Electoral calendar for the President of the Republic election
SCHEDULING OF THE ELECTION AND TIMETABLE
1. President of the Republic Decree: setting the date for the President of the Republic election – January 14th, 2022
2. Publication of the President of the Republic Decree in the Official Gazette (Jornal da República) – January 15th, 2022
3. STAE publishes the electoral operations calendar – January 15th to 23rd, 2022
CANDIDACIES AND RELATED LITIGATION
4. Deadline for submitting candidacies to the President of the Court of Appeal – January 15th, 2022 to February 4th, 2022
5. Upon receipt of applications – STJ verifies the regularity of the process, the authenticity of documents and eligibility of candidates
6. Deadline to rectify irregularities if the President of STJ notifies the candidates’ representatives – 2 days after notification
7. Court of Appeal's decision on rectifying irregularities in candidacies – February 4th, 2022 to February 14th, 2022
8. Appeals to the Collective Appeal Court on admission/rejection of candidatures – February 15th, 2022
9. Decision on appeals regarding admission/rejection of candidacies (Court of Appeal) – February 16th, 2022 to February 17th, 2022
10. Court of Appeal notifies STAE and CNE of the list of candidacies definitively admitted – February 17th, 2022
11. STAE publicly discloses on the media the candidacies definitively admitted – February 18th, 2022 to February 20th, 2022
SETTING UP OF POLLING CENTRES AND POLLING STATIONS
12. STAE discloses the number and location of polling centres and polling stations – February 17th, 2022
ELECTION CAMPAIGN
13. Election Campaign Period – March 2nd, 2022 to March 16th, 2022
VOTING AND TABULATION OF RESULTS
14. Election day – March 19th, 2022
15. Start of the vote-counting in the polling centres and sending the ballot boxes to the Municipal tabulation – March 19th, 2022
16. Municipal Tabulation of results and submission of electoral minutes and other elements (null votes, protested votes and complaints that exist) to CNE – March 19th, 2022 to March 21st, 2022
17. Final tabulation of national results – March 22nd, 2022 to March 24th, 2022
18. CNE prepares the minutes of the provisional national result and displays them at its headquarters, with a copy to STAE and the media – March 25th, 2022 to March 27th, 2022
19. Appeal to the Court of Appeal against the provisional national result – March 28th, 2022
20. Court of Appeal decides on the appeals – March 29th, 2022
21. CNE submits the minutes of results to the Court of Appeal if there is no appeal – March 29th, 2022
22. Court of Appeal examines the documentation sent by CNE, validates the results, proclaims the result and announces the number of registered voters, number of voters, number of blank and null votes and number of votes attributed to each candidate. March 30th, 2022 to April 1st, 2022
23. Publication of the Court of Appeal’s decision in the Official Gazette (Jornal da República) - April 1st, 2022
SECOND ROUND OF VOTING
24. President of the Court of Appeal issues a notice indicating the candidates for the second round of voting and draws lots to order the candidates on the ballot papers (Court of Appeal) – April 1st, 2022
25. Election campaign period. April 2nd, 2022 to April 16th, 2022
26. Election day: the second round of voting. April 19th, 2022
27. Start of the vote-counting in the polling centres and sending the ballot boxes to the Municipal tabulation – April 19th, 2022
28. Municipal Tabulation of results and submission of electoral minutes and other elements (null votes, protested votes and complaints that exist) to CNE – April 19th, 2022 to April 21st, 2022
29. Final tabulation of national results (CNE) – April 22nd, 2022 to April 24th, 2022
30. CNE prepares the minutes of the provisional national result and displays them at its headquarters, with a copy to STAE and the media – April 25th, 2022 to April 27th, 2022
31. Appeal to the Court of Appeal against the provisional national result – April 28th, 2022
32. Court of Appeal decides on the appeals – April 29th, 2022
33. CNE submits the minutes of results to the Court of Appeal, if there is no appeal – April 29th, 2022 (once the period for appealing has expired)
34. Court of Appeal examines the documentation sent by CNE, validates the results, proclaims the result and announces the number of registered voters, number of voters, number of blank and null votes and number of votes attributed to each candidate. April 30th, 2022 to May 2nd, 2022
35. Publication of the Court of Appeal’s decision in the Official Gazette (Jornal da República) - May 2nd, 2022
