2025 Viseu local election
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The 2025 VIseu local election will be held on 12 October 2025 to elect the members for Viseu City Council, Viseu Municipal Assembly and the city's 25 parish assemblies.
Incumbent Mayor Fernando Ruas, from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), is running for a second consecutive term.[2] Former Mayor of Mangualde and former MP João Azevedo was chosen as the candidate of the Socialist Party (PS) again, after his lost in 2021.[3] The Chega party (CH) chose the MP Bernardo Pessanha.[4] The CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP), who once held the mayorship of the city, chose former MP and former member of the Viseu City Council, Hélder Amaral.[5]
Electoral system
Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. The winner of the most voted list for the municipal council is automatically elected mayor, similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP). The lists are closed and the seats in each municipality are apportioned according to the D'Hondt method. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.[6][7]
Parties and candidates
Party/Coalition | Political position |
Candidate | 2021 result | Ref. | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
PSD | Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata |
Center-right | Fernando Ruas | 46.7% | 5 / 9
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[8] | |
PS | Socialist Party Partido Socialista |
Center-left | João Azevedo | 38.3% | 4 / 9
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[9] | |
CH | Enough! Chega! |
Right-wing to far-right |
Bernardo Pessanha | 3.0% | 0 / 9
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[10] | |
IL | Liberal Initiative Iniciativa Liberal |
Center-right to right-wing |
Hélio Marta | 2.2% | 0 / 9
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CDS–PP | CDS – People's Party CDS – Partido Popular |
Right-wing | Hélder Amaral | 2.0% | 0 / 9
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[12] | |
CDU | Unitary Democratic Coalition Coligação Democrática Unitária PCP, PEV |
Left-wing to far-left |
Leonel Ferreira | 1.2% | 0 / 9
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[13] |
Opinion polling
Polling firm/Link | Fieldwork date | Sample size | PSD | CDS | PS | CH | IL | BE | CDU | O | Lead | ||||
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2025 Legislative election | 18 May 2025 | — | 40.7 (5) |
21.5 (2) |
22.3 (2) |
4.5 (0) |
1.5 (0) |
1.1 (0) |
8.4 (0) |
18.4 | |||||
2024 EP election | 9 Jun 2024 | — | 38.3 (4) |
29.9 (3) |
9.8 (1) |
8.3 (1) |
3.5 (0) |
1.7 (0) |
8.5 (0) |
8.4 | |||||
2024 Legislative election | 10 Mar 2024 | — | 35.6 (4) |
25.7 (3) |
19.7 (2) |
4.0 (0) |
3.4 (0) |
1.2 (0) |
10.4 (0) |
8.4 | |||||
2022 Legislative election | 30 Jan 2022 | — | 36.6 (4) |
1.9 (0) |
39.2 (4) |
8.2 (1) |
3.8 (0) |
3.6 (0) |
1.6 (0) |
5.1 (0) |
2.6 | ||||
2021 local election | 26 Sep 2021 | — | 46.7 5 |
2.0 0 |
38.3 4 |
3.0 0 |
2.2 0 |
2.0 0 |
1.2 0 |
4.6 | 8.4 | ||||
References
- ^ "Mapa do número de mandatos por órgão municipal" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Lusa, Agência. "Autárquicas. Fernando Ruas recandidata-se a segundo e último mandato a Viseu". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ Lusa, Agência. "Autárquicas. PS volta a apostar em João Azevedo para a Câmara de Viseu". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ Eduardo, Carlos (2025-01-24). "Bernardo Pessanha é o candidato do Chega à Câmara de Viseu - Jornal do Centro" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ Rodrigues, Sandra (2025-07-22). "Autárquicas: CDS avança com Hélder Amaral à Câmara de Viseu para "despertar a ambição adormecida dos viseenses" - Jornal do Centro" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-12.
- ^ "::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro". www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "Eleição dos titulares dos órgãos das autarquias locais" (in Portuguese). Diário da República. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Lusa, Agência. "Autárquicas. Fernando Ruas recandidata-se a segundo e último mandato a Viseu". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ^ Lusa, Agência. "Autárquicas. PS volta a apostar em João Azevedo para a Câmara de Viseu". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ^ Eduardo, Carlos (2025-01-24). "Bernardo Pessanha é o candidato do Chega à Câmara de Viseu - Jornal do Centro" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ^ Lopes, Jorge (2025-07-14). "Autárquicas: IL candidata Hélio Marta à presidência da Câmara de Viseu - Jornal do Centro" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ^ "Viseu: na cidade onde o PS nunca mandou, o CDS pode complicar as contas a Fernando Ruas". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2025-08-12. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ^ Lopes, Jorge (2025-03-31). "Autárquicas'25: Leonel Ferreira é o candidato da CDU à Câmara de Viseu - Jornal do Centro" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-13.