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Election in Sintra, Portugal

The 2025 Sintra local election will be held on 12 October 2025 to elect the members for Sintra City Council, Sintra Municipal Assembly and the city’s 11 parish assemblies.

Incumbent Mayor Basílio Horta, from the Socialist Party (PS), is ineligible for a fourth term.[1] Former Minister of Labour Ana Mendes Godinho was chosen as the candidate of the PS, in a coalition with LIVRE (L) and supported by Volt Portugal (VP),[2][3] while former Deputy Mayor Marco Almeida is running for the third time, this time with the support of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Liberal Initiative (IL) and People Animals Nature (PAN).[4] Meanwhile, Chega (CH) has presented the leader of Chega Youth, Rita Matias, as its candidate.[5]

CDS – People’s Party (CDS–PP) broke away with the PSD, after disagreements regarding the lists and the inclusion of the Liberal Initiative, and will contest the election in a coalition with the People’s Monarchist Party (PPM) and the National Democratic Alternative (ADN), with local party councillor Maurício Rodrigues as mayoral candidate.[6] The Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU) will repeat their 2021 mayoral candidate and local party councillor Pedro Ventura.[7]

Incumbent Mayor Basílio Horta, from the Socialist Party (PS), won a third and final term, with 35.3% of the votes and electing five seats, losing its absolute majority. The coalition between PSD, CDS–PP and their allies, led by Ricardo Baptista Leite, got 27.5% of the votes and elected 4 seats.[8]

Meanwhile, the Unitary Democratic Coalition (CDU), led by Pedro Ventura, managed to hold onto its single councillor, despite a small decrease to 9.0%, while Chega (CH) elected Nuno Afonso as city councillor and got 9.1% of the votes.[8] Nuno Afonso would go on to leave Chega in January 2023 and remained as an Independent councillor.[9]

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.[10][11]

Parties and candidates

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Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Refs
APS « As Pessoas, Sempre » “The People, Always” [19]
SCS « Sempre com os Sintrenses » “Always with the People of Sintra” [20]
CH « Sintra na Linha » “Sintra in Line” [21]
CDU « Presta Contas » “Accountability” [22]
PSANC « Por Sintra, A Nossa Casa » “For Sintra, Our Home” [23]
BE « Sintra + Solidária e Sustentável » “Sintra + Solidarity and Sustainable” [24]

Candidates’ debates

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2025 Sintra local election debates
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present[f]    NI  Not invited   I  Invited    A  Absent invitee 
APS
Godinho 		SCS
Almeida 		CH
Matias 		CDU
Ventura 		PSANC
Rodrigues 		BE
Russo 		Refs
16 Sep 2025 SIC Notícias Nelma Serpa Pinto P P P P P P [25]
22 Sep 2025 RTP3 Luísa Bastos P P P P P P [26]
Polling firm/Link Fieldwork date Sample size APS SCS PSANC CH CDU BE ND O Lead
PS L PAN IL PSD CDS PPM ADN
Pitagórica 13–18 Sep 2025 500 30.3
4 		32.1
4 		1.6
0 		24.5
3 		5.5
0 		2.1
0 		0.3
0 		3.6 1.8
ICS/ISCTE 3–14 Sep 2025 803 32
4 		30
4 		2
0 		28
3 		3
0 		1
0 		1
0 		3 2
Aximage 11–22 Jul 2025 502 39.5
5 		2.2
0 		38.2
5 		0.3
0 		11.3
1 		2.3
0 		2.9
0 		— 3.3
0 		1.3
2025 Legislative election 18 May 2025 — 23.8
(3) 		6.0
(0) 		2.1
(0) 		6.5
(1) 		24.8
(3) 		0.1
(0) 		1.3
(0) 		26.1
(4) 		3.1
(0) 		2.5
(0) 		0.2
(0) 		3.7
(0) 		1.3
2024 EP election 9 Jun 2024 — 32.9
(5) 		4.6
(0) 		1.8
(0) 		9.6
(1) 		24.2
(3) 		1.8
(0) 		13.1
(2) 		4.5
(0) 		5.1
(0) 		0.2
(0) 		2.4
(0) 		8.7
2024 Legislative election 10 Mar 2024 — 28.8
(4) 		4.6
(0) 		2.9
(0) 		5.9
(1) 		22.5
(3) 		1.5
(0) 		21.2
(3) 		3.3
(0) 		5.4
(0) 		0.2
(0) 		3.9
(0) 		6.3
2022 Legislative election 30 Jan 2022 — 44.0
(7) 		1.9
(0) 		2.3
(0) 		6.3
(0) 		20.7
(3) 		1.3
(0) 		— 0.3
(0) 		9.7
(1) 		4.7
(0) 		5.3
(0) 		— 3.5
(0) 		23.3
2021 local election 26 Sep 2021 — 35.3
5 		— 3.3
0 		2.7
0 		27.5
4 		9.1
1 		9.0
1 		5.8
0 		— 7.3
0 		7.8
  1. ^ Ralha, Leonardo (2024-11-19). “Sintra começa a definir o pós-Basílio com indícios de viragem à direita”. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  2. ^ ECO (2025-07-07). “Candidata do PS em Sintra apresenta-se na freguesia de Ventura e promete 10 mil casas até 2030”. ECO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  3. ^ a b ““Ameaça da extrema-direita” leva Volt Portugal a declarar apoio a Ana Mendes Godinho em Sintra”. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 2025-08-19. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  4. ^ a b Lopes, Maria (2025-07-18). “PAN junta-se ao PSD e à IL no apoio a Marco Almeida para a Câmara de Sintra”. PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  5. ^ a b Lusa (2025-01-29). “Rita Matias será candidata do Chega à Câmara de Sintra”. PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  6. ^ a b Lopes, Maria (2025-06-29). “Descontente com aliança do PSD com IL, CDS-PP sai da coligação e concorre sozinho em Sintra”. PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  7. ^ a b Tavares, Jorge (2025-02-13). “Pedro Ventura é o candidato da CDU à Câmara Municipal de Sintra – Sintra Notícias”. sintranoticias.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  8. ^ a b Notícias, Sintra (2021-09-27). “PS vence autárquicas em Sintra – Sintra Notícias”. sintranoticias.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  9. ^ Lopes, Maria (2023-01-27). “Nuno Afonso, fundador do Chega e principal adversário de Ventura, deixa o partido”. PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  10. ^ “::: Lei n.º 169/99, de 18 de Setembro”. www.pgdlisboa.pt. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  11. ^ “Eleição dos titulares dos órgãos das autarquias locais” (in Portuguese). Diário da República. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  12. ^ “Ana Mendes Godinho é a candidata do PS à Câmara de Sintra”. SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  13. ^ Lopes, Maria (2025-07-01). “Livre assina coligação com PS em Sintra, mas não deve conseguir eleger na câmara. Compromisso tem 60 medidas”. PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  14. ^ Notícias, Sintra (2025-02-04). “Marco Almeida é candidato do PSD à Câmara de Sintra – Sintra Notícias”. sintranoticias.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  15. ^ “PPM e ADN coligados com CDS-PP na corrida à Câmara de Sintra”. Observador (in Portuguese). 2025-08-17. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  16. ^ “Acórdão (extrato) n.º 752/25, de 13 de agosto”. Diário da República (in Portuguese). 2025-08-13. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  17. ^ “Autárquicas: Concelhia do BE aprova candidatura de Tânia Russo em Sintra”. www.lusa.pt. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  18. ^ “Autárquicas 2025”. NOVA DIREITA (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  19. ^ “As Pessoas, sempre”. Ana Mendes Godinho Facebook account (in Portuguese). 16 July 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  20. ^ “Autárquicas Sintra 2025”. PSD Sintra Facebook account (in Portuguese). 20 July 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  21. ^ “None”. Chega Sintra Facebook account (in Portuguese). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  22. ^ “None”. CDU Sintra Facebook account (in Portuguese). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  23. ^ “None”. CDS Sintra Facebook account (in Portuguese). 6 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  24. ^ “A nossa candidatura está aí por uma Sintra + Solidária e Sustentável. Junta-te a nós e traz mais alguém!”. BE Sintra Facebook account (in Portuguese). 6 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  25. ^ “Eleições Autárquicas: o debate de Sintra”. SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 16 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  26. ^ “Debates Eleições Autárquicas 2025”. RTP (in Portuguese). 22 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.

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