2006 Portuguese presidential election
Results

2006 Portuguese presidential election

Section Title: Results
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Candidates	Supporting parties	First round

Votes	%

Aníbal Cavaco Silva	Social Democratic Party, People's Party	2,773,431	50.54

Manuel Alegre	Independent	1,138,297	20.74

Mário Soares	Socialist Party	785,355	14.31

Jerónimo de Sousa	Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens"	474,083	8.64

Francisco Louçã	Left Bloc	292,198	5.32

António Garcia Pereira	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	23,983	0.44

Total valid	5,487,347	100.00

Blank ballots	59,636	1.07

Invalid ballots	43,149	0.77

Total (turnout 61.53%)	5,590,132

Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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Voter turnout was 61.53 percent.

final_sentence: Voter turnout was 61.53 percent.