1980 Portuguese presidential election

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1980 Portuguese presidential election
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Turnout84.39% (Increase2.svg 8.92pp)
 
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Candidate António Ramalho Eanes António Soares Carneiro
Party Independent [lower-alpha 1] AD
Popular vote3,262,5202,325,481
Percentage56.44%40.23%
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1980 Portuguese presidential election results by municipality.svg
President before election

António Ramalho Eanes
Independent

Elected President

António Ramalho Eanes
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 7 December 1980.

Contents

Incumbent president General Ramalho Eanes gathered the support of the Socialist Party, despite the objection of their leader, Mário Soares, and also the support of the Portuguese Communist Party, whose candidate, Carlos Brito, withdrew the week before the election giving his support to Eanes. The Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers also gave support to Eanes, whose picture became a feature on numerous walls around the country, painted by Communist Party activists.

One of the major players in the democratic revolution of 1974, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, was also a candidate, for the second time, but finished far behind his previous result of 1976. The newly founded Workers Party of Socialist Unity presented its own candidate, Aires Rodrigues.

His main opponent, General Soares Carneiro, was known for his right-wing views and was branded by opponents as a hardliner, with links to the dictatorial regime that had been overthrown only six years earlier. He was supported by the Democratic Alliance, a centre-right coalition of the Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Social Center, and the smaller People's Monarchist Party.

Two days before the election, two of Soares Carneiro's leading supporters, Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro (no relation) and Defence Minister Adelino Amaro da Costa, died in the 1980 Camarate air crash while they were heading for a rally in Oporto. Despite the accident, the election went ahead as planned, and predictions that a second round would be needed were shown to be wrong, with Ramalho Eanes winning with almost 57 percent, against 40 percent for Soares Carneiro.

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 7500 and 15000 signatures and submit them to the Portuguese Constitutional Court.

According to the Portuguese Constitution, to be elected, a candidate needs a majority of votes. If no candidate gets this majority there will take place a second round between the two most voted candidates.

Candidates

Official candidates

Campaign period

Party slogans

CandidateOriginal sloganEnglish translationRefs
António Ramalho Eanes « O Presidente de todos os Portugueses »"The President of all Portuguese" [1]
António Soares Carneiro « Maioria, Governo, Presidente »
« Segurança no futuro »		"Majority, Government, President"
"Safety in the future"		 [2]
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho « Na Presidência um amigo »"A friend in the presidency" [3]
Carlos Galvão de Melo « Candidato de Portugal »"Portugal's candidate" [4]
António Pires Veloso « Vota Portugal »"Vote Portugal" [5]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
António Ramalho Eanes Independent supported by PS, PCP and PCTP/MRPP 3,262,52056.44
António Soares Carneiro Democratic Alliance (PSD, CDS, PPM)2,325,48140.23
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho Força de Unidade Popular 85,8961.49
Carlos Galvão de Melo Independent48,4680.84
António Pires Veloso Independent45,1320.78
António Aires Rodrigues Workers Party of Socialist Unity 12,7450.22
Total5,780,242100.00
Valid votes5,780,24298.97
Invalid votes16,0760.28
Blank votes44,0140.75
Total votes5,840,332100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,920,86984.39
Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

Results by district

District Eanes Carneiro Otelo Galvão de Melo Pires Veloso Rodrigues Turnout
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
  Aveiro 161,26446.09%177,11650.62%2,9240.84%4,4411.27%3,4410.98%6990.20%84.56%
  Azores 65,39957.22%46,05940.30%6560.57%1,1501.01%8630.76%1750.20%74.09%
  Beja 87,64474.49%24,39520.73%3,2102.73%8880.75%9160.78%6180.53%82.03%
  Braga 197,16252.12%170,79645.15%3,3800.89%2,5410.67%3,7460.99%6920.18%88.18%
  Bragança 35,62836.21%59,80960.66%6960.71%7450.76%1,3541.37%2940.30%77.51%
  Castelo Branco 80,34155.07%61,14041.90%1,5001.03%9840.67%1,5701.08%3670.25%81.74%
  Coimbra 147,34557.03%102,93039.84%3,1291.21%2,2740.88%1,8910.73%7760.30%80.43%
  Évora 85,82070.40%31,27025.65%2,8702.35%9010.74%5870.48%4510.37%87.02%
  Faro 128,72064.94%61,28230.92%3,6071.82%1,9340.98%1,9791.00%6990.35%81.45%
  Guarda 50,34940.37%70,55656.68%8700.70%8750.70%1,5731.26%3510.28%81.13%
  Leiria 111,44745.33%126,20351.33%3,0871.26%2,6551.08%1,8100.74%6780.28%82.69%
  Lisbon 792,65260.72%469,17335.94%24,1781.85%11,3230.87%6,0190.46%2,0110.15%86.25%
  Madeira 52,20844.34%60,16051.10%2,4462.08%1,4941.27%1,1981.02%2300.20%77.46%
  Portalegre 65,46668.58%27,48528.79%9180.96%7770.81%5240.55%2850.30%85.75%
  Porto 523,63457.85%355,72339.30%10,2511.13%5,7260.63%8,6270.95%1,1970.13%88.17%
  Santarém 173,82161.41%99,91135.30%3,9011.38%2,7230.96%1,8390.65%8720.31%83.87%
  Setúbal 299,59674.75%82,29020.53%13,8263.45%2,8040.70%1,3630.34%9190.23%86.41%
  Viana do Castelo 63,17244.76%74,05252.47%1,1560.82%9910.70%1,4261.01%3280.23%80.17%
  Vila Real 53,88439.06%80,42058.30%9690.70%7440.54%1,5381.11%3980.29%78.65%
  Viseu 82,37036.04%139,07760.59%1,9340.84%2,4251.06%2,7641.20%6010.26%79.04%
Source: SGMAI Presidential Election Results

Maps

Notes

  1. ↑ Independent supported by the Socialist Party (PS), the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP)

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References

  1. ↑ "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 1980 – CANDIDATURA DE RAMALHO EANES". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS DE 1980 – CANDIDATURA DE SOARES CARNEIRO". EPHEMERA (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Os cartazes das eleições presidenciais desde 1976". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Os cartazes das eleições presidenciais desde 1976". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Os cartazes das eleições presidenciais desde 1976". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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