Portalegre District

Portalegre District
District
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)
No. of parliamentary representatives	2

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

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 1976-2011

Summary of election results from Portalegre district, 1976-2011

Parties	%	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
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
PSD	10.1						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
CDS-PP	13.9						7.5		4.9		3.1		3.3		6.3		5.9		6.5		4.2		8.0		10.2
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
BE																	1.2		1.6		4.6		10.8		4.5
AD			32.1	2	33.4	2
PRD									18.8		6.3
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Coordinates: 39°17′28″N 7°25′55″W / 39.29111°N 7.43194°W