1985 Portuguese local elections

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1985 Portuguese local elections
← 1982 15 December 1985 1989 →
All 305 Portuguese municipalities and 4,260 Portuguese Parishes
All 1,975 local government councils
Turnout 63.0% Decrease 8.1 pp
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Aníbal Cavaco Silva Almeida Santos Álvaro Cunhal
Party PSD PS PCP
Alliance APU
Last election 88 mayors, 15%[1] 83 mayors, 31.2% 55 mayors, 20.9%
Popular vote 1,633,247 1,318,287 935,897
Percentage 34.2% 27.6% 19.6%
Swing Increase 19.2 pp Decrease 3.6 pp Decrease 1.3 pp
Mayors 149 79 47
Mayors +/– Increase 61 Decrease 4 Decrease 8
Councillors 819 574 303
Councillors +/– Increase 380 Decrease 45 Decrease 13

The Portuguese local elections of 1985 took place on 15 December. They were the fourth local elections in Portugal since the democratic revolution of 1974 introduced the concept of democratic local power. The elections took place just nine weeks after the 1985 legislative election and just one month before the 1986 Presidential elections.

The elections consisted of three separate elections in the 305 Portuguese municipalities that existed at the time, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner is elected mayor, another election for the Municipal Assembly and a last one for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner is elected parish president, this last was held separately in the more than 4,000 parishes around the country. This election was the first to grant a 4-years term, instead of the former 3 years. The number of members of the Municipal Assemblies and Parish Assemblies was greatly reduced in comparison with the former election.

For the first time, the Social Democratic Party achieved the majority of the voting by itself, since the coalition with the Democratic and Social Center, the Democratic Alliance, that achieved good results in 1979 and 1982 had been disbanded. Despite finishing second and losing almost 4% of the voting, the Socialist Party lost only 4 of the former 83 mayors plus the presidency achieved in coalition with the Leftwing Union for the Socialist Democracy.

The Democratic and Social Center, this time participating alone in every election, after the end of the Democratic Alliance, continued its electoral decline, gathering only 10% of the voting. Despite keeping the same number of mayors achieved in 1982, in the municipalities where it ran alone, 27, the party lost 49 presidencies achieved in coalition with the Social Democrats.

The Portuguese Communist Party and the Portuguese Democratic Movement, united in the United People Alliance, lost 1% of the voting in comparison with the election of 1982 and lost 8 mayors, gathering only 47 presidencies. However, despite losing only 1% of the voting in the elections to Municipal Assemblies, the coalition lost almost 700 assembly members, decreasing its representation to 1062 members due to the overall reduction of mandates.

The newly founded Democratic Renewal Party, achieved almost 5% of the voting and the presidency of 3 municipalities. In the elections to Municipal Assemblies it gathered almost 6% of the voting and 270 Assembly members, being the great surprise of the election.

Parties

The main political forces involved in the election were:

Results

Municipal Councils

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 15 December 1985 Municipal Councils elections results
Parties Votes % Candidacies Councillors Mayors
Total ± Total ±
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FF9900;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (Portugal)" | Social Democratic 1,633,247 34.19 819 Increase380 149 Increase61
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FF66FF;" data-sort-value="Socialist Party (Portugal)" | Socialist 1,318,287 27.60 574 Decrease45 79 Decrease4
style="width: 5px; background-color: red;" data-sort-value="United People Alliance" | United People Alliance 935,897 19.59 303 Decrease13 47 Decrease8
style="width: 5px; background-color: #0093DD;" data-sort-value="Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party" | Democratic and Social Centre 466,965 9.78 222 Increase37 27 Steady0
style="width: 5px; background-color: green;" data-sort-value="Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)" | Democratic Renewal 224,161 4.69 49 — 3 —
People's Democratic Union 28,701 0.60 3 Steady0 0 Steady0
style="width: 5px; background-color: #005FAD;" data-sort-value="People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)" | People's Monarchist Party 23,968 0.50 3 Decrease2 0 Decrease1
style="width: 5px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat" | Portuguese Workers' Communist 10,967 0.23 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
style="width: 5px; background-color: yellow;" data-sort-value="Christian Democratic Party (Portugal)" | Christian Democratic 7,910 0.17 2 Steady0 0 Steady0
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Workers Party of Socialist Unity" | Workers Party of Socialist Unity 2,324 0.05 0 Steady0 0 Steady0
Total valid 4,631,497 96.97 — 1,975 Increase66 305 Steady0
Blank ballots 73,784 1.54
Invalid ballots 71,126 1.49
Total 4,776,407 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 7,578,622 63.02

Municipality map

File:Autárquicas portuguesas de 1985 (Mapa Câmara Municipal).png
Most voted parties or coalitions in each Municipality.
Municipalities won by:
■ - PSD: 149
■ - PS: 79
■ - APU: 47
■ - CDS: 27
■ - PRD: 3

City control

The following table lists party control in all district capitals, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from the 1981 Census.[2]

Municipality Population Previous control New control
Almada 147,690 United People Alliance (APU) United People Alliance (APU)
Amadora 163,878 United People Alliance (APU) United People Alliance (APU)
Aveiro 60,284 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
Barcelos 103,773 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Beja 38,246 United People Alliance (APU) United People Alliance (APU)
Braga 125,472 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Bragança 35,380 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
Cascais 141,498 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Castelo Branco 54,908 Democratic Alliance (AD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Coimbra 138,930 Socialist Party (PS) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Évora 51,572 United People Alliance (APU) United People Alliance (APU)
Faro 45,109 Democratic Alliance (AD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Funchal 112,746 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Gondomar 130,751 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Guarda 40,360 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Guimarães 146,959 Socialist Party (PS) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Leiria 96,517 Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)
Lisbon 807,937 Democratic Alliance (AD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Loures 276,467 United People Alliance (APU) United People Alliance (APU)
Matosinhos 136,498 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Oeiras 149,328 Democratic Alliance (AD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Ponta Delgada 63,804 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Portalegre 27,313 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Porto 327,368 Democratic Alliance (AD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Santarém 62,896 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Santa Maria da Feira 109,531 Democratic Alliance (AD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Setúbal 98,366 United People Alliance (APU) Socialist Party (PS)
Sintra 226,428 Democratic Alliance (AD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Viana do Castelo 81,009 Democratic Alliance (AD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Vila Nova de Famalicão 106,508 Socialist Party (PS) Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Nova de Gaia 226,331 Socialist Party (PS) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Vila Real 47,020 Democratic Alliance (AD) Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Viseu 83,261 Social Democratic Party (PSD) Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)

Municipal Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 15 December 1985 Municipal Assemblies elections results
Parties Votes % Candidacies Mandates
Total ±
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FF9900;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (Portugal)" | Social Democratic 1,391,500 29.59 2,509 Increase361
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FF66FF;" data-sort-value="Socialist Party (Portugal)" | Socialist 1,142,381 24.30 1,796 Decrease1,386
style="width: 5px; background-color: red;" data-sort-value="United People Alliance" | United People Alliance 953,935 20.29 1,056 Decrease707
style="width: 5px; background-color: #0093DD;" data-sort-value="Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party" | Democratic and Social Centre 761,855 16.20 1,015 Increase12
style="width: 5px; background-color: green;" data-sort-value="Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)" | Democratic Renewal 245,830 5.22 273 —
People's Democratic Union 31,899 0.68 14 Decrease7
style="width: 5px; background-color: #005FAD;" data-sort-value="People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)" | People's Monarchist Party 15,949 0.34 7 Decrease21
style="width: 5px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat" | Portuguese Workers' Communist 6,396 0.14 0 Steady0
style="width: 5px; background-color: yellow;" data-sort-value="Christian Democratic Party (Portugal)" | Christian Democratic 4,002 0.09 2 Steady0
style="width: 5px; background-color: red;" data-sort-value="Socialist League of the Workers" | Socialist League of the Workers 783 0.02 0 —
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Workers Party of Socialist Unity" | Workers Party of Socialist Unity 254 0.00 0 Steady0
Total valid 4,543,206 96.62 — 6,672 Decrease3,225
Blank ballots 88,935 1.89
Invalid ballots 69,854 1.48
Total 4,701,995 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 7,444,150 63.16

Parish Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 15 December 1985 Parish Assemblies elections results
Parties Votes % Candidacies Mandates Presidents
Total ± Total ±
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FF9900;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (Portugal)" | Social Democratic 1,584,427 32.85 13,118 Increase3,619
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FF66FF;" data-sort-value="Socialist Party (Portugal)" | Socialist 1,303,425 27.02 9,039 Decrease3,764
style="width: 5px; background-color: red;" data-sort-value="United People Alliance" | United People Alliance 993,767 20.60 3,676 Decrease1,321
style="width: 5px; background-color: #0093DD;" data-sort-value="Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party" | Democratic and Social Centre 507,499 10.52 4,531 Decrease306
style="width: 5px; background-color: green;" data-sort-value="Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)" | Democratic Renewal 164,345 3.41 726 — —
Independents 67,601 1.40 797 Decrease241
People's Democratic Union 28,572 0.59 26 Decrease4
style="width: 5px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers / Reorganizative Movement of the Party of the Proletariat" | Portuguese Workers' Communist 4,153 0.09 0 Steady0
style="width: 5px; background-color: #005FAD;" data-sort-value="People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)" | People's Monarchist Party 2,585 0.05 24 Decrease75
style="width: 5px; background-color: yellow;" data-sort-value="Christian Democratic Party (Portugal)" | Christian Democratic 1,021 0.02 4 Increase4
style="width: 5px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Workers Party of Socialist Unity" | Workers Party of Socialist Unity 792 0.02 0 Steady0
Total valid 4,658,187 96.67 — 31,941 — —
Blank ballots 84,797 1.77
Invalid ballots 80,766 1.67
Total 4,823,750 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 7,652,786 63.52

Maps

  • Pt ploelection tc1985.PNG

    The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Councils in each district.

  • Pt ploelection ma1985.PNG

    The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Assemblies in each district.

  • Pt ploelection pa1985.PNG

    The first and the second most voted parties in Parish Assemblies in each district.

Notes

Further Notes:

  • United People Alliance (APU) was composed by the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP/CDE).
  • The number of candidacies expresses the number of municipalities or parishes in which the party or coalition presented lists.
  • The number of mandates expresses the number of municipal deputies in the Municipal Assembly election and the number of parish deputies in the Parish Assembly election.
  • The turnout varies because one may choose not to vote for all the organs.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cities where the PSD contested alone. Not with coalitions with CDS or PPM.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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