guterres". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "Diário da República" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. 1998-03-02. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "Miguel Portas vai até ao fim nas autárquicas". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). 2001-03-17. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
