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]
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Menezes leadership was, however, very short and in April 2008 he announced his resignation and exit from the leadership.[4]
Candidates
edit| Name | Born | Experience | Announcement date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Luís Marques Mendes |
5 November 1957 (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 | [1] |
 Luís Filipe Menezes |
2 November 1953 (age 53) Ovar |
Member of Parliament for Porto (1987–1995) Mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia (1997–2013) |
24 July 2007 | [5] |
Results
edit| Candidate | 28 September 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Diário de Notícias (16 July 2007). "Marques Mendes antecipa directas no PSD e prepara purga interna". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ RTP (15 July 2007). "António Costa vence eleições para Lisboa". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Diário de Notícias (29 September 2007). "Menezes é o novo líder". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Menezes abandona liderança e convoca eleições", TVI24, 17 April 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Diário de Notícias (24 July 2007). "Menezes avança para derrotar Sócrates em 2009". Retrieved 6 March 2022.