US EditionPortugal holds municipal elections with attention on Lisbon after streetcar crash
Voters decide Lisbon mayor amid public anger over a streetcar crash that killed 16, with the investigation focusing on possible maintenance failures, officials said.
- Portugal held municipal elections amid heightened scrutiny following a streetcar crash that killed 16 people, including 11 tourists, on September 3, 2025.
- Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas spoke at the site of the crash and rejected any blame while refusing to resign.
- An investigation is ongoing to determine if poor maintenance caused issues with the streetcar's brakes and safety cable.
- One resident expressed feelings of being 'expelled from our own city', but stated the crash would not affect her voting decision.
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Portugal heads to the polls in hotly contested local elections
Sunday's municipal elections in Portugal could be decisive in expanding the presence of the far-right Chega party beyond Lisbon. In the country's two biggest cities, it is a tight race between the centre-left and centre-right.
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Portugal holds municipal elections with attention on Lisbon after streetcar crash
Voters in Portugal have cast ballots in local elections, focusing on the mayoral race in Lisbon. Mayor Carlos Moedas, leading a right-of-center coalition, faces Alexandra Leitão, a law professor from the left.
Voting centers opened this Sunday in the municipal elections in Portugal, where 308 mayors will be renewed.
The country will vote, this Sunday, to elect the governing bodies of 308 municipal cameras (green ballot), 308 municipal assemblies (green ballot) and 3.221 frugesia (white ballot). There are more than 9.3 million registered voters, of whom more than 41 000 foreign citizens are listed in Portugal.
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