2024 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

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]

2024 Social Democratic Party leadership election
Social Democratic Party
← 2022 6 September 2024
Turnout39.7% Decrease20.8 pp
 
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Candidate Luís Montenegro
Popular vote 16,198
Percentage 97.5%

Leader before election

Luís Montenegro

Elected Leader

Luís Montenegro

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

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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

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Opinion polls

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Hypothetical polling

All voters

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample size       Others/
Undecided
Lead
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       Others/
Undecided
Lead
Montenegro Moedas Passos
Coelho
CESOP–UCP 15–24 Nov 2023 1,102 15.0 19.0 57.0 9.0 38.0

Results

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Summary of the September 2024 PSD leadership election results
Candidate 6 September 2024
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]
Vote share
Luís Montenegro
97.46%
Blank/Invalid
2.54%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PSD marca eleições diretas para 6 de setembro". Renascença (in European Portuguese). 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  2. ^ "PSD adia o congresso que tinha agendado para este fim-de-semana". Público (in European Portuguese). 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  3. ^ "Legislativas. AD vence à tangente e Montenegro apela ao diálogo". RTP (in European Portuguese). 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Eleição Direta do Presidente da CPN". psd.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Montenegro anuncia recandidatura à liderança do PSD após eleições europeias". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  8. ^ "PSD. Cara ou coroa após as Europeias?". Jornal Sol (in European Portuguese). 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  9. ^ ""Estou na reserva". Passos Coelho já avalia regresso". Expresso (in European Portuguese). 2023-10-07. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
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