At Stake in this Election: 

• The Presidency of Portugal 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (since 9 Mar 2016) 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Luís MONTENEGRO (since 2 Apr 2024) 

• Assembly: unicameral Assembly of the Republic with 230 seats 

Electoral System: 

• The President is elected by majority vote in up to two rounds to a once consecutively renewable 5-year term. 

• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President. 

• All 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic are directly elected by proportional representation to 4-year terms.  

Last Election: 

In the last election in 2021, Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA won in the first round with 61% of the vote. Voter turnout was 39%. 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 18 Dec 2025 

• Voter registration deadline: 19 Nov 2025 

Main Candidates in this Election: 

• André Pestana DA SILVA 

• • Party: Independent 

• Eduardo Jorge Costa PINTO 

• • Party: LIVRE 

• Manuel João Gonçalves Rodrigues VIEIRA 

• • Party: Independent 

• Catarina Soares MARTINS

• • Party: Left Bloc 

• João Fernando Cotrim DE FIGUEIREDO 

• • Party: Liberal Initiative 

• Humberto Raimundo Joaquim CORREIA 

• • Party: Independent 

• António José Martins SEGURO 

• • Party: Socialist Party 

• Luís Manuel Gonçalves Marques MENDES 

• • Party: Social Democratic Party; CDS – People's Party 

• André Claro Amaral VENTURA 

• • Party: Chega 

• António Filipe Gaião RODRIGUES 

• • Party: Portugese Communist Party; Ecologist Party 

• Henrique Eduardo Passaláqua DE GOUVEIA E MELO 

• • Party: Independent 

Country Context: 

• Population: 10,694,681 (2024 est) 

• Registered Voters: 11,039,672 (2026)

• V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index Score: 0.83 (2025) 

• V-Dem Regimes of the World Classification: Electoral Democracy (2025) 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.890, Very High, Rank 40 (2023) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 5,600,421 (2024 est) 

• CEDAW Status: Signed 24 Apr 1980, Ratified 30 Jul 1980 

• Gender Quota:  Yes, at least 40% of each party’s candidate list for the Assembly of the Republic must be women and 40% must be men. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 82 out of the 230 (36%) in the Assembly of the Republic 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 9.5 (2023) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 30 Mar 2007, Ratified 23 Sep 2009 

• Projected population with a disability: 1,711,149 (2024 est)