2014 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

The 2014 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 25 January 2014. Then PSD leader and Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho ran for a 3rd term as party leader and was the sole candidate in the race, thus winning with almost 90% of the votes.[1]

2014 Social Democratic Party leadership election
Social Democratic Party
25 January 2014
Turnout42.5% Increase2.3 pp
 
Candidate Pedro Passos Coelho
Popular vote 17,521
Percentage 88.9%
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 49)
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)		 17 January 2014 [2]

Results
Summary of the January 2014 PSD leadership election results
Candidate 25 January 2014
Votes  %
Pedro Passos Coelho 17,52188.89
Total 17,521
Valid votes 17,52188.89
Invalid and blank ballots 2,19011.11
Votes cast / turnout 19,71142.45
Registered voters 46,430
Sources: Official results
Vote share
Pedro Passos Coelho
 
 88.89%
Blank/Invalid
 
 11.11%

See also

References
  1. "Pedro Passos Coelho reeleito presidente do PSD com 88% dos votos ", Público, 26 January 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. Público (17 January 2014). "Passos é o único candidato à liderança do PSD nas eleições que o partido realiza hoje". Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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