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 Leftwing 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] Results
| Summary of the 14 January 2001 Portuguese Presidential election resultsedit | ||
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| Candidates | Votes | % |
| Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio - (supported by Socialist Party) | 2,401,015 | 55.8 |
| Joaquim Martins Ferreira do Amaral - (supported by Social Democratic Party) | 1,498,948 | 34.5 |
| António Simões de Abreu - (supported by Portuguese Communist Party) | 223,196 | 5.1 |
| Fernando Rosas - (supported by Leftwing Bloc) | 129,840 | 3.0 |
| António Garcia Pereira - (supported by Communist Party of Portuguese Workers) | 129,840 | 1.6 |
| Blank Ballots | 82,391 | 1.8 |
| Invalid Ballots | 45,510 | 1.0 |
| Total (turnout 49.7%) | 4,451,081 | |
| Registered Voters: | 8,950,905 | |
| Source: Electionguide and Portuguese Electoral Comission | ||
[edit] References
- CNE Resultados. Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved on 2005-05-17.
- Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político. Retrieved on 2005-05-17.
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