2001 Porto local election

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2001 Porto local elections

16 December 2001
All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council 7 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	48.3% 0.2 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rui Rio Fernando Gomes Rui Sá Party PSD PS PCP Alliance For Porto, Once Again CDU Last election 4 seats, 26.3% 8 seats, 55.8% 1 seat, 11.3% Seats won 6 6 1 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 50,724 45,634 12,311 Percentage 42.8% 38.5% 10.5% Swing 16.5 pp 17.3 pp 0.8 pp
Mayor before election Nuno Cardoso PS Elected mayor Rui Rio PSD

The 2001 Porto local election was held on 16 December 2001 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

Rui Rio, candidate of the coalition between the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP), unexpectedly defeated former Mayor Fernando Gomes, from the Socialist Party (PS). Following the election, Rio made a deal with Communist councillor Rui Sá in order to have a majority in the council.

Background

In the 1997 election, incumbent Socialist Mayor Fernando Gomes was re-elected for a third term, defeating the CDS/PSD candidate Carlos Azeredo with a 55.8% to 26.3% margin.

In 1999, Fernando Gomes resigned as Mayor to join António Guterres' second government as Minister Adjunct and of Internal Administration. He was replaced by Nuno Cardoso, who decided not to run for re-election to allow Gomes to return to the mayorship, however, this decision—to resign from mayor, become a minister in Lisbon, and then run again for mayor—was considered to have been poorly received by voters in Porto.

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	1997 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	PS	Socialist Party Partido Socialista	Centre-left	Fernando Gomes	55.8%	8 / 13
	PPUVM	For Porto, Once Again Pelo Porto, Uma Vez Mais PSD, CDS–PP	Centre-right	Rui Rio	26.3%	4 / 13
	CDU	Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV	Left-wing to far-left	Rui Sá	11.3%	1 / 13
	PCTP	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses	Far-left	Valentim Martins	0.4%	0 / 13
	BE	Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda	Left-wing to far-left	João Teixeira Lopes	—N/a	0 / 13
	PH	Humanist Party Partido Humanista	Centre-left	Alice Mouta Ribeiro	—N/a	0 / 13

Opinion polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link	Date Released	Sample size	PS	PSD CDS	CDU	BE	O	Lead
2001 local election	16 Dec 2001	—N/a	38.5 6	42.7 6	10.5 1	2.6 0	5.7 0	4.2
UCP	16 Dec 2001	?	39–44	39–44	8–10	2–3	–	Tie
Marktest	13 Dec 2001	?	48 7	38 5	9 1	3 0	2 0	10
UCP	11 Dec 2001	1,041	45.5 7	36.8 5	8.7 1	2.8 0	6.2 0	8.7
UCP	14 Nov 2001	?	54.7	32.1	5.0	3.5	4.7	22.6
Euroexpansão	Oct 2001	?	66	29	—N/a	—N/a	5	37
1997 local election	14 Dec 1997	—N/a	55.8 8	26.3 4	11.3 1	—N/a	6.6 0	29.5

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 16 December 2001 Municipal Council elections results
in Porto

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Councillors
					Total	±
	Social Democratic / People's	50,724	42.75	16.5	6	2
	Socialist	45,634	38.46	17.3	6	2
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	12,425	10.47	0.8	1	0
	Left Bloc	3,037	2.56	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	1,013	0.85	0.4	0	0
	Humanist	530	0.45	—N/a	0	—N/a
Total valid		113,363	95.54	0.0	13	0
Blank ballots		3,561	3.00	0.3
Invalid ballots		1,725	1.45	0.3
Total		118,649	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		245,805	48.27	0.2
Source: Porto 2001 election results

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 16 December 2001 Porto Municipal Assembly elections
results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Seats
					Total	±
	Social Democratic / People's	50,592	42.64	11.4	18	5
	Socialist	45,014	37.94	12.7	15	6
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	14,317	11.42	0.9	4	1
	Left Bloc	4,189	3.53	—N/a	1	—N/a
Total valid		114,112	95.53	0.5	39	0
Blank ballots		3,815	3.22	0.3
Invalid ballots		1,496	1.26	0.2
Total		118,654	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		245,805	48.27	0.2
Source: Porto 2001 election results

Parish Assemblies

Results of the 16 December 2001 Porto Parish Assembly elections

Parish	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	Total S
	PPUVM		PS		CDU		BE		IND
Aldoar	34.7	5	49.6	7	8.2	1	3.4	-			13
Bonfim	45.9	10	33.6	7	12.4	2	3.0	-			19
Campanhã	30.8	6	50.2	11	12.2	2	2.8	-			19
Cedofeita	49.9	11	31.5	6	10.4	2	3.9	-			19
Foz do Douro	52.7	8	28.1	4	12.0	1	3.2	-			13
Lordelo do Ouro	40.9	6	40.3	6	11.1	1	3.3	-			13
Massarelos	40.8	6	41.1	6	10.7	1	3.4	-			13
Miragaia	20.0	2	46.9	5	27.6	2	2.3	-			9
Nevogilde	75.0	8	15.0	1	3.5	-	2.2	-			9
Paranhos	42.0	10	39.0	9	10.7	2	3.3	-			21
Ramalde	42.8	9	40.1	8	9.3	2	3.0	-			19
Santo Ildefonso	41.6	6	41.2	6	9.9	1	3.1	-			13
São Nicolau	31.9	3	36.2	4	12.8	1	1.8	-	14.1	1	9
Sé	37.0	5	42.7	6	13.6	2	1.6	-			13
Vitória	35.3	3	44.5	5	12.8	1	2.2	-			9
Total	42.0	98	39.2	91	11.0	21	3.1	0	0.2	1	211
Source: Election Results

External links

• 2005 local election results