- Source: 2017 Porto local election
The 2017 Porto local election was held on 1 October 2017 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.
Rui Moreira, mayor since 2013, won a second term as Mayor of Porto, winning a majority in the city council. He beat the Socialist candidate, once again Manuel Pizarro, who managed to increase his voting share and to gain 1 councillor.
The Social Democratic Party, in coalition with the People's Monarchist Party, had a terrible result, losing more than half of the votes from 2013 and electing one single councillor. The Communist Party, with Ilda Figueiredo as its candidate, managed to keep its seat in the City Council, despite a slight loss in the vote share. Meanwhile, the Left Bloc, with João Teixeira Lopes as its candidate after João Semedo withrew his candidacy due to health reasons, failed once again to gain any seat in the city council.
Background
In the 2013 election, Rui Moreira, an independent politician, managed to win the election, despite not winning an absolute majority. The Socialist Party, led by Manuel Pizarro, achieved second place with 3 seats and about 22% of the votes, being followed by the Social Democratic Party, led by Luís Filipe Menezes, who also elected 3 seats and got 21% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 7.4% of the votes.
Rui Moreira governed with support from the Socialist Party, who intended to support Rui Moreira's independent movement in 2017. Despite that, Rui Moreira declined the support of the Socialist Party and, in response, the Socialists ended the government agreement with the independent movement.
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. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.
Parties and candidates
Opinion polling
= Polling
=Exit poll
Results
= Municipal Council
== Municipal Assembly
== Parish Assemblies
=Maps
References
Notes
External links
2017 local election results