Coalition PSD/CDS

The PSD/CDS coalition (Portuguese: Coligação PSD/CDS, PPD/PSD.CDS-PP) is a conservative[3] political and electoral alliance in Portugal formed by the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD) and CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP). The coalition with just the two parties appeared for the first time in the 1997 local elections and, at the local level, it has been expanded in each following election till today.

Coalition PSD/CDS
Coligação PSD/CDS
AbbreviationPPD/PSD.CDS-PP (official)
LeaderLuís Montenegro
Nuno Melo
Founded1997 (as coalition for the local elections)
IdeologyConservatism
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre-right[1] to right-wing[2]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
International Democrat Union
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
Member partiesSocial Democratic Party
CDS – People's Party

The coalition was also on the ballot in the 2004 Azores regional election, but failed to win that election. The coalition was also on the ballot in the 2023 Madeira regional election.

On elections for the Assembly of the Republic, the coalition was only tried once, in the 2015 legislative election, and it polled ahead with almost 39% of the votes, but was unable to remain in power as it didn't gain enough seats for a majority. In the Presidential elections, the candidates supported by a PSD/CDS coalition have won every single election since 2006.

Election results

2015 legislative election

For the 2015 legislative election, PSD and CDS-PP ran under a coalition with the name Portugal Ahead. In the legislative election on 5 October 2015, the PSD/CDS-PP joint list received 36.9% of the vote and returned 102 seats in the Assembly of the Republic, with the PSD electing 5 deputies on standalone lists in Madeira and Azores.[4]

Although the coalition won the elections, and surprised many analysts and pundits, the left parties together had a majority in Parliament, and opted to negotiate a confidence-and-supply agreement, thus refusing to allow for a second PSD/CDS-PP cabinet. For the first time in Portuguese democracy the Socialist Party, the second most voted political force in the elections, negotiated with the BE, the PCP and the PEV a formation of a new government.

Following the fall of the short-lived 20th Constitutional Government, the "natural" extinction of the coalition was declared on 16 December 2015 by Passos Coelho: "No formal act is necessary to put an end to it".[5][6]

Logo of the Portugal Ahead (PáF) coalition.
Flag of the Portugal Ahead (PáF) coalition.

As Portugal Ahead (Portugal à Frente, PàF)

Election Leader Votes  % Seats Government
2015 Pedro Passos Coelho 2,085,465 38.6 (#1)
107 / 230
 Coalition[lower-alpha 1]
Opposition

2004 European Parliament election
Main article: Força Portugal

As Forward Portugal (Força Portugal, FP)

Election Leader Votes  % Seats
2004 João de Deus Pinheiro 1,132,769 33.3 (#2)
7 / 21

2014 European Parliament election

An alliance was formed as the Portugal Alliance (Aliança Portugal) for the 2014 European Parliament election, in which the alliance won 27.7% of the popular vote and 7 of Portugal's 21 seats in the European Parliament, sitting with the European People's Party Group.[7]

As Portugal Alliance (Aliança Portugal, AP)

Election Leader Votes  % Seats
2014 Paulo Rangel 910,647 27.7 (#2)
7 / 21

2004 Azores regional election

As Azores Coalition (Coligação Açores, CA)

Election Leader Votes  % Seats Government
2004 Victor do Couto Cruz 38,883 36.8 (#2)
21 / 52
 Opposition

2023 Madeira regional election

As We are Madeira (Somos Madeira, SM)

Election Leader Votes  % Seats Government
2023 Miguel Albuquerque 58,394 43.1 (#1)
23 / 47
 Coalition[lower-alpha 2]

Local elections

Only in contests where PSD and CDS-PP ran in a joint coalition.

Election Votes  % Councillors +/- Mayors +/- Assemblies +/- Parishes +/-
1997 124,859 2.3 (#6)
7 / 2,021
 New
0 / 305
 New
22 / 6,807
 New
561 / 33,953
 New
2001 472,581 9.0 (#4)
114 / 2,044
 Increase103
15 / 308
 Increase15
427 / 6,876
 Increase392
2,124 / 34,569
 Increase1,486
2005 462,199 8.6 (#4)
131 / 2,046
 Increase17
18 / 308
 Increase3
407 / 6,885
 Decrease20
2,065 / 34,498
 Decrease59
2009 540,053 9.8 (#3)
157 / 2,078
 Increase21
19 / 308
 Increase1
522 / 6,946
 Increase115
2,911 / 34,498
 Increase847
2013 379,110 7.6 (#4)
154 / 2,086
 Decrease3
16 / 308
 Decrease3
493 / 6,487
 Decrease29
2,096 / 27,167
 Decrease815
2017 454,222 8.8 (#4)
169 / 2,074
 Increase15
16 / 308
 Steady0
539 / 6,461
 Increase46
2,486 / 27,005
 Increase390
2021 540,783 10.8 (#3)
239 / 2,064
 Increase70
31 / 308
 Increase15
751 / 6,448
 Increase212
3,210 / 26,790
 Increase724

Presidential elections
Election Candidate 1st round
Votes  %
2001 Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral 1,498,948 34.7 (#2)
2006 Aníbal Cavaco Silva 2,773,431 50.5 (#1)
2011 2,231,956 53.0 (#1)
2016 Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa 2,413,956 52.0 (#1)
2021 2,531,692 60.7 (#1)

Leaders
Luís Montenegro, Incumbent PSD leader.
Nuno Melo, Incumbent CDS-PP leader.
PSD CDS-PP
Name Time in Office Name Time in Office
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa 1996–1999 Manuel Monteiro 1992–1998
José Manuel Durão Barroso 1999–2004 Paulo Portas 1998–2005
Pedro Santana Lopes 2004–2005 José Ribeiro e Castro 2005–2007
Luís Marques Mendes 2005–2007 Paulo Portas 2007–2016
Luís Filipe Menezes 2007–2008 Assunção Cristas 2016–2020
Manuela Ferreira Leite 2008–2010 Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos 2020–2022
Pedro Passos Coelho 2010–2018 Nuno Melo 2022–Incumbent
Rui Rio 2018–2022
Luís Montenegro 2022–Incumbent

Notes
  1. Minority government (2015); Opposition (2015–2019).
  2. Coalition government Social Democratic Party-CDS–PP; Confidence & supply gov't: PSD/CDS-PP ⇐ (PAN).

References
  1. "Portugal election: centre-right coalition retains power but could lose majority". The Guardian. Reuters. 5 October 2015.
  2. "Portugal parliamentary election 2019: Who are the main parties?" Euronews. 5 October 2019.
  3. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Portugal". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015.
  4. "Legislativas 2015 - Resultados Globais". Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  5. (16 December 2015) Passos Coelho diz que a coligação "acabou" TSF. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. (16 December 2015) Passos: Coligação com CDS acabou Expresso. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  7. "Results by country: Portugal". Results of the 2014 European elections. European Parliament. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
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