Leiria District

District of Leiria
District
Country	Portugal
Region	Centro
Historical province	Beira Litoral and Estremadura
No. of municipalities	16
No. of parishes	148
Capital	Leiria
Area
• Total	3,515 km2 (1,357 sq mi)
Population
• Total	459,450
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
No. of parliamentary representatives	10

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 city and most populous city. The district is composed by 16 municipalities: [C = city/cidade T = town/vila]

• Alcobaça C
• Alvaiázere T
• Ansião T
• Batalha T
• Bombarral T
• Caldas da Rainha C
• Castanheira de Pêra 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