The Beja District (ˈbɛʒɐ) is located in southern Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

. The district capital is the city of Beja

Beja (Portugal)

Beja is a city in the Beja Municipality in the Alentejo region, Portugal. The municipality has a total area of 1,147.1 km² and a total population of 34,970 inhabitants. The city proper has a population of 21,658....

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Municipalities

The district is composed of 14 municipalities

Municipalities of Portugal

In Portugal, municipality or concelho is the most stable subdivision of Portugal since the foundation of the country.Portugal has an entirely separate system of cities and towns. Cities and towns are located in municipalities, but often do not have the same boundaries, even if built-up is continuous...

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• Aljustrel
• Almodôvar
• Alvito
• Barrancos
• Beja
  Beja Municipality
  Beja Municipality is located Beja District. The city of Beja is located in the municipality.-Parishes:* Albernoa* Baleizão* Salvador* Santa Maria da Feira* Beja Santiago Maio* São João Baptista* Beringel* Cabeça Gorda* Mombeja...
  
  
• Castro Verde
• Cuba
• Ferreira do Alentejo
• Mértola
• Moura
• Odemira
• Ourique
• Serpa
• Vidigueira

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2009

Summary of election results from Beja district, 1976-2009
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!colspan=2 | 1976
!colspan=2 | 1979
!colspan=2 | 1980
!colspan=2 | 1983
!colspan=2 | 1985
!colspan=2 | 1987
!colspan=2 | 1991
!colspan=2 | 1995
!colspan=2 | 1999
!colspan=2 | 2002
!colspan=2 | 2005
!colspan=2 | 2009
!colspan=2 | 2011
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| align="left"| PS

Socialist Party (Portugal)

The Socialist Party , abbreviated to PS, is a social-democratic political party in Portugal. It was founded on 19 April 1973 in the German city of Bad Münstereifel, by militants from Portuguese Socialist Action ....

 || 32.0 || 2 || 22.0 || 1 || 21.1 || 1 || 28.0 || 2 || 20.1 || 1 || 20.3 || 1 || 28.4 || 1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|45.8 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|46.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|43.5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|51.0 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|34.9 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|29.8 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|1
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| align="left"| PSD

Social Democratic Party (Portugal)

The Social Democratic Party , is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Portugal. It is commonly known by its initials, PSD; on ballot papers, its initials appear as PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, Democratic People's Party...

 || 8.2 || || || || || || 11.8 || || 13.7 || 1 || 24.5 || 1 || 29.3 || 1 || 15.7 || 1 || 14.5 || || 21.2 || || 12.3 || || 14.6 || || 23.7 || 1
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| align="left"| CDS-PP || 4.2 || || || || || || 4.1 || || 2.2 || || 2.0 || || 2.3 || || 3.6 || || 3.9 || || 3.7 || || 2.9 || || 5.7 || || 7.3
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| align="left"| PCP/APU/CDU

Unitarian Democratic Coalition

The Democratic Unity Coalition is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Ecologist Party "The Greens"...

 || style="background:red"|44.0 || style="background:red"|4 || style="background:red"|50.7 || style="background:red"|3 || style="background:red"|47.1 || style="background:red"|3 || style="background:red"|49.4 || style="background:red"|3 || style="background:red"|44.9 || style="background:red"|3 || style="background:red"|38.7 || style="background:red"|3 || style="background:red"|30.4 || style="background:red"|2 || 29.2 || 1 || 28.3 || 1 || 24.2 || 1 || 24.1 || 1 || 29.1 || 1 || 25.4 || 1
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| align="left"| BE || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || 1.6 || || 1.9 || || 4.7 || || 10.0 || || 5.2 ||
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| align="left"| AD

Democratic Alliance (Portugal)

The Democratic Alliance was a coalition in Portugal between the Social Democratic Party , the Democratic Social Center and the People's Monarchist Party , including also a group of...

 || || || 19.0 || 1 || 22.4 || 1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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| align="left"| PRD || || || || || || || || || 11.6 || || 5.7 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=27|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
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External links

• Photos from Beja (district)