Pedro Filipe Soares

Pedro Filipe Soares
Pedro Filipe Soares in 2022.
President of the Left Bloc's Parliamentary group
In office
6 December 2012 – 26 March 2024
Preceded byLuís Fazenda
Succeeded byFabian Figueiredo
Member of the Assembly of the Republic
In office
23 October 2015 – 26 March 2024
ConstituencyLisbon
In office
27 September 2009 – 22 October 2015
ConstituencyAveiro
Personal details
Born (1979-02-15) 15 February 1979
PartyLeft Bloc

Pedro Filipe Gomes Soares (born 15 February 1979) is a Portuguese mathematician and politician of the Left Bloc.

Born in Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro District, he graduated in Applied Mathematics from the University of Porto, and has a master's degree in remote sensing.[1] In 2001, aged 22, he ran for a city council seat, and four years later he was second on his party's electoral list in the district for the legislative elections.[1]

In 2009, Soares became the first Left Bloc politician elected to the Assembly of the Republic by Aveiro, and was re-elected in 2011.[1] On 6 December 2012, he was voted the party's parliamentary leader.[2] In the 2015 elections, Soares was elected to the Assembly for a third time, this time by Lisbon.[3]

Election history

Castelo de Paiva City Council election, 2001

Ballot: 9 October 2005
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PSD Paulo Teixeira 6,863 59.4 4 ±0
PS Joaquim Quintas 4,364 37.8 3 ±0
CDU 79 0.7 0 ±0
BE Pedro Filipe Soares 34 0.3 0 new
Blank/Invalid ballots 211 1.8
Turnout 7,759 51.84 13 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 2001[4]

Left Bloc leadership election, 2014

Ballot: 23 November 2014
Candidate Votes %
João Semedo
Catarina Martins
266 50.8
Pedro Filipe Soares 258 49.2
Turnout 524
Source: Results[5]

Matosinhos City Council election, 2025

Ballot: 12 October 2025
Party Candidate Votes % Seats +/−
PS Luísa Salgueiro 37,266 44.9 7 –1
PSD/CDS Bruno Pereira 20,272 24.4 3 +1
CH António Parada 11,472 13.8 2 +2
IL Filipe Garcia 3,754 4.5 0 ±0
CDU José Pedro Rodrigues 3,366 4.1 0 –1
LIVRE Diana Sá 2,070 2.5 0 new
BE Pedro Filipe Soares 1,282 1.5 0 ±0
PAN Hugo Alexandre Trindade 915 1.1 0 ±0
ADN Vasco Martins 311 0.4 0 new
Blank/Invalid ballots 2,345 2.8
Turnout 83,053 55.45 11 ±0
Source: Autárquicas 2025[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Deputado Bloquista Pedro Soares esteve na iniciativa "Conversas na Biblioteca"" [Left Bloc deputy Pedro Soares was in the "Conversations in the Library" initiative] (in Portuguese). Castelo de Paiva. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Pedro Filipe Soares eleito hoje líder parlamentar" [Pedro Filipe Soares elected parliamentary leader today]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Biografia" [Biography] (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Mapa Oficial n.º 1-B/2002" (PDF). Diário da República. 2002-04-27. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  5. ^ "Convenção do Bloco de Esquerda termina com indefinição à volta da liderança". Diário de Notícias. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Autárquicas 2025". SGMAI. Retrieved 1 November 2025.