2021 Portuguese local elections

Local elections in Portugal were held on 26 September 2021.^[2] The election consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities: the election for the Municipal Chamber (the executive branch of the municipality); another election for the Municipal Assembly (the deliberative branch of the municipality); and an election for the Parish Assembly (the deliberative branch of the lower-level parish), whose winner is elected parish president. This last one was held separately in the more than 3,000 parishes around the country. In the 2021 election, 12.3 percent of incumbent mayors, 38 to be precise, were barred from running for another term: 23 from the PS, 11 from the PSD, 3 from CDU and one from the CDS–PP.^[3]

2021 Portuguese local elections

← 2017 26 September 2021 2025 →
All 308 Portuguese municipalities and 3,092[1] Portuguese Parishes All 2,064 local government councils
Opinion polls
Turnout	53.6% 1.3 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader António Costa Rui Rio Jerónimo de Sousa Party PS PSD PCP Alliance CDU Last election 160 mayors, 38.7% 98 mayors, 30.3% 24 mayors, 9.5% Popular vote 1,854,960[a] 1,606,392[b] 410,666 Percentage 37.1% 32.1% 8.2% Swing 1.6 pp 1.8 pp 1.3 pp Mayors 148[c] 114[d] 19 Mayors +/– 12 16 5 Councillors 909[e] 793[f] 148 Councillors +/– 54 64 23

The elections happened during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. Because of that, there was a proposal by the Social Democratic Party to postpone the elections for two months and hold the election between 22 November and 14 December 2021.^[4] This proposal was rejected by Parliament and the election was to be held in the normal period set by the election law, between 22 September and 14 October.^[5] On 1 July 2021, the government announced the election date for 26 September 2021.^[2]

The Socialist Party (PS) retained their status as the largest party in local councils, but lost a lot of votes across the country and especially in some big urban centers. The PS lost Coimbra, Funchal and Barcelos to the PSD, and suffered a massive upset in Lisbon, where the PS incumbent mayor Fernando Medina was defeated by the PSD/CDS coalition candidate Carlos Moedas.^[6] The PS losses across the country and the upset defeat in Lisbon were labeled as a "yellow card" to António Costa's government.^[7]

Despite not winning the most cities in the country as a whole, the Social Democrats (PSD) were considered the big winners of the elections by winning several cities from the Socialists, narrowing the gap nationwide between them and the PS, and for winning back several urban centers, mainly the upset victory in Lisbon.^[8] The party also performed very well in the South, gaining ground in the Alentejo region by winning four cities in Évora district and winning Portalegre from an Independent.^[9] In the Azores and Madeira regions, the party also made gains but lost some cities like Batalha and Guarda to independent movements. With these results, Rui Rio's position in the PSD leadership was strengthened.^[10]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) saw another decline and achieved their worst result to date, just 19 mayors and 8 percent of the votes. The coalition was able to hold on to Évora and Setúbal, albeit by slim margins, but lost big suburban cities like Loures and Moita. In the Alentejo region the coalition lost cities to both PS and PSD, of note the losses of both Montemor-o-Novo and Mora, two Communist bastions since 1976, to the PS.^[11] Jerónimo de Sousa, CDU leader, recognized that the results "fell short of the goals" of the coalition.^[12]

Independent movements made gains in the elections by winning Guarda from the PSD, and Elvas and Mealhada from the PS. In Porto, mayor Rui Moreira was reelected for a third term but lost his majority. In Figueira da Foz, former prime minister and PSD leader Pedro Santana Lopes made a dramatic comeback, running as an independent, by gaining the city from the PS.^[13] The Left Bloc suffered losses by winning just 5 councillors across the country, a drop compared with the 12 councillors they won in 2017, but the party was able to win a councillor in Porto city for the first time.^[14]

CHEGA was able to win several councillors across the country, a total of 19, and polled 4 percent of the votes. André Ventura said that the results "weren't a total victory", as the party failed its goal of being the 3rd largest political force.^[15]

The Liberals (IL) did not win any councillors and polled just 1.3 percent of the votes. Together for the People (JPP) were able to hold on to Santa Cruz in the Madeira islands, while We, the Citizens! (NC) lost their sole city to the PSD.^[16]

Turnout in these elections decreased compared to four years ago, with just 53.6 percent of voters casting a ballot.

Background

Official logo of the election.

Date

According to the local election law, an election must be called between 22 September and 14 October of the year that the local mandates end. The election is called by a Government of Portugal decree, unlike legislatuve elections which are called by the President of the Republic. The election date must be announced at least 80 days before election day. Election day is the same in all municipalities, and should fall on a Sunday or national holiday. The 2021 local elections should have, therefore, take place no later than 10 October 2021.^[17] In March 2021, Prime Minister António Costa said that the elections should be held in September, hinting that the most likely date for the election would be September 26,^[18] which was confirmed in July 2021.^[2]

Electoral system

Map of the 308 municipalities up for election.

All 308 municipalities are allocated a certain number of councilors to elect corresponding to the number of registered voters in a given municipality. Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. The winner of the most voted list for the municipal council is automatically elected mayor, similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP). 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.^[19]

Council seats and Parish assembly seats are distributed as follows:

Seat allocation for the 2021 local election^[20]

Councilors		Parish Assembly
Seats	Voters	Seats	Voters
17	only Lisbon	19+a	more than 30,000 voters
13	only Porto	19	more than 20,000 voters
11	100,000 voters or more	13	more than 5,000 voters
9	more than 50,000 voters	9	more than 1,000 voters
7	more than 10,000 voters	7	1,000 voters or less
5	10,000 voters or less

^a For parishes with more than 30,000 voters, the number of seats mentioned above is increased by one per every 10,000 voters in excess of that number, and then by one more if the result is even.

Parties

The political forces that expressed intention to present candidacies in at least one of the 308 municipalities are the following:^[21]

• Socialist Party (PS)
• Social Democratic Party (PSD) (only in some municipalities)^[g]
• Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
• Nonpartisan Politicians (IND)
• Left Bloc (BE)
• CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) (only in some municipalities)^[g]
• People–Animals–Nature (PAN)
• LIVRE (L)
• Together for the People (JPP)
• We, the Citizens! (NC)
• Portuguese Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)
• Portuguese Labour Party (PTP)
• Rise Up (E)
• Democratic Republican Party (PDR)
• Earth Party (MPT) (only in some municipalities)^[g]
• People's Monarchist Party (PPM) (only in some municipalities)^[g]
• Socialist Alternative Movement (MAS)
• Liberal Initiative (IL)
• Alliance (A) (only in some municipalities)^[g]
• CHEGA (CH)
• React, Include, Recycle (RIR)
• Volt Portugal (VP)

Campaign period

Party slogans

Party or alliance		Original slogan	English translation	Refs
	PS	« Garantir o Futuro. No Caminho Certo »	"Secure the Future. On the Right Track"	[22]
	PSD	« Nas Mãos de Todos »	"In Everyone's Hands"	[23]
	CDU	« Futuro de Confiança »	"Future of Trust"	[24]
	CDS–PP	« Acreditar em Portugal »	"Belief in Portugal"	[25]
	BE	« O voto que faz a diferença »	"The vote that makes the difference"	[26]

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2021 Portuguese local elections

Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day. Unlike past elections, voting was extended for one more hour, until 20:00, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[27]

Turnout	Time
	12:00			16:00			20:00
	2017	2021	±	2017	2021	±	2017	2021	±
Total	22.05%	20.94%	1.11 pp	44.39%	42.34%	2.05 pp	54.96%	53.65%	1.31 pp
Sources[28][29]

Results

Municipal Councils

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 26 September 2021 Municipal Councils elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
						Total	±	Total	±
	Socialist	1,711,725	34.22	3.6	293	888	64	148	11
	Social Democratic	660,436	13.21	2.9	152	437	56	72	7
	Social Democratic / People's	540,783	10.81	2.0	91	239	70	31	15
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	410,666	8.21	1.3	301	148	23	19	5
	Independents	276,961	5.54	1.3	79	134	4	19	2
	CHEGA	208,232	4.16	—	219	19	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	137,560	2.75	0.5	113	4	8	0	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM	90,912	1.81	—	3	8	—	1	—
	Socialist / LIVRE	80,869	1.62	—	1	7	—	0	—
	People's	74,869	1.50	1.1	82	31	10	6	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	70,904	1.42	0.0	14	32	17	3	1
	Liberal Initiative	64,849	1.30	—	44	0	—	0	—
	People–Animals–Nature	56,933	1.14	0.0	40	0	0	0	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR / PPM / RIR	46,785	0.94	—	2	7	—	0	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / Alliance	44,851	0.90	—	3	9	—	1	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / NC / PPM / Alliance / RIR / Volt	29,349	0.59	—	1	6	—	1	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	28,722	0.57	1.1	8	16	7	2	1
	PS / BE / PAN / MPT / PDR	22,694	0.45	0.0	1	5	1	0	1
	LIVRE / Socialist	22,074	0.44	0.1	1	7	2	1	0
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature / LIVRE	17,265	0.35	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Social Democratic / Earth	16,371	0.33	0.1	3	5	0	1	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR	15,230	0.30	—	1	3	—	0	—
	We, the Citizens!	15,226	0.30	0.1	20	5	0	0	1
	Social Democratic / People's / Alliance	14,541	0.29	—	4	4	—	0	—
	Together for the People	14,073	0.28	0.0	5	5	1	1	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / IL / MPT / PPM	14,030	0.28	—	2	7	—	1	—
	Socialist / React, Include, Recycle	13,506	0.27	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Social Democratic / People's Monarchist	9,735	0.19	0.8	2	5	3	0	0
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature	8,901	0.18	—	1	3	—	0	—
	People's / Social Democratic / Liberal Initiative	7,851	0.16	—	1	3	—	0	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL	5,726	0.11	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Left Bloc / LIVRE / Volt Portugal	5,539	0.11	—	1	1	—	0	—
	We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist	4,410	0.09	—	4	0	—	0	—
	PSD / MPT / PPM	3,785	0.08	0.1	1	2	0	0	0
	Alliance	3,765	0.08	—	2	0	—	0	—
	We, the Citizens! / React, Include, Recycle	3,354	0,07	—	2	1	—	0	—
	PSD / MPT / PPM / Alliance	3,338	0.07	—	1	2	—	0	—
	People's / Earth	3,192	0.06	0.1	2	0	0	0	0
	Social Democratic / People's / Earth	3,150	0.06	0.1	1	4	3	1	1
	Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative	3,119	0.06	—	1	3	—	0	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL / Alliance	3,000	0.06	—	1	1	—	0	—
	People's / We, the Citizens! / Alliance	2,811	0.06	—	1	1	—	0	—
	LIVRE	2,611	0.05	0.0	8	0	0	0	0
	We, the Citizens! / Alliance	2,203	0,04	—	3	0	—	0	—
	Volt Portugal	1,654	0.03	—	3	0	—	0	—
	Earth / People's Monarchist / Alliance	1,647	0.03	—	1	0	—	0	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / Alliance / PDR	1,625	0.03	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Earth	1,606	0.03	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
	Labour	1,574	0.03	0.1	8	0	0	0	0
	People's / Social Democratic	1,542	0.03	0.0	1	1	1	0	0
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	1,341	0.03	0.2	2	0	0	0	0
	CDS–PP / NC / MPT / Alliance / PPM	1,162	0.02	—	1	0	—	0	—
	People's Monarchist	988	0.02	0.0	7	0	0	0	0
	CDS–PP / PDR / Alliance / MPT	908	0.02	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Socialist Alternative Movement	738	0.01	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
	Earth / Democratic Republican	681	0.01	—	2	0	—	0	—
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / NC	627	0.01	—	1	0	—	0	—
	React, Include, Recycle	624	0.01	—	7	0	—	0	—
	People's / Earth / People's Monarchist	572	0.01	1.1	1	0	4	0	0
	Rise Up	551	0.01	0.1	3	0	0	0	0
	People's / Alliance / Democratic Republican	541	0.01	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Alliance / Democratic Republican	423	0.01	—	1	0	—	0	—
	People's Monarchist / React, Include, Recycle	377	0.01	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Democratic Republican	319	0.01	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
	People's / People's Monarchist / Alliance	273	0.01	—	1	0	—	0	—
	React, Include, Recycle / Democratic Republican	237	0.00	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Democratic Republican / Earth / Alliance	234	0.00	—	2	0	—	0	—
	CDS–PP / PSD / PPM	201	0.00	0.0	2	2	2	0	0
	Democratic Republican / Earth	144	0.00	—	1	0	—	0	—
	Earth / Alliance / React, Include, Recycle	138	0.00	—	1	0	—	0	—
Total valid		4,797,633	95.91	0.5	1,572	2,064	10	308	0
Blank ballots		125,173	2.50	0.1
Invalid ballots		79,241	1.58	0.3
Total		5,002,047	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,323,688	53.65	1.3
Source: Official election 2021 results

Municipality map

Most voted parties/coalitions in each Municipality.
Municipalities won by:
■ - PS: 148
■ - PSD: 114
■ - CDU: 19
■ - CDS–PP: 6
■ - JPP: 1
■ - LIVRE: 1
■ - Independents: 19

City control

Main article: Results breakdown of the 2021 Portuguese local elections by major cities

The following table lists party control in all district capitals, highlighted in bold, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from 2021 Census.^[30]

Municipality	Population	Previous control		New control
Almada	177,400		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Amadora	171,719		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Aveiro	80,880		PSD / CDS–PP / PPM		PSD / CDS–PP / PPM
Barcelos	116,777		Socialist Party (PS)		PSD / CDS–PP
Beja	33,401		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Braga	193,333		PSD / CDS–PP / PPM		PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / Alliance
Bragança	34,580		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Cascais	214,134		PSD / CDS–PP		PSD / CDS–PP
Castelo Branco	52,272		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Coimbra	140,796		Socialist Party (PS)		PSD / CDS–PP / NC / PPM / Alliance / RIR / Volt
Évora	53,568		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Faro	67,566		PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / MPT		PSD / CDS–PP / IL / PPM / MPT
Funchal	105,919		PS / BE / NC / PDR		PSD / CDS–PP
Gondomar	164,255		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Guarda	40,155		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Independent (IND)
Guimarães	156,852		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Leiria	128,640		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Lisbon	544,851		Socialist Party (PS)		PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM
Loures	201,646		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)		Socialist Party (PS)
Maia	134,959		PSD / CDS–PP		PSD / CDS–PP
Matosinhos	172,669		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Odivelas	148,156		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Oeiras	171,802		Independent (IND)		Independent (IND)
Ponta Delgada	67,287		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Portalegre	22,368		Independent (IND)		PSD / CDS–PP
Porto	231,962		Independent (IND)		Independent (IND)
Santarém	58,770		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Santa Maria da Feira	136,720		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Seixal	166,693		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Setúbal	123,684		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)		Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU)
Sintra	385,954		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Viana do Castelo	85,864		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Franca de Xira	137,659		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Nova de Famalicão	133,590		PSD / CDS–PP		PSD / CDS–PP
Vila Nova de Gaia	304,149		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Vila Real	49,623		Socialist Party (PS)		Socialist Party (PS)
Viseu	99,693		Social Democratic Party (PSD)		Social Democratic Party (PSD)

Municipal Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 26 September 2021 Municipal Assemblies elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Mandates
						Total	±
	Socialist	1,645,211	32.89	3.5	292	2,590	141
	Social Democratic	635,635	12.71	3.1	152	1,273	218
	Social Democratic / People's	537,002	10.74	1.9	92	751	212
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	434,172	8.68	1.4	303	505	114
	Independents	267,300	5.35	1.1	76	412	16
	CHEGA	221,645	4.43	—	167	173	—
	Left Bloc	174,072	3.48	0.7	123	94	31
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM	84,707	1.69	—	3	22	—
	People's	77,069	1.54	1.2	72	118	66
	Liberal Initiative	76,349	1.53	—	43	26	—
	Socialist / LIVRE	74,768	1.50	—	1	17	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	74,234	1.48	0.1	14	96	54
	People–Animals–Nature	74,229	1.48	0.1	41	23	3
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR / PPM / RIR	43,862	0.88	—	2	16	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / Alliance	41,358	0.83	—	3	25	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	28,203	0.58	1.1	8	44	29
	PSD / CDS–PP / NC / PPM / Alliance / RIR / Volt	26,916	0.54	—	1	15	—
	PS / BE / PAN / MPT / PDR	21,624	0.43	0.0	1	14	1
	LIVRE / Socialist	20,730	0.41	0.1	1	20	6
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature / LIVRE	18,465	0.37	—	1	8	—
	Social Democratic / Earth	16,343	0.33	0.1	3	14	7
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR	15,052	0.30	—	1	9	—
	Social Democratic / People's / Alliance	14,965	0.30	—	4	16	—
	Socialist / React, Include, Recycle	13,955	0.28	—	1	10	—
	Together for the People	13,903	0.28	0.0	5	13	4
	We, the Citizens!	13,865	0.28	0.1	17	20	5
	PSD / CDS–PP / IL / MPT / PPM	12,867	0.26	—	2	17	—
	Social Democratic / People's Monarchist	10,254	0.21	0.7	2	16	10
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature	9,183	0.18	—	1	8	—
	People's / Social Democratic / Liberal Initiative	8,434	0.17	—	1	8	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL	6,293	0.13	—	1	10	—
	Left Bloc / LIVRE / Volt	5,769	0.12	—	1	3	—
	We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist	4,674	0.09	—	1	2	—
	Alliance	3,810	0.08	—	3	2	—
	PSD / MPT / PPM	3,615	0.07	0.1	1	5	0
	PSD / MPT / PPM / Alliance	3,453	0.07	—	1	5	—
	Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative	3,335	0.07	—	1	8	—
	People's / Earth	3,301	0.07	0.1	2	1	1
	Social Democratic / People's / Earth	3,244	0.06	0.2	1	11	13
	We, the Citizens! / React, Include, Recycle	3,038	0,06	—	1	3	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL / Alliance	2,856	0.06	—	1	4	—
	People's / We, the Citizens! / Alliance	2,667	0.05	—	1	3	—
	LIVRE	2,564	0.05	0.0	7	0	0
	We, the Citizens! / Alliance	2,482	0,05	—	3	3	—
	Labour	1,809	0.04	0.1	8	0	1
	People's / Social Democratic	1,666	0.03	0.0	1	4	2
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / Alliance / PDR	1,659	0.03	—	1	2	—
	Earth	1,650	0.03	0.1	1	1	1
	Volt Portugal	1,644	0.03	—	2	0	—
	Earth / People's Monarchist / Alliance	1,587	0.03	—	1	1	—
	CDS–PP / NC / MPT / Alliance / PPM	1,488	0.03	—	1	1	—
	Earth / Democratic Republican	996	0.02	—	2	0	—
	CDS–PP / PDR / Alliance / MPT	962	0.02	—	1	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	918	0.02	0.2	1	0	0
	Socialist Alternative Movement	889	0.02	—	2	0	—
	People's / Earth / People's Monarchist	861	0.02	—	1	1	—
	Rise Up	755	0.01	0.1	3	0	0
	People's Monarchist	749	0.01	0.0	4	0	0
	React, Include, Recycle	748	0.01	—	7	0	—
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / NC	737	0.01	—	1	0	—
	People's / Alliance / Democratic Republican	566	0.01	—	1	0	—
	People's / People's Monarchist / Alliance	460	0.01	—	1	0	—
	Alliance / Democratic Republican	450	0.01	—	1	0	—
	People's Monarchist / React, Include, Recycle	409	0.01	—	1	0	—
	React, Include, Recycle / Democratic Republican	259	0.01	—	1	0	—
	Democratic Republican / Earth / Alliance	252	0.01	—	2	0	—
	CDS–PP / PSD / PPM	209	0.00	0.0	2	5	5
	Democratic Republican / Earth	164	0.00	—	1	0	—
	Earth / Alliance / React, Include, Recycle	131	0.00	—	1	0	—
Total valid		4,779,491	95.56	0.5	1,506	6,448	13
Blank ballots		139,191	2.78	0.1
Invalid ballots		83,028	1.66	0.3
Total		5,001,710	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,323,688	53.65	1.3
Source: Official election 2021 results Archived 2021-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, RTP Election 2021 results

Parish Assemblies

National summary of votes and seats

Summary of the 26 September 2021 Parish Assemblies elections results

Parties		Votes	%	±pp swing	Candidacies	Mandates		Presidents
						Total	±	Total	±
	Socialist	1,664,556	33.30	3.0	2,448	10,316	307	1,248	47
	Social Democratic	640,576	12.81	2.9	1,323	5,688	946	757	68
	Social Democratic / People's	521,743	10.44	1.9	854	3,210	724	336	65
	Unitary Democratic Coalition	454,099	9.08	1.1	1,630	1,446	217	112	27
	Independents	408,434	8.17	1.6	783	3,232	123	414	12
	CHEGA	155,861	3.12	—	505	205	—	0	—
	Left Bloc	138,323	2.77	0.5	372	162	51	0	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PPM	83,221	1.67	—	31	135	—	10	—
	Socialist / LIVRE	80,807	1.62	—	24	146	—	13	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM	80,028	1.60	0.4	117	412	162	34	6
	People's	68,133	1.36	1.1	266	416	218	41	13
	Liberal Initiative	49,832	1.00	—	114	45	—	0	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR / PPM / RIR	45,473	0.91	—	15	75	—	3	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / Alliance	36,814	0.74	—	48	195	—	21	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM	28,167	0.56	0.8	48	114	124	10	1
	PSD / CDS–PP / NC / PPM / Alliance / RIR / Volt	26,254	0.53	—	18	70	—	6	—
	People–Animals–Nature	25,754	0.52	0.3	60	16	10	0	0
	PS / BE / PAN / MPT / PDR	21,622	0.43	0.0	10	59	1	1	4
	LIVRE / Socialist	20,043	0.40	0.2	19	122	68	17	10
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature / LIVRE	19,952	0.40	—	4	23	—	0	—
	Social Democratic / Earth	18,042	0.36	0.1	17	66	14	8	7
	Social Democratic / People's / Alliance	15,503	0.30	—	26	70	—	0	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / Alliance / MPT / PDR	14,928	0.30	—	6	27	—	0	—
	Socialist / React, Include, Recycle	14,324	0.29	—	25	79	—	3	—
	Together for the People	14,007	0.28	0.0	17	43	2	5	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / IL / MPT / PPM	12,882	0.28	—	10	36	—	2	—
	Social Democratic / People's Monarchist	11,021	0.22	0.8	18	60	104	3	11
	Socialist / People–Animals–Nature	8,873	0.18	—	9	33	—	1	—
	We, the Citizens!	8,070	0.16	0.0	56	47	5	3	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL	6,599	0.13	—	16	66	—	9	—
	Left Bloc / LIVRE / Volt	5,601	0.11	—	5	5	—	0	—
	People's / Social Democratic / Liberal Initiative	5,031	0.10	—	11	24	—	1	—
	Social Democratic / People's / Earth	4,050	0.08	0.1	8	29	28	3	2
	PSD / MPT / PPM / Alliance	4,008	0.08	—	4	15	—	1	—
	We, the Citizens! / React, Include, Recycle	3,807	0.08	—	6	10	—	0	—
	We, the Citizens! / People's Monarchist	3,559	0.07	—	11	3	—	0	—
	Social Democratic / People's / Liberal Initiative	3,522	0.07	—	1	6	—	0	—
	PSD / MPT / PPM	3,520	0.07	0.1	3	8	4	0	0
	People's / Earth	3,395	0.07	0.1	21	1	1	0	0
	People's / We, the Citizens! / Alliance	2,862	0.06	—	3	4	—	0	—
	We, the Citizens! / Alliance	2,698	0.05	—	11	8	—	0	—
	Alliance	2,544	0.05	—	8	6	—	0	—
	PSD / CDS–PP / PPM / IL / Alliance	2,514	0.05	—	2	6	—	0	—
	Labour	1,969	0.04	0.1	32	0	0	0	0
	People's / Social Democratic	1,783	0.04	0.0	6	15	10	2	0
	PSD / CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / Alliance / PDR	1,743	0.03	—	4	3	—	0	—
	Earth	1,671	0.03	0.1	6	7	0	0	0
	CDS–PP / NC / MPT / Alliance / PPM	1,558	0.03	—	6	4	—	0	—
	CDS–PP / PDR / Alliance / MPT	1,139	0.02	—	4	0	—	0	—
	React, Include, Recycle	761	0.02	—	5	1	—	0	—
	People's / Earth / People's Monarchist	652	0.01	0.8	5	1	76	0	0
	People's / Alliance / Democratic Republican	575	0.01	—	3	0	—	0	—
	Earth / Democratic Republican	556	0.01	—	3	5	—	1	—
	People's Monarchist	503	0.01	0.0	9	5	4	1	1
	LIVRE	482	0.01	0.0	3	0	2	0	0
	Volt Portugal	378	0.01	—	4	0	—	0	—
	People's Monarchist / React, Include, Recycle	328	0.01	—	3	0	—	0	—
	Portuguese Workers' Communist	318	0.01	0.1	2	0	0	0	0
	Earth / People's Monarchist / Alliance	293	0.01	—	3	3	—	0	—
	Alliance / Democratic Republican	288	0.01	—	2	0	—	0	—
	CDS–PP / MPT / PPM / NC	246	0.00	—	1	3	—	0	—
	Democratic Republican / Earth / Alliance	223	0.00	—	2	0	—	0	—
	React, Include, Recycle / Democratic Republican	214	0.00	—	4	0	—	0	—
	Rise Up	186	0.00	0.0	6	0	0	0	0
	CDS–PP / PSD / PPM	115	0.00	—	2	0	—	0	—
	Earth / Alliance / React, Include, Recycle	102	0.00	—	5	0	—	0	—
	Democratic Republican	48	0.00	0.0	1	0	4	0	0
Total valid		4,757,183	95.16	0.3	9,104	26,790	229	3,066	19
Blank ballots		145,769	2.92	0.0
Invalid ballots		96,412	1.93	0.3
Total		4,999,364	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		9,319,425	53.64	1.3
Source: Official election 2021 results Archived 2021-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, RTP Election 2021 results

See also

• 2021 Lisbon local election
• 2021 Porto local election
• Politics of Portugal
• List of political parties in Portugal
• Elections in Portugal

Notes

1. Sum of votes between PS-only lists and lists with other parties.
2. Sum of votes between PSD-only lists and lists with other parties.
3. Number of municipalities won between PS-only lists and lists with other parties. PS-only lists: 148; PS-coalition lists: 0.
4. Number of municipalities won between PSD-only lists and lists with other parties. PSD-only lists: 72; PSD-coalition lists: 42.
5. This accounts for seats won on PS-only lists and lists with other parties.
6. This accounts for seats won on PSD-only lists and lists with other parties.
7. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS–PP) will run in several coalitions across the country.In these coalitions, other parties may also be added like the People's Monarchist Party (PPM), the Earth Party (MPT) and the Alliance (A).