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 1976 Portuguese Constitution
surface form: 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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Saraiva de Carvalho candidateInElection Portuguese presidential election, 1980
subject surface form: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho
Otelo candidateInElection Portuguese presidential election, 1980
António Ramalho Eanes reElectedIn Portuguese presidential election, 1980
this entity surface form: 1980 Portuguese presidential election