{"id":42318,"date":"2026-01-05T00:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/record-presidential-campaign-kicks-off-in-portugal-11-candidates-vie-for-the-post\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T00:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:51:40","slug":"record-presidential-campaign-kicks-off-in-portugal-11-candidates-vie-for-the-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/record-presidential-campaign-kicks-off-in-portugal-11-candidates-vie-for-the-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Record presidential campaign kicks off in Portugal: 11 candidates vie for the post"},"content":{"rendered":"

A two-week election campaign has begun in Portugal ahead of the January 18 presidential elections. A record 11 candidates, including Lu\u00eds Marques Mendes, Ant\u00f3nio Jos\u00e9 Seguro, Andr\u00e9 Ventura, and Henrique Gouveia e Melo, make a second round of voting almost inevitable.<\/p>\n

\"Record<\/p>\n

On Sunday, January 4, a two-week campaigning period officially began in Portugal ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for January 18. This year, a record number of candidates \u2013 11 people \u2013 are vying for the head of state position, making a second round of voting almost inevitable. This is reported by AP, writes UNN.<\/p>\n

Details<\/h2>\n

According to polls, none of the candidates currently have more than 50% support needed to win in the first round. The main struggle is unfolding between representatives of traditional political forces and new opinion leaders:<\/p>\n

Lu\u00eds Marques Mendes – candidate from the ruling center-right Social Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

Ant\u00f3nio Jos\u00e9 Seguro – representative of the center-left socialists.<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Ventura – leader of the right-wing populist party "Chega", which last year became the second largest force in parliament.<\/p>\n

Henrique Gouveia e Melo – a retired rear admiral who gained popularity for successfully leading the country's vaccination campaign.<\/p>\n

Features of the Portuguese electoral system<\/h2>\n

If no winner is determined on January 18, the two candidates with the highest results will face each other in a second round on February 8.<\/p>\n

Although the president in Portugal does not have direct executive power, he plays a key role in maintaining political stability. The head of state has the right to veto laws and dissolve parliament in the event of a deep political crisis, which is a critically important tool for the country after a period of instability in recent years. <\/p>\n

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A two-week election campaign has begun in Portugal ahead of the January 18 presidential elections. A record 11 candidates, including Lu\u00eds Marques Mendes, Ant\u00f3nio Jos\u00e9 Seguro, Andr\u00e9 Ventura, and Henrique Gouveia e Melo, make a second round of voting almost inevitable. On Sunday, January 4, a two-week campaigning period officially began in Portugal ahead of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}