2001 Lisbon local election

The 2001 Lisbon local election was held on 16 December 2001 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

In an election that was considered an upset, incumbent mayor João Soares, running in a coalition between the Socialists, the Communists and the Greens, lost reelection against Pedro Santana Lopes, the Social Democratic candidate, who beat João Soares with a very narrow margin of less than 1,000 votes. The terrible results in this election ultimately led to Prime Minister António Guterres' resignation.

Paulo Portas, the CDS – People's Party candidate, won one seat in the city council, while Miguel Portas, Paulo Portas' brother and the Left Bloc candidate, failed to be elected.

Background In the 1997 election, the coalition between the Socialist Party, the Unitary Democratic Coalition and the People's Democratic Union, led by João Soares, the son of former president Mário Soares, won with an absolute majority, achieving 51.9% of the votes and 10 seats in the city council. They defeated the coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party, led by Ferreira do Amaral, who got 39.3% of the votes and 7 seats.

Electoral system Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. The winner of the most voted list for the municipal council is automatically elected mayor, similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP). 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/CoalitionPoliticalpositionCandidate1997 resultVotes (%)SeatsALLove Lisbon Centre-leftto left-wingJoão Soares51.9%LFHappy Lisbon Centre-rightPedro Santana Lopes39.3%CDS–PPCDS – People's PartyRight-wing Paulo PortasPCTPPortuguese Workers' Communist PartyFar-leftAntónio Garcia Pereira1.9%BELeft BlocLeft-wingto far-left Miguel Portas PHHumanist PartyCentre-left MPTEarth PartyCenter-rightManuela Raposo Magalhães PNRNational Renovator PartyFar-right

Opinion polling

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size PSPCPPEV PSDPPM CDS BE Lead 2001 local election 16 Dec 2001 41.7 42.0 7.6 3.8 4.90.3 UCP 16 Dec 2001 ? 41–45 39–43 6–8 2.5–4.5 –2 Eurosondagem 16 Dec 2001 ? 41.5–45.3 42.1–45.9 3.6–6.0 3.1–5.3 –0.6 Intercampus 16 Dec 2001 ? 42.8–48.8 37.1–43.1 5.5–9.9 2.3–5.3 –5.7 Euroexpansão 8–12 Dec 2001 ?41.0 31.0 6.7 3.9 17.4 10.0 UCP 9 Dec 2001 1,58541.6 37.1 8.8 5.9 6.6 4.5 SIC/Visão 2 Dec 2001 ? 41.641.8 16.6 0.2 SIC/Visão 9 Nov 2001 ?41.6 41.3 6.5 1.0 9.6 0.3 Euroteste 9 Nov 2001 ? 3739 6 4 14 2 UCP 5 Nov 2001 1,148 41.942.5 8.4 4.8 2.4 0.6 Euroexpansão 21 Apr 2001 ?33 28 11 3 25 5 UCP 16–20 Mar 2001 1,19238.0 37.5 11.0 7.7 5.8 0.51999 legislative election10 Oct 199950.329.610.26.03.920.7 1997 local election 14 Dec 1997 51.9 39.3 8.812.6

Results

Municipal Council

| colspan="11" align=center| |- ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±pp swing ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|Councillors |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|± |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#ff9966 align="center" | |align=left|Social Democratic / People's Monarchist |131,135||41.98||||8||2 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#ff3366 align="center" | |align=left|Socialist / Communist / The Greens |130,279||41.70||10.2||8||2

|23,584||7.55||||1||0

|11,877||3.80||||0||

|2,419||0.77||1.1||0||0

|1,352||0.43||||0||

|1,347||0.43||||0||

|652||0.21||||0|| |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|302,645 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|96.88 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|1.2 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|17 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |5,902||1.89||0.2||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |3,844||1.23||1.0 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|312,391 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||567,867||55.01||6.7 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Lisbon 2001 election results

Municipal Assembly

| colspan="11" align=center| |- ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|±pp swing ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|Seats |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|± |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#ff3366 align="center" | |align=left|Socialist / Communist / The Greens |129,852||41.57||9.8||24||6 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#ff9966 align="center" | |align=left|Social Democratic / People's Monarchist |124,457||39.84||||23||

|27,100||8.68||||5||

|15,099||4.83||||2||

|2,733||0.87||1.1||0||1

|1,970||0.63||||0||

|779||0.25||||0|| |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|301,990 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|96.68 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|1.2 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|54 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |6,633||2.12||0.1||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |3,760||1.20||1.0 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|312,383 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||567,867||55.01||6.7 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Lisbon 2001 election results

Parish Assemblies

| 3.7

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alcântara | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 53.2 | 8 | 32.5 | 5 | 6.3

| 4.6

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alto do Pina | 32.0 | 4 | style="background:#ff9966; color:white;"| 52.2 | 8 | 7.8 | 1 | 4.6

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alvalade | 28.6 | 4 | style="background:#ff9966; color:white;"| 50.2 | 7 | 12.7 | 2 | 5.8

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ameixoeira | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 46.3 | 7 | 37.1 | 5 | 8.7 | 1 | 3.7

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Anjos | 36.0 | 5 | style="background:#ff9966; color:white;"| 43.3 | 6 | 10.0 | 1 | 6.3 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Beato | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 49.0 | 8 | 28.9 | 4 | 8.4 | 1 | 5.4

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 4.0

| 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Benfica | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 44.6 | 10 | 40.1 | 9 | 7.4 | 1 | 4.1 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 1.0

| 21 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Campo Grande | 41.4 | 6 | style="background:#ff9966; color:white;"| 42.1 | 6 | 8.7 | 1 | 5.0

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Campolide | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 47.7 | 7 | 36.1 | 5 | 8.1 | 1 | 4.3

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Carnide | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 46.0 | 7 | 36.3 | 5 | 8.9 | 1 | 4.7

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Castelo | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 62.2 | 5 | 22.1 | 2 | 6.3

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Charneca | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 52.6 | 8 | 29.9 | 4 | 8.7 | 1 | 4.3

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Coração de Jesus | 37.8 | 6 | style="background:#ff9966; color:white;"| 42.6 | 6 | 10.9 | 1 | 5.5

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Encarnação | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 45.2 | 5 | 34.8 | 3 | 9.6 | 1 | 6.2

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Graça | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 42.3 | 6 | 39.1 | 6 | 7.8 | 1 | 5.9

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lapa | 29.4 | 4 | style="background:#ff9966; color:white;"| 49.8 | 7 | 13.3 | 2 | 5.0

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lumiar | 40.9 | 8 | style="background:#ff9966; color:white;"| 41.7 | 9 | 7.8 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 20 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Madalena | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 53.0 | 4 | 32.9 | 2 | 11.1 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Mártires | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 42.2 | 3 | 12.6 | 1 | 39.3 | 3 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Marvila | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 54.8 | 12 | 25.4 | 5 | 7.6 | 1 | 4.4 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 2.9

| 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Mercês | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 46.6 | 7 | 34.1 | 5 | 9.7 | 1 | 5.2

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Nossa Senhora de Fátima | 31.0 | 5 | style="background:#ff9966; color:white;"| 45.6 | 7 | 10.2 | 1 | 4.2

| 5.8

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Pena | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 41.8 | 6 | 37.9 | 5 | 9.5 | 1 | 6.8 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Penha de França | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 44.3 | 6 | 40.5 | 6 | 7.1 | 1 | 4.5

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Prazeres | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 46.3 | 7 | 36.6 | 5 | 9.0 | 1 | 5.5

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Sacramento | 38.1 | 4 | style="background:#ff9966; color:white;"| 43.6 | 4 | 13.3 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"|

2001 Lisbon local election

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