Porto District

{{Short description|District of Portugal}}

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| subdivision_name1 = Norte

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| subdivision_name2 = Douro Litoral

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Porto

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| population_total = 1,817,172

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The District of Porto ({{langx|pt|Distrito do Porto}} {{IPA|pt|ˈpoɾtu||Pt-pt Porto FF.ogg}}) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto, the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Braga district to the north and Vila Real district to the east.

Its area is {{cvt|2395|km2}} and its population is 1,817,172. In 2017, the main legal foreign populations were from Brazil (9,442), China (2,475), Ukraine (2,160), Italy (1,273), Spain (1,189), Angola (1,118), and Cape Verde (1,040). These numbers exclude those who obtained Portuguese citizenship, which is regular among recent Portuguese Brazilians or Portuguese-Africans.[https://sefstat.sef.pt/distritos.aspx Estrangeiros residentes em: Porto] – SEF

Municipalities

The district comprises 18 municipalities:

All of the above Municipalities are Cities, except Baião and Lousada.

Some municipalities include one or more cities;the municipality of Paredes has the most cities within its municipality: Paredes, Gandra, Rebordosa and São Salvador de Lordelo.

Other cities in Porto district: Rio Tinto and Valbom (in Gondomar municipality), Ermesinde (in Valongo municipality),

São Mamede de Infesta (in Matosinhos municipality),

Freamunde (in Paços de Ferreira municipality) and

Lixa (in Felgueiras municipality).

Main Airport

Porto Airport /Oporto Int.(OPO) Sá Carneiro, mostly located in Pedras Rubras, Moreira, Maia, Grande Porto.

Main Harbour

Leixões in Matosinhos, Porto area.

Summary of votes and seats won 1976–2022

{{Main|Porto (Assembly of the Republic constituency)||l1=Porto constituency}}

{{election table|title=Summary of election results from Porto district, 1976–2022}}

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!rowspan=2|Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S

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!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

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| align="left"| PS || style="background:#FF66FF;"|40.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|18 || 34.8 || 14 || 34.3 || 14 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|43.0 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|18 || 23.6 || 10 || 26.7 || 11 || 32.9 || 13 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|46.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|18 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|48.0 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|19 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|41.2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|17 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|48.5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|20 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|41.8 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|18 || 32.0 || 14 || 32.7 || 14 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|36.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|17 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|42.5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|19

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| align="left"| PSD || 27.0 || 11 || align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2|In AD || 26.2 || 10 || style="background:#FF9900;"|29.3 || style="background:#FF9900;"|12 || style="background:#FF9900;"|50.9 || style="background:#FF9900;"|22 || style="background:#FF9900;"|51.3 || style="background:#FF9900;"|21 || 36.4 || 14 || 32.7 || 13 || 40.0 || 16 || 27.8 || 12 || 29.2 || 12 || style="background:#FF9900;"|39.2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|17 || align=center colspan=2 rowspan=2|In PàF || 31.2 || 15 || 32.3 || 14

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| align="left"| CDS-PP || 15.7 || 6 || 12.5 || 5 || 9.8 || 4 || 4.0 || 1 || 4.1 || 1 || 7.8 || 3 || 7.5 || 3 || 8.4 || 3 || 6.9 || 2 || 9.3 || 4 || 10.0 || 4 || 3.3 || 1 || 1.5

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| align="left"| PCP/APU/CDU || 8.4 || 3 || 14.5 || 6 || 11.9 || 5 || 13.6 || 5 || 12.1 || 5 || 9.4 || 4 || 6.4 || 2 || 6.0 || 2 || 6.2 || 2 || 4.6 || 1 || 5.4 || 2 || 5.7 || 2 || 6.2 || 2 || 6.8 || 3 || 4.8 || 2 || 3.3 || 1

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| align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#00FFFF;"|44.5 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|18 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|46.6 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|19 || colspan=26|

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| align="left"| PRD || colspan=8| || 20.5 || 8 || 4.0 || 1 || colspan=20|

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| align="left"| BE || colspan=16| || 2.3 || || 2.7 || 1 || 6.7 || 2 || 9.2 || 3 || 5.1 || 2 || 11.1 || 5 || 10.1 || 4 || 4.8 || 2

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| align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|39.6 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|17 || colspan=4|

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| align="left"| PAN || colspan=28| || 3.5 || 1 || 1.7

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| align="left"| IL || colspan=28| || 1.5 || || 5.1 || 2

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| align="left"| CHEGA || colspan=28| || 0.6 || || 4.4 || 2

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! Total seats || colspan=8| 38 || colspan=4|39 || colspan=6|37 || colspan=4|38 || colspan=6|39 || colspan=4|40

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! colspan=33|Source: [https://www.cne.pt/content/eleicoes-referendos Comissão Nacional de Eleições]

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{{Municipalities of Porto}}

{{Administrative divisions of Portugal}}

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