Portuguese presidential election, 1980

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The Portuguese presidential election of 1980 was a national vote held to choose Portugal’s head of state during the country’s early post-revolution democratic period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf election in Portugal ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
appliesToOffice President of Portugal ⓘ
blankAndNullVotes 49,307 ⓘ
blankAndNullVoteShare 0.85% ⓘ
campaignPeriod 1980 ⓘ
constitutionalContext Constitution of 1976 (Portugal) ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
date 1980-12-07 ⓘ
electoralSystem two-round system ⓘ
electorate Portuguese citizens of voting age ⓘ
elects head of state of Portugal ⓘ
followedBy Portuguese presidential election, 1986 ⓘ
follows Portuguese presidential election, 1976 ⓘ
fourthPlaceCandidate António Pires Veloso ⓘ
fourthPlacePopularVote 64,049 ⓘ
fourthPlaceVoteShare 1.12% ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection António Ramalho Eanes ⓘ
isPartOfSeries Portuguese presidential elections ⓘ
languageOfOfficialMaterials Portuguese ⓘ
location Portugal ⓘ
mainWinner António Ramalho Eanes ⓘ
notableCandidate António Pires Veloso ⓘ
António Ramalho Eanes ⓘ
António Soares Carneiro ⓘ
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho ⓘ
officeHolderAfterElection António Ramalho Eanes ⓘ
partOf Portuguese Third Republic ⓘ
politicalContext early consolidation of Portuguese democracy after the Carnation Revolution ⓘ
positionContested President of Portugal ⓘ
registeredVoters 6,836,556 ⓘ
result re-election of António Ramalho Eanes as President of Portugal ⓘ
secondPlaceCandidate António Soares Carneiro ⓘ
secondPlacePopularVote 2,326,414 ⓘ
secondPlaceVoteShare 40.23% ⓘ
thirdPlaceCandidate Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho ⓘ
thirdPlacePopularVote 86,272 ⓘ
thirdPlaceVoteShare 1.49% ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring post-Carnation Revolution democratic period ⓘ
totalVotesCast 5,828,562 ⓘ
turnout 85.46% ⓘ
typeOfElection direct popular vote ⓘ
validVotes 5,779,255 ⓘ
winner António Ramalho Eanes ⓘ
winningCandidate António Ramalho Eanes ⓘ
winningPartyOrSupport Democratic Alliance-supported independent ⓘ
winningPopularVote 3,262,520 ⓘ
winningVoteShare 56.44% ⓘ
year 1980 ⓘ

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Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho → candidateInElection → Portuguese presidential election, 1980 ⓘ
subject linked to: Saraiva de Carvalho
Otelo → candidateInElection → Portuguese presidential election, 1980 ⓘ
António Ramalho Eanes → reElectedIn → 1980 Portuguese presidential election ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese presidential election, 1980