2001 Porto local election

Portuguese municipal election 2001 Portuguese local elections 2001 Porto local elections 50px|link=Porto parliamentary 1997 Porto local election 1997 2005 Porto local election 2005 16 December 2001 All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council 7 48.3% 0.2 pp 2001 Porto local election#Opinion polling EBO 00001 (6860689058).jpg 420 110 150 28 231 center Rui Rio 00aaaa Social Democratic Party (Portugal) For Porto, Once Again 4 seats, 26.3% 50,724 6 2 42.8% 16.5 pp Fernando Gomes MEP 1989.jpg 135 110 150 5 10 Fernando Gomes Socialist Party (Portugal) 8 seats, 55.8% 45,634 6 2 38.5% 17.3 pp 100px Rui Sá PCP CDU FF0000 1 seat, 11.3% 12,311 1 10.5% 0.8 pp Mayor Nuno Cardoso Socialist Party (Portugal) Rui Rio Social Democratic Party (Portugal) The 2001 Porto local election was held on 16 December 2001 to elect the members of the Porto City Council. In a major upset victory, Rui Rio, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) coalition candidate, defeated former Socialist Party (PS) mayor Fernando Gomes, who led every single poll prior to the election.Costa Filipe Santos 2018-12-20 Rio lembra vitórias de 2001 como inspiração para 2019 https://expresso.pt/politica/2018-12-20-Rio-lembra-vitorias-de-2001-como-inspiracao-para-2019 2026-05-27 ExpressoCarrapatoso 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 Following the election, Rio made a deal with Communist councillor Rui Sá in order to have a majority in the council.Rui Sá deixa o cargo de vereador após mais de 26 anos de intervenção autárquica https://www.publico.pt/2011/11/16/jornal/rui-sa-deixa-o-cargo-de-vereador-apos--mais-de-26-anos-de-intervencao-autarquica-23428626 2026-05-27 2011-11-16 Público pt-PT Background In the 1997 election, incumbent Socialist Mayor Fernando Gomes was re-elected for a third term, defeating the CDS/PSD candidate Carlos Azeredo with a 55.8% to 26.3% margin.Carvalho Patrícia 2017-09-05 Nas eleições de 1997, o Natal chegou ao Porto a 6 de Novembro https://www.publico.pt/2017/09/05/local/noticia/nas-eleicoes-de-1997-o-natal-chegou-ao-porto-a-6-de-novembro-1783873 2026-05-26 PÚBLICO pt In 1999, Fernando Gomes resigned as Mayor to join António Guterres' second government as Minister Adjunct and of Internal Administration. He was replaced by Nuno Cardoso, who decided not to run for re-election to allow Gomes to return to the mayorship,2001-05-31 Fernando Gomes candidato à câmara do Porto por unanimidade https://www.publico.pt/2001/05/31/politica/noticia/fernando-gomes-candidato-a-camara-do-porto-por-unanimidade-25424 2026-05-27 PÚBLICO pt however, this decision—to resign from mayor, become a minister in Lisbon, and then run again for mayor—was considered to have been poorly received by voters in Porto.2001-12-16 Fernando Gomes assume derrota pessoal https://www.publico.pt/2001/12/16/politica/noticia/fernando-gomes-assume-derrota-pessoal-54728 2026-05-26 PÚBLICO pt 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.::: 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.pt Parties and candidates Party/Coalition Politicalposition Candidate2001-11-12 Autárquicas 2001: Porto I https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/autarquicas-2001-porto-i/ 2026-07-02 RTP pt-PT 1997 result Votes (%) SeatsPSSocialist PartyPartido SocialistaCentre-leftFernando Gomes55.8%8 13 Socialist Party (Portugal) PPUVM For Porto, Once AgainPelo Porto, Uma Vez Mais PSD, CDS–PP Centre-right Rui Rio 26.3% 4 13 #00AAAA CDU Unitary Democratic CoalitionColigação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV Left-wingto far-left Rui Sá11.3% 1 13 #FF0000 PCTP Portuguese Workers' Communist PartyPartido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses Far-left Valentim Martins 0.4% 0 13BELeft BlocBloco de EsquerdaLeft-wingto far-leftJoão Teixeira Lopes pt 0 13 Left Bloc (Portugal) PH Humanist PartyPartido Humanista Centre-left Alice Mouta Ribeiro 0 13 Opinion polling #EAFFEA Exit poll 1px solid #AAAAAA Polling firm/Link Date Released Sample size PS PSDCDS CDU BE O Other Lead 2001 local election 16 Dec 2001 38.575% Verdana 6 42.775% Verdana 6 10.575% Verdana 1 2.675% Verdana 0 5.775% Verdana 04.2 UCP 16 Dec 2001 ? 39–44 39–44 8–10 2–3 –Tie Eurosondagem 16 Dec 2001 ? 40.5–44.3 38.5–42.3 9.2–11.8 2.1–2.9 – 2.0 Intercampus 16 Dec 2001 ? 39.7–45.7 36.5–42.5 6.3–12.3 1.6–4.6 – 3.2 Marktest 13 Dec 2001 ?4875% Verdana 7 3875% Verdana 5 975% Verdana 1 375% Verdana 0 275% Verdana 0 10 UCP 11 Dec 2001 1,04145.575% Verdana 7 36.875% Verdana 5 8.775% Verdana 0 2.875% Verdana 0 6.275% Verdana 0 8.7 UCP 13 Nov 2001 1,04154.7 32.1 5.0 3.5 4.7 22.6 Eurosondagem 11 Oct 2001 1,02553.075% Verdana 8 31.375% Verdana 4 10.175% Verdana 1 4.075% Verdana 0 1.675% Verdana 0 21.7 Euroexpansão Oct 2001 ?66 29 5 37 Euroexpansão 21 Apr 2001 ?55 14 31 41 1997 local election 14 Dec 1997 55.875% Verdana 8 26.375% Verdana 4 11.375% Verdana 1 6.675% Verdana 029.5 Results Municipal Council Summary of the 16 December 2001 Municipal Council elections resultsin Porto |- | colspan="11" style="text-align:center;" | #F8F9FA Unitary Democratic Coalition 1 Socialist Party (Portugal) 6 Porto First 6 #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 |50,724||42.75||16.5||6||2 |- | Socialist Party (Portugal) Socialist |45,634||38.46||17.3||6||2 |- | Unitary Democratic Coalition Unitary Democratic Coalition |12,425||10.47||0.8||1||0 |- | Left Bloc (Portugal) Left Bloc |3,037||2.56||||0|| |- | Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Portuguese Workers' Communist |1,013||0.85||0.4||0||0 |- | Humanist Party (Portugal) Humanist |530||0.45||||0|| |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|113,363 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|95.54 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.0 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|13 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |3,561||3.00||0.3||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |1,725||1.45||0.3 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|118,649 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||245,805||48.27||0.2 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Porto 2001 election results |} Municipal Assembly Summary of the 16 December 2001 Porto Municipal Assembly electionsresults |- | colspan="11" style="text-align:center;" | #F8F9FA Left Bloc 1 Unitary Democratic Coalition 4 Socialist Party (Portugal) 16 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 |50,592||42.64||11.4||18||5 |- | Socialist Party (Portugal) Socialist |45,014||37.94||12.7||15||6 |- | Unitary Democratic Coalition Unitary Democratic Coalition |14,317||11.42||0.9||4||1 |- | Left Bloc (Portugal) Left Bloc |4,189||3.53||||1|| |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|114,112 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|95.53 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.5 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|39 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |3,815||3.22||0.3||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |1,496||1.26||0.2 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|118,654 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||245,805||48.27||0.2 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Porto 2001 election results |} Parish Assemblies Results of the 16 December 2001 Porto Parish Assembly elections yes |- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Parish!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|TotalS |- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan=2 | PPUVM !colspan=2 | PS !colspan=2 | CDU !colspan=2 | BE !colspan=2 | IND |- | style="text-align:left;" | Aldoar | 34.7 | 5 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 49.6 | 7 | 8.2 | 1 | 3.4 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bonfim | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 45.9 | 10 | 33.6 | 7 | 12.4 | 2 | 3.0 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Campanhã | 30.8 | 6 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 50.2 | 11 | 12.2 | 2 | 2.8 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Cedofeita | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 49.9 | 11 | 31.5 | 6 | 10.4 | 2 | 3.9 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Foz do Douro | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 52.7 | 8 | 28.1 | 4 | 12.0 | 1 | 3.2 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lordelo do Ouro | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 40.9 | 6 | 40.3 | 6 | 11.1 | 1 | 3.3 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Massarelos | 40.8 | 6 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 41.1 | 6 | 10.7 | 1 | 3.4 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Miragaia | 20.0 | 2 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 46.9 | 5 | 27.6 | 2 | 2.3 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Nevogilde | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 75.0 | 8 | 15.0 | 1 | 3.5 | - | 2.2 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Paranhos | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 42.0 | 10 | 39.0 | 9 | 10.7 | 2 | 3.3 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 21 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ramalde | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 42.8 | 9 | 40.1 | 8 | 9.3 | 2 | 3.0 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santo Ildefonso | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 41.6 | 6 | 41.2 | 6 | 9.9 | 1 | 3.1 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Nicolau | 31.9 | 3 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 36.2 | 4 | 12.8 | 1 | 1.8 | - | 14.1 | 1 | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Sé | 37.0 | 5 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 42.7 | 6 | 13.6 | 2 | 1.6 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Vitória | 35.3 | 3 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 44.5 | 5 | 12.8 | 1 | 2.2 | - | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 42.0 | 98 | 39.2 | 91 | 11.0 | 21 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 211 |- | colspan=19 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Election Results |} References External links 2005 local election results Category:2001 elections in Portugal Category:Elections in Porto Category:21st century in Porto