2016 Portuguese presidential election

A Portuguese presidential election was held on 24 January 2016. This election chose the successor to the President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who was constitutionally not allowed to run for a third consecutive term.

2016 Portuguese presidential election
24 January 2016
Opinion polls
Turnout48.7% 2.2 pp
 
Candidate Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa António Sampaio da Nóvoa Marisa Matias
Party PSD Independent BE
Popular vote 2,413,956 1,062,138 469,814
Percentage 52.0% 22.9% 10.1%
President before election

Aníbal Cavaco Silva
PSD

 Elected President

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
PSD

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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 and election procedure

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]

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 December 29, 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 has about 9.7 million registered voters.[1]

Candidates

Official candidates

Unsuccessful candidates

Decided not to run

Campaign period

Candidates' slogans
Candidate Original slogan English translation Refs
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa « Juntos por Portugal » "Together for Portugal" [46]
Sampaio da Nóvoa « Um Cidadão Presidente » "A Citizen President" [47]
Marisa Matias « Uma por todos » "One for all" [48]
Maria de Belém « Belém, a força do caráter » "Belém, the strength of character" [49]
Edgar Silva « Um homem justo para presidente » "A fair man for president" [50]
Vitorino Silva « Portugal com Tino » "Portugal with Tino" [51]
Paulo de Morais « Meter o país em ordem » "Get the country in order" [52]
Henrique Neto « Porque Portugal precisa » "Because Portugal needs" [53]
Jorge Sequeira « Portugal somos nós » "Portugal is us" [54]
Cândido Ferreira « Pelo nosso futuro » "For our future" [55]

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:

2016 Portuguese presidential election debates
Date Organizers Moderators  P  Present  NI  Non-invitee  A  Absent invitee Notes
Neto Nóvoa Ferreira Silva Sequeira Vitorino Matias Belém Marcelo Morais
1 January
20:35		 RTP1 José Rodrigues dos Santos NI P NI NI NI NI P NI NI NI
1 January
21:30		 SIC Notícias Anselmo Crespo NI NI NI NI NI NI NI P NI P
1 January
22:00		 TVI24 Paulo Magalhães P NI NI P NI NI NI NI NI NI
1 January
23:30		 TVI24 Paulo Magalhães NI NI NI NI P P NI NI P NI
2 January
20:40		 RTP1 José Rodrigues dos Santos P P NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI
2 January
21:30		 TVI24 Paulo Magalhães NI NI NI NI NI NI P NI NI P
2 January
22:00		 SIC Notícias Anselmo Crespo NI NI NI P NI NI NI P NI NI
3 January
20:40		 RTP1 José Rodrigues dos Santos NI NI NI P NI NI NI NI NI P
3 January
21:30		 SIC Notícias Anselmo Crespo P NI NI NI NI NI NI NI P NI
3 January
22:00		 TVI24 Paulo Magalhães NI NI NI NI NI NI P P NI NI
4 January
10:10		 Antena 1 Maria Flor Pedroso P P P P P P P P P P [57]
4 January
20:40		 RTP1 João Adelino Faria P NI NI NI NI NI NI P NI NI
4 January
21:30		 SIC Notícias Anselmo Crespo NI NI NI NI NI NI P NI P NI
4 January
22:00		 TVI24 Paulo Magalhães NI P NI P NI NI NI NI NI NI
5 January
20:40		 RTP1 João Adelino Faria NI NI NI P NI NI NI P NI NI
5 January
21:30		 SIC Notícias Anselmo Crespo P NI NI NI NI NI P NI NI NI
5 January
22:00		 TVI24 Paulo Magalhães NI P NI NI NI NI NI NI NI P
5 January
23:00		 SIC Notícias Anselmo Crespo NI P A NI P P NI NI NI NI [58]
6 January
20:40		 RTP1 João Adelino Faria NI NI NI P NI NI P NI NI NI
6 January
21:45		 TVI24 Paulo Magalhães NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI P P
6 January
23:30		 SIC Notícias Anselmo Crespo P NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI P
7 January
20:50		 SIC Clara de Sousa NI P NI NI NI NI NI NI P NI
7 January
20:40		 RTP1 João Adelino Faria NI NI A NI P P NI P NI NI [58]
8 January
20:40		 RTP1 João Adelino Faria NI NI NI NI NI NI NI P P NI
9 January
20:45		 TVI Judite de Sousa NI P NI NI NI NI NI P NI NI
19 January
21:00		 RTP1 Carlos Daniel
Vítor Gonçalves		 P P P P P P P A P P [lower-alpha 1][59]

Opinion polling
Main article: Opinion polling for the Portuguese presidential election, 2016

Campaign budgets
Candidate (party) Election
Result		 State Subsidy Political Parties
Contributions		 Fundraising Total Revenue Expenses Debt
Calculated Budgeted Calculated Budgeted
Marcelo R. Sousa (PSD, CDS-PP, PPM) 52.0% €0 €90,000 €0 €67,000 €0 €157,000 €157,000 €0
Sampaio da Nóvoa (I) 22.9% €0 €798,000 €0 €170,000 €0 €968,000 €742,000 €0
Marisa Matias (BE, MAS) 10.1% €0 €308,660 €0 €146,000 €0 €454,660 €454,660 €0
Maria de Belém (I) 4.2% €0 €790,656 €0 €105,970 €0 €896,626 €650,000 €0
Edgar Silva (PCP) 3.9% €0 €377,750 €342,250 €30,000 €0 €750,000 €750,000 €0
Vitorino Silva (I) 3.3% €0 €0 €0 €50,000 €0 €50,000 €50,000 €0
Paulo de Morais (I) 2.2% €0 €61,000 €0 €32,000 €0 €93,000 €93,000 €0
Henrique Neto (I) 0.8% €0 €199,000 €0 €76,000 €0 €275,000 €275,000 €0
Jorge Sequeira (I) 0.3% €0 €0 €0 €123,500 €0 €123,500 €123,500 €0
Cândido Ferreira (I) 0.2% €0 €0 €0 €60,000 €0 €60,000 €60,000 €0
Source: Portuguese Constitutional Court (TC)[60]

Results

Summary of the 24 January 2016 Portuguesepresidentialelection results

 
Candidates Supporting parties First round
Votes %
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Social Democratic Party, People's Party, People's Monarchist Party 2,413,956 52.00
António Sampaio da Nóvoa Independent supported by the Portuguese Workers' Communist Party, LIVRE 1,062,138 22.88
Marisa Matias Left Bloc, Socialist Alternative Movement 469,814 10.12
Maria de Belém Independent 196,765 4.24
Edgar Silva Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens" 183,051 3.94
Vitorino Silva Independent 152,374 3.28
Paulo de Morais Independent 100,191 2.16
Henrique Neto Independent 39,163 0.84
Jorge Sequeira Independent 13,954 0.30
Cândido Ferreira Independent 10,609 0.23
Total valid 4,642,015 100.00
Blank ballots 58,964 1.24
Invalid ballots 43,588 0.92
Total 4,744,597
Registered voters/turnout 9,751,39848.66
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições
Vote share 1st Round
Marcelo R. de Sousa
 
 52.00%
Sampaio da Nóvoa
 
 22.88%
Marisa Matias
 
 10.12%
Maria de Belém
 
 4.24%
Edgar Silva
 
 3.94%
Vitorino Silva
 
 3.28%
Paulo de Morais
 
 2.16%
Henrique Neto
 
 0.84%
Jorge Sequeira
 
 0.30%
Cândido Ferreira
 
 0.23%
Blank/Invalid
 
 2.16%

Maps
  • Strongest candidate by electoral district.
  • Strongest candidate by municipality: Marcelo - orange; Nóvoa - magenta; Edgar Silva - red.

See also

Notes
  1. 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.

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