LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Voters have returned Lisbon’s mayor to office in Portugal’s municipal elections, less than six weeks after a streetcar crash in the Portuguese capital killed 16 people, including 11 tourists, and caused a public outcry.

Mayor Carlos Moedas, heading a right-of-center coalition, won 42% of the vote in Lisbon, compared with 34% for second-placed left-of-center leader Alexandra Leitão, according to official results published late Sunday.

Moedas rejected any blame for the Sept. 3 crash, which was one of Lisbon’s worst tragedies in living memory, and refused to resign.

Carris, the company operating the streetcar service and other public transport in the city, is overseen by the Lisbon City Council. An official investigation is focusing on whether poor maintenance was t

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