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The Portuguese local elections of 1976 took place on sunday 12 December. They were the first local elections in Portugal. The democratic revolution of 1974 introduced the concept of democratic local power, that should be exerted by the citizens in their towns and cities. These elections ended a cycle of three elections in 1976, after the 1976 legislative election in April and the 1976 Presidential election in June.
The elections were meant to elect for the first time the administration of the about 300 municipalities of the country and of the about 4000 parishes that composed those 300 municipalities. They consisted of three elections in each of the municipalities; the election for the municipal chamber, the election for the municipal assembly and the lower-level election for the parish assembly.
The Socialist Party gathered the majority of the voting and mandates, beating the Social Democratic Party, although both parties tied in number of elected mayors, 115. The Communists led coalition, the Electoral Front United People, dominated the election in the South of the country. The right-wing Democratic Social Center achieved its best result ever in local elections.
Turnout in these elections was quite low, as 64.7% of the electorate cast a ballot, compared with the 83.5% turnout rate of the 1976 general elections in April.
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Parties
The main political forces involved in the election:
- Democratic and Social Center (CDS)
- Electoral Front United People (FEPU)
- Groups for the Dinamization of the People's Unity (GDUPs)
- Socialist Party (PS)
- Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Results
Municipal Chamber
National summary of votes and seats
Parties | Votes | % | Candidacies | Councillors | Mayors | ||||
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Total | Total | ||||||||
Socialist | 1,377,684 | 33.01 | 691 | 115 | |||||
Social Democratic | 1,014,092 | 24.30 | 624 | 115 | |||||
Electoral Front United People | 720,499 | 17.26 | 268 | 37 | |||||
Democratic and Social Centre | 693,766 | 16.62 | 317 | 36 | |||||
GDUPs | 103,784 | 2.49 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Portuguese Workers' Communist | 27,505 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | |||||
PCP(m-l) | 15,267 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | |||||
People's Monarchist | 7,528 | 0.18 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Internationalist Communist League | 3,464 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Workers' Revolutionary | 273 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |||||
United People Alliance | 123 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total valid | 3,995,905 | 96.40 | — | 1,908 | 304 | ||||
Blank ballots | 89,073 | 2.13 | |||||||
Invalid ballots | 88,783 | 2.13 | |||||||
Total | 4,173,761 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,454,990 | 64.66 |
Municipality map
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 1970 Census.[1]
Municipal Assemblies
National summary of votes and seats
Parties | Votes | % | Candidacies | Mandates | |||||
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Total | |||||||||
Socialist | 1,392,181 | 33.39 | 1,698 | ||||||
Social Democratic | 1,022,168 | 24.52 | 1,658 | ||||||
Electoral Front United People | 756,856 | 18.15 | 679 | ||||||
Democratic and Social Centre | 685,574 | 16.44 | 1,053 | ||||||
GDUPs | 100,872 | 2.42 | 43 | ||||||
PCP(m-l) | 5,363 | 0.13 | 2 | ||||||
Portuguese Workers' Communist | 5,214 | 0.13 | 0 | ||||||
People's Monarchist | 3,695 | 0.09 | 2 | ||||||
Workers' Revolutionary | 2,634 | 0.06 | 0 | ||||||
Christian Democratic | 970 | 0.02 | 0 | ||||||
Total valid | 3,975,596 | 95.36 | — | 5,135 | |||||
Blank ballots | 104,185 | 2.50 | |||||||
Invalid ballots | 89,241 | 2.26 | |||||||
Total | 4,169,022 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,453,783 | 64.60 |
Parish Assemblies
National summary of votes and seats
Parties | Votes | % | Candidacies | Mandates | Presidents | ||||
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Total | Total | ||||||||
Socialist | 1,339,460 | 32.69 | 8,345 | ||||||
Social Democratic | 996,972 | 24.33 | 9,076 | ||||||
Electoral Front United People | 629,812 | 15.37 | 2,291 | ||||||
Democratic and Social Centre | 617,690 | 15.07 | 5,077 | ||||||
Independents | 162,367 | 3.96 | 1,230 | ||||||
GDUPs | 93,967 | 2.29 | 99 | ||||||
Portuguese Workers' Communist | 13,721 | 0.33 | 2 | ||||||
People's Monarchist | 1,788 | 0.04 | 12 | ||||||
PCP(m-l) | 1,666 | 0.04 | 3 | ||||||
Internationalist Communist League | 71 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
Total valid | 3,915,120 | 95.55 | — | 26,135 | |||||
Blank ballots | 88,985 | 2.17 | |||||||
Invalid ballots | 93,461 | 2.28 | |||||||
Total | 4,097,566 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,246,594 | 65.60 |
Maps
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The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Councils in each district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
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The first and the second most voted parties in Municipal Assemblies in sech district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
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The first and the second most voted parties in Parish Assemblies in each district. (Azores and Madeira are not shown)
Notes
- The source of the voting data is the Portuguese Electoral Commission Archived 2020-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
Further Notes:
- Electoral Front United People (FEPU) was composed by the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP/CDE) and the People's Socialist Front (FSP).
- 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
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Recenseamentos Gerais da População)". www.ine.pt (in Portuguese). Statistics Portugal. Retrieved 17 July 2021.