1993 Lisbon local election

The 1993 Lisbon local election was held on 12 December 1993 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.
Incumbent mayor Jorge Sampaio, with his coalition between the Socialists and the Communists, won reelection by a landslide, defeating the Social Democratic candidate José Macário Correia, with 56.7% of the votes and 11 councillors, against the PSD's 26.3% of the votes and 5 councillors.

Background

In the 1989 election, the coalition between the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, the Ecologist Party "The Greens" and the Portuguese Democratic Movement, led by PS leader Jorge Sampaio, won the election, achieving 49.1% of the votes and 9 seats in the city council. They defeated the coalition between the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic and Social Centre and the People's Monarchist Party, led by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who got 42.1% of the votes and 8 seats.

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. The lists are closed and the seats in each municipality are apportioned according to the D'Hondt method.

Results

Municipal Council

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Municipal Assembly

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! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|Seats
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Parish Assemblies