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3.3 Percentage point>pp| 1blank = Mayors| 2blank = Mayors +/–| 3blank = Councillors| 4blank = Councillors +/–Image =Марселу Ребелу де Соуза (36674108876).jpgcWidth = 110oTop = 5|oLeft = 17}}| colour2 = | leader2 = Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa| leaders_seat2 = | party2 = Social Democratic Party (Portugal)| last_election2 = 116 mayors, 33.7%| seats2 = | seat_change2 = | popular_vote2 = 1,886,242Sum of votes between PSD-only lists and lists with other parties.| percentage2 = 35.2%Percentage point>pp| 1data2 = 127Number of municipalities won between PSD-only lists and lists with other parties. PSD-only lists: 127; PSD-coalition lists: 0.| 2data2 = {{increase}} 11| 3data2 = 810Sum of councillors between PSD-only lists and lists with other parties.| 4data2 = {{Increase}} 4Image =António Guterres.jpgcWidth = 110oTop = 10|oLeft = 0}}| colour1 = António Guterres}}| leader_since1 = | leaders_seat1 = | party1 = Socialist Party (Portugal)| last_election1 = 127 mayors, 40.2%| seats1 = | seat_change1 = | popular_vote1 = 2,206,315Sum of votes between PS-only lists and lists with other parties.| percentage1 = 41.3%Percentage point>pp| 1data1 = 128Number of municipalities won between PS-only lists and lists with other parties. PS-only lists: 127; PS-coalition lists: 1.| 2data1 = {{increase}} 1| 3data1 = 879Sum of councillors between PS-only lists and lists with other parties.| 4data1 = {{increase}} 57Image =Carlos Carvalhas no XIX Congresso do PCP (cropped).pngcWidth = 110oTop = 0|oLeft = 45}}| colour4 = FF0000Carlos Carvalhas}}| leaders_seat4 = Portuguese Communist Party>PCPUnitary Democratic Coalition>CDU| last_election4 = 49 mayors, 12.8%| seats4 = | seat_change4 = | popular_vote4 = 643,956| percentage4 = 12.0%Percentage point>pp| 1data4 = 41| 2data4 = {{decrease}} 8| 3data4 = 236| 4data4 = {{decrease}} 10| image5 = CDS | colour5 =| leader5 = Manuel Monteiro| leaders_seat5 =CDS – People’s Party>CDS| alliance5 = | last_election5 = 13 mayors, 8.4%| seats5 =| seat_change5 =| popular_vote5 = 302,763Sum of votes between CDS-only lists and lists with other parties.| percentage5 = 6.3%Percentage point>pp| 1data5 = 8| 2data5 = {{decrease}} 5| 3data5 = 87Sum of councillors between CDS-only lists and lists with other parties.| 4data5 = {{decrease}} 48}}The Portuguese local elections of 1997 took place on 14 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 (PS) maintained as the largest local political force, although only just, winning 128 cities, one more compared to 1993, and increasing their vote share to above 41%. In reality, PS and PSD basically tied in this elections, but the Socialists were able to hold on to big cities like Lisbon, Porto, Sintra and Coimbra.JOURNAL, Jornal de Negócios, 2017, As cores políticas que pintam o mapa do poder local de 1976 a 2013,www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/eleicoes/detalhe/as-cores-politicas-que-pintam-o-mapa-do-poder-local-de-1976-a-2013, pt, On the other hand, the PS lost some cities to the PSD, particularly Vila Nova de Gaia and Figueira da Foz, the latter won by Pedro Santana Lopes, future Lisbon mayor and Prime Minister.The Social Democratic Party (PSD) made big gains, winning 11 cities and basically catching up with the Socialists. They also increased their share of vote to 35%. The PSD gained many cities from the PS, such as Bragança, Covilhã, Silves, Tavira and Alcobaça. Although the PSD didn’t performed very strongly in the big urban centers, they performed extremely well in many medium and small cities across the country, but that same bad performance in the big urban centers, such as Lisbon and Porto, created criticisms to the leadership of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.JOURNAL, Expresso newspaper, 2016, A primeira vez em que os 10 foram notícia,expresso.sapo.pt/presidenciais2016/2016-01-21-A-primeira-vez-em-que-os-10-foram-noticia, pt, The election was quite bad for Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU), as they continued their fall in local politics. The Communist/Green coalition lost 8 cities and decreased their vote share to 12%. The CDU lost many of their bastions to the PS, such as Cuba, Amadora, Vila Franca de Xira and Sesimbra. They also saw a decrease in number of councillors, although here the fall was soft, as they lost just 10 councillors compared to 1993.The People’s Party (PP) also continued its decline in local politics. The party only won 8 cities, a fall of 5 cities, and dropped its share of the vote to the lowest level till that time, 5.7%. They lost big cities like Aveiro to the PS and Vila Verde to the PSD. One surprise in the elections was the victory of the People’s Monarchist Party (PPM) in Penalva do Castelo, Viseu district, over the People’s Party.Turnout in these elections dropped in comparison with the 1993 election, as 60.1% of the electorate cast a ballot.

Parties

The main political forces involved in the election were:

• People’s Party (CDS–PP) (only in some municipalities)1,
• Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU)2
• Socialist Party (PS)2
• Social Democratic Party (PSD) (only in some municipalities)1
• People’s Monarchist Party (PPM)

1 The PSD and the CDS–PP formed coalitions in some municipalities. 2 The PS formed a coalition with CDU and UDP in Lisbon.

Results

Municipal Councils

National summary of votes and seats

{{election table|title=Summary of the 14 December 1997 Municipal Councils elections results}}! 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! rowspan=“2” style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=right|Candidacies! colspan=“2” style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Councillors! colspan=“2” style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Mayors style="background-color:#E9E9E9“! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Total! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|±! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Total! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|±Socialist Party (Portugal)|shortname=Socialist}}|{{increase}}1Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|shortname=Social Democratic}}|{{increase}}11Democratic Unity Coalition|shortname=Democratic Unity Coalition}}|{{decrease}}8CDS – People’s Party|shortname=People’s}}|{{decrease}}5Socialist Party (Portugal) / Democratic Unity Coalition>CDU / UDP|{{steady}}0Social Democratic Party (Portugal) / Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party>People’s|—Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party / Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic|—People’s Democratic Union|{{steady}}0Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat|shortname=Portuguese Workers’ Communist}}|{{steady}}0PSR / Politics XXI|—Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal)shortname=Revolutionary Socialist}}|— People’s Monarchist Party (Portugal)|shortname=People’s Monarchist}}|{{increase}}1Politics XXIshortname=Politics XXI}}|—Christian Democratic Party (Portugal)shortname=Christian Democratic}}|{{steady}}0National Solidarity|{{steady}}0Earth Party}}|{{steady}}0Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)|shortname=Democratic Renewal}}|{{steady}}0Democratic Party of the Atlantic}}|{{steady}}0Left Revolutionary Front (Portugal)shortname=Left Revolutionary Front}} |—Total valid5,157,66596.18{{decrease}}0.4—2,021{{increase}}6305{{steady}}0Blank ballotsInvalid ballots|{{increase}}0.1Total5,362,609100.00Registered voters/turnout8,922,18260.12{{decrease}}3.3 Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições {{Webarchiveeleicoes.cne.pt/raster/index.cfm?dia=14&mes=12&ano=1997&eleicao=cm >date=2017-11-25 }}

Municipality map

City control

The following table lists party control in all district capitals, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from the 1991 Census.WEB,www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_publicacoes, Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População), www.ine.pt, Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Portugal), Statistics Portugal, pt, 17 July 2021, {| class=“wikitable sortable” style="font-size:95%;”! Municipality! Population! colspan=“2” style="width:200px;“| Previous control! colspan=“2” style="width:200px;“| New control | Almada| 151,783Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) {{Party shading/PS}}| Amadora| 181,774Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) {{Party shading/PS}}Aveiro, Portugal>Aveiro| 66,444 CDS – People’s Party}}“|| CDS – People’s Party (CDS–PP)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) Barcelos, Portugal>Barcelos| 111,733 Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD) Beja, Portugal>Beja| 35,827Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) | Braga| 141,256Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) {{Party shading/PSD}}Bragança, Portugal>Bragança| 33,055Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)| Cascais| 153,294Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) {{Party shading/PS}}Castelo Branco, Portugal>Castelo Branco| 54,310 Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) | Coimbra| 139,052Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) | Évora| 53,754Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)Faro, Portugal>Faro| 50,761Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)| Funchal| 115,403Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD) Gondomar, Portugal>Gondomar| 143,178Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD) Guarda, Portugal>Guarda| 38,765Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) | Guimarães| 157,589Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) | Leiria| 102,762 Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD) | Lisbon| 663,394Socialist Party (Portugal)>PS / Democratic Unity Coalition / Popular Democratic Union (Portugal)>UDPSocialist Party (Portugal)>PS / Democratic Unity Coalition / Popular Democratic Union (Portugal)>UDP | Loures| 322,158Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) | Matosinhos| 151,682Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) Oeiras, Portugal>Oeiras| 151,342Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD) | Ponta Delgada| 61,989Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD) {{Party shading/PS}}Portalegre, Portugal>Portalegre| 26,111Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) | Porto| 302,472Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) Santarém, Portugal>Santarém| 62,621Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) | Santa Maria da Feira| 135,964Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD) | Santo Tirso| 102,593Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) | Seixal| 116,912Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) | Setúbal| 103,634Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)| Sintra| 260,951Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) | Viana do Castelo| 83,095Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) {{Party shading/PS}}| Vila Franca de Xira| 103,571Unitary Democratic Coalition}}“|| Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)| Vila Nova de Famalicão| 114,338 Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS) {{Party shading/PSD}}| Vila Nova de Gaia| 248,565Socialist Party (Portugal)}}“|Socialist Party (Portugal)>Socialist Party (PS)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD) | Vila Real| 46,300Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD) | Viseu| 83,601Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}}“|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic Party (PSD)

Municipal Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

{{election table|title=Summary of the 14 December 1997 Municipal Assemblies elections results}}! 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! rowspan=“2” style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=right|Candidacies! colspan=“2” style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Mandates style="background-color:#E9E9E9“! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Total! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|± Socialist Party (Portugal)|shortname=Socialist}}2,030,02537.85{{increase}}2.22,887{{increase}}258Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|shortname=Social Democratic}}1,633,77830.46{{decrease}}3.42,579{{decrease}}92 Democratic Unity Coalition|shortname=Democratic Unity Coalition}}668,896 12.47{{decrease}}0.6798{{decrease}}5CDS – People’s Party|shortname=People’s}}395,2097.37{{decrease}}0.9437{{decrease}}119Socialist Party (Portugal) / Democratic Unity Coalition>CDU / UDP163,4113.05{{decrease}}0.730{{decrease}}6Social Democratic Party (Portugal) / Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party>People’s124,472 2.32—22—Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party / Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic42,321 0.79—13—People’s Democratic Union25,5520.48{{increase}}0.32{{steady}}0Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat|shortname=Portuguese Workers’ Communist}}12,309 0.23{{increase}}0.01{{steady}}0PSR / Politics XXI11,1500.21—1—Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal)shortname=Revolutionary Socialist}}8,8500.16{{decrease}}0.01{{increase}}1Politics XXIshortname=Politics XXI}}6,483 0.12—8—People’s Monarchist Party (Portugal)|shortname=People’s Monarchist}}6,0080.11 {{increase}}0.1 16 {{increase}}16Christian Democratic Party (Portugal)shortname=Christian Democratic}} 4,254 0.08—5—National Solidarity3,9400.07{{decrease}}0.40{{decrease}}16Earth Party}}1 844 0.03{{decrease}}0.45 {{decrease}}6Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)|shortname=Democratic Renewal}} 1,341 0.03{{steady}}0.02{{steady}}0.Democratic Party of the Atlantic}} 576 0.01—0—Total valid5,140,41995.83{{decrease}}0.5—6,807{{increase}}38Blank ballotsInvalid ballots|{{increase}}0.0Total5,363,957100.00Registered voters/turnout8,922,18260.12{{decrease}}3.3 Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições {{Webarchiveeleicoes.cne.pt/raster/index.cfm?dia=14&mes=12&ano=1997&eleicao=am >date=2017-12-06 }}

Parish Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

{{election table|title=Summary of the 14 December 1997 Parish Assemblies elections results}}! 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! rowspan=“2” style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=right|Candidacies! colspan=“2” style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Mandates! colspan=“2” style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Presidents style="background-color:#E9E9E9“! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Total! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|±! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|Total! style="background-color:#E9E9E9” align=“center“|±Socialist Party (Portugal)|shortname=Socialist}}|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|shortname=Social Democratic}}|Democratic Unity Coalition|shortname=Democratic Unity Coalition}}|CDS – People’s Party|shortname=People’s}}|Social Democratic Party (Portugal) / Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party>People’s|—Socialist Party (Portugal) / Democratic Unity Coalition>CDU / UDP|Democratic and Social Centre – People’s Party / Social Democratic Party (Portugal)>Social Democratic|—People’s Democratic Union|People’s Monarchist Party (Portugal)|shortname=People’s Monarchist}}|Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat|shortname=Portuguese Workers’ Communist}}|Earth Party}}39{{increase}}1Christian Democratic Party (Portugal)shortname=Christian Democratic}}|—National Solidarity|Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)|shortname=Democratic Renewal}}|Democratic Party of the Atlantic}}|—Portuguese Party of Regionsshortname=Portuguese Party of Regions}}|—Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal)shortname=Revolutionary Socialist}}|—Total valid5,124,94996.05{{decrease}}0.6—33,953{{increase}}495Blank ballotsInvalid ballots|{{increase}}0.1Total5,340,741100.00Registered voters/turnout8,922,18259.86{{decrease}}3.3 Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições {{Webarchiveeleicoes.cne.pt/raster/index.cfm?dia=14&mes=12&ano=1997&eleicao=af >date=2019-10-01 }}

See also

• Politics of Portugal
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Elections in Portugal

References

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External links

• www.eleicoes.mj.pt/" title="web.archive.org/web/20140115023052www.eleicoes.mj.pt/">Official results site, Portuguese Justice Ministry
• Portuguese Electoral Commission

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