The 2009 Lisbon local election was held on 11 October 2009 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

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2009 Lisbon local elections

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All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council 9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	53.4% 16.7 pp
First party Second party   Leader António Costa Pedro Santana Lopes Party PS PSD Alliance Lisbon with Way[lower-alpha 1] Last election 8 seats, 39.8%[lower-alpha 2] 3 seats, 20.4% Seats won 9 7 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 123,372 108,457 Percentage 44.0% 38.7% Swing 4.2 pp 18.3 pp   Third party Fourth party   CDU Leader Ruben de Carvalho Luís Fazenda Party PCP BE Alliance CDU Last election 2 seats, 9.4% 1 seats, 6.8% Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 22,623 12,795 Percentage 8.1% 4.6% Swing 1.3 pp 2.2 pp
Mayor before election António Costa PS Elected Mayor António Costa PS

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Mayor since 2007, António Costa, was able to win a full term as mayor with 44% of the votes and achieving an absolute majority. In this election, he joined forces with Helena Roseta's Citizen for Lisbon movement. He defeated former Lisbon mayor and Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes, which gathered almost 39% of the votes and elected 7 councillors.^[1]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented, just like in 2007, Ruben de Carvalho as their mayoral candidate, but lost support compared with 2007, winning 8% of the votes and losing one councillor. The Left Bloc, presented Luís Fazenda as a candidate for Mayor, but failed to hold on to their council seat.

Turnout grew considerably compared with the 2007 by-election, with just 53.4% of voters casting a ballot on election day.

The 2007 by-election was called after former mayor Carmona Rodrigues government fell, following a controversial urban development plan regarding a company called Bragaparques, that ended up being investigated by the Public Prosecution Office.^[2] The PSD withdrew their support from Carmona and a by-election was shortly called.^[3] In a very fragmented result, António Costa, PS candidate, was elected mayor with just 29.5% of the votes.^[4]

Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. 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.^[5]