Editing Porto (section)

==Politics and government==
[[File:CM do Porto.jpg|thumb|Porto City Hall in the Avenida dos Aliados]]
[[File:Town Council Porto 2021.svg|thumb|Current composition of Porto city council:<br/>{{color box|gray}} [[Rui Moreira (politician)|RM]] (6)<br/>{{color box|#FF61EA}} [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]] (3)<br/>{{color box|#FF9900}} [[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]] (2)<br/>{{color box|#FF0000}} [[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]] (1)<br/>{{color box|{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}}}} [[Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE]] (1)]]
{{further|Porto metropolitan area#Government}}
{{See also|:pt:Lista de presidentes da Câmara Municipal do Porto}}

[[Rui Moreira (politician)|Rui Moreira]] ([[Independent (politician)|Independent]]) is the current mayor of Porto, having taken office on 22 October 2013, following the 2013 local elections. He was reelected in 2017 and 2021.<ref>The Mayor EU (2024). Online: https://www.themayor.eu/en/portugal/porto/mayors {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002234702/https://www.themayor.eu/en/portugal/porto/mayors |date=2 October 2024 }}, Retrieved 9 February 2024.</ref>

===Local election results 1976–2021===
Parties are listed from left-wing to right-wing. 
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%; line-height:16px;"
|+ Summary of local elections for Porto city hall, 1976–2021
|-style="height:30px;" 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left" valign=center rowspan="2"|Election
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center|[[Left Bloc (Portugal)|BE]]
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center|[[Portuguese Communist Party|PCP]]<br>[[United People Alliance|APU]]<br>[[Unitary Democratic Coalition|CDU]]
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center|[[Socialist Party (Portugal)|PS]]
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center|[[Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)|PRD]]
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center|[[People-Animals-Nature|PAN]]
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center|[[Social Democratic Party (Portugal)|PSD]]
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center|[[Democratic and Social Centre – People´s Party|CDS]]
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center|[[People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)|PPM]]
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center|[[Rui Moreira (politician)|RM]]
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center rowspan="2"|{{abbr|O/I|Other parties and Invalid/Blank votes}}
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right valign=center rowspan="2"|Turnout
|-
! class="sortable" style="background:{{party color|Left Bloc (Portugal)}};"|
! class="sortable" style="background:{{party color|Unitary Democratic Coalition}};"|
! class="sortable" style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Portugal)}};"|
! class="sortable" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Renewal Party (Portugal)}};"|
! class="sortable" style="background:{{party color|People-Animals-Nature}};"|
! class="sortable" style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Portugal)}};"|
! class="sortable" style="background:{{party color|CDS – People's Party}};"|
! class="sortable" style="background:{{party color|People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)}};"|
! class="sortable" style="background:gray;"|
|-
|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''1976'''
|width="33" align="center" |-
|width="33" align="center"|13.8<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=2}}
|width="33" align="center" {{Party shading/PS}}; color:white;"|'''34.7'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=5}}
|width="33" align="center"|-
|width="33" align="center"|-
|width="33" align="center"|24.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=3}}
|width="33" align="center"|20.0<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=3}}
|width="33" align="center"|-
|width="33" align="center"|-
|width="33" align="center"|7.6<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|width="33" align="center"|'''73.4'''
|-
|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''1979'''
|align="center" valign="top"|-
|align="center" valign="top"|16.7<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=2}}
|align="center" valign="top"|30.7<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=4}}
|width="33" align="center" valign="top"|-
|width="33" align="center" valign="top"|-
|colspan="3" align=center style="background:#CBDCEF"; color:white;"|'''[[Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 1979)|<span style="color:black;">49.7</span>]]'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=7}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|4.2<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''79.3'''
|-
|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''1982'''
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|19.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=2}}
|align="center"|34.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=5}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|colspan="3" align=center style="background:#CBDCEF"; color:white;"|'''[[Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 1979)|<span style="color:black;">42.6</span>]]'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=6}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|3.4<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''73.8'''
|-
|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''1985'''
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|18.1<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=2}}
|align="center"|26.8<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=4}}
|align="center"|7.4<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/PSD}}; color:white;"|'''36.1'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=5}}
|align="center"|8.4<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|3.2<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''60.8'''
|-
|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''1989'''
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|11.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center" {{Party shading/PS}}; color:white;"|'''41.5'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=6}}
|align="center"|0.7<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|31.8<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=5}}
|align="center"|10.3<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|0.7<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|3.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''54.5'''
|-
|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''1993'''
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|7.2<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center" {{Party shading/PS}}; color:white;"|'''59.6'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=9}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|25.6<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=3}}
|width="33" align="center"|4.8<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|2.8<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''58.3'''
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|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''1997'''
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|11.3<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center" {{Party shading/PS}}; color:white;"|'''55.8'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=8}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|colspan="2" align=center valign="top"|26.3<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=4}}
|align="center"|0.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|6.2<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''48.1'''
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|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''2001'''
|align="center"|2.6<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|10.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|38.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=6}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|colspan="2" align=center {{Party shading/PàF}}; color:white;"|'''42.8'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=6}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|5.8<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''48.3'''
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|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''2005'''
|align="center"|4.2<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|9.0<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|36.1<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=5}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|colspan="2" align=center {{Party shading/PàF}}; color:white;"|'''46.2'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=7}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|4.6<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''58.5'''
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|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''[[2009 Porto local election|2009]]'''
|align="center"|5.0<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|9.8<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|34.7<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=5}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|colspan="2" align=center {{Party shading/PàF}}; color:white;"|'''47.5'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=7}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|3.1<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''56.8'''
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|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''[[2013 Porto local election|2013]]'''
|align="center"|3.6<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|7.4<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|22.7<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=3}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|21.1<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=3}}
|align="center"|{{small|w.RM}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center" style="background:#C0C0C0"; color:white;"|'''39.3'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=6}}
|align="center"|6.0<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''52.6'''
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|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''[[2017 Porto local election|2017]]'''
|align="center"|5.3<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|5.9<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|28.6<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=4}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|1.9<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|10.4<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|{{small|w.RM}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center" style="background:#C0C0C0"; color:white;"|'''44.5'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=7}}
|align="center"|3.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''53.7'''
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|align=center style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''[[2021 Porto local election|2021]]'''
|align="center"|6.3<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|7.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=1}}
|align="center"|18.0<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=3}} 
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|2.8<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|17.2<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=2}}
|align="center"|{{small|w.RM}}
|align="center"|-
|align="center" style="background:#C0C0C0"; color:white;"|'''40.7'''<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=6}}
|align="center"|7.5<br>{{font|size=75%|font=Verdana|text=0}}
|align="center"|'''48.8'''
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|colspan=14|Source: Marktest<ref>{{Cite web |title=Histórico de resultados Eleitorais - Autárquicas |url=https://www.marktest.com/wap/a/p/id~d0.aspx |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=Marktest |language=pt |archive-date=2 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002234703/https://www.marktest.com/wap/a/p/id~d0.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Active political parties established in Porto===
The Portuguese party ''[[Iniciativa Liberal]]'' (IL), founded and headquartered in Porto, is the only Portuguese party represented in [[Portuguese Parliament|parliament]] which is headquartered outside of the Lisbon area.