2017 Porto local election

2017 Porto local elections

1 October 2017

All 13 Councillors in the Porto City Council
7 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout53.7% 1.1 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rui Moreira Manuel Pizarro
Party Independent PS
Alliance Porto, Our Party
Last election 6 seats, 39.3% 3 seats, 22.7%
Seats won 7 4
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 51,159 32,856
Percentage 44.5% 28.6%
Swing 5.2 pp 5.9 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Álvaro Almeida Ilda Figueiredo
Party PSD PCP
Alliance Authentic Porto CDU
Last election 3 seats, 21.1% 1 seat, 7.4%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 2
Popular vote 11,952 6,781
Percentage 10.4% 5.9%
Swing 10.7 pp 1.5 pp

Mayor before election

Rui Moreira
Independent

Elected mayor

Rui Moreira
Independent

The 2017 Porto local election was held on 1 October 2017 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

Rui Moreira, mayor since 2013, won a second term as Mayor of Porto, winning a majority in the city council. He beat the Socialist candidate, once again Manuel Pizarro, who managed to increase his voting share and to gain 1 councillor.

The Social Democratic Party, in coalition with the People's Monarchist Party, had a terrible result, losing more than half of the votes from 2013 and electing one single councillor. The Communist Party, with Ilda Figueiredo as its candidate, managed to keep its seat in the City Council, despite a slight loss in the vote share. Meanwhile, the Left Bloc, with João Teixeira Lopes as its candidate after João Semedo withrew his candidacy for health reasons, failed once again to gain any seat in the city council.