Election Name: | 2007 Social Democratic Party leadership election |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2006 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2008 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Election Date: | 28 September 2007 |
Turnout: | 62.4% 25.1 pp |
Candidate1: | Luís Filipe Menezes |
Colour1: | FF9900 |
Popular Vote1: | 21,101 |
Percentage1: | 53.6% |
Image2 Size: | 150x150px |
Candidate2: | Luís Marques Mendes |
Colour2: | FF9900 |
Popular Vote2: | 16,973 |
Percentage2: | 43.1% |
Leader | |
Before Election: | Luís Marques Mendes |
After Election: | Luís Filipe Menezes |
The 2007 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 28 September 2007. This was a snap leadership election called by then party leader Luís Marques Mendes, elected in April 2005.[1] Marques Mendes triggered the snap leadership ballot after the PSD bad result in the July 2007 Lisbon mayoral by-election, in which the PSD candidate, Fernando Negrão, polled 3rd place with just 16% of the votes.[2] Marques Mendes decided to run for reelection and faced Luís Filipe Menezes in the leadership ballot. On election day, Menezes defeated Marques Mendes by a 54% to 43% margin and was elected as the new leader of the PSD.[3]
Menezes leadership was, however, very short and in April 2008 he announced his resignation and exit from the leadership.[4]
Name | Born | Experience | Announcement date | Ref. | |
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Luís Marques Mendes | (age 49) Guimarães | Deputy Prime Minister (1992–1995) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (2002–2004) Member of Parliament for Braga (1987–1991); (1995–1999) Member of Parliament for Viana do Castelo (1991–1995) Member of Parliament for Aveiro (1999–2009) President of the Social Democratic Party (2005–2007) | 16 July 2007 | ||
Luís Filipe Menezes | (age 53) Ovar | Member of Parliament for Porto (1987–1995) Mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia (1997–2013) | 24 July 2007 | [5] |
Candidate | 28 September 2007 | |||||
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Votes | % | |||||
Luís Filipe Menezes | 21,101 | 53.62 | ||||
Luís Marques Mendes | 16,973 | 43.14 | ||||
Total | 38,074 | |||||
Valid votes | 38,074 | 96.75 | ||||
Invalid and blank ballots | 1,279 | 3.25 | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 39,353 | 62.42 | ||||
Registered voters | 63,042 | |||||
Sources: Official results |