# 2017 Lisbon local election

The 2017 Lisbon local election was held on 1 October 2017 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.
Against a fractured opposition, Fernando Medina, mayor since the resignation of António Costa in 2015, was elected for a full term, defeating Assunção Cristas (CDS-PP leader) and Teresa Leal Coelho (PSD). Despite the victory, the Socialist Party lost its majority by one seat, having to rely of the Left Bloc's support.
The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented former MEP João Ferreira again and achieved similar results, and that guaranteed two Communist councilors. The Left Bloc, with Ricardo Robles as the candidate for Mayor, managed to gain a councillor seat for the first time in 10 years.
People-Animals-Nature, with Inês Sousa Real as its candidate, failed to elect any councilor.

## Background

In the 2013 election, the Socialist Party led by António Costa, won with an absolute majority. The PSD-CDS coalition led by Fernando Seara got about 22 percent of the votes, the worse result for the center right ever in Lisbon.
In 2014, Costa won the Socialist primary and became the leader of the Socialist Party. He resigned to focus on the campaign for the 2015 legislative elections, being replaced by Fernando Medina.

## 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 |
| | PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista | Centre-left | Fernando Medina | 50.9% | 11 / 17 |
| | PPD/PSD | Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata | Centre-right | Teresa Leal Coelho | 22.4% | 3 / 17 |
| | NL | Our Lisbon Nossa Lisboa CDS–PP, MPT, PPM | Right-wing | Assunção Cristas | 22.4% | 1 / 17 |
| | CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV | Left-wing to far-left | João Ferreira | 9.9% | 2 / 17 |
| | BE | Left Bloc Bloco de Esquerda | Left-wing to far-left | Ricardo Robles | 4.6% | 0 / 17 |
| | PAN | People Animals Nature Pessoas-Animais-Natureza | Centre-left | Inês Sousa Real | 2.3% | 0 / 17 |
| | PCTP | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses | Far-left | Luís Júdice | 1.0% | 0 / 17 |
| | PNR | National Renovator Party Partido Nacional Renovador | Far-right | José Pinto Coelho | 0.5% | 0 / 17 |
| | PTP | Portuguese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Português | Centre-left | Amândio Madaleno | 0.3% | 0 / 17 |
| | NC | We, the Citizens! Nós, Cidadãos! | Centre-right | Joana Amaral Dias | — | — |
| | LS | Lisbon Yes Lisboa Sim PDR, JPP | Centre | Carlos Teixeira | — | — |
| | PURP | United Party of Retirees and Pensioners Partido Unido dos Reformados e Pensionistas | Centre | António Arruda | — | — |

## Campaign period
### Candidates' debates

2017 Lisbon local election debates :
| Date | Organisers | Moderator(s) | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee | P Present  A Absent invitee N Non-invitee |
| Date | Organisers | Moderator(s) | PS Medina | NL Cristas | PSD L. Coelho | CDU Ferreira | BE Robles | PAN S. Real | NC A. Dias | PCTP Júdice | PNR P. Coelho | LS Teixeira | PURP Arruda | PTP Madaleno | Refs |
| 30 August 2017 | SIC, SIC Notícias | Rodrigo Guedes de Carvalho | P | P | P | P | P | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| 6 September 2017 | TVI, TVI24 | Judite Sousa | P | P | P | P | P | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| 8 September 2017 | CMTV | José Carlos Castro | P | P | P | P | P | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| 11 September 2017 | Rádio Renascença | Sérgio Costa | P | P | P | P | P | P | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| 14 September 2017 | RTP1, RTP3 | António José Teixeira | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | |

## Opinion polling
### Polling

Exit poll
| Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | PS | PSD | CDS PPM MPT | CDU | BE | PAN | O | Lead |
| 2017 local election | 1 October 2017 | — | 42.0 8 | 11.2 2 | 20.6 4 | 9.6 2 | 7.1 1 | 3.0 0 | 6.4 0 | 21.4 |
| UCP–CESOP | 1 October 2017 | 11,694 | 43.0– 47.0 8 / 10 | 9.0– 11.0 2 | 18.0– 21.0 3 / 4 | 9.0– 11.0 2 | 7.0– 9.0 1 / 2 | – | – | 25.0– 26.0 |
| Eurosondagem | 1 October 2017 | 8,761 | 41.4– 46.0 9 | 8.4– 11.0 1 / 2 | 16.2– 20.0 3 / 4 | 10.0– 12.1 2 | 7.7– 9.6 1 / 2 | – | – | 25.2– 26.0 |
| Intercampus | 1 October 2017 | 5,238 | 44.3– 49.3 8 / 9 | 8.1– 12.0 1 / 2 | 15.5– 19.5 3 / 4 | 8.3– 12.3 1 / 2 | 6.2– 9.2 1 | 1.7– 4.7 0 | 2.9– 5.9 0 | 28.8– 29.8 |
| CESOP–UCP Seat projection | 23–26 Sep 2017 | 1,292 | 47 8/10 | 12 2 | 15 2/3 | 8 1/2 | 8 1/2 | 3 0 | 7 0 | 32 |
| Eurosondagem Seat projection | 22–26 Sep 2017 | 1,148 | 43.3 9 | 12.5 2 | 17.5 3 | 10.1 2 | 5.7 1 | — | 10.9 0 | 25.8 |
| Aximage Seat projection | 17–20 Sep 2017 | 600 | 47.0 9/10 | 10.9 2/3 | 12.6 2/3 | 8.5 2 | 5.5 1 | — | 15.5 0 | 34.4 |
| CESOP–UCP Seat projection | 16 September 2017 | 642 | 41 7/9 | 16 3/4 | 17 3/4 | 8 1/2 | 8 1/2 | 3 0 | 7 0 | 24 |
| 2015 legislative election | 4 October 2015 | — | 34.8 (7) | 38.1 (8) | 38.1 (8) | 7.9 (1) | 9.4 (1) | 1.9 (0) | 7.9 (0) | 3.3 |
| 2014 EP election | 25 May 2014 | — | 29.2 (6) | 34.1 (7) | 34.1 (7) | 13.6 (3) | 5.3 (1) | 2.4 (0) | 15.4 (0) | 4.9 |
| 2013 local election | 29 September 2013 | — | 50.9 11 | 22.4 4 | 22.4 4 | 9.9 2 | 4.6 0 | 2.3 0 | 3.1 | 28.5 |

## Results
### Municipal Council

Summary of the 1 October 2017 Lisbon City Council elections results :
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| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Councillors | Councillors |
| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Total | ± |
| | Socialist | 106,036 | 42.00 | 8.9 | 8 | 3 |
| | CDS–PP / MPT / PPM | 51,984 | 20.59 | — | 4 | 3 |
| | Social Democratic | 28,336 | 11.22 | — | 2 | 1 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 24,110 | 9.55 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| | Left Bloc | 18,025 | 7.14 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
| | People–Animals–Nature | 7,658 | 3.03 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| | We, the Citizens! | 1,497 | 0.59 | — | 0 | — |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist | 1,309 | 0.52 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Renovator | 1,179 | 0.47 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| | PDR / JPP | 809 | 0.32 | — | 0 | — |
| | United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | 687 | 0.27 | — | 0 | — |
| | Labour | 352 | 0.14 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total valid | Total valid | 241,982 | 95.84 | 2.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 6,627 | 2.62 | 1.4 | | |
| Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | 3,871 | 1.53 | 1.3 | | |
| Total | Total | 252,481 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 493,354 | 51.16 | 6.1 | | |
| Source: Lisbon 2017 election results |||||||||||

### Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 1 October 2017 Lisbon Municipal Assembly elections results :
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| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Seats | Seats |
| Parties | Parties | Votes | % | ±pp swing | Total | ± |
| | Socialist | 95,064 | 37.66 | 4.7 | 22 | 3 |
| | CDS–PP / MPT / PPM | 42,773 | 16.94 | — | 9 | 6 |
| | Social Democratic | 38,263 | 15.16 | — | 8 | 3 |
| | Unitary Democratic Coalition | 26,229 | 10.39 | 0.8 | 7 | 1 |
| | Left Bloc | 21,288 | 8.43 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| | People–Animals–Nature | 10,811 | 4.28 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 |
| | Portuguese Workers' Communist | 1,875 | 0.74 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Renovator | 1,442 | 0.57 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| | We, the Citizens! | 1,383 | 0.55 | — | 0 | — |
| | PDR / JPP | 854 | 0.34 | — | 0 | — |
| | United Party of Retirees and Pensioners | 834 | 0.33 | — | 0 | — |
| | Labour | 429 | 0.17 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total valid | Total valid | 241,245 | 95.56 | 2.9 | 51 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 7,327 | 2.90 | 1.4 | | |
| Invalid ballots | Invalid ballots | 3,877 | 1.54 | 1.4 | | |
| Total | Total | 252,449 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 493,354 | 51.15 | 6.0 | | |
| Source: Lisbon 2017 election results |||||||||||

### Parish Assemblies

Results of the 1 October 2017 Lisbon Parish Assembly elections :
| Parish | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | % | S | Total S |
| Parish | PS | PS | PSD | PSD | NL | NL | CDU | CDU | BE | BE | PAN | PAN | IND | IND | | Total S |
| Ajuda | 51.2 | 8 | 10.6 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 18.1 | 2 | 7.8 | 1 | | | | | 13 |
| Alcântara | 58.6 | 10 | 11.6 | 1 | 10.8 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 5.5 | – | | | | | 13 |
| Alvalade | 36.2 | 8 | 20.6 | 4 | 18.4 | 4 | 8.6 | 2 | 6.6 | 1 | 4.1 | – | | | 19 |
| Areeiro | 28.9 | 4 | 29.8 | 4 | 17.9 | 3 | 6.9 | 1 | 6.5 | 1 | 4.4 | – | | | 13 |
| Arroios | 39.9 | 9 | 15.2 | 3 | 12.0 | 2 | 9.9 | 2 | 10.4 | 2 | 5.2 | 1 | | | 19 |
| Avenidas Novas | 29.3 | 6 | 22.3 | 5 | 27.4 | 6 | 6.9 | 1 | 5.5 | 1 | 4.0 | – | | | 19 |
| Beato | 51.0 | 8 | 11.3 | 1 | 8.8 | 1 | 11.7 | 2 | 7.0 | 1 | 4.0 | – | | | 13 |
| Belém | 29.2 | 4 | 32.9 | 5 | 21.3 | 3 | 6.7 | 1 | 5.7 | – | | | | | 13 |
| Benfica | 49.5 | 11 | 16.6 | 3 | 9.7 | 2 | 9.2 | 2 | 7.2 | 1 | 3.4 | – | | | 19 |
| Campo de Ourique | 38.5 | 8 | 19.4 | 4 | 17.0 | 3 | 10.2 | 2 | 9.6 | 2 | | | | | 19 |
| Campolide | 55.9 | 8 | 11.4 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 9.5 | 1 | 6.3 | 1 | | | | | 13 |
| Carnide | 22.6 | 3 | 13.4 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 44.8 | 7 | 5.3 | – | | | | | 13 |
| Estrela | 27.1 | 4 | 34.8 | 5 | 18.0 | 3 | 7.8 | 1 | 4.8 | – | 3.7 | – | | | 13 |
| Lumiar | 40.4 | 9 | 18.8 | 4 | 19.0 | 4 | 8.3 | 1 | 6.6 | 1 | | | | | 19 |
| Marvila | 47.3 | 11 | 9.0 | 2 | 6.2 | 1 | 14.6 | 3 | 7.3 | 1 | | | 5.8 | 1 | 19 |
| Misericórdia | 43.1 | 6 | 12.9 | 2 | 14.3 | 2 | 12.6 | 2 | 11.3 | 1 | | | | | 13 |
| Olivais | 53.5 | 12 | 12.6 | 3 | 7.8 | 1 | 10.6 | 2 | 6.5 | 1 | 3.8 | – | | | 19 |
| Parque das Nações | 38.4 | 6 | 13.0 | 2 | 23.1 | 4 | 9.9 | 1 | 4.9 | – | 4.9 | – | | | 13 |
| Penha de França | 42.0 | 9 | 15.6 | 3 | 7.8 | 1 | 12.9 | 3 | 10.3 | 2 | 5.5 | 1 | | | 19 |
| Santa Clara | 34.3 | 5 | 15.0 | 2 | 7.6 | 1 | 13.7 | 2 | 6.3 | 1 | 3.2 | – | 13.3 | 2 | 13 |
| Santa Maria Maior | 50.6 | 8 | 9.9 | 1 | 9.6 | 1 | 14.4 | 2 | 10.2 | 1 | | | | | 13 |
| Santo António | 27.6 | 4 | 31.3 | 5 | 18.7 | 2 | 8.7 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | | | | | 13 |
| São Domingos de Benfica | 39.2 | 9 | 21.6 | 5 | 15.7 | 3 | 8.1 | 1 | 6.4 | 1 | 4.1 | – | | | 19 |
| São Vicente | 35.1 | 5 | 12.4 | 2 | 6.7 | 1 | 20.1 | 3 | 10.4 | 1 | | | 8.8 | 1 | 13 |
| Total | 40.3 | 175 | 17.9 | 70 | 14.0 | 53 | 11.5 | 46 | 7.2 | 22 | 2.4 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 372 |
| Source: Election Results ||||||||||||||||