Lisbon District

Lisbon District
District
Country	Portugal
Region	Lisbon (partly Alentejo Region)
Historical province	Estremadura Province (partly Ribatejo Province)
No. of municipalities	16
No. of parishes	226
Capital	Lisbon
Area
• Total	2,800 km2 (1,100 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,135,992
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
No. of parliamentary representatives	47

Lisbon District (Portuguese pronunciation: [liʒˈβoɐ], Portuguese: Distrito de Lisboa) is a district located in the South Central Portugal, the district capital is the city of Lisbon, also the national capital. From its creation until 1926, it included the area of the current Setúbal District.

Municipalities

The district is composed of 16 municipalities:

• Alenquer
• Amadora
• Arruda dos Vinhos
• Azambuja
• Cadaval
• Cascais
• Lisbon
• Loures
• Lourinhã
• Mafra
• Odivelas
• Oeiras
• Sintra
• Sobral de Monte Agraço
• Torres Vedras
• Vila Franca de Xira

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2011

 Summary of election results from Lisbon district, 1976-2011

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
	1976		1979		1980		1983		1985		1987		1991		1995		1999		2002		2005		2009		2011
PS	38.3	25	25.8	15	28.1	17	35.8	21	19.8	12	21.2	12	29.7	16	44.3	24	42.7	23	38.7	20	44.1	23	36.4	19	27.5	14
PSD	16.4	10					21.8	13	25.6	15	45.8	28	45.3	25	29.0	15	27.3	14	35.7	18	23.7	12	25.1	13	34.1	18
CDS-PP	13.2	2					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
PCP/FEPU/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
BE																	4.9	2	4.7	2	8.8	4	10.8	5	5.7	3
AD			39.9	24	41.6	25
PRD / PNR									21.3	13	6.9	4
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

External links

• List of Civil Governors (1835-2008)