# 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

| Party/Coalition | Party/Coalition | Party/Coalition | Political position | Candidate | 2013 result | 2013 result |
| Party/Coalition | Party/Coalition | Party/Coalition | Political position | Candidate | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | RM | Porto, Our Party 2017 Porto, O nosso Partido 2017 | Right-wing | Rui Moreira | 39.3% | 6 / 13 |
| | PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista | Centre-left | Manuel Pizarro | 28.6% | 3 / 13 |
| | PSD-PPM | Authentic Porto Porto Autêntico PSD, PPM | Centre-right | Álvaro Almeida | 21.1% | 3 / 13 |
| | CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV | Left-wing to far-left | Ilda Figueiredo | 7.4% | 1 / 13 |
| | BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda | Left-wing to far-left | João Teixeira Lopes [pt] | 3.6% | 0 / 13 |
| | PTP | Portuguese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Português | Center-left | José Manuel Pereira | 0.2% | 0 / 13 |
| | PAN | People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza | Centre-left | Bebiana Cunha [pt] | — | — |
| | PPV/CDC | Citizenship and Christian Democracy Cidadania e Democracia Cristã | Right-wing | Orlando Cruz | — | — |
| | PNR | National Renovator Party Partido Nacional Renovador | Far-right | Sandra Martins | — | — |

## Opinion polling
### Polling

Exit poll
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | RM | PS | PSD PPM | CDU | BE | O | Lead |
| 2017 local election | 1 Oct 2017 | — | 44.5 7 | 28.6 4 | 10.4 1 | 5.9 1 | 5.3 0 | 5.4 0 | 15.9 |
| UCP–CESOP | 1 Oct 2017 | 11,592 | 43.0– 48.0 6 / 8 | 28.0– 31.0 4 / 5 | 8.0– 10.0 1 | 6.0– 8.0 0 / 1 | 5.0– 7.0 0 / 1 | – | 15.0– 17.0 |
| Eurosondagem | 1 Oct 2017 | 7,657 | 37.7– 42.0 7 | 30.3– 34.0 5 | 7.7– 11.0 1 | 4.8– 7.2 0 / 1 | 4.8– 7.2 0 / 1 | – | 7.4– 8.0 |
| Intercampus | 1 Oct 2017 | 4,354 | 42.0– 47.0 6 / 7 | 27.7– 31.7 4 / 5 | 8.1– 11.1 1 / 2 | 5.0– 8.0 0 / 1 | 4.2– 7.2 0 / 1 | 1.0– 7.0 0 | 14.3– 15.3 |
| Eurosondagem Seat projection | 24–26 Sep 2017 | 725 | 40.8 6 / 7 | 30.8 4 / 5 | 11.0 1 / 2 | 6.9 1 | 5.4 0 / 1 | 5.1 – | 10.0 |
| UCP–CESOP Seat projection | 23–25 Sep 2017 | 1,239 | 34.0 5 / 6 | 34.0 5 / 6 | 9.0 1 / 2 | 8.0 1 | 7.0 0 / 1 | 8.0 – | Tie |
| Aximage Seat projection | 16–19 Sep 2017 | 600 | 39.9 6 / 7 | 20.8 3 / 4 | 11.8 2 | 8.9 1 | 5.3 0 / 1 | 13.3 – | 19.1 |
| UCP–CESOP Seat projection | 16–17 Sep 2017 | 1,239 | 34.0 4 / 6 | 33.0 4 / 6 | 13.0 1 / 2 | 8.0 1 | 6.0 0 / 1 | 6.0 – | 1.0 |
| Eurosondagem Seat projection | 19–21 Jul 2017 | 1,525 | 46.9 7 | 22.5 3 | 12.1 2 | 8.2 1 | 5.5 – | 4.8 – | 24.4 |
| Eurosondagem Seat projection | 15–17 May 2017 | 1,011 | 44.8 6 / 7 | 22.2 3 | 15.1 2 | 6.9 1 | 6.0 0 / 1 | 5.0 – | 22.6 |
| 2013 local election | 29 Sep 2013 | — | 39.3 6 | 22.7 3 | 21.1 3 | 7.4 1 | 3.6 0 | 6.0 0 | 16.6 |

## Results
### Municipal Council

Summary of the 1 October 2017 Municipal Council elections results in Porto :
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| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Councillors | Councillors |
| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Total | ± |
| | Porto, Our Party 2017 | 51,159 | 44.46 | 5.2 | 7 | 1 |
| | Socialist | 32,856 | 28.55 | 5.9 | 4 | 1 |
| | Social Democratic / People's Monarchist | 11,952 | 10.39 | 10.7 | 1 | 2 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 6,781 | 5.89 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | 6,146 | 5.34 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| | People–Animals–Nature | 2,215 | 1.92 | — | 0 | — |
| | PPV/CDC | 186 | 0.16 | — | 0 | — |
| | National Renovator | 173 | 0.15 | — | 0 | — |
| | Labour | 166 | 0.14 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total valid | Total valid | 111,634 | 97.01 | 1.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,826 | 1.59 | 0.9 | | |
| Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | 1,613 | 1.40 | 0.5 | | |
| Total | Total | 115,073 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 214,324 | 53.69 | 1.1 | | |
| Source: Porto 2017 election results |||||||||||

### Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 1 October 2017 Porto Municipal Assembly elections results :
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| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Seats | Seats |
| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Total | ± |
| | Porto, Our Party 2017 | 44,614 | 38.78 | 4.1 | 16 | 1 |
| | Socialist | 31,238 | 27.16 | 3.5 | 11 | 1 |
| | Social Democratic / People's Monarchist | 15.156 | 13.18 | 7.1 | 8 | 3 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 8,748 | 7.60 | 2.3 | 3 | 1 |
| | Left Bloc | 8,281 | 7.20 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 |
| | People–Animals–Nature | 3,195 | 2.78 | — | 1 | — |
| Total valid | Total valid | 111,232 | 96.70 | 1.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 1,991 | 1.73 | 1.2 | | |
| Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | 1,809 | 1.57 | 0.5 | | |
| Total | Total | 115,032 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 214,324 | 53.67 | 1.1 | | |
| Source: Porto 2017 election results |||||||||||

### Parish Assemblies

Results of the 1 October 2017 Porto Parish Assembly elections :
| Parish | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | Total S |
| Parish | RM | RM | PS | PS | PSD/PPM | PSD/PPM | CDU | CDU | BE | BE | | Total S |
| Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde | 50.2 | 10 | 21.4 | 4 | 15.5 | 3 | 4.9 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 19 |
| Bonfim | 35.7 | 8 | 28.7 | 6 | 15.5 | 3 | 8.4 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 19 |
| Campanhã | 26.7 | 5 | 40.2 | 9 | 11.5 | 2 | 10.3 | 2 | 6.4 | 1 | 19 |
| Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória | 33.8 | 7 | 28.6 | 6 | 14.0 | 3 | 8.4 | 1 | 10.8 | 2 | 19 |
| Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos | 42.8 | 9 | 25.3 | 5 | 12.6 | 2 | 8.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 1 | 19 |
| Paranhos | 26.4 | 6 | 24.9 | 6 | 30.6 | 7 | 6.9 | 1 | 6.5 | 1 | 21 |
| Ramalde | 39.0 | 8 | 29.2 | 6 | 14.6 | 3 | 6.3 | 1 | 6.9 | 1 | 19 |
| Total | 35.7 | 53 | 28.1 | 42 | 17.4 | 23 | 7.6 | 9 | 7.2 | 8 | 135 |
| Source: Election Results ||||||||||||