Portalegre District

Portalegre District (Portuguese: Distrito de Portalegre [puɾtɐˈlɛɣɾ(ɨ)] (listen)) is located in the east of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Portalegre.

Portalegre District
District
Coat of arms
Country	Portugal
Region	Alentejo Region
Historical province	Alto Alentejo Province (partly Ribatejo)
No. of municipalities	15
No. of parishes	86
Capital	Portalegre
Area
• Total	6,065 km^2 (2,342 sq mi)
Population
• Total	127,018
• Density	21/km^2 (54/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	PT-12
No. of parliamentary representatives	2

Municipalities

The district is composed of 15 municipalities:

• Alter do Chão
• Arronches
• Avis
• Campo Maior
• Castelo de Vide
• Crato
• Elvas
• Fronteira
• Gavião
• Marvão
• Monforte
• Nisa
• Ponte de Sor
• Portalegre
• Sousel

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2019

Summary of election results from Portalegre district, 1976-2019

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	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		2015		2019
PS	41.9	3	29.8	1	32.4	1	38.5	2	23.7	1	25.1	1	33.5	1	50.5	2	51.2	2	45.3	2	54.9	2	38.3	1	32.4	1	42.4	1	44.7	2
PSD	10.1		In AD				19.1	1	20.9	1	37.4	1	38.9	2	23.4	1	22.5	1	30.6	1	20.2		23.8	1	32.5	1	In PàF		20.1
PCP/APU/CDU	22.0	1	29.4	1	26.1	1	28.7	1	25.2	1	20.9	1	15.2		14.0		15.0		12.4		12.1		12.9		12.8		12.2		8.1
AD			32.1	2	33.4	2
PàF																											27.6	1
Total seats	4								3												2
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições