2005 Lisbon local election

2005 Lisbon local elections
9 October 2005
All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council
9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout52.7% Decrease 2.4 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Carmona Rodrigues Manuel Maria Carrilho Ruben de Carvalho
Party PSD PS PCP
Alliance CDU
Last election 8 seats, 42.0% 4 seats (AL) 4 seats (AL)
Seats won 8 5 2
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 119,837 75,022 32,254
Percentage 42.4% 26.6% 11.4%
Swing Increase 0.4 pp N/A N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader José Sá Fernandes Maria José Nogueira Pinto
Party BE CDS–PP
Last election 0 seats, 3.8% 1 seat, 7.6%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 22,342 16,723
Percentage 7.9% 5.9%
Swing Increase 4.1 pp Decrease 1.6 pp
Mayor before election

Pedro Santana Lopes
PSD

 Elected Mayor

Carmona Rodrigues
PSD

The 2005 Lisbon local election was held on 9 October 2005 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

Carmona Rodrigues, who was mayor during Santana Lopes' short period as prime minister from 2004 to 2005, was elected for a full term with 42% of the votes, defeating Manuel Maria Carrilho, from the Socialist Party, who achieved only about 27% of the votes.[1]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition ran alone this time, presenting Ruben de Carvalho and achieving 11% of the votes, which guaranteed two Communist councilors. The Left Bloc, with José Sá Fernandes as the candidate for Mayor, managed to gain a councillor seat for the first time. The CDS – People's Party, with Maria José Nogueira Pinto, managed to keep its councillor, despite losing some votes.

Background

In the 2001 election, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) led by Pedro Santana Lopes, defeated incumbent Mayor João Soares, supported by the coalition between the Socialist Party (PS) and the Communist Party (PCP), by a margin of about 0.3%.[2]

In 2004, after Durão Barroso resigned as prime minister to assume the office of President of the European Commission, Pedro Santana Lopes was chosen as prime minister, being replaced as mayor by Carmona Rodrigues. He assumed the office until Santana Lopes' defeat in the 2005 legislative election, after which Santana Lopes regained his office as Mayor of Lisbon.[3]

Candidate selection

The PS, looking to take back the city after four years of Social Democratic control, tried to recruit a candidate. In 2004, that choice was expected to fall on José Sócrates, former Minister of the Environment, but, after the resignation of Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues as Secretary-general of PS, Sócrates announced his candidacy and won the leadership of the party, going on to win the 2005 legislative election a few months later.[4] After a brief speculation that Ferro Rodrigues could be the candidate, the choice eventually fell on Manuel Maria Carrilho, the former Minister of Culture, who announced his candidacy on March 2005.[5]

On the side of the PSD, after the return of Santana Lopes as Mayor, he intended to seek reelection. This candidacy was, however, vetoed by the new party president, Luís Marques Mendes,[6] who preferred Carmona Rodrigues as the mayoral candidate, with him being selected as candidate in April 2005.[7]

The decision about the continuation of the PS/PCP coalition was on the table, with the PCP, with Ruben de Carvalho as their candidate, seeking to keep the coalition with the same distribution of seats that had been in place since the 1989 local election, while the PS defended that the distribution should be based on the results of the latest legislative election, while also vetoing the entrance of the Ecologist Party "The Greens", the junior partner of the Unitary Democratic Coalition, in a coalition. As such, the negotiations failed, and each party ran their own candidacy.[8]

Electoral system

Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. The winner of the most voted list for the municipal council is automatically elected mayor, similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP). 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.[9][10]

Parties and candidates

Party/Coalition Political
position		 Candidate[11] 2001 result
Votes (%) Seats
PSD Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrata		 Centre-right Carmona Rodrigues 42.0%
8 / 17
PS Socialist Party
Partido Socialista		 Centre-left Manuel Maria Carrilho 41.7%
4 / 17
CDU Unitary Democratic Coalition
Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV		 Left-wing
to far-left		 Ruben de Carvalho
4 / 17
CDS–PP CDS – People's Party
CDS – Partido Popular		 Right-wing Maria José Nogueira Pinto 7.6%
1 / 17
BE Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda		 Left-wing
to far-left		 José Sá Fernandes 3.8%
0 / 17
PCTP Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses		 Far-left Carlos Paisana 0.8%
0 / 17
PH Humanist Party
Partido Humanista		 Centre-left Pedro Cruz Braga 0.4%
0 / 17
PNR National Renovator Party
Partido Nacional Renovador		 Far-right José Pinto Coelho 0.2%
0 / 17

Opinion polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size PSD PS CDU CDS BE O Lead
2005 local election 9 Oct 2005 N/a 42.4
8		 26.6
5		 11.4
2		 5.9
1		 7.9
1		 5.8
0		 15.8
UCP 9 Oct 2005 ? 40–44 26–30 10–13 5–7 8–10 – 14
Eurosondagem 2–5 Oct 2005 1,569 41.4 30.5 10.1 5.5 8.5 4.0 10.9
Intercampus 1–5 Oct 2005 1,001 34.3 34.7 12.0 4.9 6.9 7.2 0.4
Aximage 3–4 Oct 2005 500 38.5 30.2 8.0 5.6 7.7 10.0 8.3
UCP 1–2 Oct 2005 2,410 36 31 10 7 10 6 5
Marktest 1 Oct 2005 503 38.2 27.7 9.2 8.0 9.2 8.3 10.5
Aximage 24–27 Sep 2005 500 39.9 25.7 6.8 4.4 5.7 17.5 14.2
UCP 7–11 Jul 2005 989 36 41 6 3 8 5 5
Eurosondagem 20–22 Jun 2005 1,525 36.4 29.6 7.8 4.1 7.5 14.6 6.8
Aximage 22–23 Mar 2005 600 47.2 46.6 N/a N/a N/a 6.2 0.6
Eurosondagem 15–16 Mar 2005 1,048 41 44 N/a N/a N/a 15 3
2005 legislative election 20 Feb 2005 N/a 24.8
(5)		 42.5
(8)		 8.2
(1)		 10.5
(2)		 8.7
(1)		 5.3
(0)		 17.7
2004 EP election 13 Jun 2004 N/a 33.4
(6)		 41.2
(8)		 9.6
(2)		 [12] 8.5
(1)		 7.3
(0)		 7.8
2002 legislative election 17 Mar 2002 N/a 38.0
(7)		 37.6
(7)		 7.1
(1)		 8.8
(1)		 5.1
(1)		 3.4
(0)		 0.4
2001 local election 16 Dec 2001 N/a 42.0
8		 41.7
8		 7.6
1		 3.8
0		 5.0
0		 0.3

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 9 October 2005 Lisbon City Council election results
Graph of the party split among 17 seats.
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Councillors
Total ±
Social Democratic 119,83742.43Increase0.58Steady0
Socialist 75,02226.56N/a5Increase1
Unitary Democratic Coalition 32,25411.42N/a2Decrease2
Left Bloc 22,3427.91Increase4.11Increase1
People's 16,7235.92Decrease1.61Steady0
Portuguese Workers' Communist 2,6890.95Increase0.20Steady0
National Renovator 7980.28Increase0.10Steady0
Humanist 5070.18Decrease0.00Steady0
Total valid 270,172 95.65 Decrease1.2 17 Steady0
Blank ballots 7,5382.67Increase0.8
Invalid ballots 4,7331.68Increase0.5
Total 282,443 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 536,45052.65Decrease2.4
Source: Lisbon 2005 election results

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 9 October 2005 Lisbon City Council election results
Graph of the party split among 54 seats.
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Seats
Total ±
Social Democratic 107,91738.21Increase1.623Steady0
Socialist 77,78927.54N/a16N/a
Unitary Democratic Coalition 36,56912.95N/a7N/a
Left Bloc 26,4349.36Increase4.55Increase3
People's 17,7006.27Decrease2.43Decrease2
Portuguese Workers' Communist 3,6131.28Increase0.20Steady0
Total valid 270,022 95.61 Decrease1.2 54 Steady0
Blank ballots 7,7352.74Increase0.6
Invalid ballots 4,6761.66Increase0.5
Total 282,433 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 536,45052.65Decrease2.4
Source: Lisbon 2005 election results

Parish Assemblies

Results of the 9 October 2005 Lisbon Parish Assembly elections
Parish%S%S%S%S%S%S Total
S
PSD PS CDU BE CDS–PP IND
Ajuda 22.0 3 30.5 4 50.3 5 7.1 1 2.7 - 13
Alcântara 27.7 4 24.6 3 31.1 5 7.7 1 4.0 - 13
Alto do Pina 47.9 7 24.7 3 8.9 1 7.6 1 6.9 1 13
Alvalade 50.1 7 20.4 3 7.8 1 7.3 1 10.4 1 13
Ameixoeira 30.3 4 29.1 4 24.9 4 7.3 1 3.8 - 13
Anjos 38.6 6 26.7 4 12.2 1 8.5 1 8.6 1 13
Beato 25.8 4 31.7 5 23.1 3 8.0 1 4.0 - 13
Benfica 37.7 8 32.4 7 12.9 3 8.3 1 4.0 - 19
Campo Grande 42.4 6 26.9 4 12.3 1 7.1 1 7.3 1 13
Campolide 33.4 5 30.2 4 16.5 3 9.0 1 6.5 - 13
Carnide 25.5 4 24.2 3 35.4 5 6.2 1 4.3 - 13
Castelo 7.9 - 17.3 1 59.9 5 10.3 1 1.5 - 7
Charneca 23.8 3 36.4 5 25.0 4 6.3 1 3.6 - 13
Coração de Jesus 40.3 6 25.7 4 10.1 1 10.6 1 8.0 1 13
Encarnação 28.6 3 30.2 3 14.4 1 8.1 1 3.6 - 10.6 1 9
Graça 36.0 5 31.4 5 15.3 2 9.8 1 2.8 - 13
Lapa 45.4 6 21.1 3 7.6 1 7.2 1 15.0 2 13
Lumiar 42.9 9 27.2 6 10.8 2 8.2 1 6.3 1 19
Madalena 22.2 2 25.1 2 35.0 3 9.4 - 5.4 - 7
Mártires 38.4 3 35.5 3 6.4 - 5.9 - 9.9 1 7
Marvila 22.6 5 33.2 7 25.0 6 6.8 1 2.6 - 19
Mercês 29.5 3 33.8 4 15.9 1 9.5 1 6.4 - 9
Nossa Senhora de Fátima 46.6 7 23.5 3 8.8 1 7.4 1 9.7 1 13
Pena 30.2 5 29.4 4 21.3 3 8.9 1 4.9 - 13
Penha de França 37.1 6 32.4 5 12.2 1 9.4 1 3.6 - 13
Prazeres 32.7 4 28.5 4 21.0 3 7.0 1 7.3 1 13
Sacramento 43.2 3 23.6 2 12.6 1 10.9 1 5.3 - 7
Santa Catarina 27.5 3 39.0 4 14.1 1 10.1 1 5.1 - 9
Santa Engrácia 35.9 5 29.7 4 19.3 3 6.3 1 3.6 - 13
Santa Isabel 44.9 7 23.3 3 11.7 1 7.5 1 8.5 1 13
Santa Justa 26.2 2 35.6 3 22.2 2 6.1 - 5.5 - 7
Santa Maria de Belém 43.8 7 26.3 4 10.6 1 7.5 1 7.8 1 13
Santa Maria dos Olivais 31.1 7 35.9 9 14.1 3 8.3 2 3.8 - 21
Santiago 22.1 2 28.8 2 36.3 3 6.3 - 3.7 - 7
Santo Condestável 32.9 5 24.9 4 24.2 3 8.3 1 5.1 - 13
Santo Estêvão 14.6 1 29.3 3 32.9 4 2.3 - 15.6 1 9
Santos-o-Velho 31.7 3 34.2 4 16.2 1 6.6 - 8.3 1 9
São Cristóvão e São Lourenço 30.9 3 38.3 4 14.2 1 8.6 1 3.7 - 9
São Domingos de Benfica 43.8 10 26.0 5 11.1 2 8.0 1 6.6 1 19
São Francisco Xavier 49.2 7 20.4 3 7.4 1 6.2 - 12.7 2 13
São João 31.2 5 29.1 4 22.9 3 7.9 1 4.2 - 13
São João de Brito 50.7 7 20.6 3 8.4 1 6.6 1 9.5 1 13
São João de Deus 49.9 7 20.7 3 7.1 1 6.9 1 10.8 1 13
São Jorge de Arroios 41.8 6 24.3 3 13.9 2 8.4 1 7.1 1 13
São José 32.3 3 30.4 3 16.3 2 10.2 1 5.5 - 9
São Mamede 45.1 6 26.1 4 7.0 1 7.2 1 10.7 1 13
São Miguel 19.4 2 37.5 4 33.7 3 4.3 - 1.9 - 9
São Nicolau 41.2 4 29.7 3 8.8 1 9.6 1 5.5 - 9
São Paulo 31.4 3 35.9 4 15.3 1 8.5 1 4.3 - 9
São Sebastião da Pedreira 48.4 7 18.8 2 6.4 1 7.7 1 15.5 2 13
Santo Vicente de Fora 22.1 2 28.9 3 32.3 4 7.5 - 4.4 - 9
Sé 36.9 4 36.0 4 11.3 1 6.6 - 4.0 - 9
Socorro 37.3 4 34.6 4 11.9 1 7.1 - 4.2 - 9
Total 36.3 250 28.3 201 16.3 115 7.8 44 6.1 23 0.1 2 635
Source: Election Results

References

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  12. ↑ PSD and CDS–PP ran in a coalition during the 2004 European Parliament election.
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