2012 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

The 2012 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 3 March 2012. Then PSD leader and Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho ran for a 2nd term as party leader and was the sole candidate in the race, thus winning with almost 95% of the votes.[1]

2012 Social Democratic Party leadership election
Social Democratic Party
3 March 2012
Turnout40.2% Decrease26.1 pp
 
Candidate Pedro Passos Coelho
Popular vote 20,266
Percentage 94.7%
Leader before election

Pedro Passos Coelho

 Elected Leader

Pedro Passos Coelho

Candidates
Name Born Experience Announcement date Ref.

Pedro Passos Coelho		 24 August 1964
(age 47)
Coimbra
Social Democratic Youth leader (1990–1995)
Social Democratic Party leader (2010–2018)
Prime Minister (2011–2015)
Member of Parliament for Lisbon (1991–1999)
Member of Parliament for Vila Real (2011–2015)		 22 February 2012 [2]

Withdrew
  • Nuno Miguel Henriques;[3]

Results
Summary of the March 2012 PSD leadership election results
Candidate 3 March 2012
Votes  %
Pedro Passos Coelho 20,26694.65
Total 20,266
Valid votes 20,26694.65
Invalid and blank ballots 1,1465.35
Votes cast / turnout 21,41240.20
Registered voters 53,270
Sources: Official results
Vote share
Pedro Passos Coelho
 
 94.65%
Blank/Invalid
 
 5.35%

See also

References
  1. "Passos Coelho reeleito líder do PSD com 95,5% dos votos", Diário de Notícias, 4 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. TVI24 (28 February 2012). "Autárquicas: Passos diz que será desafio difícil". Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. TVI24 (28 February 2012). "PSD: Nuno Henriques diz que lhe foi vedada informação". Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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