Guarda District

The District of Guarda ( ) is located in the Centro Region of Portugal, except Vila Nova de Foz Côa, which is in the Norte Region. The district capital and most populous city is Guarda. It borders Castile and León, Spain.

Municipalities

The district contains 14 municipalities:

Aguiar da Beira
Almeida
Celorico da Beira
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Fornos de Algodres
Gouveia
Guarda
Manteigas
Mêda
Pinhel
Sabugal
Seia
Trancoso
Vila Nova de Foz Côa

Cities

The following seat of municipalities have city (cidade)status:

Gouveia, Guarda, Meda, Pinhel, Sabugal, Trancoso.

Subregions Included within the District of Guarda

Beira Interior Norte, Serra da Estrela, Douro and Dão-Lafões.

Geography

The main mountain ranges are the Serra da Estrela and Serra da Marofa. The main rivers are the Mondego, Côa, and Douro.

Main Monuments/Castles

Guarda Sé/ Cathedral of Guarda.
Castles:(Castelos de) Pinhel, Sabugal, Sortelha, Marialva, Celorico, Rodrigo, Almeida, Trancoso.
Pelourinhos de Pinhel and Alverca da Beira.

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2022

|- class="unsortable"

!rowspan=2|Parties!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S!!%!!S

|- class="unsortable" align="center"

!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

!colspan=2 | 2015

!colspan=2 | 2019

!colspan=2 | 2022

| align="left"| PS || 25.2 || 2 || 26.3 || 1 ||26.3 || 1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|33.5 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || 23.3 || 2 || 21.8 || 1 || 26.8 || 1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|43.7 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|43.4 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || 34.7 || 2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|46.8 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|36.0 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || 28.3 || 1 || 33.8 || 2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|37.6 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|45.1 || style="background:#FF66FF;"|2

| align="left"| PSD || 25.7 || 2 || align=center colspan=4 rowspan=2|In AD || 31.5 || 2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|33.6 || style="background:#FF9900;"|2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|60.0 || style="background:#FF9900;"|4 || style="background:#FF9900;"|58.6 || style="background:#FF9900;"|3 || 39.9 || 2 || 39.2|| 2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|48.5 || style="background:#FF9900;"|2 || 34.7 || 2 || 35.6 || 2 || style="background:#FF9900;"|46.3 || style="background:#FF9900;"|3 || align=center colspan=2 rowspan=2|In PàF || 34.3 || 1 || 33.5 || 1

| align="left"| CDS-PP || style="background:#0093DD;"|32.1 || style="background:#0093DD;"|2 || 23.8 || 1 || 19.5 || 1 || 6.6 || || 5.9 || || 9.9 || || 9.8 || || 9.6 || || 7.0 || || 11.2 || || 11.2 || || 5.0 || || 2.2 ||

| align="left"| AD || colspan=2| || style="background:#00FFFF;"|60.6 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|4 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|60.6 || style="background:#00FFFF;"|4 || colspan=26|

| align="left"| PàF || colspan=26| || style="background:#00AAAA;"|45.6 || style="background:#00AAAA;"|2 || colspan=4|

! Total seats || colspan=2|6 || colspan=10|5 || colspan=16|4 || colspan=4|3

! colspan=33|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições