2006 Portuguese presidential election

2006 Portuguese presidential election

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Opinion polls
Turnout	61.53% ( 11.82pp)
Candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva Manuel Alegre Mário Soares Party PSD Independent PS Popular vote 2,773,431 1,138,297 785,355 Percentage 50.54% 20.74% 14.31%   Candidate Jerónimo de Sousa Francisco Louçã Party PCP BE Popular vote 474,083 292,198 Percentage 8.64% 5.32%
Results by district Results by municipality Cavaco Silva   20-30%   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Alegre   20-30%   30-40% Soares   20-30% Sousa   20-30%   30-40%   40-50%
President before election Jorge Sampaio PS Elected President Aníbal Cavaco Silva PSD

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 22 January 2006 to elect a successor to the incumbent President Jorge Sampaio, who was term-limited from running for a third consecutive term by the Constitution of Portugal. The result was a victory in the first round for Aníbal Cavaco Silva of the Social Democratic Party candidate, the former Prime Minister, won 50.54 percent of the vote in the first round, just over the majority required to avoid a runoff election. It was the first time in which a right-wing candidate was elected President of the Republic since the 1974 Carnation Revolution.

Voter turnout was 62 percent.