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2013 Porto local election

The 2013 Porto local election was held on 29 September 2013 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

The 2013 Porto local election was held on 29 September 2013 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

Rui Moreira, an independent candidate, won the election and became the Mayor of Porto, succeeding Rui Rio. He beat the Socialist candidate, Manuel Pizarro, who got 22.7% of the votes and 3 councillors, and the Mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia, Luís Filipe Menezes, the Social Democratic candidate, who achieved 21.1% of the votes and also got 3 councillors. The Unitary Democratic Coalition, led by Pedro Carvalho, kept its seat in the city council, having a slight drop in the vote share to 7.4%

The Left Bloc failed to win any seats in the city council, just like Nuno Cardoso, the former Mayor of Porto from 1999 to 2002, who ran as an independent.

Rui Moreira failed to achieve an absolute majority, and as such governed with the Socialist Party.

In the 2009 election, Rui Rio, candidate for the PSD/CDS coalition, won a third and final term as mayor of Porto, winning 47.5% of the votes and 7 seats, an absolute majority. The Socialist Party, led by Elisa Ferreira, achieved second place with 5 seats and about 35% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 9.8% of the votes.

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.

Politicalposition	Candidate	2009 result
PF	Strong PortoPorto Forte PSD, PPM, MPT	Centre-right	Luís Filipe Menezes	47.5%	5 / 13
PS	Socialist PartyPartido Socialista	Centre-left	Manuel Pizarro	34.7%	5 / 13
CDU	Unitary Democratic CoalitionColigação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV	Left-wingto far-left	Pedro Carvalho	7.4%	1 / 13
BE	Left BlocBloco de Esquerda	Left-wingto far-left	José Soeiro	5.0%	0 / 13
PCTP	Portuguese Workers' Communist PartyPartido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses	Far-left	José Carlos Santos	0.7%	0 / 13
PTP	Portuguese Labour PartyPartido Trabalhista Português	Center-left	José Manuel Pereira	—N/a	—N/a
NC	Nuno Cardoso – Porto of FutureNuno Cardoso – Porto de Futuro	Center-left	Nuno Cardoso	—N/a	—N/a
RM	Porto, Our PartyPorto, O nosso Partido	Center-rightto right-wing	Rui Moreira	—N/a	2 / 13

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7

	Porto, Our Party	45,411	39.25	—N/a	6	—N/a
	Socialist	26,237	22.68	12.0	3	2
	Social Democratic / People's Monarchist / Earth	24,366	21.06	—N/a	3	2
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	8,539	7.38	2.4	1	0
	Left Bloc	4,166	3.60	1.4	0	0
	Nuno Cardoso – Porto our Future	1,255	1.08	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	343	0.30	0.4	0	0
	Labour	279	0.24	—N/a	0	—N/a
Total valid	110,596	95.59	2.1	13	0
Blank ballots	2,922	2.53	1.2
Invalid ballots	2,180	1.88	0.9
Total	115,698	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	219,949	52.60	4.2
Source: Porto 2013 election results

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7

	Porto, Our Party	40,134	34.69	—N/a	15	—N/a
	Socialist	27,413	23.70	10.1	10	4
	Social Democratic / People's Monarchist / Earth	23,495	20.31	—N/a	8	—N/a
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	11,436	9.89	1.1	4	0
	Left Bloc	5,760	4.98	2.5	2	1
	Nuno Cardoso – Porto our Future	1,272	1.10	—N/a	0	—N/a
	Labour	330	0.29	—N/a	0	—N/a
Total valid	109,840	94.95	2.5	39	0
Blank ballots	3,426	2.96	1.3
Invalid ballots	2,416	2.09	1.2
Total	115,682	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	219,949	52.59	4.2
Source: Porto 2013 election results

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