Portuguese local election, 1979

The Portuguese local election of 1979 took place on December 16. This was the second local election in Portugal since the democratic revolution of 1974 introduced the concept of democratic local power.

The election consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities, 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 on the top of the results table, however that was because the coalition between the two major right-wing parties, the Democratic Social Center and the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Alliance, did not participated in all Municipalities and Parishes, being the parties which composed it, separated in many Municipalities.ng

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.

The main political forces involved in the election were:

* Democratic Alliance (AD) (only in some municipalities)
* Democratic Social Center (CDS) (only in some municipalities)
* Socialist Party (PS)
* Social Democratic Party (PSD) (only in some municipalities)
* United People Alliance (APU)

National summary of votes and seats

Municipal Chambers

* Registered Voters: 6,761,751
* Turnout: 73.16%

End notes

* The source of the voting data is the [http://eleicoes.cne.pt/cne2005/sel_eleicoes.cfm?m=raster#assemb Portuguese Electoral Commission]

Further Notes:

*"AD was composed by the CDS, the PSD and the 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."
* "APU was composed by the PCP and the 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."

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