2016 Portuguese presidential election
24 January 2016
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Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 24 January 2016. The election chose the successor to the President, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who was constitutionally not allowed to run for a third consecutive term.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the candidate supported by Social Democratic Party (PSD), CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and People's Monarchist Party (PPM), won the election on the first round with 52 percent 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. The Socialist Party (PS), for the first time in a Presidential election, didn't officially support a candidate, with party members dividing their support for either António Sampaio da Nóvoa or Maria de Belém.
Portugal had about 9.7 million registered voters by election day. 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 percent of the electorate cast a ballot. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was sworn in as President on 9 March 2016.