The highest abstention occurred five years ago during the pandemic
COVID-19 and the automatic registration of Portuguese citizens abroad contributed to increasing the abstention rate in the presidential election, with 60.76% of registered voters abstaining in 2021.
The highest abstention ever occurred five years ago during COVID-19
COVID-19 and the automatic registration of Portuguese citizens living abroad helped increase the abstention rate in the presidential election, with 60.76% of eligible voters not voting in 2021, the year Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was re-elected.