| Election Name: | 2007 CDS – People's Party leadership election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Portuguese legislative election#CDS–PP 2005 leadership election |
| Previous Year: | 2005 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Portuguese legislative election#CDS – People's Party |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Election Date: | 21 April 2007 |
| Turnout: | 17.2% |
| Candidate1: | Paulo Portas |
| Colour1: | 0091DC |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,642 |
| Percentage1: | 74.6% |
| Candidate2: | José Ribeiro e Castro |
| Colour2: | 0091DC |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,883 |
| Percentage2: | 24.9% |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | José Ribeiro e Castro |
| After Election: | Paulo Portas |
The 2007 CDS – People's Party leadership election was held on 21 April 2007. The incumbent leader since 2005, José Ribeiro e Castro, faced former leader and his predecessor Paulo Portas, who requested a leadership election looking to return to the party's leadership just 2 years after his resignation following the 2005 legislative election.[1]
Paulo Portas won the election by a landslide, returning to his former post as leader of the CDS – People's Party[2] and later contesting the 2009 legislative election.
| Name | Born | Experience | Announcement date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
José Ribeiro e Castro | (age 53) Lisbon | President of the CDS – People's Party (2005–2007) Member of the European Parliament (1999–2009) Member of Parliament for Braga (1976–1979); (1999) Member of Parliament for Lisbon (1980–1983) Member of Parliament for Aveiro (1979–1980) | 1 March 2007 | |
Paulo Portas | (age 44) Lisbon | Member of Parliament for Aveiro (1995–2015) President of the CDS – People's Party (1998–2005) Minister of National Defence (2002–2005) Member of the European Parliament (1999) | 1 March 2007 |
| Candidate | 21 April 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |||||
| Paulo Portas | 5,642 | 74.60 | ||||
| José Ribeiro e Castro | 1,883 | 24.90 | ||||
| Total | 7,525 | |||||
| Valid votes | 7,525 | 99.50 | ||||
| Invalid and blank ballots | 38 | 0.50 | ||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 7,563 | 17.19 | ||||
| Registered voters | 44,000 | |||||
| Sources: RTP, RTP | ||||||