2020 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

The 2020 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 11 and 18 January 2020. As no candidate received a majority of all valid votes on the first round, held on 11 January 2020, a second round took place one week later, 18 January, between the two candidates with the highest number of votes in the first round. This was the first time that a Social Democratic Party leadership election was contested on a second ballot.

2020 Social Democratic Party leadership election
11–18 January 2020 (2020-01-11 – 2020-01-18)
 
Candidate Rui Rio Luís Montenegro Miguel Pinto Luz
First ballot 15,546 (49.0%) 13,136 (41.4%) 3,030 (9.6%)
Second ballot 17,157 (53.2%) 15,086 (46.8%) Eliminated
Leader before election

Rui Rio

 Elected Leader

Rui Rio

In the first round of the election, incumbent party leader Rui Rio finished in first place with a relative majority of 49.0% of all valid votes cast, followed by contesters Luís Montenegro, who received 41.4% of the vote, and Miguel Pinto Luz, who won 9.6% of the vote.[1] As no candidate managed to reach the required percentage of the vote to win outright in the first round, a run-off election took place between the two candidates with the most votes in the first round: Rio and Montenegro. Rui Rio won the second round with 53.2% of the vote and was thus re-elected President of the party and stayed on as Leader of the Opposition.[2]

Candidates
Name Born Experience Announcement date Ref.

Rui Rio		 6 August 1957
(age 63)
Porto		 President of the Social Democratic Party (2018–present)
Member of Parliament for Porto (2019–present)
Mayor of Porto (2001–2013)
Member of Parliament for Porto (1991–2002)		 21 October 2019 [3]

Luís Montenegro		 16 February 1973
(age 47)
Porto		 Leader of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Caucus (2011–2017)
Member of Parliament for Aveiro (2002–2017)		 9 October 2019 [4]

Miguel Pinto Luz		 8 February 1977
(age 43)
Lisbon		 Deputy Mayor of Cascais (2017–present)
Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transportation, and Communications, XX Constitutional Government (2015)		 18 October 2019 [5][6]

Withdrawn candidates
  • Miguel Morgado, Member of Parliament for Porto (2015–2019)
  • Jorge Moreira da Silva, Minister of the Environment, Territorial Planning and Energy (2013–2015)

Opinion polls

All voters
Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other
/None		 Lead
Rui Rio Luís Montenegro Miguel Pinto Luz
Intercampus 20–26 Nov 2019 604 40.6 14.2 3.3 41.9 26.4

Results
Summary of the January 2020 PSD leadership election results
Candidate 1st Round
11 January 2020		 2nd Round
18 January 2020
Votes % Votes %
Rui Rio 15,54649.02 17,15753.21
Luís Montenegro 13,13641.42 15,08646.79
Miguel Pinto Luz 3,0309.55 Eliminated
Total 31,712 32,243
Valid votes 31,712100.00 32,243100.00
Invalid and blank ballots 3691.15 3391.04
Votes cast / turnout 32,08179.01 32,58280.20
Registered voters 40,604 40,628
Sources: 1st Round results, 2nd Round results
Vote share 1st Round
Rui Rio
 
 49.02%
Luís Montenegro
 
 41.42%
Miguel Pinto Luz
 
 9.55%
Vote share 2nd Round
Rui Rio
 
 53.21%
Luís Montenegro
 
 46.79%

See also

References
  1. "Eleições PSD: Rio obteve 49,02% dos votos na 1.ª volta e Montenegro 41,42%", TVI24, 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. "Rio é reeleito e mostra-se disposto a gerar unidade no PSD ", Público, 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. RTP Notícias (21 October 2019). "Rui Rio anuncia recandidatura à liderança do PSD". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. Público (9 October 2019). "Luís Montenegro anuncia candidatura à liderança do PSD". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. "Curriculum Vitae de Miguel Pinto Luz" (PDF). Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. Expresso (18 October 2019). "Pinto Luz anuncia candidatura e promete lutar para fazer "renascer o PSD"". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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