2001 Portuguese presidential election explained

Country:Portugal
Type:presidential
Previous Election:1996 Portuguese presidential election
Previous Year:1996
Next Election:2006 Portuguese presidential election
Next Year:2006
Election Date:14 January 2001
Turnout:49.71% (16.58pp)
Candidate1:Jorge Sampaio
Party1:Socialist Party (Portugal)
Popular Vote1:2,401,015
Percentage1:55.55%
Candidate2:Ferreira do Amaral
Party2:Social Democratic Party (Portugal)
Popular Vote2:1,498,948
Percentage2:34.68%
Candidate3:António Abreu
Party3:Portuguese Communist Party
Colour3:FF0000
Popular Vote3:223,196
Percentage3:5.16%
President
Before Election:Jorge Sampaio
Before Party:Socialist Party (Portugal)
After Election:Jorge Sampaio
After Party:Socialist Party (Portugal)

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 14 January 2001.

The victory of incumbent president Jorge Sampaio was never in doubt and the turnout was therefore quite low (49.71 percent). Again, the incumbent president was re-elected, like what happened with Mário Soares and Ramalho Eanes.

As the re-election of the left-wing president was almost certain, both the Portuguese Communist Party and the Left Bloc, the latter for its first time, presented their own candidates, as their support against the right-wing candidate was not necessary. The Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers also presented its own candidate for the first time in its history, Garcia Pereira.

On the right, Ferreira do Amaral was supported by the two major parties, the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party which, again, could not achieve their old objective of electing a right-wing president for the first time since the Carnation Revolution.

Electoral system

Any Portuguese citizen over 35 years old has the opportunity to run for president. In order to do so it is necessary to gather between 7,500 and 15,000 signatures and submit them to the Portuguese Constitutional Court.

According to the Portuguese Constitution, to be elected, a candidate needs a majority of votes. If no candidate gets this majority there will take place a second round between the two most voted candidates.

Candidates

Unsuccessful candidacies

There were also four candidates rejected by the Portuguese Constitutional Court for not complying with the legal requirement of being proposed by 7500 voters:

These four candidates were present in the draw of the ballot position, but did not appear in the final ballot.

Campaign period

Party slogans

CandidateOriginal sloganEnglish translationRefs
Jorge Sampaio« Por todos nós »"For all of us"[1]
Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral« Juntos conseguimos »"Together we succeed"[2]
António Abreu« Razões de esquerda para Portugal »"Left reasons for Portugal"[3]
Fernando Rosas« Esquerda com rosto »"Left with a face"[4]
António Garcia Pereira« Ousar sonhar, ousar lutar, ousar vencer! »"Dare to dream, dare to fight, dare to win!"[5]

Candidates' debates

Opinion polls

Polling firmDate releasedSample
size		width=60px width=60px width=60px width=60px width=60px OthersLead
bgcolor=#FF66FF bgcolor=#FF9900 bgcolor=red bgcolor=#8B0000 bgcolor=#CC0000
Sampaio
PS		Amaral
PSD		Abreu
PCP, PEV		Rosas
BE		Pereira
PCTP/MRPP
Election resultsdata-sort-value="2019-10-06"14 Jan 200155.634.75.23.01.620.9
UCP–CESOP/RTP14 Jan 200154–5932–364–72–3.51–2.522.5
Eurosondagem/SIC14 Jan 200155.9–58.731.1–34.94.2–6.41.7–3.31.1–2.324.4
Intercampus/TVI14 Jan 200154.8–59.230.9–35.14.5–6.51.9–3.31.3–2.524.0
UCP–CESOP/RTP12 Jan 200163.529.12.42.72.234.4
Euroexpansão/Expresso12 Jan 200164.831.91.21.70.432.9
Eurosondagem/SIC12 Jan 200167.627.61.52.20.940.0
UCP–CESOP/RTP7 Jan 200167.927.22.21.90.840.7
UCP–CESOP/RTP18 Dec 200162.031.61.72.00.22.530.4
Euroexpansão/Expresso1 Apr 20006717550

Results

Results by district

DistrictSampaioAmaralAbreuRosasGarcia PereiraTurnout
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
 Aveiro
color:#000;"
149,301
color:#000;"
51.16%125,30642.93%6,2402.14%6,9422.38%4,0681.39%51.96%
 Azores
color:#000;"
43,848
color:#000;"
63.81%21,37831.11%8411.22%1,5582.27%1,0921.59%37.18%
 Beja
color:#000;"
41,180
color:#000;"
62.16%9,98815.08%11,97918.08%2,2873.45%8141.23%47.12%
 Braga
color:#000;"
196,641
color:#000;"
54.79%137,98938.45%8,9222.49%10,3622.89%4,9981.39%55.24%
 Bragança29,51446.33%
color:#000;"
30,612
color:#000;"
48.06%1,2471.96%1,4332.25%8931.40%43.45%
 Castelo Branco
color:#000;"
57,888
color:#000;"
58.89%33,35333.93%3,0693.12%2,6982.74%1,2961.32%52.45%
 Coimbra
color:#000;"
107,310
color:#000;"
58.20%62,44133.86%6,5173.53%5,4102.93%2,7141.47%50.13%
 Évora
color:#000;"
45,182
color:#000;"
62.00%14,91420.47%9,97013.68%2,0802.85%7240.99%50.28%
 Faro
color:#000;"
86,483
color:#000;"
59.40%44,47130.54%6,4154.41%5,3943.70%2,8341.95%47.48%
 Guarda
color:#000;"
40,597
color:#000;"
51.31%33,61742.49%1,9172.42%1,9172.42%1,0671.35%47.68%
 Leiria
color:#000;"
90,854
color:#000;"
47.51%86,80545.50%5,8603.06%5,0172.62%2,6791.40%51.97%
 Lisbon
color:#000;"
517,692
color:#000;"
56.49%285,47231.15%61,3386.69%32,8313.58%19,0772.08%51.69%
 Madeira
color:#000;"
51,837
color:#000;"
51.01%43,09242.41%1,4771.45%3,2373.19%1,9701.94%49.26%
 Portalegre
color:#000;"
34,956
color:#000;"
62.79%13,31123.91%5,2719.47%1,4532.61%6791.22%51.20%
 Porto
color:#000;"
428,798
color:#000;"
57.87%256,97534.68%25,4333.43%19,6482.65%10,0721.36%53.13%
 Santarém
color:#000;"
113,079
color:#000;"
56.84%65,25832.80%11,3445.70%6,3203.18%2,9591.49%52.59%
 Setúbal
color:#000;"
190,543
color:#000;"
60.05%64,50020.33%44,45314.01%12,1683.83%5,6471.78%50.03%
 Viana do Castelo
color:#000;"
58,235
color:#000;"
52.63%44,44140.16%3,2912.97%3,1722.87%1,5211.37%49.88%
 Vila Real
color:#000;"
48,037
color:#000;"
48.44%45,51945.90%1,9551.97%2,3432.36%1,3121.32%46.24%
 Viseu
color:#000;"
79,478
color:#000;"
48.72%74,41645.61%2,9921.83%4,0972.51%2,1611.32%48.03%
Source: 2001 Presidential election results

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Notes and References

  1. News: Os cartazes das eleições presidenciais desde 1976 . pt . Público . 12 May 2020.
  2. News: ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS 2001 – CANDIDATURA DE FERREIRA DO AMARAL. pt . EPHEMERA . 12 May 2020.
  3. News: Os cartazes das eleições presidenciais desde 1976 . pt . Público . 12 May 2020.
  4. News: Os cartazes das eleições presidenciais desde 1976 . pt . Público . 12 May 2020.
  5. News: Os cartazes das eleições presidenciais desde 1976 . pt . Público . 12 May 2020.
  6. News: 23 December 2000 . RTP transmite primeiro debate dos candidatos à presidência da República . pt . Público. 12 May 2020.

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