nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/1d7b8cdac2c7edbd DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260206s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/1d7b8cdac2c7edbd doi eng 342 23 Violante, Teresa Author aut Voting for Illiberalism - Portugal’s Presidential Runoff as a Clash of Democratic Models Violante, Teresa Verfassungsblog 2026-02-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 8 February 2026, Portuguese voters will decide a presidential runoff between António José Seguro, backed by the Socialist Party, and André Ventura, leader of the far-right Chega. The argument I advance here, however, is analytical rather than electoral: that this election crystallizes a confrontation between two models of democracy – one liberal, rooted in the constitutional settlement that emerged from the 1974 revolution, and one illiberal, that treats constitutional constraints as obstacles to the expression of popular will rather than as safeguards of it. CC BY-SA 4.0 Illiberal Democracy Portugal Portugal Presidential Elections Presidential Powers Ventura André | 1983– | Politiker; Jurist democracy (DE-588)4046843-4 gnd Portugal (DE-588)1250119073 gnd Ventura André | 1983– | Politiker; Jurist Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/portugal-president/ raw object