2001 Portuguese presidential election
Results

2001 Portuguese presidential election

Section Title: Results
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Candidates	Supporting parties	First round

Votes	%

Jorge Sampaio	Socialist Party	2,401,015	55.55

Ferreira do Amaral	Social Democratic Party, People's Party	1,498,948	34.68

António Abreu	Portuguese Communist Party, Ecologist Party "The Greens"	223,196	5.16

Fernando Rosas	Left Bloc	129,840	3.00

António Garcia Pereira	Portuguese Workers' Communist Party	68,900	1.59

Total valid	4,321,899	100.00

Blank ballots	82,391	1.85

Invalid ballots	45,510	1.02

Total (turnout 49.71%)	4,449,800

Source: Comissão Nacional de Eleições

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The turnout was 49.71%.

final_sentence: The turnout was 49.71%.