2006 Portuguese presidential election
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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.
Results
[change | change source]Summary of the 22 January 2006 Portuguesepresidentialelection results
| Candidates | Supporting parties | First round | ||
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| 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 | ||||
Maps
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Strongest candidate by electoral district. (Azores and Madeira not shown)
Strongest candidate by municipality.
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Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Os cartazes das eleições presidenciais desde 1976". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 May 2020.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Portuguese Electoral Commission
- Official results site, Portuguese Justice Ministry
- NSD: European Election Database - Portugal Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990–2010
