The CDU will have an autarchic test of requirement increased by having the majority of the mayors at the end of their term, so unable to re -run a fourth election in the same county. Of the 19 presidents, 12 end functions. In relation to these 12, there are eight that do not move away from politics. Communists coalred with green opt for two distinct strategies: four run by one place in a nearby county; and four others seek to join the presidency of the Municipal Assembly.
In the Évora district, Silvia Pinto remains in arraiolos, heading the list to the Municipal Assembly, with Jorge Macau, vice president, the challenge of keeping the communist county as happened throughout democracy. In the district capital, however, João Oliveira, MEP, competes with Carlos Zorrinho to keep a communist bastion and Carlos Pinto de Sá rumo 30 km west to run for Montemor-o-Novo, a communist municipality from 1974 to 2021, before the PS four years ago breaking the cycle. Is one of the great hopes for the election night, according to what DN has learned.
In the district of Portalegre, Avis only met presidents of CDU and Nuno Silva is now a candidate for the Municipal Assembly. The strategy resulted in 2013 when Manuel Coelho, president from 2000 to 2013, headed to the Assembly. Now, the 55 -year -old mayor is trying to lead the county who in 2021 had a difference above 30% between communists and socialists.
In the district of Beja, similar scenario. João Palma led the Assembly and is now a bet to succeed João Portuguese in Cuba. Still, it is identical to Évora and Montemor-o-Novo. João Portuguese is a candidate for Ferreira do Alentejo, a mere 25 km away, with the intention of destroying Pita plum, former socialist deputy, who will enter the last term if he wins.
In Palmela, Álvaro Amaro, president of the county, runs through the municipal assembly. Still, as in Avis, the CDU recovers the previous mayor: Ana Teresa Vicente Leadou Palmela from 2001 to 2013, a county that never changed hands on democracy. Follows Santiago do Cacém. Vítor Proença led Alcácer do Sal 12 years and competes for the municipality, Santiago, who has led since 2001 and 2013, facing Bruno Pereira, a candidate supported by PS and PSD, in an unusual coalition by the territory, with the goal of rebutting communist rule since there is democracy.
On the other hand, the limited incumbent in terms of terms, Álvaro Beijinha, attacks the conquest of Sines, trying to enjoy the end of the period of socialist Nuno Mascarenhas. In the district of Faro, in Silves, Rosa Palma, current president, becomes a candidate for the Municipal Assembly. It is Vice President Luísa conduct trying to preserve the leadership.
This channeling of assets to the chamber or municipal assembly is not exclusive to the CDU, but given political representation impacts strategic reading, since two thirds in the end of their term are trying to keep in the region where they had municipal responsibilities. It may have parallel, for example, at PS and PSD in Faro. On the one hand, socialist António Pina comes from 12 years in Olhão to attack the district capital, by another North Christopher, social democratic deputy, places the former president of Faro Macário Correia as a candidate for the Assembly, promising a “leader conference”. Clearly a joint candidacy for distinct bodies.
In the remaining communist cases, Gonçalo Lagem leaves Monforte and Vice President Fernando Saião seeks to keep the county. In Benavente, Carlos Coutinho Sai, but it was Hélio Justino, councilor, to win the headline of the list to Vice President Catarina Pinheiro Vale. In Sobral do Monte Agraço, José Alberto Quintino had already resigned in 2025 for a new professional challenge and is Luís Soares, vice president, to try to ensure continuity. The president of the Union of Parishes of Grândola and Santa Margarida da Serra is chosen in Grândola to succeed António Figueira Mendes, who had searches at the autarchy for possible conflicts of interest between a law firm hired by the House while representing real estate interests of tourist promoters in Compit.