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2007 Social Democratic Party leadership election
Social Democratic Party
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Turnout62.4% Increase25.1 pp
  Luís Filipe Menezes.jpg Luis Marques Mendes - EPP Summit 16 June 2005 (36).jpg
Candidate Luís Filipe Menezes Luís Marques Mendes
Popular vote 21,101 16,973
Percentage 53.6% 43.1%
Leader before election

Luís Marques Mendes

 Elected Leader

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. 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. 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.

Menezes leadership was, however, very short and in April 2008 he announced his resignation and exit from the leadership.

Candidates

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

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

Results

Summary of the September 2007 PSD leadership election results
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
Vote share
Luís Filipe Menezes   53.62%
Luís Marques Mendes   43.13%
Blank/Invalid   3.25%

See also

References

  1. ^ Diário de Notícias (16 July 2007). "Marques Mendes antecipa directas no PSD e prepara purga interna". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. RTP (15 July 2007). "António Costa vence eleições para Lisboa". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. Diário de Notícias (29 September 2007). "Menezes é o novo líder". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. "Menezes abandona liderança e convoca eleições", TVI24, 17 April 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. Diário de Notícias (24 July 2007). "Menezes avança para derrotar Sócrates em 2009". Retrieved 6 March 2022.

External links

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