2020 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election
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Turnout | 79.0% 18.7 pp First round 80.2% 1.2 pp Second round | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 11 and 18 January 2020. As no candidate received a majority of all valid votes on the first round, held on 11 January 2020, a second round took place one week later, 18 January, between the two candidates with the highest number of votes in the first round. This was the first time that a Social Democratic Party leadership election was contested on a second ballot. For both ballots, more than 40,000 party members, just 36 percent out of almost 110,000 active members, were registered to vote.[1]
In the first round of the election, incumbent party leader Rui Rio finished in first place with a relative majority of 49.0% of all valid votes cast, followed by contesters Luís Montenegro, who received 41.4% of the vote, and Miguel Pinto Luz, who won 9.6% of the vote.[2] As no candidate managed to reach the required percentage of the vote to win outright in the first round, a run-off election took place between the two candidates with the most votes in the first round: Rio and Montenegro. Rui Rio won the second round with 53.2% of the vote and was thus re-elected President of the party and stayed on as Leader of the Opposition.[3]
Candidates
Name | Born | Experience | Announcement date | Ref. |
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Luís Montenegro | 16 February 1973 (age 46) Porto | Leader of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Caucus (2011–2017) Member of Parliament for Aveiro (2002–2017) | 9 October 2019 | [4] |
Miguel Pinto Luz | 8 February 1977 (age 42) Lisbon | Deputy Mayor of Cascais (2017–2024) Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transportation, and Communications, XX Constitutional Government (2015) | 18 October 2019 | [5][6] |
Rui Rio | 6 August 1957 (age 62) Porto | President of the Social Democratic Party (2018–2022) Leader of the Opposition (2018–2022) Member of Parliament for Porto (2019–2022) Mayor of Porto (2001–2013) Member of Parliament for Porto (1991–2002) | 21 October 2019 | [7] |
Withdrawn candidates
- Miguel Morgado, Member of Parliament for Porto (2015–2019)
- Jorge Moreira da Silva, Minister of the Environment, Territorial Planning and Energy (2013–2015)
Opinion polls
All voters
Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Other /None | Lead | |||
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Rui Rio | Luís Montenegro | Miguel Pinto Luz | |||||
Intercampus | 20–26 Nov 2019 | 604 | 40.6 | 14.2 | 3.3 | 41.9 | 26.4 |
Results
Candidate | 1st Round 11 January 2020 | 2nd Round 18 January 2020 | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Rui Rio | 15,546 | 49.02 | 17,157 | 53.21 | |
Luís Montenegro | 13,136 | 41.42 | 15,086 | 46.79 | |
Miguel Pinto Luz | 3,030 | 9.55 | Eliminated | ||
Total | 31,712 | 32,243 | |||
Valid votes | 31,712 | 98.85 | 32,243 | 98.96 | |
Invalid and blank ballots | 369 | 1.15 | 339 | 1.04 | |
Votes cast / turnout | 32,081 | 79.01 | 32,582 | 80.20 | |
Registered voters | 40,604 | 40,628 | |||
Sources: 1st Round results, 2nd Round results[permanent dead link] |
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See also
- Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
- List of political parties in Portugal
- Elections in Portugal
References
- ^ "Pelo menos 40 mil militantes podem votar nas próximas diretas do PSD", Correio da Manhã, 23 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Eleições PSD: Rio obteve 49,02% dos votos na 1.ª volta e Montenegro 41,42%", TVI24, 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Rio é reeleito e mostra-se disposto a gerar unidade no PSD ", Público, 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Público (9 October 2019). "Luís Montenegro anuncia candidatura à liderança do PSD". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae de Miguel Pinto Luz" (PDF). Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Expresso (18 October 2019). "Pinto Luz anuncia candidatura e promete lutar para fazer "renascer o PSD"". Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ RTP Notícias (21 October 2019). "Rui Rio anuncia recandidatura à liderança do PSD". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
External links
- Election Results
- Eleições Diretas 2020 Official website Archived 13 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- PSD Official Website