2025 Porto local election

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2025 Porto local elections
← 2021 September/October 2025
All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council
7 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Filipe Araújo 1.jpg
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Pedro Duarte September 2024.jpg
Leader Filipe Araújo Manuel Pizarro Pedro Duarte
Party Independent PS PSD
Alliance Do it in Porto
Last election 6 seats, 40.7% 3 seats, 18.0% 2 seats, 17.2%
 
Leader Diana Ferreira Sérgio Aires Miguel Côrte-Real
Party PCP BE CH
Alliance CDU
Last election 1 seats, 7.5% 1 seat, 6.3% 0 seats, 3.0%
Incumbent Mayor

Rui Moreira
Independent



The 2025 Porto local election will be held in September or October 2025 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

This election is expected to be extremely competitive after the 3 mandates of the liberal-backed Independent Rui Moreira, which is barred from running for a 4th term, with both the Socialists and Social Democrats hoping to win the second major city in Portugal,[1] with Moreira's independent movement also running deputy mayor Filipe Araújo as a candidate.[2]

The Socialist Party has already chosen former Health minister Manuel Pizarro as their candidate, while the Social Democratic Party is currently in talks with the CDS – People's Party and the Liberal Initiative to form a coalition with incumbent minister of Parliament Affairs Pedro Duarte as their candidate.[3]

Background

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In the 2021 election, Rui Moreira, mayor since 2013, won a third term as Mayor of Porto, winning 40.7% of the votes and 6 seats, losing his majority in the city council. The Socialist candidate, Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, won 18.0% of the vote and 3 seats, while the Social Democratic candidate, Vladimiro Feliz, won 17.2% of the votes and 2 seats.[4]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by Ilda Figueiredo, won 7.5% of the votes and 1 seat, while the Left Bloc, which presented Sérgio Aires as a candidate for mayor, gained a seat in the City Council, for the first time in its history, achieving 6.3% of the votes.[5]

Electoral system

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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.[6]

Parties and candidates

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Party/Coalition Political
position 		Candidate 2021 result Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
FA Do it in Porto
Fazer à Porto 		Right-wing Filipe Araújo 40.7%
6 / 13
 [2]
PS Socialist Party
Partido Socialista 		Centre-left Manuel Pizarro 18.0%
3 / 13
 [7]
PSD Social Democratic Party
Partido Social Democrata 		Centre-right Pedro Duarte 17.2%
2 / 13
 [8]
CDU Unitary Democratic Coalition
Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV 		Left-wing
to far-left 		Diana Ferreira 7.5%
1 / 13
 [9]
BE Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda 		Left-wing
to far-left 		Sérgio Aires 6.3%
1 / 13
 [10]
CH Enough!
Chega! 		Right-wing
to far-right 		Miguel Côrte-Real 3.0%
0 / 13
 [11]
PAN People Animals Nature
Pessoas-Animais-Natureza 		Centre-left TBD 2.8%
0 / 13
NC Think Porto
Pensar o Porto 		Center-left Nuno Cardoso — — [12]
AA Porto with Porto
Porto com Porto 		Center-left António Araújo — — [13]
RIR React, Include, Recycle
Reagir Incluir Reciclar 		Centre Vitorino Silva — — [14]
ND New Right
Nova Direita 		Right-wing Aníbal Pinto — — [15]

Opinion polling

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Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size RM IL CDS PSD PS CDU BE CH PAN L O Lead
2025 Legislative election 18 May 2025 — — 8.1
(1) 		35.1[a]
(5) 		23.7
(4) 		3.6
(0) 		2.9
(0) 		14.1
(2) 		1.6
(0) 		7.2
(1) 		3.6
(0) 		11.4
2024 EP election 9 Jun 2024 — — 12.7
(2) 		31.2[a]
(4) 		27.6
(4) 		4.4
(0) 		6.6
(1) 		6.6
(1) 		1.4
(0) 		6.5
(1) 		3.0
(0) 		3.6
2024 Legislative election 10 Mar 2024 — — 6.8
(1) 		34.3[a]
(6) 		28.3
(4) 		3.4
(0) 		5.7
(1) 		10.0
(1) 		2.1
(0) 		5.6
(0) 		3.8
(0) 		6.0
2022 Legislative election 30 Jan 2022 — — 7.8
(1) 		2.0
(0) 		34.7
(5) 		35.1
(6) 		4.7
(0) 		6.0
(1) 		3.3
(0) 		2.0
(0) 		2.2
(0) 		2.2
(0) 		0.4
2021 local election 26 Sep 2021 — 40.7
6 		17.2
2 		18.0
3 		7.5
1 		6.3
1 		3.0
0 		2.8
0 		0.5
0 		4.0
0 		22.7

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c PSD and CDS ran in a coalition, the Democratic Alliance (AD).

References

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  1. ^ "Autárquicas 2025 já aquecem. Confira os nomes apontados à Câmara do Porto". Porto Canal (in Portuguese). 2024-11-01. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  2. ^ a b "Rui Moreira confirma que vice-presidente Filipe Araújo será candidato ao Porto". Público (in Portuguese). 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  3. ^ "IL quer lugares na lista da Pedro Duarte para a Câmara do Porto". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2025-02-27. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  4. ^ Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (2021-09-27). "Noite sem grandes surpresas no Porto com reeleição de Rui Moreira, mas sem maioria absoluta". Noite sem grandes surpresas no Porto com reeleição de Rui Moreira, mas sem maioria absoluta (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  5. ^ Renascença (2021-09-27). "Bloco de Esquerda saúda eleição do primeiro vereador na Câmara do Porto - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  6. ^ "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  7. ^ "Manuel Pizarro eleito candidato do PS à Câmara do Porto". Público (in Portuguese). 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  8. ^ Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (2025-04-02). "Pedro Duarte lança-se como candidato à presidência da Câmara do Porto". Pedro Duarte lança-se como candidato à presidência da Câmara do Porto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-04-02.
  9. ^ "CDU lança Diana Ferreira para a Câmara do Porto". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  10. ^ Vilarinho, Luísa (2025-04-10). "Sérgio Aires volta a ser candidato pelo BE à Câmara do Porto - JPN". JPN - JornalismoPortoNet (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-05-22.
  11. ^ "Ex-PSD é o candidato do Chega à Câmara do Porto". CNN Portugal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  12. ^ JPN (2025-01-29). "Nuno Cardoso é candidato independente à Câmara do Porto - JPN". JPN - JornalismoPortoNet (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  13. ^ Araújo, Leonor (2025-05-29). "António Araújo confirma candidatura independente à Câmara do Porto - JPN". JPN - JornalismoPortoNet (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  14. ^ "Tino de Rans apresenta sexta-feira a sua candidatura à Câmara do Porto". Jornal de Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2025-01-30. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
  15. ^ "Aníbal Pinto é candidato à Câmara do Porto". Jornal de Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
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