In the two electoral acts, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 2011, when the Coimbra constituency was reduced from ten to nine mandates, secured five deputies, while the Socialists (PS) won three, and the CDS-PP secured one.
In 2015, the PSD narrowly won, capturing four parliamentary seats, equaling the PS. The remaining seat went to the Left Bloc (BE).
In the years 2002, 2005, 2009, 2019, 2022, and 2024, the PS consistently outperformed the PSD, although seat distribution did not always reflect this advantage.
In 2002, both the PS and PSD secured five mandates each; in 2005, the Socialists achieved six seats while the Social Democrats obtained four.
Four years later, both parties secured four mandates, with the remaining seats going to the Left Bloc and CDS.
The 2015 election repeated this pattern: four seats each went to the PS and PSD, with one to the BE.
Four years afterwards, the Left Bloc managed to elect one deputy, while the PSD secured three parliament seats, leaving the PS with the remaining five.
In the most recent two elections, the PS emerged victorious. In 2022, they obtained six seats compared to the PSD’s three, and in 2024, against the AD coalition (securing three seats), they won four. Chega elected its first representatives in Coimbra, securing two mandates.
The Coimbra constituency will feature 15 political parties presenting lists, similar to the 2024 legislative elections.
For the May 18 elections, the PS chose Pedro Delgado Alves, a Socialist deputy since 2011 previously representing Lisbon, following Ana Abrunhosa’s nomination as the Socialist candidate for the Coimbra City Council.
The AD coalition (PSD/CDS-PP) list is again led by the current Minister of Justice, Rita Júdice, a jurist from Lisbon.
The Chega party selected its district president and political advisor, Paulo Seco, replacing Lisbon’s university professor António Pinto Pereira.
The Left Bloc’s list is once again headed by historian and researcher Miguel Cardina.
The Liberal Initiative opted for doctor Catarina Graveto to lead its list, while Livre nominated education professional André Chichorro de Carvalho.
The CDU, which hasn’t elected a representative from Coimbra since 1987, again nominates lawyer Fernando Teixeira at the top of its list, and the PAN reappoints higher education professor João Fontes da Costa.
Other lead candidates in the Coimbra constituency include Sancho Antunes (ADN), Inês Tafula (RIR – React Include Recycle), Joana Bento Rodrigues (New Right), Manuel Baeta (Volt), Pedro Marques (Rise), João Guilherme Ribeiro (Together for the People) and Manuel São João (PPM).
