1982 Portuguese local elections

The Portuguese local elections of 1982 took place on 12 December. They were the third local elections in Portugal since the democratic revolution of 1974 introduced the concept of democratic local power.

1982 Portuguese local elections
12 December 1982
All 305 Portuguese municipalities and 4,260 Portuguese Parishes
All 1,909 local government councils
Turnout71.1% 0.6 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Francisco Pinto Balsemão Mário Soares Álvaro Cunhal
Party PSD PS PCP
Alliance AD APU
Last election 195 mayors, 47.5% 60 mayors, 28.3% 50 mayors, 19.9%
Popular vote 2,113,807[1] 1,578,915[2] 1,038,033
Percentage 42.6% 31.8% 20.9%
Swing 4.9 pp 3.5 pp 1.0 pp
Mayors 165[3] 84[4] 55
Mayors +/– 30 24 5
Councillors 951[5] 630[6] 316
Councillors +/– 112 114 0
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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.

The Socialist Party finished once more on the top of the results table, increasing its share by 4%, however that was because the coalition between the two major right-wing parties, the Democratic and Social Center and the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Alliance, did not participate in all Municipalities and Parishes, being the parties which composed it, separated in many Municipalities. This right wing coalition did, however, lose some voting in relation to the previous election.

The left-wing United People Alliance dominated the election in the municipalities of the South of the country, gathering more than 60% of the voting and achieving its best result ever with 20.7% and 55 mayors.

Parties

The main political forces involved in the election were:

Results

National summary of votes and seats
Most voted parties or coalitions in each Municipality.
Municipalities won by:
■ - PS: 84
■ - APU: 55
■ - AD: 49
■ - PSD: 88
■ - CDS: 27
■ - PPM: 1
■ - ASDI: 1
 Summary of the 12 December 1982 Municipal Councils elections results
Parties Votes % Candidacies Councillors Mayors
# ± # ±
Socialist 1,547,664 31.18 619 103 83 23
United People Alliance 1,038,033 20.91 316 0 55 5
Democratic Alliance 988,347 19.91 322 104 49 24
Social Democratic 745,048 15.01 439 36 88 13
Democratic and Social Centre 369,263 7.44 185 29 27 7
People's Democratic Union 31,567 0.64 3 0 0 0
Socialist / UEDS 31,251 0.63 11 — 1 —
Portuguese Workers' Communist 15,315 0.31 0 0 0 0
People's Monarchist 11,149 0.22 5 1 1 0
Workers Party of Socialist Unity 5,684 0.11 0 0 0 0
Independent Social Democratic Action 4,236 0.09 7 — 1 —
Democratic Union 3,840 0.08 2 — 0 —
OCMLP 1,388 0.03 0 — 0 —
Christian Democratic 855 0.02 0 0 0 0
Total valid 4,785,586 96.40 — 1,909 9 305 0
Blank ballots 87,3811.76
Invalid ballots 91,4031.84
Total 4,964,370 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 6,987,10671.05

National summary of votes and seats
 Summary of the 12 December 1982 Municipal Assemblies elections results
Parties Votes % Candidacies Mandates
# ±
Socialist 1,583,804 31.23 3,182 496
United People Alliance 1,070,247 21.10 1,763 17
Democratic Alliance 990,315 19.53 1,625 497
Social Democratic 717,131 14.14 2,148 82
Democratic and Social Centre 379,833 7.49 1,003 171
People's Democratic Union 35,128 0.70 21 37
Socialist / UEDS 31,481 0.63 52 —
Democratic Union 30,707 0.61 40 —
People's Monarchist 10,314 0.21 28 2
Portuguese Workers' Communist 7,120 0.14 1 1
Independent Social Democratic Action 3,858 0.08 32 —
Workers Party of Socialist Unity 2,499 0.05 0 —
Christian Democratic 847 0.02 2 2
OCMLP 526 0.01 0 —
Total valid 4,865,027 95.93 — 9,897 194
Blank ballots 115,3522.27
Invalid ballots 91,1281.80
Total 5,071,507 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 7,114,98371.28

National summary of votes and seats
 Summary of the 12 December 1982 Parish Assemblies elections results
Parties Votes % Candidacies Mandates Presidents
# ± # ±
Socialist 1,527,322 31.03 12,803 2,190
United People Alliance 1,071,831 21.76 4,997 265
Democratic Alliance 905,696 18.40 7,684 2,101
Social Democratic 760,847 15.46 9,499 52
Democratic and Social Centre 381,150 7.74 4,837 176
Independents 65,865 1.34 1,038 331
Democratic Union 29,284 0.59 342 — —
Socialist / UEDS 25,265 0.51 258 — —
People's Democratic Union 24,799 0.50 30 25
People's Monarchist 6,261 0.13 99 21
Portuguese Workers' Communist 5,023 0.10 0 3
Independent Social Democratic Action 2,768 0.06 49 — —
Workers Party of Socialist Unity 856 0.02 0 1
Christian Democratic 482 0.00 0 26
OCMLP 444 0.00 0 — —
Total valid 4,738,913 96.28 — 41,636 — ' —
Blank ballots 87,9351.79
Invalid ballots 95,3801.94
Total 4,922,228 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 7,073,33669.59

Maps
  • The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Councils in each district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
  • The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Assemblies in seach district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
  • The first and the second most voted parties in Parish Assemblies in seach district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

Notes

Further Notes:

  • Democratic Alliance (AD) was composed by the Democratic Social Center (CDS), the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM).
  • Although the PSD, the CDS and the PPM were united in the Democratic Alliance, they appear in the scorecard because they ran separated in several municipalities.
  • 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. Sum of PSD, AD, CDS and PPM votes.
  2. Sum of PS and PS/UEDS votes.
  3. Sum of PSD, AD, CDS and PPM elected mayors.
  4. Sum of PS and PS/UEDS elected mayors.
  5. Sum of PSD, AD, CDS and PPM elected councillors.
  6. Sum of PS and PS/UEDS elected councillors.
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