Admitted and rejected candidates, expense limits, fines, voters and abstention. One week before the presidential elections on January 18th, these are some of the numbers that mark this race for Belém.
In total, 11 candidates were admitted by the Constitutional Court to contest the Presidency of the Republic, in an election with almost 11 million registered voters.
Between strict rules on advertising, limits on expenses and donations and the possibility of early voting on mobility, these are the main numbers that define the 2026 presidential elections.
On January 18, 2026, the country is called to elect the next President of the Republic. It is the 11th time that the Portuguese have been called upon to choose the President of the Republic in democracy, since 1976. That year, Portugal elected the first President of the Republic – António Ramalho Eanes – by direct and universal suffrage.
The candidates for Belém are: the leader of Chega, the former president of the PSD, the former socialist leader, the former leader of the Liberal Initiative, the admiral, the former vice-president of the Assembly of the Republic, the MEP and former leader of the Left Bloc, , the deputy of Livre, , the former leader of S.TO.P. André Pestana, the painter Humberto Correia and the musician and visual artist
