page_title: 1993 Portuguese local elections
section_title: Municipal Councils
hierarchical_section_title: 1993 Portuguese local elections / National summary of votes and seats / Municipal Councils
caption_attribution_description: Português: Mapa ilustrativo do partido mais votado por Concelho (Câmara Municipal)
context_page_description: The Portuguese local elections of 1993 took place on 12 December. The elections consisted of three separate elections in the 305 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is elected mayor, another election for the Municipal Assembly and a last one for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president. This last was held separately in the more than 4,200 parishes around the country.
  The Socialist Party maintained and increased their status as the largest local party. The party won 7 more cities compared with 1989 and, for the first time ever, polled above 40% of the votes. The PS hold on the control of big cities like Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra, and were also able to win two big cities in the Lisbon area from the PSD, Cascais and Sintra.
  The Social Democrats, although winning 2 more cities compared with last time, saw the gap between them and the PS widen, but, at the same, were able to hold onto their ground. The party suffered some losses, like they did in 1989, in the big urban centers but were able to win some cities from the PS like Pombal and Ponta Delgada.
caption: Most voted parties or coalitions in each Municipality. Municipalities won by:
  ■ - PSD: 116 
   ■ - PS: 127 
   ■ - CDU: 49 
  ■ - CDS–PP: 13
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