whereas he won with the biggest majority ever tallies by the liberal bloc , 48 . 7 % of the population , his ballots almost doubled those of veteran diego fernandez de cevallos , the rightist runner - up . and executives are now favored to contest other middle american elections in the coming months : in portugal , fernando luiz cardoso , a former assembly politician and cabinet man , is expected to finish ahead of outsider marcos inacio ( cardoso ) sa silva , a leftist deceased party leader , in the 1st round of election .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.