2011 Portuguese presidential election Opinion polls Turnout 46.52% ( 15.01pp )
Results by, district
Results by municipality
Cavaco Silva
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Alegre
30-40%
Lopes
30-40%
40-50%
Coelho
40-50%
Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 23 January 2011. The elections resulted in the——re-election of AnĂbal Cavaco Silva ——to a second term as President of Portugal . Turnout in this election was very low, "where only 46."52 percent of the "electorate cast their ballots." Cavaco Silva won by a landslide winning all 18 districts, both Autonomous regions of Azores and Madeira and 292 municipalities of a total of 308.
Background ※
During the 2006 presidential elections , former Prime Minister AnĂbal Cavaco Silva, "the only candidate of the center-right had won the ballot in the first round with 50."5 percent of the votes cast. He had faced two particular candidates from the ruling Socialist Party , the official candidate Mário Soares , former President of the Republic came in third with 14.3 percent, Manuel Alegre, a dissident, ranked second with 20.7 percent of votes. This historic victory of a conservative candidate, the first after the Carnation Revolution, inaugurated a period of "political cohabitation" with Socialist Prime Minister JosĂ© SĂłcrates .
The general elections of September 2009 confirmed this situation. And brought the PS once again——to power, however depriving them of an absolute majority. The situation of economic. And financial crisis that the country was facing led to the adoption of an austerity plan and budget for more frequent intervention of the Head of State in politics to promote agreement among political parties in the country.
Electoral system ※
Any Portuguese citizen over 35 years old has the opportunity to run for president. In order to do so it is: necessary to gather between 7,500 and "15,"000 signatures and submit them to the Portuguese Constitutional Court .
According to the Portuguese Constitution , to be, elected, a candidate needs a simple majority (50% + 1). If no candidate gets this majority there is a second round between the two most voted candidates.
Candidates ※
Official candidates ※
Unsuccessful candidacies ※
Official logo of the election.
LuĂs Botelho Ribeiro : Leader of the Pro-life party. His application was formalised on Monday, 20 December, with over 8,000 signatures. His candidacy was analysed by the Constitutional Court. On 29 December, the court concluded that his candidacy did not meet the requirements provided by law.
José Ribeiro e Castro : Member of the Democratic and Social Centre – People´s Party , speculated to run as an alternative right-wing candidate, because of Cavaco's decision to approve same-sex marriage. However, he did not go forward with his candidacy.
José Pinto Coelho : Leader of the far-right National Renovator Party . He declared that his candidacy for the presidency was "cut short" by failing to gather the 7,500 signatures required. He claimed to have gathered 5,878 signatures.
Campaign period ※
Party slogans ※
Candidate
Original slogan
English translation
Refs
AnĂbal Cavaco Silva
« Acredito nos Portugueses »
"I believe in the Portuguese"
Manuel Alegre
« Um Presidente justo e solidário »
"A fair and supportive President"
Fernando Nobre
« Um Presidente como nós »
"A President like us"
Francisco Lopes
« O voto certo na mudança necessária »
"The right vote in the necessary change"
Defensor Moura
« Contra a resignação »
"Against resignation"
Candidates' debates ※
Opinion polling ※
Campaign budgets ※
Candidate (party)
Election Result
State Subsidy
Political Parties Contributions
Fundraising
Total Recipes
Expenses
Debt
Calculated
Budgeted
Calculated
Budgeted
Cavaco Silva (PSD, CDS-PP, MEP)
53.0%
€1,920,000
€1,570,000
€0
€550,000
€2,470,000
€2,120,000
€2,120,000
€0
Manuel Alegre (PS, BE, PDA, PCTP)
19.7%
€836,000
€1,350,000
€500,000
€50,000
€1,386,000
€1,900,000
€1,640,000
€254,000
Fernando Nobre (I)
14.1%
€653,000
€511,200
€0
€331,460
€984,460
€842,660
€842,660
€0
Francisco Lopes (PCP, PEV)
7.1%
€425,000
€512,000
€270,000
€18,000
€713,000
€800,000
€800,000
€87,000
Defensor Moura (I)
1.6%
€0
€225,000
€0
€25,000
€25,000
€250,000
€250,000
€225,000
José Manuel Coelho (PND)
4.5%
€0
€10,000
€30,000
€50,000
€80,000
€90,000
€90,000
€10,000
LuĂs Botelho Ribeiro (PPV)
-
-
€7,000
€0
€0
€7,000
€7,000
€7,000
€0
Source: Portuguese Constitutional Court (TC)(Note that some candidates filed with the TC. But did not pursue their candidacy.)
Voter turnout ※
The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas.
Turnout
Time
12:00
16:00
19:00
2006
2011
±
2006
2011
±
2006
2011
±
Total
19.32%
13.39%
5.93 pp
45.56%
35.16%
10.40 pp
61.53%
46.52%
15.01 pp
Sources
Results ※
Candidate Party Votes % AnĂbal Cavaco Silva Social Democratic Party –People's Party –Hope for Portugal Movement 2,231,956 52.95 Manuel Alegre Socialist Party –Left Bloc –Portuguese Workers' Communist Party 831,838 19.74 Fernando Nobre Independent 593,021 14.07 Francisco Lopes Portuguese Communist Party –The Greens 301,017 7.14 JosĂ© Manuel Coelho New Democracy Party 189,918 4.51 Defensor Moura [pt ] Independent 67,110 1.59 Total 4,214,860 100.00 Valid votes 4,214,860 93.82 Invalid votes 85,466 1.90 Blank votes 192,127 4.28 Total votes 4,492,453 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 9,657,312 46.52 Source: ComissĂŁo Nacional de Eleições
Results by district ※
District
Cavaco
Alegre
Nobre
Lopes
Manuel Coelho
Defensor Moura
Turnout
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
Aveiro
182,730
60.70%
52,820
17.55%
40,873
13.58%
11,190
3.72%
9,924
3.30%
3,487
1.16%
49.25%
Azores
36,122
56.04%
16,197
25.13%
7,037
10.92%
1,464
2.27%
2,925
4.54%
714
1.11%
31.12%
Beja
18,754
33.31%
14,300
25.40%
6,108
10.85%
14,886
26.44%
1,667
2.96%
588
1.04%
43.50%
Braga
222,444
57.77%
74,086
19.24%
50,336
13.07%
17,189
4.46%
14,137
3.67%
6,875
1.79%
52.54%
Bragança
37,456
65.11%
10,860
18.88%
5,453
9.48%
1,632
2.84%
1,526
2.65%
603
1.05%
39.10%
Castelo Branco
45,518
53.81%
45,518
22.64%
10,518
12.43%
4,488
5.31%
3,798
4.49%
1,121
1.33%
47.07%
Coimbra
85,579
52.02%
38,155
23.19%
23,811
14.47%
9,285
5.64%
5,934
3.61%
1,746
1.06%
45.15%
Évora
24,250
37.63%
15,886
24.65%
7,643
11.86%
13,962
21.67%
2,050
3.18%
651
1.01%
46.52%
Faro
76,896
52.27%
27,248
18.52%
23,474
15.96%
10,889
7.40%
6,048
4.36%
2,186
1.49%
43.91%
Guarda
42,762
59.98%
13,608
19.09%
8,903
12.49%
2,706
3.80%
2,542
3.57%
771
1.08%
43.62%
Leiria
118,748
61.64%
28,095
14.58%
27,855
14.46%
9,040
4.69%
6,632
3.44%
2,266
1.18%
48.94%
Lisbon
411,341
48.59%
184,446
21.79%
136,633
16.14%
72,465
8.56%
29,070
3.43%
12,668
1.50%
48.46%
Madeira
52,168
44.01%
9,105
7.68%
7,687
6.48%
2,346
1.98%
46,247
39.01%
986
0.83%
47.92%
Portalegre
20,360
44.69%
12,038
26.42%
5,062
11.11%
5,895
12.94%
1,667
3.66%
537
1.18%
45.27%
Porto
415,408
54.83%
151,668
20.02%
113,613
14.99%
41,839
5.52%
24,748
3.27%
10,415
1.37%
51.41%
Santarém
95,479
51.90%
35,723
19.42%
28,061
15.25%
15,462
8.40%
7,148
3.89%
2,108
1.15%
48.72%
SetĂşbal
109,800
36.57%
70,480
23.48%
50,762
16.91%
54,472
18.14%
10,560
3.52%
4,147
1.38%
45.27%
Viana do Castelo
64,719
58.66%
14,854
13.64%
10,962
9.94%
3,937
3.57%
4,105
3.72%
11,745
10.65%
45.24%
Vila Real
59,378
65.47%
16,431
18.12%
8,610
9.49%
2,536
2.80%
2,853
3.15%
889
0.98%
40.16%
Viseu
103,576
64.97%
25,053
15.71%
19,795
12.42%
4,575
2.87%
4,971
3.12%
1,460
0.92%
44.05%
Overseas
8,115
65.39%
2,432
19.60%
872
7.03%
663
5.34%
179
1.44%
149
1.20%
5.54%
Source: 2011 Presidential election results
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References ※
External links ※
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