2021 Portuguese presidential election

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2021 Portuguese presidential election
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  2016 24 January 2021 2026  
Opinion polls
Registered10,847,434 (Increase2.svg11.24%)
Turnout39.26% (Decrease2.svg 9.40pp)
 
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa em 2017.png
Ana Gomes.jpg
Andre Ventura (Agencia LUSA, Entrevista Presidenciais 2021), cropped.png
Candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Ana Gomes André Ventura
Party PSD [lower-alpha 1] PS [lower-alpha 2] CHEGA
Popular vote2,531,692540,823497,746
Percentage60.67%12.96%11.93%

Mapa das eleicoes presidenciais portuguesas de 2021 por distritos.svg
Results by district

President before election

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
PSD

Elected President

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
PSD

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 24 January. [1] The incumbent President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was reelected for a second term.

Contents

The elections were held during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Portugal was under a lockdown as of election day. [2] President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was reelected by a landslide, winning 60.7% of the votes. [3] He won every district in the country and all 308 municipalities, a result which happened for the first time ever in Portuguese democracy; he won 3,083 parishes out of 3,092. [4] The election also marked the rise of right-wing candidate André Ventura, leader of CHEGA, who polled 3rd with almost 12% of the votes. [5] In second place, former MEP and Ambassador Ana Gomes was able to win 13% of the votes, the best result ever for a female candidate in a presidential election. [6] The rest of candidates did not receive above 5% each.

Voter turnout fell to 39%, a drop of nine percentage points, mainly due to the automatic registration of overseas voters; this practice increased the number of registered voters to almost 11 million. [7] In Portugal alone, turnout stood at 45.45%, a decrease of 4.6 percentage points when compared to the 2016 election. This was the lowest drop in turnout in an election with an incumbent running since 1980. [8]

Background

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was elected in 2016 with 52% of the votes on the first round. [9] He took the oath of office on 9 March 2016 and has been in cohabitation with Socialist Prime Minister António Costa since then. [10]

In Portugal, the president is the head of state and has mostly ceremonial powers. [11] However, the president does have some political influence, and can dissolve the Parliament of Portugal if a crisis occurs. The president's official residence is the Belém Palace in Lisbon. [12]

Electoral system

Under Portuguese law, a candidate must receive a majority of votes (50% plus one vote) to be elected. If no candidate achieved a majority in the first round, a runoff election (i.e., second round, held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first round) should be held. [13]

In order to stand for election, each candidate must gather 7,500 signatures of support one month before the election and submit them to the Constitutional Court of Portugal. The Constitutional Court then certifies the candidacies which meet the requirements to appear on the ballot. The highest number of candidacies ever accepted was ten in 2016. [14]

Early voting

Voters were also able to vote early, which would happen one week before election day on 17 January 2021. Voters had to register between 10 and 14 January in order to be eligible to cast an early ballot; a total of 246,880 voters requested to vote early in 2021. [15] On 17 January, 197,903 voters (80.16% of voters that registered) cast an early ballot. [12] [16]

Candidates

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Official logo of the election.
Boletim de voto, Presidenciais 20211.png
Ballot paper for the 2021 Portuguese presidential election. It includes Eduardo Baptista, a candidate rejected due to insufficient signatures.

There were seven candidates certified to run in this election. In addition, the Constitutional Court rejected Eduardo Baptista's nomination due to insufficient signatures, although his name still appeared on the ballot. Six more individuals had announced their intention to run for President, but did not present any application to the Court, two of whom publicly stated that they would withdraw. Finally, three more individuals were, for a while, thought of as potential candidates, but later refused to participate.

Formalized candidacy

Rejected candidates

Unsuccessful candidates

Withdrew

Refused

Campaign

Chega's Ventura's speech during election night of the 2021 presidential election Discurso de Andre Ventura na noite eleitoral de 2021.jpg
Chega's Ventura's speech during election night of the 2021 presidential election

At the beginning of the electoral campaign, the president of the French National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, confirmed that she would go to Lisbon to support André Ventura's presidential candidacy. [37]

Candidates' slogans

CandidateOriginal sloganEnglish translationRefs
Marisa Matias « Força Maior »"Greater Force" [38]
João Ferreira « Coragem e confiança. Um horizonte de esperança »"Courage and confidence. A horizon of hope" [39]
Vitorino Silva « O Povo a Presidente! »"The People for President!" [40]
Ana Gomes « Cuidar de Portugal »"Taking care of Portugal" [41]
André Ventura « Por Portugal, Pelos Portugueses! »"For Portugal, for the Portuguese!" [42]
Tiago Mayan Gonçalves « A alternativa liberal »"The liberal alternative" [43]
Bruno Fialho [lower-alpha 4] « A escolha certa »"The right choice" [44]

Candidates' debates

2021 Portuguese presidential election debates
DateTimeOrganisersModerator(s)   I Invitee   P Present   A Absent invitee
Rebelo de SousaGomesVenturaMatiasFerreiraMayanSilvaRefs
2 Jan 20219PM RTP1 Carlos Daniel PP [45]
10PM TVI24 Carla Moita PP [45]
3 Jan 20219PM RTP1 Carlos Daniel PP [45]
4 Jan 20219PM TVI Pedro Mourinho PP [45]
10PM SIC Notícias Clara de Sousa PP [45]
10:45PM RTP3 Carlos Daniel PP [46]
5 Jan 20219PM RTP1 Carlos Daniel PP [45]
10PM SIC Notícias Clara de Sousa PP [45]
10:45PM RTP3 Carlos Daniel PP [46]
6 Jan 20219PM SIC Clara de Sousa PP [45]
10PM TVI24 Carla Moita PP [45]
10:45PM RTP3 Carlos Daniel PP [46]
7 Jan 20219PM SIC Clara de Sousa PP [45]
10PM TVI24 Carla Moita PP [45]
10:45PM RTP3 Carlos Daniel PP [46]
8 Jan 20219PM TVI Pedro Mourinho PP [45]
9:30PM RTP1 Carlos Daniel PP [45]
10:45PM RTP3 Carlos Daniel PP [46]
9 Jan 20219PM RTP1 Carlos Daniel PP [45]
10PM SIC Notícias Clara de Sousa PP [45]
10:45PM RTP3 Carlos Daniel PP [46]
12 Jan 20219PM RTP1 Carlos Daniel P [lower-alpha 5] PPPPPP [47]
18 Jan 20219AM Antena 1,
RR,
TSF
Natália Carvalho
Eunice Lourenço
Judith Menezes e Sousa
PPAPPPP [48]

Opinion polling

Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas.

TurnoutTime
12:0016:0019:00
20162021±20162021±20162021±
Total15.82%17.07%Increase2.svg 1.25 pp 37.69%35.44%Decrease2.svg 2.25 pp 48.66%39.26%Decrease2.svg 9.40 pp
Sources [49] [50]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Social Democratic PartyPeople's Party 2,531,69260.67
Ana Gomes People Animals NatureLIVRE 540,82312.96
André Ventura Chega 497,74611.93
João Ferreira Portuguese Communist PartyThe Greens 179,7644.31
Marisa Matias Left BlocSocialist Alternative Movement 165,1273.96
Tiago Mayan Gonçalves Liberal Initiative 134,9913.23
Vitorino Silva React, Include, Recycle 123,0312.95
Total4,173,174100.00
Valid votes4,173,17498.00
Invalid votes38,0180.89
Blank votes47,1641.11
Total votes4,258,356100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,847,43439.26
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Results by district

District Marcelo Gomes Ventura Ferreira Matias Mayan Vitorino Silva Turnout
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
  Aveiro 176,76365.66%31,81211.82%25,8949.62%6,3092.34%10,4213.87%8,3383.10%9,6703.59%42.78%
  Azores 56,17869.67%8,94011.09%7,5609.38%1,5361.90%3,1763.94%1,6662.07%1,5751.95%36.07%
  Beja 26,91051.30%5,61310.70%8,49016.19%7,87715.02%1,8953.61%7081.35%9621.83%43.94%
  Braga 234,61763.93%44,78012.20%39,28110.70%10,1922.78%12,5723.43%11,9323.25%13,6223.71%48.52%
  Bragança 27,25860.47%4,85110.76%7,93917.61%1,0192.26%1,5113.35%8421.87%1,6563.67%33.28%
  Castelo Branco 44,17062.13%8,21211.55%9,92013.95%2,4993.52%2,9464.14%1,4772.08%1,8692.63%43.33%
  Coimbra 97,77862.44%20,93813.02%15,68210.01%6,0223.85%8,5885.48%3,9682.53%4,1712.66%42.37%
  Évora 31,71254.70%5,97410.30%9,72016.76%6,26210.80%2,0793.59%1,1762.03%1,0551.82%43.60%
  Faro 89,39357.33%18,31211.74%26,02316.69%6,6074.24%7,6124.88%4,0382.59%3,9432.53%42.11%
  Guarda 34,58264.04%5,63710.44%7,73714.33%1,3282.46%1,8743.47%1,0301.91%1,8103.35%37.41%
  Leiria 115,48463.94%18,87110.45%22,57612.50%5,7613.19%7,2224.00%5,1852.87%5,5263.06%44.70%
  Lisbon 556,02857.80%136,60814.51%123,64412.85%48,7215.06%36,6183.81%39,1904.07%18,1731.89%50.97%
  Madeira 77,94572.16%8,5107.88%10,6429.85%1,8551.72%4,6014.26%2,4842.30%1,9861.84%42.71%
  Portalegre 21,98455.71%4,03410.22%7,90820.04%2,8687.27%1,2343.13%7031.78%7311.85%42.23%
  Porto 450,17560.01%116,90615.58%63,1948.42%24,4563.26%29,8673.98%32,1944.29%33,4274.46%48.10%
  Santarém 101,23360.74%16,3599.81%26,26015.76%8,2744.96%6,2293.74%3,7592.26%4,5632.74%44.90%
  Setúbal 190,91256.17%45,44213.37%43,72012.86%30,3978.94%14,7924.35%7,8382.31%6,7711.99%46.54%
  Viana do Castelo 56,93763.66%10,34811.57%10,17711.38%2,8513.19%3,2963.69%2,2442.51%3,5834.01%38.49%
  Vila Real 47,96063.50%8,62911.42%10,34713.70%1,9122.53%2,4613.26%1,5722.08%2,6503.51%35.81%
  Viseu 81,56865.25%12,99210.39%16,44613.16%2,7502.20%4,1743.34%2,5242.02%4,5533.64%37.26%
 Overseas15,15852.65%5,32818.51%3,61312.55%1,0223.55%1,5735.46%1,6165.61%4781.66%1.88%
Source: 2021 Presidential election results

Maps

Accomplishments

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa won the third highest vote margin ever in presidential elections in Portugal since democracy was restored, only behind Mário Soares' 70.35% in 1991 and António Ramalho Eanes' 61.59% in 1976. [51] He was also the first candidate ever to win the vote in all municipalities. [52]

Ana Gomes became the most voted woman ever in presidential elections in Portugal, beating Marisa Matias' previous record of 10.12% in 2016, and the first to get second place. [53]

Notes

  1. Supported by PSD and CDS-PP
  2. Supported by PAN and LIVRE; even though she is a member of PS, the party did not officially back any candidate in particular
  3. Candidate only delivered 11 signatures, of which only 6 were valid, far short of the required 7,500. However, his name appeared on ballots, as they started being printed before the Court officially verified all candidacies' documents. Votes for Eduardo Baptista were counted as invalid.
  4. Withdrew
  5. Via videotelephony

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