2024 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election
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6 September 2024
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| Turnout | 39.7%  20.8 pp | ||||||||||||
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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]
Luís Montenegro, who faced some speculation about potential leadership challenges before his election as Prime Minister,[4] 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.[5] 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.[6][7]
Declined
| Name | Born | Experience | Announcement date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 (2024–2025) Leader of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Caucus (2011–2017) Member of Parliament for Aveiro (2002–2017) |
9 October 2023 | [8] |
- Carlos Moedas – Mayor of Lisbon (since 2021); former European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation (2014–2019)[4]
- Pedro Passos Coelho – former Prime Minister (2011–2015); former PSD leader (2010–2018)[9]
Opinion polls
All voters
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Luís Montenegro | Carlos Moedas | Pedro Passos Coelho | Others/ Undecided |
Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CESOP–UCP | 15–24 Nov 2023 | 1,102 | 18.0 | 24.0 | 37.0 | 21.0 | 13.0 |
| Aximage | 8–9 Nov 2023 | 516 | 25.0 | 18.0 | 24.8 | 32.2 | 0.2 |
| Intercampus | 7–11 Aug 2023 | 607 | 23.9 | 35.7 | N/a | 40.4 | 11.8 |
| 13.8 | 26.2 | 32.8 | 27.2 | 6.6 |
PSD voters
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Luís Montenegro | Carlos Moedas | Pedro Passos Coelho | Others/ Undecided |
Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CESOP–UCP | 15–24 Nov 2023 | 1,102 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 57.0 | 9.0 | 38.0 |
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: [6][7] | |||||