This Sunday Portugal elects president
Courtesy Internet
Published at: 18/01/2026 11:58 AM
This Sunday the people of Portugal are carrying out a new electoral process to elect president for the period 2026-2031.
More
than 11 million voters are called to the polls to elect a
successor to the current president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, about
to run out of his second consecutive term since 2016. The
ballots include 11 names; if none of the suitors gets
more than 50 percent of the votes, there will be a second round on February 8
.
Among the main candidates are Luís
Marques Mendes, representing the ruling Social
Democratic Party (PSD); the former Secretary General of the Socialist Party António
José Seguro and the far-right André Ventura, leader of Chega, details the international press.
Retired admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, who is running as an
independent candidate, and liberal MEP João Cotrim de Figueiredo, who unexpectedly rose in the polls
in the final phase of the campaign to vote intention polls, are also
likely to advance to the second round.
Mazo News Team