2024 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

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2024 Social Democratic Party leadership election
Partido Social Democrata Logo.svg
  2022 6 September 2024
Turnout39.7% Decrease2.svg20.8 pp
 
EPP Summit, 21 March, BrusselsZ9B 1871 (53601885385).jpg
Candidate Luís Montenegro
Popular vote16,198
Percentage97.5%

Leader before election

Luís Montenegro

Elected Leader

Luís Montenegro

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]

Contents

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

NameBornExperienceAnnouncement dateRef.
Luis Montenegro.jpg
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

Opinion polls

Hypothetical polling

All voters

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample size Luis Montenegro.jpg Carlos Moedas Web Summit 2021 - Opening night.jpg Pedro Passos Coelho 2017.jpg Others/
Undecided
Lead
Montenegro Moedas Passos
Coelho
CESOP–UCP 15–24 Nov 20231,10218.024.037.021.013.0
Aximage 8–9 Nov 202351625.018.024.832.20.2
Intercampus 7–11 Aug 202360723.935.740.411.8
13.826.232.827.26.6

PSD voters

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample size Luis Montenegro.jpg Carlos Moedas Web Summit 2021 - Opening night.jpg Pedro Passos Coelho 2017.jpg Others/
Undecided
Lead
Montenegro Moedas Passos
Coelho
CESOP–UCP 15–24 Nov 20231,10215.019.057.09.038.0

Results

Summary of the September 2024 PSD leadership election results
Candidate6 September 2024
Votes %
Luís Montenegro 16,19897.46
Total16,198
Valid votes16,19897.46
Invalid and blank ballots4232.54
Votes cast / turnout16,62139.70
Registered voters41,863
Sources: [5] [6]
Vote share
Luís Montenegro
97.46%
Blank/Invalid
2.54%

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