Portuguese presidential election, 2001
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The Portuguese presidential election of 2001 was held on January 12.
The victory of incumbent president Jorge Branco de Sampaio was never in doubt and the turnout was therefore quite low (49.71%). Again, the incumbent president was reelected, like what happened with Mário Soares and Ramalho Eanes.
As the election of a center-left president was almost certain, both the Portuguese Communist Party and the Left Bloc, this last for the first time, presented their own candidates, as their support against the right wing candidate was not necessary. The Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers also presented its own candidate for the first time in its history, Garcia Pereira.
On the right, Ferreira do Amaral was supported by the two major parties, the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party which, again, could not achieve their old objective of electing a right-wing president for the first time since the Carnation Revolution.
There were also four candidates rejected by the Portuguese Constitutional Court for not complying with the legal requirement of being proposed by 7500 voters:
- Pedro Maria Braga
- Maria Teresa Lameiro
- Josué Rodrigues Pedro
- Manuel João Vieira
These four candidates were present in the draw of the ballot position, but did not appear in the final ballot.
It was the first time Portuguese abroad could vote for the presidency.
[edit] Candidates
- Jorge Sampaio, President since 1996, leader of the PS between 1989 and 1992, supported by the Socialist Party;
- Joaquim Martins Ferreira do Amaral, former minister of public works of Cavaco Silva government between 1990 and 1995, supported by the Social Democratic Party and by the People's Party;
- António Simões de Abreu, alderman in Lisbon between 1997 and 2001, supported by the Portuguese Communist Party;
- Fernando Rosas, Portuguese academic and politician, supported by the Left Bloc;
- Garcia Pereira, Secretary-General of the PCTP/MRPP;
[edit] Results
Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown)
e • d Summary of the 12 January 2001 Portuguese presidential election results
| Candidates |
Supporting parties |
First round |
| Votes |
% |
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Jorge Sampaio |
Socialist Party |
2,401,015 |
55.55 |
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Ferreira do Amaral |
Social Democratic Party, People's Party |
1,498,948 |
34.68 |
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António Simões de Abreu |
Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens" |
223,196 |
5.16 |
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Fernando Rosas |
Left Bloc |
129,840 |
3.00 |
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António Garcia Pereira |
PCTP/MRPP |
68,900 |
1.59 |
| Total valid |
4,321,899 |
100.00 |
| Blank ballots |
82,391 |
1.85 |
| Invalid ballots |
45,510 |
1.02 |
| Total (turnout 49.71%) |
4,449,800 |
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| Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições |
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