The 2024 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 6 September 2024, with a party national congress that was expected to be held in Braga on 21 and 22 September 2024,[1] but it was postponed to 19 and 20 October 2024 due to the September 2024 wildfire crisis.[2] This leadership election was held with Luís Montenegro holding the office of Prime Minister, following his win in the 2024 March early legislative election.[3]
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Luís Montenegro was the sole candidate on the ballot, with around 42,000 party members registered to vote, just 47 percent of the more than 90,000 active party members.[4] Luís Montenegro was re-elected as party leader with 97.5 percent of all votes cast, including blank and invalid ballots, with a 40 percent turnout.[5][6]
Candidates
edit| Name | Born | Experience | Announcement date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Luís Montenegro |
16 February 1973 (age 51) Porto |
Prime Minister (since 2024) President of the Social Democratic Party (since 2022) Member of Parliament for Lisbon (since 2024) Leader of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Caucus (2011–2017) Member of Parliament for Aveiro (2002–2017) |
9 October 2023 | [7] |
Declined
edit- Carlos Moedas – Mayor of Lisbon (since 2021); former European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation (2014–2019)[8]
- Pedro Passos Coelho – former Prime Minister (2011–2015); former PSD leader (2010–2018)[9]
Opinion polls
editAll voters
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
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Others/ Undecided |
Lead |
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| Montenegro | Moedas | Passos Coelho | |||||
| CESOP–UCP | 15–24 Nov 2023 | 1,102 | 18.0 | 24.0 | 37.0 | 21.0 | 13.0 |
| Aximage | 8–9 Nov 2023 | 516 | 25.0 | 18.0 | 24.8 | 32.2 | 0.2 |
| Intercampus | 7–11 Aug 2023 | 607 | 23.9 | 35.7 | — | 40.4 | 11.8 |
| 13.8 | 26.2 | 32.8 | 27.2 | 6.6 |
PSD voters
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
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Others/ Undecided |
Lead |
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| Montenegro | Moedas | Passos Coelho | |||||
| CESOP–UCP | 15–24 Nov 2023 | 1,102 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 57.0 | 9.0 | 38.0 |
Results
edit| Candidate | 6 September 2024 | ||||
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| Votes | % | ||||
| Luís Montenegro | 16,198 | 97.46 | |||
| Total | 16,198 | ||||
| Valid votes | 16,198 | 97.46 | |||
| Invalid and blank ballots | 423 | 2.54 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 16,621 | 39.70 | |||
| Registered voters | 41,863 | ||||
| Sources: [5][6] | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "PSD marca eleições diretas para 6 de setembro". Renascença (in European Portuguese). 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "PSD adia o congresso que tinha agendado para este fim-de-semana". Público (in European Portuguese). 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
- ^ "Legislativas. AD vence à tangente e Montenegro apela ao diálogo". RTP (in European Portuguese). 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ "Oito anos depois PSD volta a ter com Montenegro candidato único à liderança do partido". 24Sapo (in European Portuguese). 2024-08-26. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ a b "Eleição Direta do Presidente da CPN". psd.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Luís Montenegro reeleito presidente do PSD com 97,45% dos votos". SIC Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Montenegro anuncia recandidatura à liderança do PSD após eleições europeias". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "PSD. Cara ou coroa após as Europeias?". Jornal Sol (in European Portuguese). 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ ""Estou na reserva". Passos Coelho já avalia regresso". Expresso (in European Portuguese). 2023-10-07. Retrieved 2023-10-07.