The 2017 Lisbon local election was held on 1 October 2017 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.

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2017 Lisbon local elections

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All 17 Councillors in the Lisbon City Council 9 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	51.2% 6.1 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Fernando Medina Assunção Cristas Teresa Leal Coelho Party PS CDS–PP PSD Alliance Our Lisbon[lower-alpha 1] Last election 11 seats, 50.9% 1 seat[lower-alpha 2] 3 seats[lower-alpha 2] Seats won 8 4 2 Seat change 3 3 1 Popular vote 106,037 51,984 28,336 Percentage 42.0% 20.6% 11.2% Swing 8.9 pp N/A N/A   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   BE Leader João Ferreira Ricardo Robles Inês Sousa Real Party PCP BE PAN Alliance CDU Last election 2 seats, 9.8% 0 seats, 4.6% 0 seats, 2.3% Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 24,110 10,713 7,658 Percentage 9.5% 7.1% 3.0% Swing 0.3 pp 2.5 pp 0.7 pp
Valid votes per parish Fernando Medina (PS)   30–39%   40-49%   50-59% Assunção Cristas (CDS)   30–39%
Mayor before election Fernando Medina PS Elected Mayor Fernando Medina PS

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Against a fractured opposition, Fernando Medina, mayor since the resignation of António Costa in 2015, was elected for a full term, defeating Assunção Cristas (CDS-PP leader) and Teresa Leal Coelho (PSD).^[1] Despite the victory, the Socialist Party lost its majority by one seat, having to rely of the Left Bloc's support.^[2]

The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented former MEP João Ferreira again and achieved similar results, and that guaranteed two Communist councilors. The Left Bloc, with Ricardo Robles as the candidate for Mayor, managed to gain a councillor seat for the first time in 10 years.^[3]

People-Animals-Nature, with Inês Sousa Real as its candidate, failed to elect any councilor.

In the 2013 election, the Socialist Party led by António Costa, won with an absolute majority. The PSD-CDS coalition led by Fernando Seara got about 22% of the votes, the worse result for the center right ever in Lisbon.^[4]

In 2014, Costa won the Socialist primary and became the leader of the Socialist Party. He resigned to focus on the campaign for the 2015 legislative elections, being replaced by Fernando Medina.^[5]

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.^[6]