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The 2025 Porto local election will be held in September or October 2025 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.
This election is expected to be extremelly competitive after the 3 mandates of the liberal-backed Independent Rui Moreira, which is barred from running for a 4th term, with both the Socialists and Social Democrats hoping to win the second major city in Portugal.
Background
In the 2021 election, Rui Moreira, mayor since 2013, won a third term as Mayor of Porto, winning 40.7% of the votes and 6 seats, losing his majority in the city council. The Socialist candidate, Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, won 18.0% of the vote and 3 seats, while the Social Democratic candidate, Vladimiro Feliz, won 17.2% of the votes and 2 seats.
The Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by Ilda Figueiredo, won 7.5% of the votes and 1 seat, while the Left Bloc, which presented Sérgio Aires as a candidate for mayor, gained a seat in the City Council, for the first time in its history, achieving 6.3% of the votes.
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
| Party/Coalition | Political position |
Candidate | 2021 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| RM | Rui Moreira – Here there's Porto Rui Moreira – Aqui há Porto |
Right-wing | TBD | 40.7% | 6 / 13 | |
| PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista |
Centre-left | Manuel Pizarro | 18.0% | 3 / 13 | |
| PSD | Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata |
Centre-right | TBD | 17.2% | 2 / 13 | |
| CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV |
Left-wing to far-left |
Diana Ferreira | 7.5% | 1 / 13 | |
| BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda |
Left-wing to far-left |
TBD | 6.3% | 1 / 13 | |
| CH | Enough! Chega! |
Right-wing to far-right |
TBD | 3.0% | 0 / 13 | |
| PAN | People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza |
Centre-left | TBD | 2.8% | 0 / 13 | |
Opinion polling
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | RM | IL | CDS | PS | PSD | CDU | BE | CH | PAN | O | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 EP election | 9 Jun 2024 | — | — | 12.7 (2) |
27.6 (4) |
31.2 (4) |
4.4 (0) |
6.6 (1) |
6.6 (1) |
1.4 (0) |
9.5 (1) |
3.6 | ||
| 2024 Legislative election | 10 Mar 2024 | — | — | 6.8 (1) |
28.3 (4) |
34.3 (6) |
3.4 (0) |
5.7 (1) |
10.0 (1) |
2.1 (0) |
9.4 (0) |
6.0 | ||
| 2022 Legislative election | 30 Jan 2022 | — | — | 7.8 (1) |
2.0 (0) |
35.1 (6) |
34.7 (5) |
4.7 (0) |
6.0 (1) |
3.3 (0) |
2.0 (0) |
4.4 (0) |
0.4 | |
| 2021 local election | 26 Sep 2021 | — | 40.7 6 |
18.0 3 |
17.2 2 |
7.5 1 |
6.3 1 |
3.0 0 |
2.8 0 |
4.5 0 |
22.7 | |||
Notes
- ^ CDS ran in coalition with PSD, the Democratic Alliance (AD).
References
- "Autárquicas 2025 já aquecem. Confira os nomes apontados à Câmara do Porto". Porto Canal (in Portuguese). 2024-11-01. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (2021-09-27). "Noite sem grandes surpresas no Porto com reeleição de Rui Moreira, mas sem maioria absoluta". Noite sem grandes surpresas no Porto com reeleição de Rui Moreira, mas sem maioria absoluta (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- Renascença (2021-09-27). "Bloco de Esquerda saúda eleição do primeiro vereador na Câmara do Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- "Movimento de Rui Moreira avança com candidatura no Porto". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- "Manuel Pizarro eleito candidato do PS à Câmara do Porto". Público (in Portuguese). 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- "CDU lança Diana Ferreira para a Câmara do Porto". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-15.
External links
 Local elections in Porto | |
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