2010 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

2010 Social Democratic Party leadership election
Turnout	66.3% 7.2 pp
Leader before election; Manuela Ferreira Leite;	Elected Leader ; Pedro Passos Coelho;

The 2010 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 26 March 2010. The leadership election was held after the defeat of the PSD in the 2009 general elections.^[1] The then PSD leader, Manuela Ferreira Leite, decided to not contest this leadership election and four candidates entered in the race: Pedro Passos Coelho, candidate also in 2008; Paulo Rangel; José Pedro Aguiar-Branco and Castanheira Barros. On election day, Passos Coelho won the leadership by a landslide, capturing more than 61% of the votes, while Rangel only polled 34%. The other two candidates had results below 4%.^[2]

Pedro Passos Coelho would lead the PSD to victory in the 2011 snap general elections and become Prime Minister.^[3]

^ "Manuela Ferreira Leite admite directas no PSD depois da votação do orçamento ", Público, 23 October 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ "Passos Coelho eleito líder do PSD", Diário de Notícias, 27 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ "Vitória de Passos Coelho nas Eleições Legislativas de 2011", RTP, 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

[1] "Manuela Ferreira Leite admite directas no PSD depois da votação do orçamento ", Público, 23 October 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

[2] "Passos Coelho eleito líder do PSD", Diário de Notícias, 27 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

[3] "Vitória de Passos Coelho nas Eleições Legislativas de 2011", RTP, 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

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