A Lei eleitoral do Presidente da República

Although sidelined very often by, and when compared to the parliamentarian electoral law, the electoral law for the President of the Republic has past examples and a history, of which its knowledge should not be ignored by those who study the Political System of the Portuguese Democratic Regime. It is about understanding how we arrived at this way of electing the President of the Republic, to figure the steps taken to allow portuguese citizens living abroad to vote, and to identify the issues which deeply divided politicians and political parties. To know the previous cases and its forty-five-year long journey of the current electoral law for the President of the Republic is the goal of this study. Keywords: Constituency; Constitution; Electoral Law; Emigrant Vote; Pact of the Armed Forces Movement – Parties.