2014 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

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2014 Social Democratic Party leadership election
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Pedro Passos Coelho (9298463251)cropped.jpg
Candidate Pedro Passos Coelho
Popular vote17,521
Percentage88.9%
Leader before election

Pedro Passos Coelho

Elected Leader

Pedro Passos Coelho

The 2014 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 25 January 2014. Then PSD leader and Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho ran for a 3rd term as party leader and was the sole candidate in the race, thus winning with almost 90% of the votes. [1]

Contents

Candidates

NameBornExperienceAnnouncement dateRef.
Pedro Passos Coelho 2011 (cropped).jpg
Pedro Passos Coelho 		24 August 1964
(age 49)
Coimbra
Social Democratic Youth leader (1990–1995)
Social Democratic Party leader (2010–2018)
Prime Minister (2011–2015)
Member of Parliament for Lisbon (1991–1999)
Member of Parliament for Vila Real (2011–2015)		17 January 2014 [2]

Opinion polling

Hypothetical polling
Polling firmFieldwork dateSample size Pedro Passos Coelho Rui Rio Manuela Ferreira Leite Paulo Rangel José Pedro Aguiar-Branco Jorge Moreira da Silva Others/

Undecided

Lead
Pitagórica 20–24 Jan 201450612.645.813.85.2——18.732.0
Pitagórica 10–15 Dec 201350318.547.514.64.0——10.829.0
Pitagórica 14–19 Oct 20135068.745.515.25.6——19.830.3
Pitagórica 24–28 Jul 201350311.339.417.99.1——16.012.4
Pitagórica 28 Jun–2 Jul 201350314.330.718.711.4——17.312.0
Pitagórica 23–28 May 201350315.535.213.76.0——25.019.7
Pitagórica 17–20 Apr 201350313.037.915.96.1——22.022.0
Pitagórica 19–24 Mar 20135037.638.417.69.04.11.921.320.8
Pitagórica 20–24 Feb 201350312.529.815.87.55.6—28.714.0
Pitagórica 22–25 Jan 201350410.630.213.313.63.10.828.516.6
Pitagórica 9–12 Nov 201250512.436.217.66.7——23.318.6
Pitagórica 8–13 Oct 201250311.030.015.46.45.91.330.114.6

Results

Summary of the January 2014 PSD leadership election results
Candidate25 January 2014
Votes%
Pedro Passos Coelho 17,52188.89
Total17,521
Valid votes17,52188.89
Invalid and blank ballots2,19011.11
Votes cast / turnout19,71142.45
Registered voters46,430
Sources: Official results
Vote share
Pedro Passos Coelho
 
88.89%
Blank/Invalid
 
11.11%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pedro Passos Coelho reeleito presidente do PSD com 88% dos votos ", Público, 26 January 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Público (17 January 2014). "Passos é o único candidato à liderança do PSD nas eleições que o partido realiza hoje" . Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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