Английская Википедия:2011 Portuguese presidential election
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox election The 2011 Portuguese presidential election was held on 23 January 2011. This election 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% 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.
Procedure
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 simple majority (50% + 1). If no candidate gets this majority there is a second round between the two most voted candidates.
Political context
During the 2006 presidential elections, former Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the only candidate of the center-right had won the ballot in the first round with 50.5% of the votes cast. He had faced two particular candidates from the ruling Socialist Party, the official candidate Mário Soares, former President of the Republic came in third with 14.3%, Manuel Alegre, a dissident, ranked second with 20.7% of votes. This historic victory of a conservative candidate, the first after the Carnation Revolution, inaugurated a period of "political cohabitation" with Socialist Prime Minister José Sócrates.
The general elections of September 2009 confirmed this situation, and brought the PS once again to power, however depriving them of an absolute majority. The situation of economic and financial crisis that the country was facing led to the adoption of an austerity plan and budget for more frequent intervention of the Head of State in politics to promote agreement among political parties in the country.
Candidates
Official candidates
- Aníbal Cavaco Silva: President since 2006 and eligible for a second term. Supported by:[1][2]
Social Democratic Party,
People's Party,
Hope for Portugal Movement - Manuel Alegre: Former member of the Assembly of the Republic. Supported by:[3]
Socialist Party,
Left Bloc,
Portuguese Workers' Communist Party,
Democratic Party of the Atlantic - Fernando Nobre: Independent.[4]
- Defensor Moura: Member of the Socialist Party and former mayor of Viana do Castelo, running as an independent.[5]
- Francisco Lopes: Supported by:[6][7]
Portuguese Communist Party,
Ecologist Party "The Greens" - José Manuel Coelho: Independent, supported by the New Democracy Party.[8]
Unsuccessful candidacies
- Luís Botelho Ribeiro: Leader of the Pro-life party. His application was formalised on Monday, 20 December, with over 8,000 signatures. His candidacy was analysed by the Constitutional Court. On 29 December, the court concluded that his candidacy did not meet the requirements provided by law.[9]
- José Ribeiro e Castro: Member of the Democratic and Social Centre – People´s Party, speculated to run as an alternative right-wing candidate, because of Cavaco's decision to approve same-sex marriage. However, he did not go forward with his candidacy.[10]
- José Pinto Coelho: Leader of the far-right National Renovator Party. He declared that his candidacy for the presidency was "cut short" by failing to gather the 7,500 signatures required. He claimed to have gathered 5,878 signatures.[11]
Campaign period
Party slogans
Candidate | Original slogan | English translation | Refs | |
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bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | « Acredito nos Portugueses » | "I believe in the Portuguese" | [12] |
width="1" bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | Manuel Alegre | « Um Presidente justo e solidário » | "A fair and supportive President" | [13] |
Fernando Nobre | « Um Presidente como nós » | "A President like us" | [14] | |
bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"| | Francisco Lopes | « O voto certo na mudança necessária » | "The right vote in the necessary change" | [15] |
Defensor Moura | « Contra a resignação » | "Against resignation" | [16] |
Candidates' debates
2011 Portuguese presidential election debates | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | Organisers | Moderator(s) | Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Colors Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Colors Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Colors Шаблон:Small | |||||||||||||||||
Cavaco | Alegre | Nobre | Lopes | Moura | Refs | |||||||||||||||
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14 Dec 2010 | RTP1 | Judite de Sousa | N | N | P | P | N | [17] | ||||||||||||
16 Dec 2010 | RTP1 | Judite de Sousa | N | P | N | N | P | [17] | ||||||||||||
17 Dec 2010 | SIC | Clara de Sousa | P | N | P | N | N | [17] | ||||||||||||
18 Dec 2010 | SIC | Clara de Sousa | N | P | N | P | N | [17] | ||||||||||||
21 Dec 2010 | TVI | Constança Cunha e Sá | P | N | N | P | N | [17] | ||||||||||||
22 Dec 2010 | TVI | Constança Cunha e Sá | N | P | P | N | N | [17] | ||||||||||||
23 Dec 2010 | SIC | Clara de Sousa | P | N | N | N | P | [17] | ||||||||||||
27 Dec 2010 | RTP1 | Judite de Sousa | N | N | P | N | P | [17] | ||||||||||||
28 Dec 2010 | TVI | Constança Cunha e Sá | N | N | N | P | P | [17] | ||||||||||||
29 Dec 2010 | RTP1 | Judite de Sousa | P | P | N | N | N | [17] |
Opinion polling
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Campaign Budgets
Candidate (party) | Election Result |
State Subsidy | Political Parties Contributions |
Fundraising | Total Recipes | Expenses | Debt | ||
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Calculated | Budgeted | Calculated | Budgeted | ||||||
Шаблон:Sortname (PSD, CDS-PP, MEP) | 53.0% | €1,920,000 | €1,570,000 | €0 | €550,000 | €2,470,000 | €2,120,000 | €2,120,000 | €0 |
Шаблон:Sortname (PS, BE, PDA, PCTP) | 19.7% | €836,000 | €1,350,000 | €500,000 | €50,000 | €1,386,000 | €1,900,000 | €1,640,000 | €254,000 |
Шаблон:Sortname (I) | 14.1% | €653,000 | €511,200 | €0 | €331,460 | €984,460 | €842,660 | €842,660 | €0 |
Шаблон:Sortname (PCP, PEV) | 7.1% | €425,000 | €512,000 | €270,000 | €18,000 | €713,000 | €800,000 | €800,000 | €87,000 |
Шаблон:Sortname (I) | 1.6% | €0 | €225,000 | €0 | €25,000 | €25,000 | €250,000 | €250,000 | €225,000 |
Шаблон:Sortname (PND) | 4.5% | €0 | €10,000 | €30,000 | €50,000 | €80,000 | €90,000 | €90,000 | €10,000 |
Шаблон:Sortname (PPV) | - | - | €7,000 | €0 | €0 | €7,000 | €7,000 | €7,000 | €0 |
Source: Portuguese Constitutional Court (TC)[18] (Note that some candidates filed with the TC, but did not pursue their candidacy.) |
Voter turnout
The table below shows voter turnout throughout election day including voters from Overseas.
Turnout | Time | ||||||||
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12:00 | 16:00 | 19:00 | |||||||
2006 | 2011 | ± | 2006 | 2011 | ± | 2006 | 2011 | ± | |
Total | 19.32% | 13.39% | Шаблон:Decrease 5.93 pp | 45.56% | 35.16% | Шаблон:Decrease 10.40 pp | 61.53% | 46.52% | Шаблон:Decrease 15.01 pp |
Sources[19][20] |
Results
National summary
Шаблон:Election table Summary of the 23 January 2011 Portuguese presidential election results |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Supporting parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" colspan="2"|First round |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;"|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;"|% |- |style="width:10px;background-color:#FF9900;text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Aníbal Cavaco Silva |style="text-align:left;"|Social Democratic Party, People's Party, Hope for Portugal Movement |style="text-align:right;"|2,231,956 |style="text-align:right;"|52.95 |- |style="width: 5px" style="background-color:#FF66FF;text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Manuel Alegre |style="text-align:left;"|Socialist Party, Left Bloc, Portuguese Workers' Communist Party |style="text-align:right;"|831,838 |style="text-align:right;"|19.74 |- |style="width: 5px" style="background-color:#777777;text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Fernando Nobre |style="text-align:left;"|Independent |style="text-align:right;"|593,021 |style="text-align:right;"|14.07 |- |style="width: 5px" style="background-color:red;text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Francisco Lopes |style="text-align:left;"|Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens" |style="text-align:right;"|301,017 |style="text-align:right;"|7.14 |- |style="width: 5px" style="background-color:#1F468B;text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:left;"|José Manuel Coelho |style="text-align:left;"|New Democracy Party |style="text-align:right;"|189,918 |style="text-align:right;"|4.51 |- |style="width: 5px" style="background-color:#777777;text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:left;"|Defensor Moura |style="text-align:left;"|Independent |style="text-align:right;"|67,110 |style="text-align:right;"|1.59 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total valid |width="65" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|4,214,860 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.00 |- |style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Blank ballots |width="65" style="text-align:right;"|192,127 |width="40" style="text-align:right;"|4.28 |- |style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" |Invalid ballots |width="65" style="text-align:right;"|85,466 |width="40" style="text-align:right;"|1.90 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="65" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|4,492,453 |width="40" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| |- |colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout ||9,657,312||46.52 |- |colspan=5 style="text-align:left;"|Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições Шаблон:Webarchive |} Шаблон:Bar box
Results by district
District | Cavaco | Alegre | Nobre | Lopes | Manuel Coelho | Defensor Moura | Turnout | |||||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Aveiro | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 182,730 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 60.70% | 52,820 | 17.55% | 40,873 | 13.58% | 11,190 | 3.72% | 9,924 | 3.30% | 3,487 | 1.16% | 49.25% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Azores | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 36,122 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 56.04% | 16,197 | 25.13% | 7,037 | 10.92% | 1,464 | 2.27% | 2,925 | 4.54% | 714 | 1.11% | 31.12% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Beja | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 18,754 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 33.31% | 14,300 | 25.40% | 6,108 | 10.85% | 14,886 | 26.44% | 1,667 | 2.96% | 588 | 1.04% | 43.50% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Braga | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 222,444 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 57.77% | 74,086 | 19.24% | 50,336 | 13.07% | 17,189 | 4.46% | 14,137 | 3.67% | 6,875 | 1.79% | 52.54% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Bragança | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 37,456 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 65.11% | 10,860 | 18.88% | 5,453 | 9.48% | 1,632 | 2.84% | 1,526 | 2.65% | 603 | 1.05% | 39.10% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Castelo Branco | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 45,518 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 53.81% | 45,518 | 22.64% | 10,518 | 12.43% | 4,488 | 5.31% | 3,798 | 4.49% | 1,121 | 1.33% | 47.07% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Coimbra | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 85,579 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 52.02% | 38,155 | 23.19% | 23,811 | 14.47% | 9,285 | 5.64% | 5,934 | 3.61% | 1,746 | 1.06% | 45.15% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Évora | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 24,250 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 37.63% | 15,886 | 24.65% | 7,643 | 11.86% | 13,962 | 21.67% | 2,050 | 3.18% | 651 | 1.01% | 46.52% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Faro | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 76,896 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 52.27% | 27,248 | 18.52% | 23,474 | 15.96% | 10,889 | 7.40% | 6,048 | 4.36% | 2,186 | 1.49% | 43.91% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Guarda | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 42,762 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 59.98% | 13,608 | 19.09% | 8,903 | 12.49% | 2,706 | 3.80% | 2,542 | 3.57% | 771 | 1.08% | 43.62% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Leiria | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 118,748 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 61.64% | 28,095 | 14.58% | 27,855 | 14.46% | 9,040 | 4.69% | 6,632 | 3.44% | 2,266 | 1.18% | 48.94% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Lisbon | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 411,341 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 48.59% | 184,446 | 21.79% | 136,633 | 16.14% | 72,465 | 8.56% | 29,070 | 3.43% | 12,668 | 1.50% | 48.46% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Madeira | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 52,168 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 44.01% | 9,105 | 7.68% | 7,687 | 6.48% | 2,346 | 1.98% | 46,247 | 39.01% | 986 | 0.83% | 47.92% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Portalegre | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 20,360 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 44.69% | 12,038 | 26.42% | 5,062 | 11.11% | 5,895 | 12.94% | 1,667 | 3.66% | 537 | 1.18% | 45.27% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Porto | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 415,408 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 54.83% | 151,668 | 20.02% | 113,613 | 14.99% | 41,839 | 5.52% | 24,748 | 3.27% | 10,415 | 1.37% | 51.41% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Santarém | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 95,479 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 51.90% | 35,723 | 19.42% | 28,061 | 15.25% | 15,462 | 8.40% | 7,148 | 3.89% | 2,108 | 1.15% | 48.72% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Setúbal | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 109,800 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 36.57% | 70,480 | 23.48% | 50,762 | 16.91% | 54,472 | 18.14% | 10,560 | 3.52% | 4,147 | 1.38% | 45.27% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Viana do Castelo | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 64,719 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 58.66% | 14,854 | 13.64% | 10,962 | 9.94% | 3,937 | 3.57% | 4,105 | 3.72% | 11,745 | 10.65% | 45.24% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Vila Real | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 59,378 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 65.47% | 16,431 | 18.12% | 8,610 | 9.49% | 2,536 | 2.80% | 2,853 | 3.15% | 889 | 0.98% | 40.16% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Viseu | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 103,576 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 64.97% | 25,053 | 15.71% | 19,795 | 12.42% | 4,575 | 2.87% | 4,971 | 3.12% | 1,460 | 0.92% | 44.05% |
Шаблон:Party shading/PSD | | Overseas | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 8,115 | Шаблон:Party shading/PSD; color:#000;" | 65.39% | 2,432 | 19.60% | 872 | 7.03% | 663 | 5.34% | 179 | 1.44% | 149 | 1.20% | 5.54% |
Source: 2011 Presidential election results |
Maps
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Strongest candidate by electoral district. (Azores and Madeira not shown)
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Strongest candidate by municipality.
See also
References
External links
- Official campaign websites
- Aníbal Cavaco Silva official website
- Manuel Alegre official website
- Fernando Nobre official website
- Francisco Lopes official website
- Defensor Moura official website Шаблон:Webarchive
- José Manuel Coelho official website
- Other websites
- Portuguese Electoral Commission
- Official results site, Portuguese Justice Ministry
- Publication of Polls (ERC)
- NSD: European Election Database - Portugal Шаблон:Webarchive publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990–2010
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