Leiria District Explained

District of Leiria
Native Name Lang:pt
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Portugal
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Oeste e Vale do Tejo and Centro
Subdivision Type2:Historical province
Subdivision Name2:Beira Litoral
and Estremadura
Subdivision Type3:No. of municipalities
Subdivision Name3:16
Subdivision Type4:No. of parishes
Subdivision Name4:148
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Leiria
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:3,515
Population Footnotes:2011
Population Total:470,930
Population Density Km2:auto
Iso Code:PT-10
Blank Name Sec1:No. of parliamentary representatives
Blank Info Sec1:10

The District of Leiria (Portuguese: Distrito de Leiria pronounced as /pt-PT/) is a district located in Centro region of Portugal, divided between the traditional provinces of Beira Litoral and Estremadura. It borders on the north with district of Coimbra, on the east with district of Castelo Branco and with district of Santarém, on the south with district of Lisbon and on the west with the Atlantic Ocean. The district capital is the city of Leiria.

Municipalities

Municipalities of the District "C"=city/cidade "T"=town/vila!Name!Status
AlcobaçaC
AlvaiázereT
T
BatalhaT
BombarralT
C
Castanheira de PeraT
Figueiró dos VinhosT
LeiriaC
Marinha GrandeC
T
ÓbidosT
Pedrógão GrandeT
PenicheC
PombalC
T

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022

See main article: Leiria (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" style="text-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 || 31.1|| 4 || 23.2 || 3 ||22.7 || 3 || 32.7 || 4 || 19.6 || 2 || 18.7 || 2 || 23.0 || 3 || 36.7 || 4 || 36.8 || 4 || 29.5 || 3 || 35.6 || 4 || 30.1 || 4 || 20.7 || 3 || 24.8 || 3 || 31.1 || 4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|35.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|5|-| align="left"| PSD || style="background:#f90;"|31.2 || style="background:#f90;"|4 || align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2|In AD || style="background:#f90;"|35.6 || style="background:#f90;"|4 || style="background:#f90;"|38.6 || style="background:#f90;"|5 || style="background:#f90;"|60.8 || style="background:#f90;"|9 || style="background:#f90;"|61.2 || style="background:#f90;"|7 || style="background:#f90;"|43.3 || style="background:#f90;"|5 || style="background:#f90;"|42.6|| style="background:#f90;"|5 || style="background:#f90;"|50.8 || style="background:#f90;"|6 || style="background:#f90;"|39.8 || style="background:#f90;"|5 || style="background:#f90;"|34.9 || style="background:#f90;"|4 || style="background:#f90;"|47.0 || style="background:#f90;"|6 || align=center colspan=2 rowspan=2|In PàF || style="background:#f90;"|33.5 || style="background:#f90;"|5 || 34.7 || 4|-| align="left"| CDS-PP || 19.4 || 2 || 16.2 || 2 || 12.2 || 1 || 6.0 || || 4.8 || || 11.4 || 1 || 9.9 || 1 || 9.8 || 1 || 8.9 || 1 || 12.6 || 1 || 12.8 || 1 || 5.3 || || 2.1 || |-| align="left"| PCP/APU/CDU || 7.3 || 1 || 10.9|| 1 || 9.7 || 1 || 9.5 || 1 || 7.9 || 1 || 5.9 || || 4.5 || || 4.5 || || 5.3 || || 4.1 || || 4.6 || || 5.1 || || 5.0 || || 5.1 || || 4.3 || || 3.1 || |-| align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#0ff;"|56.2 || style="background:#0ff;"|7 || style="background:#0ff;"|59.8 || style="background:#0ff;"|7 || colspan=26||-| align="left"| PRD || colspan=8| || 15.3 || 2 || 3.0 || || colspan=20||-| align="left"| BE || colspan=16| || 1.7 || || 2.2 || || 5.5 || || 9.5 || 1 || 5.1 || || 9.7 || 1 || 9.4 || 1 || 4.5 || |-| align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|48.4 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|6 || colspan=4||-| align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 1.5 || || 8.0 || 1|-! Total seats || colspan=12|11 || colspan=20|10|-! colspan="33"|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições|}

See also

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