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2016 Portuguese presidential election

2016 Portuguese presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 24 January 2016. The election chose the successor to the President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who was constitutionally not allowed to run for a third consecutive term.

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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the candidate supported by PPD/PSD, CDS-PP and PPM, won the election on the first round with 52% of the vote. Marcelo also won in every single district in the country and only lost a few municipalities in the south of the country. Turnout was higher than that of the 2011 election, but reached a record low in a presidential election with no incumbents as only 48.66% of the electorate cast a ballot.

Background

Aníbal Cavaco Silva had served two consecutive five-year terms as president, the maximum number, and the 2016 election was to choose a successor for a term beginning on March 9. In Portugal, the president is the head of state, has mostly ceremonial powers. However, the president does have some political influence and can dissolve the Parliament of Portugal if a crisis occurs.[1][2] The president also has an official residence in the Belém Palace in Lisbon.[2]

Electoral system

In order to stand for election, candidates had to each gather 7,500 signatures of support one month before the election, and submit them to the Constitutional Court of Portugal. On 29 December 2015 the Constitutional Court certified ten candidates as having met the requirements to appear on the ballot. This was a record number; the highest number of presidential candidates had previously been six.[1]

Under Portuguese law, a candidate must receive a majority of votes (50% plus one vote) to be elected. If no candidate achieved a majority in the first round, a runoff election (i.e., second round, held between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first round) would have been held on February 14.[1][2]

Portugal had about 9.7 million registered voters by election day.[1]

Candidates

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Official candidates

Unsuccessful candidates

Decided not to run

Campaign period

Candidates' slogans

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Candidates' debates

There were several number of debates between all the candidates in the three TV networks RTP, SIC, TVI. There was a radio debate between all candidates plus on January 19, there was a final debate between all of candidates on RTP1.[56]

Completed televised debates:

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Opinion polling

Campaign budgets

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Voter turnout

The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas.

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Results

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Results by district

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Maps

See also

Notes

  1. Independent candidate supported by the Portuguese Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP) and LIVRE (L).
  2. "Tino" is a diminutive for Vitorino, but the noun "tino" means "prudence" or "discernment"
  3. Maria de Belém Roseira was invited to the debate, but did not participate because of the death, the day before, of António de Almeida Santos, her supporter in the campaign.

References

  1. 10 candidates to run in Portugal's presidential election Archived 2016-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press (December 30, 2015).
  2. Henrique Neto recolhe mais de 7900 assinaturas TSF, 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015
  3. Sampaio da Nóvoa. O novo ídolo da esquerda, Jornal i, 15 September 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. "Sampaio da Nóvoa avança oficialmente a 29 de abril - Visao.pt". visao.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19.
  5. Candidato presidencial Sampaio da Nóvoa “praticamente seguro” de segunda volta, Observador, 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  6. PCP já tem candidato às presidenciais. Saiba quem é o padre Edgar Silva, Diário Económico, 8 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. Jorge Sequeira apresenta assinaturas e quer Portugal sem "partidocracia" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Porto Canal, 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  8. Tino de Rans é candidato e tem 8.118 apoiantes, Diário de Notícias, 23 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  9. Marisa Matias formaliza candidatura a Presidente da República, Esquerda.net, 17 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  10. Maria de Belém entrega assinaturas no Tribunal Constitucional e diz confiar na vitória , RTP Notícias, 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  11. Oficial: Maria de Belém comunicou a Costa que será candidata à Presidência, Observador, 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  12. Passos e Portas formalizam apoio a Marcelo, Observador, 10 de Novembro de 2015. Vista em10 de Novembro de 2015.
  13. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa admite candidatura às presidenciais de 2016, SIC Notícias, 27 de Outubro de 2013. Vista em 24 de Agosto de 2014.
  14. PSD começa a acreditar que Marcelo é candidato, SOL, 5 de Abril de 2015. Vista em 5 de Abril de 2015.
  15. Marcelo já decidiu avançar, SOL, 21 de Agosto de 2015. Vista em 21 de Agosto de 2015.
  16. Belém: Caminho mais aberto para Marcelo, Observador, 29 de Agosto de 2015. Vista em 29 de Agosto de 2015.
  17. Passos Coelho não afasta apoio nas presidenciais. Marcelo sorri, Observador, 5 de Setembro de 2015. Vista em 5 de Setembro de 2015.
  18. Marcelo aproxima-se de Passos. “Tem de ser”, Expresso, 20 de Setembro de 2015. Vista em 20 de Setembro de 2015.
  19. Marcelo: “Estou mais bem situado” que Rui Rio para as presidenciais, Observador, 2 de Outubro de 2015. Vista em 3 de Outubro de 2015.
  20. Presidenciais: Marcelo já tomou a decisão e tudo indica que avança, Público, 5 de Outubro de 2015. Vista em 6 de Outubro de 2015.
  21. Marcelo apresenta candidatura hoje às 18h00, Observador, 9 de Outubro de 2015. Vista em 9 de Outubro de 2015.
  22. Pronto para a rentrée? Responda ao quiz da silly season, Observador, 13 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  23. (26 November 2015) "Paulo Freitas do Amaral desiste da candidatura presidencial" TVI 24. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  24. (14 December 2016) Orlando Cruz e António Araújo da Silva desistem da corrida a Belém Observador. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  25. (21 December 2015) Castanheira Barros desiste da cirrida a Belém Correio da Manhã. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  26. Presidenciais Nobre a caminho de Belém? "Sou um putativo candidato", Notícias ao Minuto, 14 February 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  27. (9 January 2014) Pires de Lima: "Paulo Portas é um bom candidato a Presidente da República", Dinheiro Vivo. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  28. (19 February 2015) "Manuela Ferreira Leite não afasta candidatura a Belém" Público. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  29. Santana Lopes anuncia que não é candidato a Belém, Expresso, 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  30. Rio desiste da candidatura a Belém , Expresso, 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  31. Jardim não se candidata a Belém e apoia Marcelo, SOL, 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  32. "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 2016 – CANDIDATURA DE SAMPAIO DA NÓVOA". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  33. "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 2016 – CANDIDATURA DE MARISA MATIAS". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  34. "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 2016 – CANDIDATURA DE MARIA DE BELÉM". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  35. "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 2016 – CANDIDATURA DE EDGAR SILVA". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  36. "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 2016 – VITORINO SILVA (TINO DE RANS)". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  37. "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 2016 – PAULO DE MORAIS". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  38. "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 2016 – CANDIDATURA DE HENRIQUE NETO". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  39. "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 2016 – CANDIDATURA DE JORGE SEQUEIRA". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  40. "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 2016 – CANDIDATURA DE CÂNDIDO FERREIRA". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  41. Rádio Debate
  42. Cândido Ferreira was invited but didn't attend the debate.
  43. "Presidenciais 2016 - Afluência". eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/presidenciais2016/index.doc (in Portuguese). Ministry of Internal Administration. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  44. "Presidenciais 2011 - Afluência". eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/presidenciais2011/index.doc (in Portuguese). Ministry of Internal Administration. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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