In the municipality of Beja, vote from 08,00 hours. In 12 Parishes and Parish Unions for 47 polling stations, where are they registered 28.949 voters, there 15 EU citizens (I) and 6 Resident foreigners (IS), who will be able to exercise their civil rights.
The polling stations will be open between 8 e as 20 hours. For vote, just indicate your name and present your citizen's card or other official document that contains a photo.
00h36: Serpa House, remains stronghold of the CDU. João Efigénio replaces Tomé Pires. Enough elects a deputy. CDU-3058 votes / 43.07% -4 seats, PS-2201 votes / 31% -2 terms, Enough-1063 votes/14.97%-1 mandate. Voters: 56,85%.
00h30: CDU wins PS União de Parishes of Santiago Maior and São João Baptista (county Beja). Miguel Ramalho is the new president by 2 votes. CDU-2014 votes / 31.96% -5 terms, PS-2012 votes -31.93% -5 terms, PSD-1561 votes/24.77%-3 mandates. Voters: 54,47%.
00h23: PS wins the Chamber of Beja again. Paulo Arsenio re-elected. In 45 years is the first time he gets two consecutive terms. PS-6336 votes / 39.14% -3 terms, CDU-5317 votes / 32.84% -3 seats, PSD/CDS-PP-3,000 votes/18.53%-1 mandate. Voters: 56,26%.
00h09: PS renews mandate in Moura, but Enough elect councilor. PS-2803 votes-40.31% -3 terms, CDU-2719 votes / 38.97% -3 seats, Enough-101 votes/14.35%-1 term. Voters: 58,04%.
23h41: PS renews mandate at the Chamber of Almodôvar. António Bota re-elected for a new term. PS-3,144 votes / 70.84% ​​-4 mandates, PSD-941 votes/21.20%-1 mandate. Voters: 71,96%.
23H17: PS continues to lead the Union of Parishes of Salvador and Santa Maria da Feira (Beja). António Ramos re-elected president without an absolute majority. PS-1,728 votes-37.84% -6 terms, CDU-1357 votes-29.71% -4 seats, PSD-953 votes/20.87%-3 mandates. Voters: 51,39%.
23h26: Final results from four chambers remain to be determined. Chambers of Almodovar (PS-70.12% and PSD-22.76%- 1 parish to find out) Beja (PS-43.23% and CDU-42.03% -2 parishes to be cleared), Moura (PS-41.38% and CDU-38.05%-1 Parish to be determined) and Serpa (CDU-43.53 %% and PS-28.26% -2 parishes to be cleared).
23h22: PS leads again Castro Verde Chamber. Journalist António José Brito re-elected. PS-2309 votes / 58.43% -3 terms, CDU-1411 votes-35.70% -2 seats. Voters: 65,06%
23h19: PS wins again Câmara de Odemira. warrior surrenders warrior, Hélder enters and José Aberto leaves. PS-5,777 votes / 46.66% -5 terms, CDU-3276 votes / 27.41% -2 seats. Voters: 58,73%.
23h13: CDU continues to lead Baleizão Parish (Beja). Maria João Brissos renders Silvestre Troncão. CDU-295 votes / 60.20% -4 seats, PS-185 votes / 37.76% -3 terms. Voters: 65,95%.
23h09: PS wins the Chamber of Ourique again. Marcelo Guerreiro re-elected municipal leader. PS-1740 votes / 53.10% -3 terms, PSD-1178 votes-35.95%-2 terms. Voters: 76,30%.
23H03: CDU wins Chamber of Barrancos from PS. Leonel Rodrigues is the new president. Dalila Guerra elected by the PSD/CDS-PP Coalition. CDU-438 votes / 43.80% -4 seats, PS-392 votes / 39.20% -4 terms, PSD-133 votes/13.30%-1 mandate. Voters: 76,45%
22h57: CDU continues to lead in the Chamber of Cuba. João Português will serve third term. CDU-1,517 votes / 56.10% -3 seats, PS-1,008 votes-37.28% -2 terms. Voters: 73,54%.
22h55: PS renews leadership in the Chamber of Ferreira do Alentejo. LuÃs Pita Plum more 4 years in power. PS-1,678 votes / 46.04,% - 3 terms, CDU-1,054 votes / 28.92% -2 seats. Voters: 56,96%.
22h50: PS returns to lead in the Parish of Beringel (Beja). VÃtor Besugo re-elected president. PS-438 votes / 67.18% -7 terms, CDU-184 votes / 28.22% -2 seats. Voters: 58,58%.
22h47: PS continues to lead Chamber of Aljustrel. Carlos Teles new president replacing Nelson Brito. PS-2,592 votes / 47.54% -3 terms, CDU-2503 votes / 45.91% -2 seats. Voters: 68,75%.
22h38: PS wins Union of Parishes of Santa Vitória and Mombeja from CDU (county Beja). Sergio Bravo elected president. PS-267 votes / 50.38% -4 terms, CDU-238 votes / 44.91% -3 seats. Voters-71.24%.
22h25: CDU maintains leadership of the Parish of Nossa Senhora das Neves (county Beja). Francisco Pardal re-elected president 4 years later. CDU-447 votes-59.28% -6 seats, PS-249 votes-33.02% -3 terms. Voters: 55,93%.
22h25: CDU strengthens leadership in the Vidigueira Chamber. Rui Raposo re-elected president. CDU-1545 votes-48.58% -3 seats, Citizens Movement-772 votes-24.28%-1 term and PS-740 votes-23.27%-1 term. Voters: 68,11%.
22h14: PS wins Alvito Chamber to CDU. José Manuel Efigénio elected president. PS-658 votes / 49.66% -3 terms, CDU-454 votes-34.26% -2 seats. Voters: 69,44%.
22h11: PS continues to lead in the Chamber of Mértola. Mário Tomé elected president of the municipality. PS-2,157 votes / 57.2% -3 terms, CDU-1019 votes-26.94% -2 seats. Voters: 72,81%.
22H08: PS wins Union of Parishes of Albernoa and Trindade (county Beja). Carlos Casimiro re-elected president. PS-273 votes / 54.49% -4 terms, CDU-215 votes / 42.91% -3 seats-Voters: 66,62%.
21h49: CDU wins in the parish of Cabeça Gorda (county Beja). Maria LucÃlia Simão re-elected president. CDU-387 votes / 57.00% -5 seats, PS-271 votes / 39.91% -4 terms. Voters: 60,90%.
21h45: PS wins Trigaches and São Brissos Parish Union (county Beja). Jorge Pelado re-elected president. PS-192 votes / 61.94% -5 terms, CDU-103 votes / 33.23% -2 seats. Voters: 65,40%.
21h41: CDU wins the Parish of Santa Clara do Louredo (county Beja). LuÃs Gaspar re-elected president. CDU-229 votes / 60.26% -4 seats and PS-141 votes / 37.11-3 seats. Voters: 70,11%.
21h31: PS wins São Matias Parish (county Beja). António Grade new president. PS-189 votes / 67.74% -6 terms, CDU-30 / 10.75% -1 mandate, Voters: 63,99%.
21h13: PS wins União de Freguesias de Salvada e Quintos (county Beja). Nelson Cruz is the new president. break with 45 years of CDU hegemony. PS wins with more 134 votes than the CDU. Total votes: PS-428 votes / 57.37% -5 terms, CDU-294 votes / 39.41% -4 seats. Voters: 70,85%.
20h01: First electoral victory in the district belongs to the CDU. Mértola Parish Council.
CDU got the first victory, by winning the Mértola Parish Council, even before the polls close, after the Constitutional Court rejected the Socialist Party list, who led that autarchy.
20h00: They closed the polls.
The count for the election or re-election of 14 Mayors and 75 presidents of the Parish Council or Unions in the district of Beja.
The prediction of abstention in the autarchies is of 45 a 50%, according to the survey that was carried out by Metris GfK, the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) and Higher Institute of Labor and Business Sciences (THIS) for SIC and Expresso.
15h15: In 2017 Alentejo municipalities with less abstention.
There 12 years that the abstention rate in local authorities is above the 40%. According to the News Journal (JN), in elections 2017, in the ten councils with the least abstention, eight were from the Alentejo region. Instead, in five counties more than 57% of voters did not appear at the polls.
less abstention: 1º-Ravines (district of Beja)- 19,11%, 2º-Arronches (Portalegre)- 21,87%, 3º-Cuba (Beja)- 21,96%, 4º-Border (Portalegre)- 22,21%, 5º-Alcoutim (Lighthouse)- 22,45%, 6º-Marvão (Portalegre)- 22,51%, 7º-Sousel (Portalegre)- 23,09%, 8º- Crato (Portalegre)- 23,11%, 9-Th Ourique (Beja)- 23,69% and 10th-Crow (Azores)- 23,85%.
greater abstention: 1º-Reservoir (Lighthouse)- 60,71%, 2º-Portimão (Lighthouse)- 58,84%, 3º-Sintra (Lisbon)-57,69%, 4º-Amateur (Lisbon)-57,34%, 5º-A lot (Setúbal)- 57,24%, 6º-Setúbal (Setúbal)- 56,93%, 7º-Seixal (Setúbal)- 56,72%, 8º-Palmela (Setúbal)- 56,49%, 9º-Cascais (Lisbon)- 56,46% and 10th Ilhavo (Aveiro)- 56,26%.
14h50: Victor Picado, councilor and candidate for the Chamber of Beja, believe in the victory of CDU.
Following the logic of the last four electoral acts in which communists and socialists took turns leading the Chamber of Beja, "This is the year of the CDU".
Victor Picado, for twelve years councilor of the city of Bejense, believe in victory, sustained "in the awareness of the work done in the last four months and in a constructive Opposition in the autarchy", justified.
The head of the list of the Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU), voted in the rural parish of Beringel, where have you lived for five years, They were 13,20 hours, and at the exit he told Lidador NotÃcias exclusively (LN) that "we made the best proposals to improve the lives of residents and the feedback is very positive", a situation that allows us to “believe†that the CDU “will once again command the destinations of the Municipalityâ€, concluded.
Asked the question about the "Carreira Marques Effect", who as responsible for CDU's campaigns in 2005 and 2013 helped the Coalition win the local authority, chopped devalued, arguing that "there is no effect, there is a legacy he left us and a collective idea", finished.
After a morning round of various polling stations in the county, the communist candidate showed some disappointment with voting levels believing that “turnout will increase in the afternoonâ€, said.
In the section 2 from Beringel where Picado voted are inscribed 255 voters, having voted at the time 276, which gave a percentage of 69,01%. In the totality of the two polling stations in the locality, the numbers are different: 812 subscribers, 355 voters, 43,71%.
12h00: Voting takes place without cases in the district of Beja.
“There is no record of any case during the voting for the Municipal Elections in the district of Beja. Everything runs smoothly.”, the information was provided to Lidador NotÃcias, by Major Emanuel Carapinha, Public Relations of the Territorial Command of the GNR of Beja.
11h25: Paul Arsenio, mayor of Beja and PS candidate, convinced of the re-election.
Paul Arsenio, Mayor of Beja, elected by the PS in 2017 and re-candidate for a new municipal mandate, voted in the Section 11 of the Union of Parishes of Salvador and Santa Maria, that works not Centro Escolar de Santa Maria.
The mayor arrived accompanied by his mother, little was after 10,30 hours, he greeted all the members of the two polling stations that operate at the site and then exercised his civic right.
At the exit and exclusively to Lidador NotÃcias (LN), Paul Arsenio, he was convinced of re-election for a new term, arguing that "we believe in and have this confidence".
The mayor justified that in addition to being a historical fact, the PS could lead the municipality of Bejé in two consecutive terms, "it is also important to break a cycle of 20 years of non-reelected Executives".
Remember that Career Marques (CDU) was re-elected for a last term in 2001, Francisco Santos (CDU) led between 2005 and 2009, Jorge Pulido Valente (PD) broke the communist hegemony in 2009, for later on 2013 John Rocha (CDU) to re-guarantee power to the Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU). In 2017, Paulo Arsénio defeated the “dinosaur†João Rocha who had previously led the Chamber of Serpa during 33 year old.
The mayor revealed that during the afternoon, will head to the River Park of Cinco Réis, a work performed in his mandate, where “I'm going to write two speeches, one of victory and the other of defeat", justifying that the declaration will be made at the campaign headquarters, "two known the official results", finished.
