Lisbon District Explained

Lisbon District
Native Name Lang:pt
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Portugal
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Lisbon
(partly Alentejo Region)
Subdivision Type2:Historical province
Subdivision Name2:Estremadura Province
(partly Ribatejo Province)
Subdivision Type3:No. of municipalities
Subdivision Name3:16
Subdivision Type4:No. of parishes
Subdivision Name4:134
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Lisbon
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2,800
Population Total:2,135,992
Population Density Km2:auto
Iso Code:PT-11
Blank Name Sec1:No. of parliamentary representatives
Blank Info Sec1:48

Lisbon District (Portuguese: Distrito de Lisboa) is a district located along the western coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Lisbon, which is also the national capital. From its creation until 1926, it included the area of the current Setúbal District.[1]

Municipalities

The district is composed of 16 municipalities:

Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022

See main article: Lisbon (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;"|38.3 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|25 || 25.8 || 15 || 28.1 || 17 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|35.8 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|21 || 19.8 || 12 || 21.2 || 12 || 29.7 || 16 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|44.3 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|24 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|42.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|23 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|38.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|20 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|44.1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|23 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|36.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|19 || 27.5 || 14 || 33.5 || 18 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|36.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|20 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|40.8 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|21|-| align="left"| PSD || 16.4 || 10 || align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2|In AD || 21.8 || 13 || style="background:#FF9900;"|25.6 || style="background:#FF9900;"|15 || style="background:#FF9900;"|45.8 || style="background:#FF9900;"|28 || style="background:#FF9900;"|45.3 || style="background:#FF9900;"|25 || 29.0 || 15 || 27.3|| 14 || 35.7 || 18 || 23.7 || 12 || 25.1 || 13 || style="background:#FF9900;"|34.1 || style="background:#FF9900;"|18 || align=center colspan=2 rowspan=2|In PàF || 22.6 || 12 || 24.2 || 13|-| align="left"| CDS-PP || 13.2 || 8 || 11.7 || 7 || 8.1 || 4 || 3.7 || 2 || 4.0 || 2 || 9.4 || 5 || 8.5 || 4 || 8.5 || 4 || 8.2 || 4 || 11.0 || 5 || 13.8 || 7 || 4.4 || 2 || 1.7|-| align="left"| PCP/APU/CDU || 21.8 || 14 || 26.0 || 16 || 23.1 || 13 || 25.3 || 15 || 20.1 || 12 || 16.5 || 10 || 12.2 || 6 || 12.0 || 6 || 12.3 || 6 || 8.8 || 4 || 9.8 || 5 || 9.9 || 5 || 9.6 || 5 || 9.8 || 5 || 7.8 || 4 || 5.1 || 2|-| align="left"| UDP || 2.6 || 1 || 2.8 || 1 || 1.7 || 1 || colspan=26||-| align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#00FFFF;"|40.0 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|24 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|41.6 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|25 || colspan=26||-| align="left"| PRD || colspan=8| || 21.3 || 13 || 6.9 || 4 || colspan=20||-| align="left"| PSN || colspan=12| || 2.7 || 1 || colspan=18||-| align="left"| BE || colspan=16| || 4.9 || 2 || 4.7 || 2 || 8.8 || 4 || 10.8 || 5 || 5.7 || 3 || 10.9 || 5 || 9.7 || 5 || 4.7 || 2|-| align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|34.7 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|18 || colspan=4||-| align="left"| PAN || colspan=26| || 2.0 || 1 || 4.4 || 2 || 2.0 || 1|-| align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 2.0 || 1 || 7.8 || 4|-| align="left"| IL || colspan=28| || 2.5 || 1 || 7.9 || 4|-| align="left"| LIVRE || colspan=28| || 2.1 || 1 || 2.4 || 1|-! Total seats || colspan=2| 58 || colspan=10|56 || colspan=4|50 || colspan=2|49 || colspan=4|48 || colspan=6|47 || colspan=4|48|-! colspan=33|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições|}

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gwillim Law . 1999 . Portugal . Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 Through 1998 . registration . Jefferson, N.C. . McFarland & Company . 0786407298 . 297.