Leiria District

The District of Leiria (Portuguese pronunciation: [lɐjˈɾi.ɐ], Portuguese: Distrito de Leiria) is located in Central Portugal. The district capital is the city of Leiria, which is also the largest and most populous city with about 55,000 in the city/urbanised area.

Municipalities of Leiria "C" = city/cidade, "T" = town/vila]

Name	Status
Alcobaça	C
Alvaiázere	T
Ansião	T
Batalha	T
Bombarral	T
Caldas da Rainha	C
Castanheira de Pera	T
Figueiró dos Vinhos	T
Leiria	C
Marinha Grande	C
Nazaré	T
Óbidos	T
Pedrógão Grande	T
Peniche	C
Pombal	C
Porto de Mós	T

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2011

 Summary of election results from Leiria 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	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
PSD	31.2	4					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
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
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
BE																	1.7		2.2		5.5		9.5	1	5.1
AD			56.2	7	59.8	7
PRD									15.3	2	3.0
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

See also

• Casal de São Simåo, a village in the district of Leiria