2009 Lisbon local election
The 2009 Lisbon local election was held on 11 October 2009 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.
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Mayor since 2007, António Costa, was able to win a full term as mayor with 44% of the votes and achieving an absolute majority. In this election, he joined forces with Helena Roseta's Citizen for Lisbon movement. He defeated former Lisbon mayor and Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes, which gathered almost 39% of the votes and elected 7 councillors.
The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented, just like in 2007, Ruben de Carvalho as their mayoral candidate, but lost support compared with 2007, winning 8% of the votes and losing one councillor. The Left Bloc, presented Luís Fazenda as a candidate for Mayor, but failed to hold on to their council seat.
Turnout grew considerably compared with the 2007 by-election, with just 53.4% of voters casting a ballot on election day.