1997 Lisbon local election

1997 Portuguese local elections 1997 Lisbon local elections 50px|link=Lisbon parliamentary 1993 Lisbon local election 1993 2001 Lisbon local election 2001 14 December 1997 All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council 9 48.3% 5.2 pp João Soares 2008.JPG 205 110 150 0 50 João Soares FF3366 Socialist Party (Portugal) More LisbonML 11 seats, 56.7% 165,008 10 1 51.9% 4.8 pp 1990 Visita primeiro Ministro Cavaco Silva, Presidente Teixeira (9).jpg 870 110 150 295 725 Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral 00AAAA Social Democratic Party (Portugal) LisBoa CidadeLBC 6 seats, 34.1%PSD/CDS 124,859 7 1 39.3% 5.2 pp Mayor João Soares Socialist Party (Portugal) João Soares Socialist Party (Portugal) The 1997 Lisbon local election was held on 14 December 1997 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council. Incumbent mayor João Soares, who replaced Jorge Sampaio in November 1995, won a first full term in a coalition with the Portuguese Communist Party, defeating Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, the PSD/CDS coalition candidate. Background In the 1993 election, the coalition between the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, the Ecologist Party "The Greens", the Revolutionary Socialist Party and the People's Democratic Union, led by the incumbent mayor Jorge Sampaio, won an absolute majority, achieving 56.7% of the votes and 11 seats in the city council. They defeated the Social Democratic Party, led by José Macário Correia, who got 26.3% of the votes and 5 seats; and the People's Party, led by Pedro Feist, who got 7.8% of the votes and 1 seat.1994-03-03 Diário da República https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_al_1993_cm_am.pdf 2025-03-02 Comissão Nacional de Eleições Jorge Sampaio resigned as Mayor of Lisbon on 15 November 1995 in order to run in the 1996 presidential election, which he would end up winning. He was replaced by João Soares, who was the son of President Mário Soares.Jorge Sampaio: O primeiro líder partidário candidato a Lisboa e precursor de acordos com o PCP https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/politica/detalhe/jorge-sampaio-o-primeiro-lider-partidario-candidato-a-lisboa-e-precursor-de-acordos-com-o-pcp 2025-03-02 www.jornaldenegocios.pt pt-PT 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.Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro https://www.pgdlisboa.pt/leis/lei_mostra_articulado.php?nid=592&tabela=leis&so_miolo= 2022-02-12 www.pgdlisboa.ptEleição dos titulares dos órgãos das autarquias locais https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/lei-organica/2001-34526875 Diário da República 14 August 2001 17 July 2025 pt Parties and candidates Party/CoalitionPoliticalpositionCandidatePincha João Pedro 2017-09-06 Há muito, muito tempo, era Lisboa outra cidade... https://www.publico.pt/2017/09/06/local/noticia/ha-muito-muito-tempo-era-lisboa-outra-cidade-1784348 2025-03-02 PÚBLICO pt1993 resultVotes (%)SeatsMLMore LisbonMais Lisboa PS, PCP, PEV, UDPCentre-leftto left-wingJoão Soares56.7%11 17 #FF3366LBCLisGood CityLisBoa Cidade PPD/PSD, CDS–PPCentre-rightto right-wingJoaquim Ferreira do Amaral34.1%PSD/CDS6 17 #00AAAAPCTPPortuguese Workers' Communist PartyPartido Comunista dos Trabalhadores PortuguesesFar-left1.2%0 17 Portuguese Workers' Communist PartyEUPLUnited Left for LisbonEsquerdas Unidas por Lisboa PSR, PXXILeft-wingto far-left Francisco Louçã 0 17 Left Bloc (Portugal) Opinion polling Polling firm/LinkFieldwork dateSample sizePSPCPPEVUDPPSDCDSO OtherLead1997 local election14 Dec 1997 51.975% Verdana 1039.375% Verdana 78.875% Verdana 012.6Euroexpansão1995-06-10 Sondagem: Lisboetas pedem referendo e Soares vence Ferreira do Amaral Expresso 55–7 Jun 1995357412831131993 local election14 Dec 1997 56.775% Verdana 1134.175% Verdana 69.275% Verdana 022.6 Results Municipal Council Summary of the 14 December 1997 Lisbon City Council election results |- | colspan="11" align=center|#F8F9FA Love Lisbon 10 #FF3366 LisBoa Cidade 7 #00AAAA |- ! 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=#ff3366 align="center" | |align=left|PS / PCP / PEV / UDP |165,008||51.88||4.8||10||1 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#00AAAA align="center" | |align=left|Social Democratic / People's |124,859||39.26||5.2||7||1 |- | style="color:inherit;background:Left Bloc (Portugal);" | |align=left|PSR / PXXI |8,363||2.63||||0|| |- | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Portuguese Workers' Communist |6,068||1.91||0.7||0||0 |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|304,298 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|95.68 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.8 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|17 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |6,780||2.13||0.0||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |6,999||2.20||0.8 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|318,055 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||658,700||48.29||5.2 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Lisbon 1997 election results |} Municipal Assembly Summary of the 14 December 1997 Lisbon City Council election results |- | colspan="11" align=center|#F8F9FA Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 1 Left Bloc (Portugal) 1 More Lisbon 30 #FF3366 LisBoa Cidade 22 #00AAAA |- ! 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|PS / PCP / PEV / UDP |163,378||51.37||3.6||30||2 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#00AAAA align="center" | |align=left|Social Democratic / People's |124,434||39.13||2.8||22||1 |- | style="color:inherit;background:Left Bloc (Portugal);" | |align=left|PSR / PXXI |9,809||3.08||||1|| |- | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Portuguese Workers' Communist |6,341||1.99||0.8||1||1 |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|303,962 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|95.57 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|1.0 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|54 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |7,130||2.24||0.1||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |6,929||2.18||0.9 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|318,021 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||658,700||48.28||5.2 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Lisbon 1997 election results |} Parish Assemblies Results of the 14 December 1997 Lisbon Parish Assembly elections yes |- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Parish!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|TotalS |- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan=2 | 78% PS/CDU/UDP !colspan=2 | PSD/CDS !colspan=2 | IND !colspan=2 | PCTP |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ajuda | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 67.8 | 14 | 26.9 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alcântara | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 63.5 | 13 | 32.2 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alto do Pina | 40.0 | 5 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 54.2 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alvalade | 33.7 | 5 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 48.6 | 7 | 13.4 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ameixoeira | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 57.0 | 8 | 37.4 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Anjos | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 48.1 | 7 | 45.6 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Beato | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 56.6 | 8 | 32.4 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 5.7 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Benfica | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 54.6 | 12 | 40.7 | 9 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 21 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Campo Grande | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 51.6 | 7 | 44.2 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Campolide | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 58.8 | 12 | 36.2 | 7 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Carnide | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 59.4 | 8 | 34.3 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Castelo | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 74.2 | 6 | 18.0 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Charneca | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 54.2 | 8 | 37.9 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Coração de Jesus | 46.8 | 6 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 48.4 | 7 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Encarnação | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 58.4 | 8 | 36.3 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Graça | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 56.4 | 8 | 37.9 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lapa | 42.7 | 6 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 54.0 | 7 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lumiar | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 53.7 | 11 | 41.6 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Madalena | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 52.6 | 4 | 44.1 | 3 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Mártires | 47.3 | 3 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 49.1 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Marvila | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 65.9 | 14 | 22.8 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 6.0 | 1 | 20 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Mercês | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 58.0 | 8 | 36.5 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Nossa Senhora de Fátima | 42.8 | 9 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 50.4 | 10 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 2.4 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Pena | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 53.9 | 7 | 40.6 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Penha de França | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 54.0 | 7 | 40.9 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Prazeres | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 58.9 | 8 | 36.4 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Sacramento | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 45.8 | 5 | 27.5 | 3 | 18.3 | 1 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Catarina | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 58.2 | 8 | 36.2 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Engrácia | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 53.5 | 8 | 40.0 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Isabel | 47.0 | 6 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 48.4 | 7 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Justa | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 58.3 | 6 | 35.8 | 3 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Maria de Belém | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 53.5 | 7 | 42.1 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Maria dos Olivais | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 59.7 | 15 | 34.9 | 9 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 24 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santiago | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 62.7 | 6 | 33.9 | 3 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santo Condestável | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 55.4 | 11 | 37.1 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 2.6 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santo Estêvão | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 66.7 | 7 | 25.9 | 2 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santos-o-Velho | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 59.5 | 8 | 37.5 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Cristóvão e São Lourenço | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 57.6 | 6 | 36.5 | 3 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Domingos de Benfica | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 49.0 | 10 | 47.0 | 9 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Francisco Xavier | 38.9 | 5 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 57.3 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São João | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 55.9 | 11 | 38.1 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São João de Brito | 39.8 | 5 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 56.2 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São João de Deus | 37.3 | 5 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 58.4 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Jorge de Arroios | 46.8 | 9 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 48.5 | 10 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São José | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 51.9 | 7 | 44.8 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Mamede | 46.4 | 6 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 49.7 | 7 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Miguel | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 65.2 | 7 | 23.9 | 2 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 4.1 | - | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Nicolau | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 56.5 | 6 | 36.2 | 3 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Paulo | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 57.4 | 6 | 37.0 | 3 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Sebastião da Pedreira | 39.2 | 5 | style="background:Portugal Ahead; color:white;"| 57.7 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santo Vicente de Fora | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 64.5 | 9 | 30.1 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Sé | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 55.5 | 5 | 38.8 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Socorro | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 54.9 | 8 | 39.3 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 53.4 | 409 | 40.7 | 303 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 715 |- | colspan=14 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Election Results2 March 1998 Diário da República Suplemento Sumário Comissão Nacional de Eleições Mapa oficial nº 1/98 https://www.cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/resultados_al_1997_0.pdf 9 June 2025 Comissão Nacional de Eleições pt Autarquias Locais - 1976 a 2009 https://www.sg.mai.gov.pt/AdministracaoEleitoral/EleicoesReferendos/AutarquiasLocais/Paginas/default.aspx?FirstOpen=1 9 June 2025 SGMAI pt |} References Notes LBC Coalition with PPD/PSD and CDS–PP. ML Coalition with PS, PCP, PEV and UDP. PSD/CDS Sum of votes and seats of the PSD and the CDS–PP in the 1993 election. PSD: 26.3%, 5 seats; CDS–PP: 7.8%, 1 seat. Category:Elections in Lisbon Category:1997 elections in Portugal Category:1990s in Lisbon