Portalegre District Explained

Portalegre District
Native Name Lang:pt
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Portugal
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Alentejo Region
Subdivision Type2:Historical province
Subdivision Name2:Alto Alentejo Province
(partly Ribatejo)
Subdivision Type3:No. of municipalities
Subdivision Name3:15
Subdivision Type4:No. of parishes
Subdivision Name4:86
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Portalegre
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:6,065
Population Total:104,989
Population Density Km2:auto
Iso Code:PT-12
Blank Name Sec1:No. of parliamentary representatives
Blank Info Sec1:2

Portalegre District (Portuguese: Distrito de Portalegre pronounced as /pt-PT/) is located in the east of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Portalegre.

As of 2021, it is the least populous district of Portugal. It borders Spain.

Municipalities

The district is composed of 15 municipalities:

Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022

See main article: Portalegre (Assembly of the Republic constituency). |- class="unsortable"!rowspan=2|Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 | 1976!colspan=2 | 1979!colspan=2 | 1980!colspan=2 | 1983!colspan=2 | 1985!colspan=2 | 1987!colspan=2 | 1991!colspan=2 | 1995!colspan=2 | 1999!colspan=2 | 2002!colspan=2 | 2005!colspan=2 | 2009!colspan=2 | 2011!colspan=2 | 2015!colspan=2 | 2019!colspan=2 | 2022|-| align="left"| PS || style="background:#FF66FF;"|41.9 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|3 || 29.8 || 1 ||32.4 || 1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|38.5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || 23.7 || 1 || 25.1 || 1 || 33.5 || 1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|50.5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|51.2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|45.3 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|54.9 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|38.3 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|1 || 32.4 || 1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|42.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|44.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|47.2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2|-| align="left"| PSD || 10.1 || || align=center colspan=4|In AD || 19.1 || 1 || 20.9 || 1 || style="background:#FF9900;"|37.4 || style="background:#FF9900;"|1 || style="background:#FF9900;"|38.9 || style="background:#FF9900;"|2 || 23.4 || 1 || 22.5|| 1 || 30.6 || 1 || 20.2 || || 23.8 || 1 || style="background:#FF9900;"|32.5 || style="background:#FF9900;"|1 || align=center colspan=2|In PàF || 20.1 || || 23.2 || |-| align="left"| PCP/APU/CDU || 22.0 || 1 || 29.4|| 1 || 26.1 || 1 || 28.7 || 1 || style="background:red;"|25.2 || style="background:red;"|1 || 20.9 || 1 || 15.2 || || 14.0 || || 15.0 || || 12.4 || || 12.1 || || 12.9 || || 12.8 || || 12.2 || || 8.1 || || 7.6 || |-| align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#00FFFF;"|32.1 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|2 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|33.4 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|2 || colspan=26||-| align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || 27.6 || 1 || colspan=4||-! Total seats || colspan=8|4 || colspan=12|3 || colspan=12|2|-! colspan=33|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições|}

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