Santarém District

District of Santarém
—  District  —
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro and Alentejo
Historical province	Ribatejo (partly Beira Baixa and Beira Litoral)
No. of municipalities	21
No. of parishes	193
Capital	Santarém
Area
• Total	6,747 km2 (2,605 sq mi)
Population
• Total	475,344
• Density	Bad rounding here70/km2 (Bad rounding here180/sq mi)
No. of parliamentary representatives	10

The District of Santarém (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃tɐˈɾɐ̃j], Portuguese: Distrito de Santarém) is located in Centro Region, Portugal, the district capital is the city of Santarém.

It has an area of 6747 km² (3rd largest in Portugal), and a population of 475,344 inhabitants.

Municipalities

The district includes the following 21 municipalities.

• Abrantes Municipality
• Alcanena Municipality
• Almeirim Municipality
• Alpiarça Municipality
• Benavente Municipality
• Cartaxo Municipality
• Chamusca Municipality
• Constância Municipality
• Coruche Municipality
• Entroncamento Municipality
• Ferreira do Zêzere Municipality
• Golegã Municipality
• Mação Municipality
• Ourém Municipality
• Rio Maior Municipality
• Salvaterra de Magos Municipality
• Santarém Municipality
• Sardoal Municipality
• Tomar Municipality
• Torres Novas Municipality
• Vila Nova da Barquinha Municipality

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2011

 Summary of election results from Santarém 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	38.4	6	27.3	3	30.4	4	38.4	5	18.6	2	21.7	3	29.4	3	45.8	5	45.5	5	38.4	4	46.1	6	33.7	4	25.9	3
PSD	19.5	3					24.7	3	27.8	4	47.9	7	49.1	6	31.0	3	30.2	3	38.1	4	26.4	3	27.0	3	37.6	5
CDS-PP	13.9	2					10.0	1	7.7	1	3.6		3.3		8.7	1	8.1	1	8.4	1	6.9		11.2	1	12.3	1
PCP/APU/CDU	16.1	2	21.7	3	19.0	2	20.0	3	16.4	2	12.6	1	9.8	1	9.5	1	10.1	1	8.6	1	8.6	1	9.2	1	9.0	1
BE																	2.0		2.8		6.5		11.8	1	5.8
AD			41.0	6	42.1	6
PRD									23.8	3	7.3	1	1.0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições