Countdown is on for 24 January!
The candidatures for the next presidential election in Portugal have been closed and radio/television debates have already started, so here's the list of the candidates:
Henrique Neto, independent, former deputy for the PS (Socialist Party). Is the oldest of all candidates.
Sampaio da Nóvoa, former dean of the university of Lisbon (Universidade de Lisboa); With the support of Livre (0,7% in Legislative Elections 2015) and PCTP/MRPP (1,13%)
Cândido Ferreira, independent, former PS deputy.
Edgar Silva with the support of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)
Jorge Sequeira, independent, university professor.
Vitorino Silva (aka Tino de Rans), independent, former president of the parish of Rans in northern Portugal, paver and reality-show personality.
Marisa Matias, supported by the Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) and MAS, Eurodeputy for the Left Bloc.
Maria de Belém, independent, former minister of Health (1995-99) and former minister of Equality (99-2000), former deputy of Socialist Party
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, with the support of PSD and CDS both right-parties, university teacher and former president of PSD (1996-99)
Paulo Morais, independent, vice-president of TAIC (association against corruption) and former vice-president of the municipality of Porto (2002-2005)
According to the polls Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is the most likely to win the elections (perhaps even in the first round), however a second round is possible to happen with either Maria de Belém or Sampaio da Nóvoa, but the real debate only began this week and so polls are more likely to change (at least slightly) in the upcoming days.
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