2022 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

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2022 Social Democratic Party leadership election
Social Democratic Party
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Turnout60.5% Decrease17.7 pp
 
Luís Montenegro.jpg
Krzysztof Szczerski, Jorge Moreira da Silva, Zbigniew Rau (cropped).jpg
Candidate Luís Montenegro Jorge Moreira da Silva
Popular vote 19,241 7,306
Percentage 72.5% 27.5%
Leader before election

Rui Rio

 Elected Leader

Luís Montenegro

The 2022 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 28 May 2022.[1] If no candidate achieved more than 50% of the votes in the first round, a second round would be held between the two most voted candidates in the first round on 4 June 2022, however, as only two candidates were on the ballot, Luís Montenegro and Jorge Moreira da Silva, a second round was not necessary.[2]

The elections came after the defeat of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in the 2022 Portuguese legislative election, where António Costa of the Socialist Party (PS) achieved an absolute majority. During election night, Rui Rio, the incumbent leader of the PSD, declared that he does not see how he could be useful in a PS majority.[3] On 3 February 2022, Rio announced his intention of leaving the PSD leadership and proposed the calling of a snap leadership election.[4]

Luís Montenegro defeated Jorge Moreira da Silva by a landslide, 72% to 28%, and was elected as the new PSD leader; however, turnout dropped to just above 60%.[5] Montenegro won all the districts in the country and didn't prevail in just 38 municipalities, out of 308.[6]

Candidates[edit]

Name Born Experience Announcement date Ref.

Luís Montenegro 		16 February 1973
(age 49)
Porto 		Leader of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Caucus (2011–2017)
Member of Parliament for Aveiro (2002–2017) 		29 March 2022 [7]

Jorge Moreira da Silva 		24 April 1971
(age 51)
Vila Nova de Famalicão 		Leader of the Social Democratic Youth (1995–1998)
Member of the European Parliament (1999–2003)
Minister of the Environment, Territorial Planning and Energy (2013–2015)
Member of Parliament for Lisbon (2005–2006)
Member of Parliament for Braga (1995–1999), (2015–2016) 		1 April 2022 [8]

Declined[edit]

Opinion polls[edit]

All voters[edit]

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size
Krzysztof Szczerski, Jorge Moreira da Silva, Zbigniew Rau (cropped).jpg
 Others
/Undecided 		Lead
Montenegro Moreira da Silva
Aximage 19–24 May 2022 805 21 21 58 Tie
Intercampus 7–15 May 2022 611 54.7 32.1 13.2 22.6

PSD voters[edit]

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size
Krzysztof Szczerski, Jorge Moreira da Silva, Zbigniew Rau (cropped).jpg
 Others
/Undecided 		Lead
Montenegro Moreira da Silva
Aximage 19–24 May 2022 805 41 22 37 19

Results[edit]

Summary of the May 2022 PSD leadership election results
Candidate 28 May 2022
Votes %
Luís Montenegro 19,241 72.48
Jorge Moreira da Silva 7,306 27.52
Total 26,547
Valid votes 26,547 98.38
Invalid and blank ballots 437 1.62
Votes cast / turnout 26,984 60.46
Registered voters 44,628
Sources: Official results
Vote share
Luis Montenegro
 
 72.48%
Jorge Moreira da Silva
 
 27.52%

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sucessor de Rio escolhido a 28 de maio. Ribau Esteves e Pedro Rodrigues marcam posição". Expresso (in European Portuguese). 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  2. ^ "PSD: Montenegro e Moreira da Silva confirmados como dois candidatos à liderança". Visão. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Rui Rio: 'Eu não consigo argumentar como é que posso ser útil'". www.jn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  4. ^ a b "Rui Rio de saída do PSD anuncia que não se recandidata à liderança". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  5. ^ RTP. "Luís Montenegro é o novo presidente do PSD". RTP (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  6. ^ Rodrigues, Sofia. "Montenegro na hora da vitória: "Maioria expressiva vai facilitar unidade"". Público (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  7. ^ Público (29 March 2022). "Luís Montenegro vai ser candidato à liderança do PSD". Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. ^ Eco (1 April 2022). "Jorge Moreira da Silva candidata-se à liderança do PSD". Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Marques Mendes descarta hipótese de candidatura à liderança do PSD". www.jn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  10. ^ a b c Rodrigues, Sofia. "PSD: os sucessores de quem se fala". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  11. ^ Anjinho Chagas, Tomás. "Carlos Moedas não é candidato à liderança do PSD. "Certamente estarei fora"". rr.sapo.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  12. ^ "″O segundo mandato do Presidente da República não será muito gratificante para o próprio″". TSF Rádio Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2022-02-06. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  13. ^ "PSD. Paulo Rangel está a ponderar recandidatura à liderança". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  14. ^ Renascença (2022-02-01). "Malheiro lança Montenegro, Moreira da Silva e Rangel à liderança do PSD - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  15. ^ "Paulo Rangel considera que não é "a pessoa indicada" para a liderança do PSD". www.expresso.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  16. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Conselho Nacional do PSD vota esta segunda-feira proposta de diretas para 28 de maio e Congresso em julho". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  17. ^ Observador. ""Não vou alimentar telenovelas: não faz sentido ser candidato a líder do PSD"". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  18. ^ "Notícia SIC: Ribau Esteves pondera entrar na corrida à liderança do PSD". SIC Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  19. ^ "Ribau Esteves anuncia que não é candidato à liderança do PSD". Porto Canal (in European Portuguese). 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  20. ^ "Pinto Luz só falará sobre candidatura à liderança do PSD depois da Comissão Política Nacional". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  21. ^ "Pinto Luz: "Não serei candidato a líder do PSD"". www.observador.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  22. ^ Carrapatoso, Miguel Santos. "Pedro Rodrigues pondera avançar com candidatura à liderança do PSD". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  23. ^ "Pedro Rodrigues fora da corrida ao PSD". Jornal de Notícias (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  24. ^ "Montenegro é favorito à liderança do PSD contra delfim de Rui Rio". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  25. ^ Antunes, Miguel Santos Carrapatoso, Rui Pedro. "André Coelho Lima recusa comentar Montenegro. "Terei opinião, mas devo estar no recato"". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links[edit]

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