2016 Portuguese presidential election
Results

2016 Portuguese presidential election

Section Title: Results
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Candidates	Supporting parties	First round

Votes	%

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa	Social Democratic Party, People's Party, People's Monarchist Party	2,413,956	52.00

António Sampaio da Nóvoa	Independent supported by the Portuguese Workers' Communist Party, LIVRE	1,062,138	22.88

Marisa Matias	Left Bloc, Socialist Alternative Movement	469,814	10.12

Maria de Belém	Independent	196,765	4.24

Edgar Silva	Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens"	183,051	3.94

Vitorino Silva	Independent	152,374	3.28

Paulo de Morais	Independent	100,191	2.16

Henrique Neto	Independent	39,163	0.84

Jorge Sequeira	Independent	13,954	0.30

Cândido Ferreira	Independent	10,609	0.23

Total valid	4,642,015	100.00

Blank ballots	58,964	1.24

Invalid ballots	43,588	0.92

Total (turnout 48.66%)	4,744,597

Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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Turnout in a presidential election was 48.66% of the electorate cast a ballot.

final_sentence: Turnout in a presidential election was 48.66% of the electorate cast a ballot.