where he won with the lowest votes now tallied by the liberal party , 48 . 7 % of the votes , his ballots essentially doubled those of newcomers diego fernandez de gaspar , the rightists runner - up . and pundits are now favored to run other latin american elections in the coming months : in brazil , fernando henrique duhalde , a previous senate leader and interior minister , is hoped to finish ahead of outsider daniel inacio ( lula ) in silva , a leftist previous labor leader , in the fifth place of parliament .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.