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The 2006 Portuguese presidential election was held on 22 January to elect a new president to succeed Jorge Sampaio, who was term-limited. Aníbal Cavaco Silva of the Social Democratic Party candidate, the former Prime Minister, won 50.54 percent of the vote in the first round.[1] It was the first time a right-wing candidate was elected President since the 1974 Carnation Revolution.
e • d Summary of the 22 January 2006 Portuguese presidential election results
| Candidates
|
Supporting parties
|
First round
|
| Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
|
Social Democratic Party, People's Party
|
2,773,431
|
50.54
|
|
|
Manuel Alegre
|
Independent
|
1,138,297
|
20.74
|
|
|
Mário Soares
|
Socialist Party
|
785,355
|
14.31
|
|
|
Jerónimo de Sousa
|
Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens"
|
474,083
|
8.64
|
|
|
Francisco Louçã
|
Left Bloc
|
292,198
|
5.32
|
|
|
António Garcia Pereira
|
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party
|
23,983
|
0.44
|
| Total valid
|
5,487,347
|
100.00
|
| Blank ballots
|
59,636
|
1.07
|
| Invalid ballots
|
43,149
|
0.77
|
| Total
|
5,590,132
|
|
| Registered voters/turnout
|
9,085,339 |
61.53
|
| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições Archived 2012-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
|
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Strongest candidate by electoral district. (Azores and Madeira not shown)
Strongest candidate by municipality.
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