The polls pointed to a close election night in the country’s main cities, but the results brought the PSD victory in the two largest chambers: Lisbon and Porto. Carlos Moedas was re-elected mayor of Lisbon and the former minister .
Not totally, the PSD managed to win 136 municipalities and the PS 127. The socialists therefore lose the presidency of the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities.
Chega, although it managed – for the first time – three chambers (Albufeira, Entroncamento and São Vicente)did not achieve all the objectives it set out to achieve, it was at least at the end of the night.
Also noteworthy is others important color changes: Sintrawhich ceases to be PS, with Marco Almeida’s victory; Viseuwhich becomes socialist, after years of governance by the CDS and PSD; Bragançawhich also stopped being ‘orange’; Gaiawith the return of Luís Filipe Menezes, 12 years later; Coimbra, won for the PS (in coalition with Livre and PAN) by Ana Abrunhosa; Guimarãeswhich the PS loses to the PSD and the CDS, Farowith the right-wing coalition losing to the socialistse Setúbalwhere the CDU loses the chamber to the former mayor, now running as an independent.
In these elections, . Of the 24 municipalities that had never changed political colorthey remained just 17. The PS lost three historic chambers, while the PSD and PCP each lost two.
Moedas maintains ‘reign’ in Lisbon, Leitão assumes defeat
The fight was close, but the cThe right-wing PSD/CDS/IL coalition would end up triumphing over the left-wing party PS/Livre/BE/PAN. Carlos Moedas waited until the end of the night, when the votes were almost all counted, to claim victory. He was relected mayor of the capital with 30 thousand more votes than in the last elections. In the evening speech, .
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Before Moedas spoke, . The socialist who headed the left-wing coalition took “entire responsibility” for a result that, she admitted, was not what she wanted. He left as a promise “loyalty to those who won the elections”, but also a “rigorous, firm and prepositional opposition”.
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Pedro Duarte beats Pizarro in the race to Porto, but leaves him a “special greeting”
And if in Porto the polls also pointed to a technical draw, which remained throughout much of the night, it was Pedro Duarte, heading the PPD/PSD/CDS-PP/IL coalition, who won the place. He got 2,008 more votes than Manuel Pizarro and succeeds the independent Rui Moreira.
In his speech at the end of the night, Pedro Duarte “generosity and civility” and for “in such a wise way, knowing what you want for your future”. Without forgetting the opponent, to whom he left a “special greeting”.
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Pizarro did not want to leave room for doubt and when it was about 20 minutes past midnight: “We lost the elections”. He highlighted, however, that the PS doubled the number of councilors, obtaining six seats in the City Council, thus equaling the number of the winning coalition.
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How leaders see the new municipal map
At the end of the night, Luis Montenegro He was a more than satisfied leader. “We are, effectively, objectively, the big winners. I don’t know how to say this any other way.” declared. THE . But having more chambers does not mean that you can govern in all of them. To achieve this, agreements must be made – and Montenegro showed no shame in dialoguing with Chega to achieve conditions of governability in local authorities. “Democracy must live with this, naturally”, he argued.
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Despite having lost leadership of the National Association of Municipalities, the PS didn’t see tonight as a defeat. after the disaster of the last legislative elections. “For those who understood that the PS was in a definitive loss of representation, the PS showed vitality and returned”, he stated. The socialist general secretary celebrated the conquest of five district capitals and declared itself, “again”, the “great party of democratic political alternative” to the AD.
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And if at the beginning of election night when declaring the “A party of local victories” arrives – with the conquest of three municipal chambers -, the night ended with the party leader recognizing that, despite everything, . “Today we didn’t win, but we will fight to win,” he said.
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On a night of winners and losers, Paulo Raimundo has no doubts about which ‘side’ to put the CDU on: . Something that, he admitted, reflects a “particularly demanding situation” during the campaign. There is, however, no place for “predictions”. This is at least what the four new municipalities that pass into the hands of the CDU (Mora, Sines, Montemor-o-Novo and Aljustrel) dictate.
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The president of CDS, and speak in a “growth cycle” for centrists. THE party kept all the chambers it already led and elected mayors in several regions of the countryincluding mainland, Azores and Madeira. “For those who say that the CDS is already over: make no mistake, the CDS is here”shot.
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Mariana Mortágua was : classified them as “modest”. He does not, however, recognize errors in the party’s strategy, which he considers “correct” and with a “direction for the future” in a context of “turn to the right”. Whether they could have been a result of your absence? Don’t believeespecially because he considers that the Bloc has “many very qualified people to represent it”.
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On the right, the president of the Liberal Initiative highlights the decisive for “close the doors to the radical left”. In what was Mariana Leitão’s first campaign as leader, she promised and delivered: tripling the number of people elected in 2021. For future local authorities, he hopes to see “a slightly more different map”with “more presence of the Liberal Initiative”.
Inês Sousa Real of the coalitions of which the PAN is part, ensuring that the party “will have the opportunity to make a difference” and will continue to work for the causes he defends. He also left a warning: “People don’t want to know whether parties are left or right to solve their problems – they want them to be open to dialogue.”
