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The Portuguese local elections of 1976 took place on 12 December. They were the first local elections in Portugal. The democratic revolution of 1974 introduced the concept of democratic local power, that should be exerted by the citizens in their towns and cities.
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The elections were meant to elect for the first time the administration of the about 300 municipalities of the country and of the about 4000 parishes that composed those 300 municipalities. They consisted of three elections in each of the municipalities; the election for the municipal chamber, the election for the municipal assembly and the lower-level election for the parish assembly.
Parties
The main political forces involved in the election:
The Socialist Party gathered the majority of the voting and mandates, beating the Social Democratic Party and the communist dominated coalition, the Electoral Front United People, however this last dominated the election in the South of the country. The right-wing Democratic Social Center achieved its best result ever in local elections.
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