2009 Porto local election

Portuguese municipal election 2009 Portuguese local elections 2009 Porto local elections 50px|link=Porto parliamentary 2005 Porto local election 2005 2013 Porto local election 2013 11 October 2009 All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council 7 56.8% 1.8 pp 2009 Porto local election#Opinion polling EBO 00001 (6860689058).jpg 420 110 150 28 231 center Rui Rio 00aaaa Social Democratic Party (Portugal) Porto First 7 seats, 46.2% 62,507 7 47.5% 1.3 pp Elisa Ferreira MEP 2004.jpg 120 110 150 0 5 center Elisa Ferreira Socialist Party (Portugal) 5 seats, 36.4% 45,682 5 34.7% 1.4 pp 100px Rui Sá PCP CDU FF0000 1 seat, 9.0% 12,904 1 9.8% 0.8 pp Mayor Rui Rio Social Democratic Party (Portugal) Rui Rio Social Democratic Party (Portugal) The 2009 Porto local election was held on 11 October 2009 to elect the members of the Porto City Council. Incumbent Mayor Rui Rio, from the PSD/CDS coalition, won a third and final term as Mayor of Porto, achieving 47.5% of the votes and 7 seats and defeating Socialist candidate Elisa Ferreira, who won 34.7% of the votes and 5 seats.Porto: Rui Rio vence Elisa Ferreira https://www.cmjornal.pt/politica/detalhe/porto-rui-rio-vence-elisa-ferreira 2024-10-23 www.cmjornal.pt pt-PT Background In the 2005 election, Rui Rio, candidate for the PSD/CDS coalition, won a second term as mayor of Porto, winning 46.2% of the votes and 7 seats, an absolute majority. The Socialist Party, led by Francisco Assis, achieved second place with 5 seats and about 36.4% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 9.0% of the votes.Carrapatoso Miguel Santos Como Rui Rio governou o Porto. 12 histórias para conhecer melhor o novo líder do PSD https://observador.pt/especiais/como-rui-rio-governou-o-porto-12-historias-para-conhecer-melhor-o-candidato-a-lider-do-psd/ 2025-01-19 Observador 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. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.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/Coalition Politicalposition Candidate Autarquicas 2009 Candidatos https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/autarquicas2009/candidatos.html 2024-10-24 pt 2005 result Votes (%) Seats PP Porto FirstO Porto em Primeiro PSD, CDS–PP Centre-right Rui Rio 46.2% 7 13 #00AAAA PS Socialist PartyPartido Socialista Centre-left Elisa Ferreira 36.2% 5 13 Socialist Party (Portugal) CDU Unitary Democratic CoalitionColigação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV Left-wingto far-left Rui Sá9.0% 1 13 #FF0000 BE Left BlocBloco de Esquerda Left-wingto far-left João Teixeira Lopes pt 4.2% 0 13 Left Bloc (Portugal) PCTP Portuguese Workers' Communist PartyPartido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses Far-left João Valente Pinto 0.6% 0 13 Opinion polling #EAFFEA Exit poll 1px solid #AAAAAA Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size PSDCDS PS CDU BE O Other Lead 2009 local election 11 Oct 2009 47.575% Verdana 7 34.775% Verdana 5 9.875% Verdana 1 5.075% Verdana 0 3.075% Verdana 012.8 UCP–CESOP 11 Oct 2009 ?45–4975% Verdana 6/7 33–3775% Verdana 5/6 8.5–10.575% Verdana 0/1 4–675% Verdana 0 –12 Eurosondagem 11 Oct 2009 ?43.3–47.175% Verdana 6/7 35.5–39.975% Verdana 5/6 7.9–10.175% Verdana 0/1 3.9–5.775% Verdana 0 –7.2–7.8 Intercampus 11 Oct 2009 ?44.9–50.5 31.3–36.8 7.8–11.4 3.3–6.9 –13.6–13.7 Marktest 2–7 Oct 2009 40051.0 31.0 7.8 5.7 4.720.0 UCP–CESOP 2–5 Oct 2009 2,57147 33 9 7 414 Aximage 2–4 Oct 2009 50046.4 34.3 9.7 5.8 3.812.1 Eurosondagem 28–30 Sep 2009 73648.0 33.3 9.4 5.8 3.514.7 Intercampus 28–30 Sep 2009 80044.4 35.9 8.2 7.9 3.68.5 Marktest 3–6 Sep 2009 39944.7 31.1 9.6 7.8 6.813.6 IPOM 16–19 Jun 2009 79755.2 23.5 9.2 8.1 4.131.7 UCP–CESOP 8–9 Jun 2009 1,00254 23 4 7 1231 2005 local election 9 Oct 2005 46.275% Verdana 7 36.175% Verdana 5 9.075% Verdana 1 4.275% Verdana 0 4.575% Verdana 010.1 Results Municipal Council Summary of the 11 October 2009 Municipal Council elections resultsin Porto |- | colspan="11" style="text-align:center;" | #F8F9FA Unitary Democratic Coalition 1 Socialist Party (Portugal) 5 Porto First 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=#00AAAA align="center" | |align=left|Social Democratic / People's |62,507||47.48||1.3||7||0 |- | Socialist Party (Portugal) Socialist |45,682||34.70||1.4||5||0 |- | Unitary Democratic Coalition Unitary Democratic Coalition |12,904||9.80||0.8||1||0 |- | Left Bloc (Portugal) Left Bloc |6,552||4.98||0.8||0||0 |- | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Portuguese Workers' Communist |915||0.70||0.1||0||0 |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|128,560 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|97.65 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.9 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|13 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |1,816||1.38||0.8||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |1,273||0.97||0.1 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|131,649 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||231,978||56.75||1.8 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Porto 2009 election results |} Municipal Assembly Summary of the 11 October 2009 Porto Municipal Assembly electionsresults |- | colspan="11" style="text-align:center;" | #F8F9FA Left Bloc 3 Unitary Democratic Coalition 4 Socialist Party (Portugal) 14 Porto First 18 #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=#00AAAA align="center" | |align=left|Social Democratic / People's |58,168||44.19||0.5||18||0 |- | Socialist Party (Portugal) Socialist |44,422||33.75||1.1||14||1 |- | Unitary Democratic Coalition Unitary Democratic Coalition |14,506||11.02||0.6||4||0 |- | Left Bloc (Portugal) Left Bloc |9,893||7.52||0.7||3||1 |- | Hope for Portugal Movement |1,261||0.96||||0|| |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|128,560 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|97.65 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|1.3 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|39 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |2,204||1.67||0.8||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |1,184||0.90||0.3 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|131,638 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||231,978||56.75||1.8 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Porto 2009 election results |} Parish Assemblies Results of the 11 October 2009 Porto Parish Assembly elections yes |- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Parish!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|TotalS |- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan=2 | PP !colspan=2 | PS !colspan=2 | CDU !colspan=2 | BE |- | style="text-align:left;" | Aldoar | 38.0 | 5 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 44.5 | 6 | 7.4 | 1 | 6.6 | 1 | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bonfim | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 47.7 | 10 | 31.1 | 6 | 10.2 | 2 | 7.5 | 1 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Campanhã | 29.1 | 6 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 48.1 | 10 | 12.5 | 2 | 7.1 | 1 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Cedofeita | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 50.0 | 10 | 28.7 | 6 | 10.3 | 2 | 7.1 | 1 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Foz do Douro | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 56.4 | 8 | 27.2 | 4 | 7.5 | 1 | 5.2 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lordelo do Ouro | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 47.5 | 7 | 32.3 | 5 | 11.1 | 1 | 6.2 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Massarelos | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 46.0 | 7 | 33.9 | 5 | 10.5 | 1 | 6.5 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Miragaia | 33.4 | 3 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 36.9 | 4 | 19.8 | 2 | 7.1 | - | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Nevogilde | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 76.9 | 8 | 14.5 | 1 | 2.0 | - | 3.4 | - | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Paranhos | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 45.9 | 11 | 33.4 | 7 | 10.0 | 2 | 7.5 | 1 | 21 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ramalde | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 47.9 | 10 | 34.0 | 7 | 8.2 | 1 | 6.4 | 1 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santo Ildefonso | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 44.7 | 7 | 29.9 | 4 | 9.7 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Sé | 24.1 | 2 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 50.6 | 5 | 17.7 | 2 | 4.8 | - | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Nicolau | 24.4 | 2 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 39.3 | 4 | 22.9 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Vitória | 26.3 | 3 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 52.2 | 5 | 11.6 | 1 | 6.5 | - | 9 |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 44.4 | 99 | 35.1 | 79 | 10.2 | 21 | 6.8 | 8 | 207 |- | colspan=19 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Election Results |} References External links 2009 local election results Category:2009 elections in Portugal Category:Elections in Porto Category:21st century in Porto