Portuguese local election, 1982

Portugal

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Portugal

The Portuguese local election of 1982 took place on 12 December. This was the third 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 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:

• Democratic Alliance (AD) (only in some municipalities)
• Democratic and 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 Councils

The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

 Summary of the 12 December 1982 Municipal Councils elections results

Parties		Votes	%	Candidacies	Councillors		Mayors
					#	±	#	±
	PS	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
	PSD	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	—
	Workers' Communist Party	15,315	0.31		0	0	0	0
	People's Monarchist Party	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 Party	855	0.02		0	0	0	0
Total valid		4,785,586	96.40	—	1,909	9	305	0
Blank ballots		87,381	1.76
Invalid ballots		91,403	1.84
Total (turnout 71.05%)		4,964,370	100.00

Municipal Assemblies

The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

 Summary of the 12 December 1982 Municipal Assemblies elections results

Parties		Votes	%	Candidacies	Mandates
					#	±
	PS	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
	PSD	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 Party	10,314	0.21		28	2
	Workers' Communist Party	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 Party	847	0.02		2	2
	OCMLP	526	0.01		0	—
Total valid		4,865,027	95.93	—	9,897	194
Blank ballots		115,352	2.27
Invalid ballots		91,128	1.80
Total (turnout 71.28%)		5,071,507	100.00

Parish Assemblies

The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown)

 Summary of the 12 December 1982 Parish Assemblies elections results

Parties		Votes	%	Candidacies	Mandates		Presidents
					#	±	#	±
	PS	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
	PSD	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 Party	6,261	0.13		99	21
	Workers' Communist Party	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 Party	482	0.00		0	26
	OCMLP	444	0.00		0	—		—
Total valid		4,738,913	96.28	—	41,636	—	'	—
Blank ballots		87,935	1.79
Invalid ballots		95,380	1.94
Total (turnout 69.59%)		4,922,228	100.00

End notes

• The source of the voting data is the Portuguese Electoral Commission

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.

References

• "CNE Resultados". Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 17 January 2006.
• "Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político". Retrieved 17 January 2006.