The
District of Leiria (
Portuguese :
Distrito de Leiria [lɐjˈɾi.ɐ] ) is a district located between the
Oeste e Vale do Tejo and
Centro regions of
Portugal , and divided between the traditional provinces of
Beira Litoral and
Estremadura . It borders on the north with
district of Coimbra , on the east with
district of Castelo Branco and with
district of Santarém , on the south with
district of Lisbon and on the west with the
Atlantic Ocean . The district capital is the city of
Leiria .
Municipalities
In the current main division of the country, the district is divided into two NUTS of Portugal , the Oeste e Vale do Tejo and the Centro regions, with its municipalities distributed by the Nomenclatures of territorial units for statistical purposes (NUTIII) of the Oeste (which was integrated into the new NUTII created in 2023) and the Leiria region .
Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022
Summary of election results from Leiria district, 1976-2022
Parties
%
S
%
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
2022
PS 31.1
4
23.2
3
22.7
3
32.7
4
19.6
2
18.7
2
23.0
3
36.7
4
36.8
4
29.5
3
35.6
4
30.1
4
20.7
3
24.8
3
31.1
4
35.7 5
PSD 31.2 4 In AD 35.6 4 38.6 5 60.8 9 61.2 7 43.3 5 42.6 5 50.8 6 39.8 5 34.9 4 47.0 6 In PàF 33.5 5 34.7
4
CDS-PP 19.4
2
16.2
2
12.2
1
6.0
4.8
11.4
1
9.9
1
9.8
1
8.9
1
12.6
1
12.8
1
5.3
2.1
PCP/APU/CDU 7.3
1
10.9
1
9.7
1
9.5
1
7.9
1
5.9
4.5
4.5
5.3
4.1
4.6
5.1
5.0
5.1
4.3
3.1
AD 56.2 7 59.8 7
PRD 15.3
2
3.0
BE 1.7
2.2
5.5
9.5
1
5.1
9.7
1
9.4
1
4.5
PàF 48.4 6
CHEGA 1.5
8.0
1
Total seats
11
10
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
See also
References
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