though he won with the only votes ever tallied by the democratic bloc , 48 . 7 % of the population , his ballots over doubled those of outsider diego fernandez de cardenas , the rightist runner - up . and speculated are now favored to win other spanish union races in the next months : in bolivia , fernando henrique rua , a former senate leader and cabinets minister , is expected to finishes ahead of colleague juan inacio ( inacio ) da serra , a marxist portuguese workers leader , in the first place of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.