Portuguese local election, 1976 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Portuguese local election of 1976 took place on December 12. This was the first local election in Portugal. The democratic revolution of 1974

Carnation Revolution

The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...

introduced the concept of democratic local power, that should be exerted by the citizens in their towns and cities.

The election was meant to elect for the first time the administration of the about 300 hundred municipalities

Municipalities of Portugal

In Portugal, municipality or concelho is the most stable subdivision of Portugal since the foundation of the country.Portugal has an entirely separate system of cities and towns. Cities and towns are located in municipalities, but often do not have the same boundaries, even if built-up is continuous...

of the country and of the about 4000 parishes

Freguesia

Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...

that composed those 300 municipalities. So, the election consisted in 3 elections in each of the municipalities. The election for the municipal chamber, the election for the municipal assembly

Municipal assembly

Municipal assembly may refer to:* Assembleia Municipal in Portugal* Municipal assembly * People's Municipal Assembly in Algeria* Town meeting in the United States...

and the lower-level election for the parish assembly

Parish Assembly

Parish Assembly may refer to:* Parish Assembly , the assembly of local government in Jersey* Freguesia, a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal...

.

The main political forces involved in the election:

Democratic Social Center (CDS)
Electoral Front United People
Electoral Front United People
The Electoral Front United People , was an electoral front of the Portuguese Communist Party, the Portuguese Democratic Movement/Electoral Democratic Commissions and the People's Socialist Front formed in order to participate in the Portuguese local election of 1976. The FEPU got 737,586 votes ....

(FEPU)
Groups for the Dinamization of the People's Unity (GDUPs)
Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....

(PS)
Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...

(PSD)

The Socialist Party gathered the majority of the voting and mandates, beating the Social Democratic Party and the communist dominated coalition, the Electoral Front United People, however this last dominated the election in the South of the country. The right-wing Democratic Social Center achieved its best result ever in local elections.

Municipal Councils

Socialist Party (Portugal)

The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....

| 1,377,684
| 33.01
|
| 691
| 115
|-
|style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" |
| PSD

Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...

| 1,014,092
| 24.30
|
| 624
| 115
|-
|style="width: 9px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| FEPU

Electoral Front United People

The Electoral Front United People , was an electoral front of the Portuguese Communist Party, the Portuguese Democratic Movement/Electoral Democratic Commissions and the People's Socialist Front formed in order to participate in the Portuguese local election of 1976. The FEPU got 737,586 votes ....

| 720,499
| 17.26
|
| 268
| 37
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" |
| CDS
| 693,766
| 16.62
|
| 317
| 36
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| GDUPs
| 103,784
| 2.49
|
| 5
| 0
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#CC0000 align="center" |
| PCTP/MRPP
| 27,505
| 0.59
|
| 0
| 0
|-
|style="width: 9px" bgcolor=darkred align="center" |
| PCP(ML)
| 15,267
| 0.37
|
| 0
| 0
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" |
| PPM
| 7,528
| 0.18
|
| 3
| 1
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| LCI

Internationalist Communist League (Portugal)

Internationalist Communist League was a Trotskyist political party in Portugal. LCI was founded in 1973. It became the Portuguese section of the reunified Fourth International...

| 3,464
| 0.08
|
| 0
| 0
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| PRT
| 273
| 0.00
|
| 0
| 0
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| APU

United People Alliance

The United People Alliance , was an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Portuguese Democratic Movement...

| 123
| 0.00
|
| 0
| 0
|-
| colspan=2| Blank Ballots
| 89,073
| 2.13
| -
| -
| -
|-
| colspan=2| Invalid Ballots
| 88,783
| 2.13
| -
| -
| -
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|colspan=2| Total (turnout 64.66%)
| 4,173,761
| 100.00
| -
| 1,908
| 304
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2| Registered Voters
| align="center" | 6,454,990
|
|
|
|
|}

Municipal Assemblies

Socialist Party (Portugal)

| 1,392,181
| 33.39
|
| 1,698
|-
|style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" |
| PSD

Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

| 1,022,168
| 24.52
|
| 1,658
|-
|style="width: 9px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| FEPU
| 756,856
| 18.15
|
| 679
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" |
| CDS
| 685,574
| 16.44
|
| 1,053
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| GDUPs
| 100,872
| 2.42
|
| 43
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=darkred align="center" |
| PCP(ML)
| 5,363
| 0.13
|
| 2
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#CC0000 align="center" |
| PCTP/MRPP
| 5,214
| 0.13
|
| 0
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" |
| PPM
| 3,695
| 0.09
|
| 2
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| PRT

Workers Revolutionary Party (Portugal)

Workers Revolutionary Party was a trotskyist political party in Portugal. PRT was founded on January 31, 1975. PRT published Combate Socialista....

| 2,634
| 0.06
|
| 0
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=yellow align="center" |
| PDC
| 970
| 0.02
|
| 0
|-
| colspan=2| Blank Ballots
| 104,185
| 2.50
| -
| -
|-
| colspan=2| Invalid Ballots
| 89,241
| 2.26
| -
| -
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|colspan=2| Total (turnout 64.60%)
| 4,169,022
| 100.00
| -
| 5,135
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2| Registered Voters
| align="center" | 6,453,783
|
|
|
|}

Parish Assemblies

Socialist Party (Portugal)

| 1,339,460
| 32.69
|
| 8,345
|
|-
|style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#FF9900 align="center" |
| PSD

Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

| 996,972
| 24.33
|
| 9,076
|
|-
|style="width: 9px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| FEPU
| 629,812
| 15.37
|
| 2,291
|
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#0093DD align="center" |
| CDS
| 617,690
| 15.07
|
| 5,077
|
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=gray align="center" |
| Independents
| 162,367
| 3.96
|
| 1,230
|
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| GDUPs
| 93,967
| 2.29
|
| 99
|
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#CC0000 align="center" |
| PCTP/MRPP
| 13,721
| 0.33
|
| 2
|
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=#005FAD align="center" |
| PPM
| 1,788
| 0.04
|
| 12
|
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=darkred align="center" |
| PCP(ML)
| 1,666
| 0.04
|
| 3
|
|-
|style="width: 8px" bgcolor=red align="center" |
| LCI
| 71
| 0.00
|
| 0
|
|-
| colspan=2| Blank Ballots
| 88,985
| 2.17
| -
| -
| -
|-
| colspan=2| Invalid Ballots
| 93,461
| 2.28
| -
| -
| -
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|colspan=2| Total (turnout 65.60%)
| 4,097,566
| 100.00
| -
| 26,135
| -
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
| colspan=2| Registered Voters
| align="center" | 6,246,594
|
|
|
|
|}

End notes

The source of the voting data is the Portuguese Electoral Commission

Further Notes:

FEPU was composed by the PCP
Portuguese Communist Party
The Portuguese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Portugal. It is a Marxist-Leninist party, and its organization is based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself to be patriotic and internationalist....

, the MDP/CDE and the 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.

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