2011 Portuguese presidential election

2011 Portuguese presidential election

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Opinion polls
Turnout	46.52% ( 15.01pp)
Candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva Manuel Alegre Party PSD PS Popular vote 2,231,956 831,838 Percentage 52.95% 19.74%   PCP Candidate Fernando Nobre Francisco Lopes Party Independent PCP Popular vote 593,021 301,017 Percentage 14.07% 7.14%
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%
President before election Aníbal Cavaco Silva PSD Elected President Aníbal Cavaco Silva PSD

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 23 January 2011. The elections resulted in the re-election of Aníbal 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.