2001 Lisbon local election

Main article: 2001 Portuguese local elections
2001 Lisbon local elections
← 1997 16 December 2001 2005 →
All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council
9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout55.0% Increase 6.7 pp
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Pedro Santana Lopes João Soares
Party PSD PS
Alliance Happy Lisbon[a] Love Lisbon[b]
Last election 6 seats (LBC)[c] 10 seats, 51.9%
Seats won 8 8
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 131,135 130,279
Percentage 42.0% 41.7%
Swing [c] Decrease 10.2 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
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Leader Paulo Portas Miguel Portas
Party CDS–PP BE
Last election 1 seat (LBC)[c] Did not contest
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady New party
Popular vote 23,584 11,877
Percentage 7.6% 3.8%
Swing [c] New party
Mayor before election

João Soares
PS

Elected Mayor

Pedro Santana Lopes
PSD

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 1000 votes.[1] The terrible results in this election ultimately led to Prime Minister António Guterres' resignation.[2]

Paulo Portas, the CDS – People's Party candidate, won one seat in the city council, while Miguel Portas, 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.[3]

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.[4]

Parties and candidates

Party/Coalition Political
position 		Candidate[5] 1997 result
Votes (%) Seats
AL Love Lisbon
Amar Lisboa PS, PCP, PEV 		Centre-left
to left-wing 		João Soares 51.9%
10 / 17
LF Happy Lisbon
Lisboa Feliz PPD/PSD, PPM 		Centre-right Pedro Santana Lopes 39.3%
6 / 17
CDS–PP CDS – People's Party
CDS – Partido Popular 		Right-wing Paulo Portas
1 / 17
PCTP Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses 		Far-left — 1.9%
0 / 17
BE Left Bloc
Bloco de Esquerda 		Left-wing
to far-left 		Miguel Portas —
0 / 17
PH Humanist Party
Partido Humanista 		Centre-left — —
0 / 17
MPT Earth Party
Partido da Terra 		Center-right — —
0 / 17
PNR National Renovator Party
Partido Nacional Renovador 		Far-right — —
0 / 17

Opinion polling

Polling

  Exit poll

Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size PS
PCP
PEV 		PSD
PPM 		CDS BE O Lead
2001 local election 16 Dec 2001 — 41.7
8 		42.0
8 		7.6
1 		3.8
0 		4.9
0 		0.3
CESOP–UCP 16 Dec 2001 ? 41–45 39–43 6–8 2.5–4.5 – 2
Euroexpansão 8–12 Dec 2001 ? 41.0 31.0 6.7 3.9 17.4 10.0
CESOP–UCP 8–9 Dec 2001 ? 41.6 37.1 — — 21.3 4.5
SIC/Visão 2 Dec 2001 ? 41.6 41.8 — — 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 ? 37 39 6 4 14 2
CESOP–UCP 6 Nov 2001 ? 41.9 42.5 8.4 4.8 2.4 0.6
CESOP–UCP 16–20 Mar 2001 1,192 38.0 37.5 11.0 7.7 5.8 0.5
1999 legislative election 10 Oct 1999 — 50.3
(9) 		29.6
(5) 		10.2
(2) 		6.0
(1) 		3.9
(0) 		20.7
1997 local election 14 Dec 1997 — 51.9
10 		39.3
7 		— 8.8
0 		12.6

Results

Municipal Council

Summary of the 16 December 2001 Lisbon City Council election results
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8
1
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Councillors
Total ±
Social Democratic / People's Monarchist 131,135 41.98 — 8 Increase2
Socialist / Communist / The Greens 130,279 41.70 Decrease10.2 8 Decrease2
People's 23,584 7.55 — 1 Steady0
Left Bloc 11,877 3.80 — 0 —
Portuguese Workers' Communist 2,419 0.77 Decrease1.1 0 Steady0
Humanist 1,352 0.43 — 0 —
Earth 1,347 0.43 — 0 —
National Renovator 652 0.21 — 0 —
Total valid 302,645 96.88 Increase1.2 17 Steady0
Blank ballots 5,902 1.89 Decrease0.2
Invalid ballots 3,844 1.23 Decrease1.0
Total 312,391 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 567,867 55.01 Increase6.7
Source: Lisbon 2001 election results

Municipal Assembly

Summary of the 16 December 2001 Lisbon City Council election results
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24
23
5
Parties Votes % ±pp swing Seats
Total ±
Socialist / Communist / The Greens 129,852 41.57 Decrease9.8 24 Decrease6
Social Democratic / People's Monarchist 124,457 39.84 — 23 —
People's 27,100 8.68 — 5 —
Left Bloc 15,099 4.83 — 2 —
Portuguese Workers' Communist 2,733 0.87 Decrease1.1 0 Decrease1
Earth 1,970 0.63 — 0 —
National Renovator 779 0.25 — 0 —
Total valid 301,990 96.68 Decrease1.2 17 Steady0
Blank ballots 6,633 2.12 Decrease0.1
Invalid ballots 3,760 1.20 Increase1.0
Total 312,383 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 567,867 55.01 Increase6.7
Source: Lisbon 2001 election results

Parish Assemblies

Results of the 16 December 2001 Lisbon Parish Assembly elections
Parish % S % S % S % S % S % S Total
S
PS/CDU PSD/PPM CDS–PP BE IND PCTP
Ajuda 56.8 9 29.9 4 6.1 - 3.7 - 13
Alcântara 53.2 8 32.5 5 6.3 - 4.6 - 13
Alto do Pina 32.0 4 52.2 8 7.8 1 4.6 - 13
Alvalade 28.6 4 50.2 7 12.7 2 5.8 - 13
Ameixoeira 46.3 7 37.1 5 8.7 1 3.7 - 13
Anjos 36.0 5 43.3 6 10.0 1 6.3 1 13
Beato 49.0 8 28.9 4 8.4 1 5.4 - 4.0 - 13
Benfica 44.6 10 40.1 9 7.4 1 4.1 1 1.0 - 21
Campo Grande 41.4 6 42.1 6 8.7 1 5.0 - 13
Campolide 47.7 7 36.1 5 8.1 1 4.3 - 13
Carnide 46.0 7 36.3 5 8.9 1 4.7 - 13
Castelo 62.2 5 22.1 2 6.3 - 7
Charneca 52.6 8 29.9 4 8.7 1 4.3 - 13
Coração de Jesus 37.8 6 42.6 6 10.9 1 5.5 - 13
Encarnação 45.2 5 34.8 3 9.6 1 6.2 - 9
Graça 42.3 6 39.1 6 7.8 1 5.9 - 13
Lapa 29.4 4 49.8 7 13.3 2 5.0 - 13
Lumiar 40.9 8 41.7 9 7.8 1 5.3 1 20
Madalena 53.0 4 32.9 2 11.1 1 7
Mártires 42.2 3 12.6 1 39.3 3 7
Marvila 54.8 12 25.4 5 7.6 1 4.4 1 2.9 - 19
Mercês 46.6 7 34.1 5 9.7 1 5.2 - 13
Nossa Senhora de Fátima 31.0 5 45.6 7 10.2 1 4.2 - 5.8 - 13
Pena 41.8 6 37.9 5 9.5 1 6.8 1 13
Penha de França 44.3 6 40.5 6 7.1 1 4.5 - 13
Prazeres 46.3 7 36.6 5 9.0 1 5.5 - 13
Sacramento 38.1 4 43.6 4 13.3 1 7
Santa Catarina 50.0 5 32.4 3 9.7 1 5.2 - 9
Santa Engrácia 36.1 5 26.1 4 6.5 1 3.2 - 23.4 3 13
Santa Isabel 33.7 5 47.0 7 10.0 1 6.0 - 13
Santa Justa 46.6 4 28.4 2 18.4 1 7
Santa Maria de Belém 38.6 6 42.7 6 10.1 1 5.5 - 13
Santa Maria dos Olivais 50.2 11 31.2 7 6.2 1 4.3 1 4.4 1 21
Santiago 53.7 5 31.4 3 10.1 1 9
Santo Condestável 44.3 6 39.3 6 8.0 1 4.5 - 13
Santo Estêvão 40.6 4 19.1 2 5.5 - 28.8 3 9
Santos-o-Velho 44.6 5 34.1 3 12.1 1 6.1 - 9
São Cristóvão e São Lourenço 49.0 5 31.8 3 13.5 1 9
São Domingos de Benfica 36.4 7 46.4 10 8.2 1 5.1 1 19
São Francisco Xavier 29.0 4 52.8 8 10.2 1 5.7 - 13
São João 46.2 7 36.2 5 8.9 1 5.2 - 13
São João de Brito 28.2 4 51.3 7 13.3 2 3.9 - 13
São João de Deus 28.4 4 51.9 8 12.6 1 4.4 - 13
São Jorge de Arroios 36.1 7 45.2 9 10.1 2 5.3 1 19
São José 44.0 4 38.4 4 10.3 1 9
São Mamede 33.1 5 48.2 7 10.8 1 4.7 - 13
São Miguel 62.3 7 24.9 2 7.0 - 2.3 - 9
São Nicolau 48.2 5 38.0 3 10.2 1 9
São Paulo 53.3 5 31.8 3 9.8 1 9
São Sebastião da Pedreira 24.9 3 46.6 7 20.2 3 6.2 - 13
Santo Vicente de Fora 57.6 6 27.6 2 10.2 1 9
Sé 47.2 5 27.5 2 19.9 2 9
Socorro 43.9 4 9.9 1 39.5 4 9
Total 42.6 309 38.8 265 9.1 60 4.6 8 0.6 6 0.7 1 649
Source: Election Results

References

  1. ^ "Santana Lopes festeja vitória contra sondagens e Portas". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). 2001-12-17. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  2. ^ "A noite que mudou a vida de Guterres". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  3. ^ "Diário da República" (PDF). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. 1998-03-02. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  4. ^ "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  5. ^ "Miguel Portas vai até ao fim nas autárquicas". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). 2001-03-17. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

Notes

  1. ^ Coalition with PPD/PSD and PPM.
  2. ^ Coalition with PS, PCP and PEV.
  3. ^ a b c d The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) contested the 1997 election in a coalition called LisBoa Cidade (LBC) and won a combined 39.3% of the vote and elected 7 councillors.