He beat the Socialist candidate, Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, who lost about 10% of the votes and 1 city councillor, and the Social Democratic candidate, Vladimiro Feliz, who despite an increase in his vote share failed to achieve the goal of surpassing the PS.

[1] The Unitary Democratic Coalition presented Ilda Figueiredo again and achieved positive results, registering a slight electoral growth to 7.5 percent.

The Left Bloc, which presented Sérgio Aires as a candidate for mayor, gained a seat in the City Council, for the first time in its history.

In the 2017 election, Rui Moreira's independent movement won an absolute majority of seats and 44.5% of the votes.

The Socialist Party, led by Manuel Pizarro, finished with a strong second place, winning 28.6% of the votes and electing 4 councillors.