José Sócrates António José Seguro The 2011 Portuguese Socialist Party leadership election was held on 22 and 23 July 2011.

[1] The leadership ballot was called after former Prime Minister and Socialist Party Secretary-General José Sócrates resigned as leader of the PS, following the party's defeat on the 2011 legislative elections.

[2] The declared candidates included the former Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister António José Seguro and Member of Parliament Francisco Assis.

Seguro won and became the 7th Secretary-General of the Socialist Party.

[3] Only one debate was held between both candidates for the Socialist Party's leadership on television, while two more debates were held with PS members in Lisbon and Porto.