# 2013 Porto local election

The 2013 Porto local election was held on 29 September 2013 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.
Rui Moreira, an independent candidate, won the election and became the Mayor of Porto, succeeding Rui Rio. He beat the Socialist candidate, Manuel Pizarro, who got 22.7% of the votes and 3 councillors, and the Mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia, Luís Filipe Menezes, the Social Democratic candidate, who achieved 21.1% of the votes and also got 3 councillors. The Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by Pedro Carvalho, kept its seat in the city council, having a slight drop in the vote share to 7.4%
The Left Bloc failed to win any seats in the city council, just like Nuno Cardoso, the former Mayor of Porto from 1999 to 2002, who ran as an independent.
Rui Moreira failed to achieve an absolute majority, and as such governed with the Socialist Party.

## Background

In the 2009 election, Rui Rio, candidate for the PSD/CDS coalition, won a third and final term as mayor of Porto, winning 47.5% of the votes and 7 seats, an absolute majority. The Socialist Party, led by Elisa Ferreira, achieved second place with 5 seats and about 35% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 9.8% 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 | Party/Coalition | Party/Coalition | Political position | Candidate | 2009 result | 2009 result |
| Party/Coalition | Party/Coalition | Party/Coalition | Political position | Candidate | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | PF | Strong Porto Porto Forte PSD, PPM, MPT | Centre-right | Luís Filipe Menezes | 47.5% | 5 / 13 |
| | PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista | Centre-left | Manuel Pizarro | 34.7% | 5 / 13 |
| | CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV | Left-wing to far-left | Pedro Carvalho | 7.4% | 1 / 13 |
| | BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda | Left-wing to far-left | José Soeiro | 5.0% | 0 / 13 |
| | PCTP | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses | Far-left | José Carlos Santos | 0.7% | 0 / 13 |
| | PTP | Portuguese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Português | Center-left | José Manuel Pereira | — | — |
| | NC | Nuno Cardoso – Porto of Future Nuno Cardoso – Porto de Futuro | Center-left | Nuno Cardoso [pt] | — | — |
| | RM | Porto, Our Party Porto, O nosso Partido | Right-wing | Rui Moreira | — | 2 / 13 |

## Opinion polling
### Polling

Exit poll
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | PSD PPM MPT | PS | CDU | BE | RM | NC | O | Lead |
| 2013 local election | 29 Sep 2013 | — | 21.1 3 | 22.7 3 | 7.4 1 | 3.6 0 | 39.3 6 | 1.1 0 | 4.9 0 | 16.6 |
| UCP–CESOP | 29 Sep 2013 | 8,777 | 22.0– 25.0 3 / 4 | 21.0– 24.0 3 / 4 | 7.0– 9.0 1 | 3.0– 5.0 0 / 1 | 36.0– 40.0 5 / 6 | – | – | 14.0– 15.0 |
| Eurosondagem | 29 Sep 2013 | 6,983 | 19.4– 23.2 3 / 4 | 25.0– 28.8 3 / 4 | 7.0– 9.3 1 | 4.0– 6.2 0 / 1 | 30.0– 34.2 4 / 5 | 1.0– 1.8 0 | – | 5.0– 5.4 |
| Eurosondagem Seats projection | 23–25 Sep 2013 | 1,010 | 26.9 4 | 24.1 4 | 10.5 1 | 4.5 – | 26.5 4 | 3.9 – | 3.6 – | 0.4 |
| Aximage | 21–25 Sep 2013 | 602 | 27.5 | 28.1 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 29.2 | — | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| UCP–CESOP Seats projection | 21–23 Sep 2013 | 1,272 | 26.0 3 / 4 | 24.0 3 / 4 | 9.0 1 | 5.0 0 / 1 | 29.0 4 / 5 | 2.0 – | 5.0 – | 3.0 |
| IPOM | 21–23 Sep 2013 | 1,000 | 37.5 | 26.6 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 14.4 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 10.9 |
| Eurosondagem Seats projection | 6–7 Aug 2013 | 603 | 32.1 5 | 23.8 3 / 4 | 8.5 1 | 4.5 – | 24.8 3 / 4 | 3.3 – | 3.0 – | 7.3 |
| Eurosondagem Seats projection | 24–25 Jul 2013 | 810 | 32.5 5 | 22.5 3 | 8.4 1 | 4.8 – | 25.2 4 | 3.6 – | 3.0 – | 7.3 |
| IPOM | 29–30 Jun 2013 | 1,020 | 39.6 | 24.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 16.2 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 14.7 |
| Eurosondagem Seats projection | 20–22 May 2013 | 804 | 33.0 5 | 24.8 3 / 4 | 10.2 1 | 4.3 – | 25.0 3 / 4 | — | 2.7 – | 8.0 |
| IPOM | 13–15 Apr 2013 | 2,962 | 41.0 | 21.8 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 17.2 | — | 4.4 | 19.2 |
| IPOM | 17–23 Jan 2013 | 796 | 21.2 | 15.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 4.2 | — | 55.0 | 5.4 |
| IPOM | 17–23 Jan 2013 | 796 | 31.7 | 13.5 | — | — | 12.1 | — | 42.6 | 18.2 |
| 2009 local election | 11 Oct 2009 | — | 47.5 7 | 34.7 5 | 9.8 1 | 5.0 0 | — | — | 3.1 0 | 12.8 |

## Results
### Municipal Council

Summary of the 29 September 2013 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 | 45,411 | 39.25 | — | 6 | — |
| | Socialist | 26,237 | 22.68 | 12.0 | 3 | 2 |
| | Social Democratic / People's Monarchist / Earth | 24,366 | 21.06 | — | 3 | 2 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 8,539 | 7.38 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | 4,166 | 3.60 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| | Nuno Cardoso – Porto our Future | 1,255 | 1.08 | — | 0 | — |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist | 343 | 0.30 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| | Labour | 279 | 0.24 | — | 0 | — |
| Total valid | Total valid | 110,596 | 95.59 | 2.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 2,922 | 2.53 | 1.2 | | |
| Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | 2,180 | 1.88 | 0.9 | | |
| Total | Total | 115,698 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 219,949 | 52.60 | 4.2 | | |
| Source: Porto 2013 election results |||||||||||

### Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 29 September 2013 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 | 40,134 | 34.69 | — | 15 | — |
| | Socialist | 27,413 | 23.70 | 10.1 | 10 | 4 |
| | Social Democratic / People's Monarchist / Earth | 23,495 | 20.31 | — | 8 | — |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 11,436 | 9.89 | 1.1 | 4 | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | 5,760 | 4.98 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 |
| | Nuno Cardoso – Porto our Future | 1,272 | 1.10 | — | 0 | — |
| | Labour | 330 | 0.29 | — | 0 | — |
| Total valid | Total valid | 109,840 | 94.95 | 2.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 3,426 | 2.96 | 1.3 | | |
| Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | 2,416 | 2.09 | 1.2 | | |
| Total | Total | 115,682 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 219,949 | 52.59 | 4.2 | | |
| Source: Porto 2013 election results |||||||||||

### Parish Assemblies

Results of the 29 September 2013 Porto Parish Assembly elections :
| Parish | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | Total S |
| Parish | RM | RM | PS | PS | PF | PF | CDU | CDU | BE | BE | | Total S |
| Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde | 45.8 | 10 | 23.5 | 5 | 17.8 | 3 | 5.5 | 1 | 5.0 | - | 19 |
| Bonfim | 38.1 | 8 | 21.9 | 4 | 20.2 | 4 | 10.7 | 2 | 4.9 | 1 | 19 |
| Campanhã | 17.9 | 4 | 39.1 | 9 | 20.0 | 4 | 12.6 | 2 | 4.1 | - | 19 |
| Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória | 30.3 | 7 | 24.0 | 6 | 21.6 | 5 | 11.6 | 2 | 6.3 | 1 | 21 |
| Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos | 38.1 | 8 | 21.9 | 4 | 20.2 | 4 | 10.7 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | 19 |
| Paranhos | 26.2 | 6 | 24.3 | 5 | 29.4 | 7 | 9.5 | 2 | 4.7 | 1 | 21 |
| Ramalde | 35.7 | 8 | 26.0 | 5 | 20.1 | 4 | 7.9 | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 19 |
| Total | 31.6 | 49 | 26.0 | 39 | 22.5 | 32 | 9.7 | 12 | 4.7 | 5 | 137 |
| Source: Election Results ||||||||||||