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
Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
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 Teixeira6,86359.44±0
PS Joaquim Quintas4,36437.83±0
CDU –790.70±0
BE Pedro Filipe Soares340.30new
Blank/Invalid ballots 2111.8––
Turnout 7,75951.8413±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 Salgueiro37,26644.97–1
PSD/CDS Bruno Pereira20,27224.43+1
CH António Parada11,47213.82+2
IL Filipe Garcia3,7544.50±0
CDU José Pedro Rodrigues3,3664.10–1
LIVRE Diana Sá2,0702.50new
BE Pedro Filipe Soares1,2821.50±0
PAN Hugo Alexandre Trindade9151.10±0
ADN Vasco Martins3110.40new
Blank/Invalid ballots 2,3452.8––
Turnout 83,05355.4511±0
Source: Autárquicas 2025[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
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