The 1989 Lisbon local election was held on 17 December 1989 to elect the members of the Lisbon City Council.
Former minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, announced his candidacy for Mayor of Lisbon, with a coalition between the Social Democrats, the Centrists and the Monarchists. Meanwhile, Jorge Sampaio, the secretary-general of the Socialist Party, unnexpectedly announced that he would be the party's candidate for Mayor of Lisbon, forming a coalition with the Communist Party and its allies (PEV and MDP/CDE). HermÃÂnio Martinho, the former leader of the Democratic Renewal Party, was also a candidate.
Sampaio won with 49% of the votes and 9 seats, beating Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa who got 42% of the votes and elected 8 seats.
In the 1985 election, incumbent Mayor Nuno Krus Abecasis ran as the Social Democratic candidate, winning with 44.8% of the votes and electing 8 seats, one short of a majority. The United People Alliance finished second, with 27.5% of the votes and 5 seats, well ahead of the Socialist Party, led by Helena Torres Marques, with 18.0% of the votes and 3 seats. The People's Monarchist Party ended up getting one seat, after getting 5.1% of the votes.
Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. The winner of the most voted list for the municipal council is automatically elected mayor, similar to first-past-the-post (FPTP). The lists are closed and the seats in each municipality are apportioned according to the D'Hondt method.
|- | colspan="11"| |- ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|ñpp swing ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|Councillors |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|ñ |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#ff3366 align="center" | |align=left|PS / PCP / PEV / MDP/CDE |180,635||49.07||3.6||9||1 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#2a52be align="center" | |align=left|PSD / CDS / PPM |154,888||42.07||7.7||8||1 |- | |11,453||3.11||||0|| |- | |6,390||1.74||1.3||0||0 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=red align="center" | |align=left|Revolutionary Left Front |1,326||0.36||||0|| |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|342,132 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|96.59 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.1 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|17 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |7,492||1.87||0.2||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |5,659||1.54||0.1 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|367,610 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||670,447||54.83||1.3 |- | colspan=11 align=left | Source: Lisbon 1989 election results
|- | colspan="7"| |- ! rowspan="2" colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Parties ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% ! rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|ñpp swing ! colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|Seats |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|Total ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align="center"|ñ |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#ff3366 align="center" | |align=left|PS / PCP / PEV / MDP/CDE |182,237||49.57|||0.7||28||1 |- |style="width: 9px" bgcolor=#2a52be align="center" | |align=left|PSD / CDS / PPM |154,744||42.09|||2.3||24||1 |- | |12,685||3.45||||2|| |- | |6,390||1.42|||0.7||0|| |- |colspan=2 width="330" align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|354,425 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|96.52 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0.4 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|54 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|0 |- |colspan=2|Blank ballots |7,502||1.92||0.0||colspan=3 rowspan=4| |- |colspan=2|Invalid ballots |5,717||1.56||0.4 |- |colspan=2 align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="50" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|367,644 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |width="40" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout ||670,447||54.84||3.9 |- | colspan=7 align=left | Source: Lisbon 1989 election results
|- class="unsortable" !rowspan=2|Parish!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S !rowspan=2|Total<br />S |- class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan=2 | PS/CDU/<br/>MDP/CDE !colspan=2 | PSD/CDS/<br/>PPM !colspan=2 | PRD |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ajuda | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 61.2 | 13 | 30.2 | 6 | 3.5 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alcântara | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 58.8 | 12 | 34.8 | 7 | 2.7 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alto do Pina | 39.8 | 5 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 53.8 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alvalade | 34.7 | 5 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 59.9 | 8 | 2.4 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ameixoeira | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 57.6 | 8 | 34.2 | 5 | 2.9 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Anjos | 42.3 | 6 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 49.9 | 7 | 3.4 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Beato | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 56.5 | 8 | 32.7 | 5 | 4.1 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Benfica | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 50.9 | 12 | 41.3 | 9 | 2.6 | - | 21 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Campo Grande | 46.9 | 6 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 48.0 | 7 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Campolide | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 52.8 | 11 | 37.4 | 8 | 4.4 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Carnide | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 62.5 | 9 | 30.9 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Castelo | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 64.1 | 5 | 29.4 | 2 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Charneca | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 53.3 | 8 | 35.1 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Coração de Jesus | 40.5 | 6 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 52.4 | 7 | 3.7 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Encarnação | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 50.7 | 7 | 41.2 | 6 | 5.2 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Graça | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 54.7 | 8 | 39.8 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lapa | 39.5 | 5 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 56.3 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lumiar | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 47.8 | 10 | 44.1 | 9 | 2.9 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Madalena | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 50.7 | 4 | 42.8 | 3 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Mártires | 40.7 | 3 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 55.8 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Marvila | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 64.1 | 14 | 21.8 | 5 | 5.4 | 1 | 20 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Mercês | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 52.8 | 7 | 41.9 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Nossa Senhora de Fátima | 39.6 | 8 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 54.4 | 11 | 1.8 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Pena | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 46.9 | 7 | 43.8 | 6 | 5.1 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Penha de França | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 50.6 | 7 | 41.2 | 6 | 3.4 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Prazeres | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 55.4 | 8 | 38.5 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Sacramento | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 51.9 | 5 | 44.8 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Catarina | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 51.3 | 7 | 38.7 | 6 | 4.6 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Engrácia | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 52.9 | 7 | 41.8 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Isabel | 42.7 | 6 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 47.9 | 7 | 3.7 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Justa | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 48.7 | 5 | 44.7 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Maria de Belém | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 50.0 | 7 | 43.6 | 6 | 3.1 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santa Maria dos Olivais | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 54.5 | 14 | 35.6 | 9 | 3.9 | - | 23 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santiago | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 63.6 | 6 | 33.2 | 3 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santo Condestável | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 51.3 | 11 | 40.6 | 8 | 2.9 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santo Estêvão | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 68.4 | 7 | 27.0 | 2 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santos-o-Velho | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 54.5 | 8 | 40.3 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Cristóvão e São Lourenço | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 49.4 | 5 | 45.9 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Domingos de Benfica | 46.7 | 9 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 48.1 | 10 | 2.7 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Francisco Xavier | 35.2 | 5 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 62.1 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São João | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 52.8 | 11 | 39.1 | 8 | 3.3 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São João de Brito | 36.2 | 5 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 59.2 | 8 | 2.1 | - | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São João de Deus | 36.5 | 5 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 60.6 | 8 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Jorge de Arroios | 43.4 | 9 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 50.0 | 10 | 2.5 | - | 19 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São José | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 52.5 | 7 | 43.1 | 6 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Mamede | 42.7 | 6 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 53.8 | 7 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Miguel | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 71.2 | 7 | 22.3 | 2 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Nicolau | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 50.3 | 5 | 45.1 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Paulo | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 57.2 | 8 | 37.5 | 5 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | São Sebastião da Pedreira | 34.0 | 4 | style="background:#2a52be; color:white;"| 62.9 | 9 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Santo Vicente de Fora | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 62.6 | 9 | 33.4 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 13 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Sé | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 48.7 | 5 | 46.3 | 4 | colspan="2" bgcolor="#AAAAAA"| | 9 |- | style="text-align:left;" | Socorro | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 47.6 | 7 | 41.5 | 6 | 5.2 | - | 13 |- class="unsortable" style="background:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" | Total | style="background:#ff3366; color:white;"| 49.7 | 392 | 42.7 | 325 | 2.4 | 1 | 718 |- | colspan=11 style="text-align:left;" | Source: Election Results