1989 Lisbon local election

1989 Lisbon local elections
17 December 1989
All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council
9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.8% 4.0 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jorge Sampaio Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Party PS PSD
Alliance For Lisbon Live Better in Lisbon
Last election 8 seats, 45.5% 9 seats, 49.8%
Seats won 9 8
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 180,635 154,888
Percentage 49.1% 42.1%
Swing 3.6 pp 7.7 pp
Mayor before election

Nuno Krus Abecasis
PSD

Elected Mayor

Jorge Sampaio
PS

Main article: 1989 Portuguese local elections

The 1989 Lisbon local election was held on 17 December 1989 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

Former minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, announced his candidacy for Mayor of Lisbon, with a coalition between the Social Democrats, the Centrists and the Monarchists. Meanwhile, Jorge Sampaio, the secretary-general of the Socialist Party, unnexpectedly announced that he would be the party's candidate for Mayor of Lisbon, forming a coalition with the Communist Party and its allies (PEV and MDP/CDE). Hermínio Martinho, the former leader of the Democratic Renewal Party, was also a candidate.

Sampaio won with 49% of the votes and 9 seats, beating Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa who got 42% of the votes and elected 8 seats.


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