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, but it was postponed to 19 and 20 October 2024 due to the September 2024 wildfire crisis. This leadership election was held with Luís Montenegro holding the office of Prime Minister, following his win in the 2024 March early legislative election.
Luís Montenegro, who faced some speculation about potential leadership challenges before his election as Prime Minister, 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. Luís Montenegro was re-elected as party leader with 97.5 percent of all votes cast, including blank and invalid ballots, with a low turnout of just under 40 percent.
Candidates
NameBornExperienceAnnouncement dateRef.Luís Montenegro(age )PortoPrime Minister (since 2024)President of the Social Democratic Party (since 2022)Member of Parliament for Lisbon (2024–2025)Leader of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Caucus (2011–2017)Member of Parliament for Aveiro (2002–2017)9 October 2023
Declined Carlos Moedas – Mayor of Lisbon (since 2021); former European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation (2014–2019) Pedro Passos Coelho – former Prime Minister (2011–2015); former Social Democratic Party leader (2010–2018)
Opinion polls
All voters Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample sizeLuís MontenegroCarlos MoedasPedro Passos Coelho Others/Undecided LeadCESOP–UCP15–24 Nov 20231,10218.024.037.021.013.0Aximage 8–9 Nov 2023 51625.0 18.0 24.8 32.2 0.2Intercampus 7–11 Aug 2023 607 23.935.7 40.4 11.8 13.8 26.232.8 27.2 6.6
PSD voters Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample sizeLuís MontenegroCarlos MoedasPedro Passos Coelho Others/Undecided LeadCESOP–UCP15–24 Nov 20231,10215.019.057.09.038.0
Results + 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:
See also Elections in Portugal List of political parties in Portugal
References
External links PSD Official website