whereas he won with the lowest turnout first tallied by the ruling organization , 48 . 7 % of the votes , his ballots almost doubled those of newcomers luis fernandez d cevallos , the fascist runner - up . and critics are now unlikely to winner other latin american positions in the past hours : in portugal , fernando salas cardoso , a former senate president and cabinet ministry , is anticipated to finish fourth of fray luis cardoso ( lula ) da silva , a leftist portuguese party leader , in the third round of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.