# 2005 Lisbon local election

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.
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 led by Pedro Santana Lopes, defeated incumbent Mayor João Soares, supported by the coalition between the Socialist Party and the Communist Party, by a margin of about 0.3%.
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.

## 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 | 2001 result | 2001 result |
| Party/Coalition | Party/Coalition | Party/Coalition | Political position | Candidate | 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% | 6 / 17 |
| | CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV | Left-wing to far-left | Ruben de Carvalho | 41.7% | 2 / 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
### Polling

Exit poll
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | PSD | PS | CDU | CDS | BE | O | Lead |
| 2005 local election | 9 Oct 2005 | — | 42.4 8 | 26.6 5 | 11.4 2 | 5.9 1 | 7.9 1 | 5.8 0 | 15.8 |
| CESOP–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 |
| CESOP–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 |
| CESOP–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 | — | — | — | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| Eurosondagem | 15–16 Mar 2005 | 1,048 | 41 | 44 | — | — | — | 15 | 3 |
| 2005 legislative election | 20 Feb 2005 | — | 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 | — | 33.4 (6) | 41.2 (8) | 9.6 (2) | | 8.5 (1) | 7.3 (0) | 7.8 |
| 2002 legislative election | 17 Mar 2002 | — | 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 | — | 42.0 8 | 41.7 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 :
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| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Councillors | Councillors |
| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Total | ± |
| | Social Democratic | 119,837 | 42.43 | 0.5 | 8 | 0 |
| | Socialist | 75,022 | 26.56 | — | 5 | 1 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 32,254 | 11.42 | — | 2 | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | 22,342 | 7.91 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 |
| | People's | 16,723 | 5.92 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist | 2,689 | 0.95 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Renovator | 798 | 0.28 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| | Humanist | 507 | 0.18 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total valid | Total valid | 270,172 | 95.65 | 1.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 7,538 | 2.67 | 0.8 | | |
| Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | 4,733 | 1.68 | 0.5 | | |
| Total | Total | 282,443 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 536,450 | 52.65 | 2.4 | | |
| Source: Lisbon 2005 election results |||||||||||

### Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 9 October 2005 Lisbon City Council election results :
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| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Seats | Seats |
| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Total | ± |
| | Social Democratic | 107,917 | 38.21 | 1.6 | 23 | 0 |
| | Socialist | 77,789 | 27.54 | — | 16 | — |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 36,569 | 12.95 | — | 7 | — |
| | Left Bloc | 26,434 | 9.36 | 4.5 | 5 | 3 |
| | People's | 17,700 | 6.27 | 2.4 | 3 | 2 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist | 3,613 | 1.28 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total valid | Total valid | 270,022 | 95.61 | 1.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 7,735 | 2.74 | 0.6 | | |
| Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | 4,676 | 1.66 | 0.5 | | |
| Total | Total | 282,433 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 536,450 | 52.65 | 2.4 | | |
| 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 |
| Parish | PSD | PSD | PS | PS | CDU | CDU | BE | BE | CDS–PP | CDS–PP | IND | IND | | Total S |
| 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 ||||||||||||||