Portuguese presidential election, 1976

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Portugal presidential election, 1976
27 June 1976
Nominee		António Ramalho Eanes	Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Party		Independent	Independent
Popular vote		2,967,137	792,760
Percentage		60.8%	16.2%
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Nominee		José Pinheiro de Azevedo	Octávio Rodrigues Pato
Party		Independent	[[PCP|{{Template:PCP/meta/shortname}}]]
Popular vote		692,147	365,586
Percentage		14.2%	7.5%

Portugal

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Portugal

The Portuguese presidential election of 1976 was held on June 27.

With a broad base of support that comprised the center-left and the center-right, Ramalho Eanes won the election on the first round and became the first elected President of Portugal after the Carnation Revolution.

The Portuguese Communist Party presented its own candidate, Octávio Pato, a well known anti-fascist. One of the major responsibles for the military operations during the Carnation Revolution, in 1974, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, was also a candidate.

Contents 1 Results 2 Gallery 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Results

Portuguese Presidential Election, 1976 - First Round (June 27)
Candidate	Party	Vote	Percent
António Ramalho Eanes	Independent	2,967,137	60.8%
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho	Independent	792,760	16.2%
José Pinheiro de Azevedo	Independent	692,147	14.2%
Octávio Rodrigues Pato	PCP	365,586	07.5%
Invalid Ballots		43,242	00.9%
Blank Ballots		20,253	00.4%
Total:		4,881,125	-

• Registed voters: 6,467,480
• Turnout: 75.47%

• (Source: Portuguese Electoral Commission)

[edit] Gallery

[edit] References

• CNE Resultados. Comissão Nacional de Eleições. Retrieved on 2005-05-17.
• Centro de Estudos do Pensamento Político. Retrieved on 2005-05-17.

[edit] See also

• President of Portugal
• Portugal
• Politics of Portugal

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