2026 Portuguese presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in Portugal in 2026, with a first round on 18 January and a second round on 8 February. The incumbent president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, supported by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), had already served two consecutive terms, so he was not eligible for re-election. Fourteen potential candidates submitted formal applications, of which eleven were certified to appear on the ballot paper. They included the former coordinator of Portugal's COVID-19 vaccination task force Henrique Gouveia e Melo, who ran as an independent, and former PSD leader Luís Marques Mendes. The Socialist Party (PS) supported the campaign of their former party leader António José Seguro. André Ventura, the leader of Chega (CH), also stood. Other candidates supported by parties were the MEPs João Cotrim de Figueiredo for Liberal Initiative (IL) and Catarina Martins for Left Bloc (BE); the former MP António Filipe for the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP); and the MP Jorge Pinto for LIVRE...

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