page_title: 1989 Portuguese local elections
section_title: Municipal Councils
hierarchical_section_title: 1989 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 1989 took place on 17 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.
  For the first time since democracy was restored, the center-left/left-wing parties won a nationwide local election. The Socialist Party won, also for the 1st time, the status of largest local party, a title the Socialists would hold on until 2001, and gained control in many big cities across the country, like Lisbon and Porto. In Lisbon, the PS leader, Jorge Sampaio, in a coalition with CDU, defeated the PSD/CDS candidate, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, by a 49% to 42% margin. The Socialists had a net gain of 41 cities, and won important cities like Guimarães, Coimbra, Faro and Vila Nova de Gaia.
  The Social Democrats, were the big losers of the elections.
caption: Most voted parties or coalitions in each Municipality. Municipalities won by:
  ■ - PSD: 113 
   ■ - PS: 116 
   ■ - CDU: 50 
  ■ - CDS: 20
  ■ - UDP: 1 
  ■ - PSD coalitions: 1 
  ■ - PS coalitions: 4
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