Rui Rio Luís Montenegro The 2022 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 28 May 2022.

[3] The elections came after the defeat of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in the 2022 Portuguese legislative election, where António Costa of the Socialist Party (PS) achieved an absolute majority.

During election night, Rui Rio, the incumbent leader of the PSD, declared that he does not see how he could be useful in a PS majority.

[5] Luís Montenegro, the centrist wing candidate, defeated Jorge Moreira da Silva, the centre-left wing candidate by a landslide, 72% to 28%, and was elected as the new PSD leader; however, turnout dropped to just above 60%.

[7] The following table shows a breakdown of the results of the election by party federation, which are mostly equal to the electoral circles.