The 2005 Porto local election was held on 9 October 2005 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.
Incumbent Mayor Rui Rio, from the PSD/CDS coalition, won a second term as Mayor of Porto, achieving 46.2% of the votes and 7 seats and defeating Socialist candidate Francisco Assis, who won 36.1% of the votes and 5 seats.
Background In the 2001 election, Rui Rio, candidate for the PSD/CDS coalition, unexpectedly won and became mayor of Porto, winning 42.8% of the votes and 6 seats. He defeated the incumbent mayor Fernando Gomes from the Socialist Party, who won 6 seats and about 38.5% of the votes. The Unitary Democratic Coalition got 1 seat and 10.5% of the votes.
Rui Rio decided to govern with the CDU, in a coalition that was called the "Vodka Laranja" or Orange Vodka. Rio's first term was marked by several controversies, from accusing the previous PS local government of concealing financial liabilities, to his clash with the city's most popular football club, FC Porto, regarding the construction of the club's new stadium.
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.
Parties and candidates
Party/Coalition Politicalposition Candidate 2001 result Votes (%) Seats PPUVM For Porto, Once Again Centre-right Rui Rio 42.8% PS Socialist Party Centre-left Francisco Assis 38.5% CDU Unitary Democratic Coalition Left-wingto far-left Rui Sá10.5% BE Left Bloc Left-wingto far-left 2.6% PCTP Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Far-left João Valente Pinto 0.6% PH Humanist Party Centre-left Maria Alice Ribeiro 0.5% PC Porto Capital! Right-wing António Almeida Garrett MPT Earth Party Centre-right António José de Carvalho PNR National Renovator Party Far-right Carlos Branco
Opinion polling
Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size PSDCDS PS CDU BE Lead 2005 local election 9 Oct 2005 46.2 36.1 9.0 4.2 4.510.1 UCP 9 Oct 2005 ? 43–48 36–40 7–10 3–5 –7–8 Eurosondagem 2–5 Oct 2005 1,05741.2 39.1 9.1 5.9 4.7 2.1 Intercampus 1–5 Oct 2005 1,000 37.539.3 10.2 6.6 6.4 1.8 UCP 1–2 Oct 2005 2,39243 36 7 6 7 7 Marktest 1 Oct 2005 40149.1 29.5 8.2 6.0 7.1 19.6 UCP 4–6 Jul 2005 91055 29 9 3 4 26 IPOM 16–17 Mar 2005 59844.3 35.3 20.4 9.0 Eurosondagem 13–14 Mar 2005 75746 40 14 6 2001 local election 16 Dec 2001 42.7 38.5 10.5 2.6 5.74.2
Results Municipal Council
| colspan="11" style="text-align:center;" | |- ! 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 |63,430||46.17||3.4||7||1
|49,653||36.14||2.3||5||1
|12,309||8.96||1.5||1||0
|5,797||4.22||1.7||0||0
|767||0.56||0.3||0||0 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" | |align=left|New Democracy / People's Monarchist |439||0.32||||0||
|236||0.17||||0||
|200||0.15||0.3||0||0
|121||0.09||||0||
|colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|132,952 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|96.77 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|1.2 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|13 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |2,995||2.18||0.8||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |1,437||1.05||0.4 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|137,384 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||234,749||58.52||10.3 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Porto 2005 election results
Municipal Assembly
| colspan="11" style="text-align:center;" | |- ! 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 |60,049||43.71||0.5||18||0
|47,867||34.84||1.1||15||1
|14,317||10.42||0.6||4||0
|9,347||6.80||0.7||2||1 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" | |align=left|New Democracy / People's Monarchist |831||0.60||||0|| |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|132,411 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|96.38 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.9 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|39 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |3,370||2.45||0.8||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |1,606||1.17||0.1 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|137,387 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||234,749||58.52||10.3 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Porto 2005 election results
Parish Assemblies
|- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Parish!!%!!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 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Aldoar | 35.8 | 5 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 44.7 | 6 | 8.8 | 1 | 6.6 | 1 | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Bonfim | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 47.1 | 10 | 32.4 | 6 | 10.1 | 2 | 6.2 | 1 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Campanhã | 27.6 | 6 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 50.1 | 10 | 13.2 | 2 | 5.4 | 1 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Cedofeita | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 50.5 | 10 | 28.8 | 6 | 9.3 | 2 | 6.9 | 1 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Foz do Douro | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 53.7 | 8 | 28.0 | 4 | 8.9 | 1 | 5.0
| 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lordelo do Ouro | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 45.0 | 7 | 34.6 | 5 | 10.8 | 1 | 6.0
| 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Massarelos | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 44.8 | 6 | 32.4 | 5 | 12.2 | 1 | 6.9 | 1 | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Miragaia | 23.5 | 2 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 42.2 | 4 | 25.7 | 3 | 5.8
| 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Nevogilde | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 73.8 | 8 | 16.5 | 1 | 2.5
| 3.2
| 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Paranhos | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 42.9 | 10 | 34.5 | 8 | 9.3 | 2 | 6.2 | 1 | 21 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ramalde | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 46.2 | 9 | 36.4 | 7 | 9.3 | 2 | 6.2 | 1 | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santo Ildefonso | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 46.3 | 7 | 33.0 | 5 | 10.5 | 1 | 6.5
| 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Nicolau | 29.0 | 3 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 43.8 | 5 | 15.1 | 1 | 7.5
| 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Sé | 34.4 | 3 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 42.9 | 5 | 14.5 | 1 | 3.9
| 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Vitória | 29.6 | 3 | style="background:#FF66FF; color:white;"| 47.6 | 5 | 13.7 | 1 | 4.8
| 9 |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:#00AAAA; color:white;"| 42.9 | 97 | 36.0 | 82 | 10.4 | 21 | 6.0 | 7 | 207 |- | colspan=19 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Election Results
References
External links 2005 local election results