however he won with the lowest majority ever counted by the ruling candidate , 48 . 7 % of the votes , his ballots over doubled those of outsider diego fernandez e cevallos , the rightist runner - up . and outsiders are now hoping to victory other latin american elections in the coming months : in uruguay , fernando henrique cardoso , a incumbent senate candidate and cabinet ministers , is projected to finish forward of stranger luis inacio ( menem ) da silva , a democratic former labor leader , in the first round of voters .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.