Braga District

The district of Braga (Portuguese: Distrito de Braga [ˈbɾaɣɐ] (listen)) is a district in the northwest of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Braga, and it is bordered by the district of Viana do Castelo in the north, Vila Real in the east, Spain (Galicia) in the northeast and Porto in the south. Its area is 2,673 km² and it has a population of 831,368.

Braga
District
Coat of arms
Country	Portugal
Region	Norte
Historical province	Minho
No. of municipalities	14
No. of parishes	515
Capital	Braga
Area
• Total	2,673 km^2 (1,032 sq mi)
Population
• Total	831,368
• Density	310/km^2 (810/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	PT-03
No. of parliamentary representatives	19

Municipalities

The district comprises 14 municipalities:

• Amares
• Barcelos
• Braga
• Cabeceiras de Basto
• Celorico de Basto
• Esposende
• Fafe
• Guimarães
• Póvoa de Lanhoso
• Terras de Bouro
• Vieira do Minho
• Vila Nova de Famalicão
• Vila Verde
• Vizela

Summary of votes and seats won 1976-2019

Summary of election results from Braga district, 1976-2019

Parties	%	S	%	S	%	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		2015		2019
PS	32.3	6	30.2	5	29.3	5	39.7	7	21.8	4	25.9	5	31.5	5	42.9	8	44.3	8	37.4	8	45.4	9	41.7	9	32.9	7	30.9	7	36.4	8
PSD	28.6	5	In AD				27.0	5	32.8	6	53.4	10	53.6	10	38.2	7	36.7	7	44.4	9	32.9	7	30.8	6	40.1	9	In PàF		34.1	8
CDS-PP	25.2	4					18.3	3	14.0	2	5.9	1	5.6	1	10.7	1	8.9	1	9.3	1	7.8	1	9.7	2	10.4	2			4.1	1
PCP/APU/CDU	4.2		10.0	1	8.4	1	8.8	1	8.5	1	6.1	1	4.6		4.5		5.4	1	4.4		4.8	1	4.6	1	4.9	1	5.2	1	4.0
AD			51.9	9	54.9	9
PRD									16.8	3	3.3
BE																	1.2		1.7		4.6		7.8	1	4.2		8.8	1	8.9	2
PàF																											45.6	10
Total seats	15						16				17		16				17		18				19
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

External links

• Photos from Braga (district)