Rui Moreira Independent Rui Moreira Independent The 2017 Porto local election was held on 1 October 2017 to elect the members of the Porto City Council.

He beat the Socialist candidate, once again Manuel Pizarro, who managed to increase his voting share and to gain 1 councillor.

[2] The Communist Party, with Ilda Figueiredo as its candidate, managed to keep its seat in the City Council, despite a slight loss in the vote share.

The Socialist Party, led by Manuel Pizarro, achieved second place with 3 seats and about 22% of the votes, being followed by the Social Democratic Party, led by Luís Filipe Menezes, who also elected 3 seats and got 21% of the votes.

Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.